https://www.thestoryshifters.com/blog daily 0.75 2024-04-08 https://www.thestoryshifters.com/blog/home-yxa45 monthly 0.5 2021-08-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/1629140627103-X8FUTKQQ8H93TMAOSD39/Home+blog+post.JPG Blog - Home https://www.thestoryshifters.com/blog/advocate-for-health-and-author-of-her-own-story monthly 0.5 2021-08-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/1629144491480-7W0OJS7MXIHBDCU3V63V/IMG_6691.jpeg Blog - Advocate for Health and Author of Her Own Story https://www.thestoryshifters.com/blog/3h91zj536wid1rdo913afkv6a9m61u monthly 0.5 2024-01-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/b8aec9a8-aeb0-489e-86db-420477531bad/Quan+Neloms+blog+photo.jpg Blog - Lyrics, Literacy, and Community - Make it stand out Written by Bailey Newsome https://www.thestoryshifters.com/blog/mentorship-to-bridge-barriers monthly 0.5 2024-02-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/b5574bff-4717-4a8c-91aa-fb791bea48c3/Screen+Shot+2024-02-23+at+12.46.31+PM.png Blog - Mentorship to Bridge Barriers - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.thestoryshifters.com/blog/the-superpower-of-being-herself monthly 0.5 2024-04-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/7f09d8a0-cb00-4022-a4ad-7d4b4282fce2/Mariama+Suwaneh+Our+Story+Blog.jpg Blog - The Superpower of Being Herself - Make it stand out By Zoe Wright https://www.thestoryshifters.com/blog/category/success+story monthly 0.5 https://www.thestoryshifters.com/blog/category/press monthly 0.5 https://www.thestoryshifters.com/blog/category/tips monthly 0.5 https://www.thestoryshifters.com/about daily 0.75 2021-08-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/1628214607717-NAMASFFE4352VTGXMS1N/IMG_3492.jpg About - Our Mission Everyone should be the author of their own story. Storytelling isn’t just something that happens in movies or books, but we all have our own story to tell. Story Shifters started as an opportunity to expose children of African descent to the many stories of people who look like them from all over the world. Through reading clubs and youth programming, Stories Shifters aims to build not only children's literacy skills and historical knowledge but also their confidence to develop their own stories to share with their communities and broader. When people are given access to more than one perspective of history and societal standards, they have more agency to decide what they will believe about themselves and their community. Story Shifters uses a collection of culturally relevant children's literature to expand children's understanding of their capacity and value and that of others in their community. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/1625704633074-6RG5BDR6XH01DOKFWF7V/IMG_3498.jpg About - Meet The Founder Adelia Davis is a Detroit native who graduated from the University of Michigan Ann Arbor where she studied biopsychology, cognition, and neuroscience. She received the Wallenberg Fellowship that allowed her to carry out a global self-directed service project. She chose to spend a year in Cape Town, South Africa observing the similarities of black representation in children’s literature in comparison to the United States. She ran after-school reading programs to promote a positive self-image in black youth in Cape Town and has since returned to Detroit and begun similar youth programming through Story Shifters LLC and with other community organizations. https://www.thestoryshifters.com/home daily 1.0 2024-02-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/1628553253959-TS5R92VF36FNPM60Y7Q0/Screen+Shot+2019-04-19+at+9.52.16+PM+2.PNG Home - Everyone should be the author of their own story. Storytelling isn’t just something that happens in movies or books, but we all have our own story to tell. Story Shifters started as an opportunity to expose children of African descent to the many stories of people who look like them from all over the world. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/1628553615910-23ZE4LP4TJ9NYV23UMMJ/IMG_3598.JPG Home - Order Nia’s Question Read Story Shifter’s founder, Adelia Davis’s, debut children’s book, Nia’s Question! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/1626454530918-CPYF8ZI28P5PL8J9ZVRJ/Artboard+3.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/1626454493916-7XR2GZT34JON8CEFPZPX/Artboard+2.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/1626454516520-KBV9CEAMVIRKK0LXBL3M/Artboard+1.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/1629210822516-LGDCQP2ZU18ENMWEPB6J/DSC02420.JPG Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/1629210777463-VBSHZLHLG0VKGNLOM4TE/Screen+Shot+2019-04-19+at+10.05.59+PM.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/1629211027404-TUPRA35AHWDATF30YNCU/Story+Shifters+Notebooks+%281%291024_1.jpg Home https://www.thestoryshifters.com/contact daily 0.75 2021-08-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/1625704633074-6RG5BDR6XH01DOKFWF7V/IMG_3498.jpg Contact https://www.thestoryshifters.com/all-a-story-can-do daily 0.75 2021-08-17 https://www.thestoryshifters.com/worksheets daily 0.75 2021-08-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/1627952512522-CD7NPM9M0S2GVJNRCSQI/Screen+Shot+2021-08-02+at+8.00.45+PM.png Worksheets https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/1627952571787-FB4490PAYZDKZ49Q700W/Screen+Shot+2021-08-02+at+8.01.26+PM.png Worksheets https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/1627952601162-5EG2BBRNF9SFMV8RMZEQ/Screen+Shot+2021-08-02+at+8.01.35+PM.png Worksheets https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/1627952703211-MFRSLRPZ6L9HA9XMLREB/Screen+Shot+2021-08-02+at+8.04.30+PM.png Worksheets https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/1627952682596-0I5TCPUNU2O1GO976JL8/Screen+Shot+2021-08-02+at+8.04.20+PM.png Worksheets https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/1627952550270-6UF727DN23KB5I2Y2N14/Screen+Shot+2021-08-02+at+8.01.15+PM.png Worksheets https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/1629204983056-RO7SA39TSDJP8WJ81FVZ/Screen+Shot+2021-08-17+at+7.55.29+AM.png Worksheets https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/1628557480306-8D54BV897RJKNP96T40H/Screen+Shot+2021-08-09+at+8.03.49+PM.png Worksheets https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/1629205053525-3WE83TIX7YJY6QYE44LR/Screen+Shot+2021-08-17+at+7.55.37+AM.png Worksheets https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/1629205102691-2EJMI34AGNSPXO9PT9QB/Screen+Shot+2021-08-17+at+7.55.43+AM.png Worksheets https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/1628557535714-J7RQV1GK5BNWDNCAWMID/Screen+Shot+2021-08-09+at+8.04.06+PM.png Worksheets https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/1629205139024-CUM0S2C2LL91MZWT1RCH/Screen+Shot+2021-08-17+at+7.55.48+AM.png Worksheets https://www.thestoryshifters.com/book-recommendations daily 0.75 2023-07-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/d65b69dc-c22e-4800-8267-7dd7cb27ebe8/AllAroundUs.jpg Book Recommendations All Around Us written by Xelena Gonzalez and illustrated by Adriana M. Garcia is an early level story about a girl working in the garden with her grandfather. They talk through family traditions and culture in an exploration of the cycles of life and nature! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/278f014a-c9b0-4fad-ac53-0c1245c6e6e7/Some+Places+More+Than+Others.jpg.png Book Recommendations Amara wants to visit her father’s family in Harlem for her birthday. She hopes to understand herself by meeting her Grandpa Earl and cousins in person and staying in the brownstone where her father grew up. But the city is not what Amara thought it would be, and her father is too busy with work to spend time with her and too angry to spend time with Grandpa Earl. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/455df660-3828-4aeb-a1bc-e994d3a6f96c/Akata+Warrior.jpg Book Recommendations Sunny Nwazue, an American-born Nigerian girl, was inducted into the secret Leopard Society. As she began to develop her magical powers, she soon learned that she had been chosen to lead a dangerous mission to avert an apocalypse, brought about by the terrifying masquerade, Ekwensu. A year later, stronger, feistier, and a bit older, Sunny is studying with her mentor Sugar Cream and struggling to unlock the secrets in her strange Nsibidi book. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/76477d22-2c33-4a0a-8354-727137da61a5/All+Are+Welcome.jpeg Book Recommendations Discover a school where all young children have a place, have a space, and are loved and appreciated. Readers will follow a group of children through a day in their school, where everyone is welcomed with open arms. A school where students from all backgrounds learn from and celebrate each other's traditions. A school that shows the world as we will make it to be. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/6849c767-c143-4379-9ae5-c38cf9cd0789/The+Jumbies.jpg Book Recommendations Corinne La Mer isn’t afraid of anything. She’s certainly not afraid of the jumbies. They’re just tricksters made up by parents to frighten their children. Then one night Corinne chases an agouti all the way into the forbidden forest, and shining yellow eyes follow her to the edge of the trees. They couldn’t belong to a jumbie. Or could they? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/2a96b217-6946-41af-bda1-ec2b5df87a5c/The+Taking+Of+Jake+Livingston.png Book Recommendations Sixteen-year-old Jake Livingston sees dead people everywhere. But he can't decide what's worse: being a medium forced to watch the dead play out their last moments on a loop or being at the mercy of racist teachers as one of the few Black students at St. Clair Prep. Unfortunately, life as a medium is getting worse. Though most ghosts are harmless, Sawyer Doon turns out not to be so. He's a powerful, vengeful ghost and he has plans for Jake. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/09be3bd9-369a-422b-916e-794d144ae4c8/Amazing+Grace.jpeg Book Recommendations Grace loves stories, whether they're from books, movies, or the kind her grandmother tells. So when she gets a chance to play a part in Peter Pan, she knows exactly who she wants to be. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/b5198697-3e7f-4dad-9494-bf5f9ef65c8f/Operation+Sisterhood.png Book Recommendations Bo and her mom always had their own rhythm. But ever since they moved to Harlem, Bo’s world has fallen out of sync. She and Mum are now living with Mum’s boyfriend Bill, his daughter Sunday, the twins, Lili and Lee, the twins' parents…along with a dog, two cats, a bearded dragon, a turtle, and chickens. With so many people squished together, Bo isn’t so sure there is room for her. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/7828544b-f880-4e52-97c7-e5011bd66e4e/With+the+Fire+on+High.jpg Book Recommendations Emoni Santiago dreams of working as a chef. But once she gets pregnant her freshman year, those dreams seem to die out. Now she’s stuck making the tough decisions—doing what has to be done for her daughter and her abuela. Yet, the kitchen is still her safe place, and once Emoni starts cooking, her only choice is to let her talent break free. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/df1eabdd-508b-4b46-aae8-06a12fd7fdd4/Ada+Twist%2C+Scientist.jpg Book Recommendations Inspired by real-life makers such as Ada Lovelace and Marie Curie, Ada Twist, Scientist champions girl power and women scientists, and brings welcome diversity to picture books about girls in science. Touching on themes of never giving up and problem solving, Ada comes to learn that her questions might not always lead to answers, but rather to more questions. She may never find the source of the stink, but with a supportive family and the space to figure it out, she’ll be able to feed her curiosity in the ways a young scientist should. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/ab5f225f-6b72-47d7-9a0f-d799a78c2d50/The+1916+Project.jpg Book Recommendations A young student receives a family tree assignment in school, but she can only trace back three generations. Grandma gathers the whole family, and the student learns that 400 years ago, in 1619, their ancestors were stolen and brought to America by white slave traders. But before that, they had a home, a land, a language. She learns how the people said to be born on the water survived. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/2fd1a88a-a435-4ab6-a215-7e90963394dd/The+Voting+Booth.jpg Book Recommendations Marva Sheridan is excited to participate in her first election! But when she sees Duke Crenshaw being turned away from the polling place, she takes it upon herself to see that his vote is counted. She hasn’t spent months doorbelling and registering voters just to see someone denied their right. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/ce300087-fd5a-4370-b7e7-77e7122d7b60/Ambitious+Girl.jpeg Book Recommendations In this inspiring picture book from New York Times-bestselling author Meena Harris, a young girl sees words like "too ambitious" and "too assertive" being yelled at a strong woman on TV and it sends her on a journey of discovery through past, present, and future about the limits put on women and girls and the ways in which they can resist, assist, coexist, and excel. As Ambitious Girl says: No "too that" or "too this" will stop what's inside me from flowering. From now on, when I hear "too that" or "too this" I won't mind - it's empowering! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/6918877d-fb97-40cd-b61a-0afb8ad17b29/Twins.jpg Book Recommendations Maureen and Francine Carter are twins and best friends. They do everything together. But just before the girls start sixth grade, Francine becomes Fran -- A girl who seems happy to share only two classes with her sister! Maureen and Francine are growing apart and there's nothing Maureen can do to stop it. Are sisters really forever? Or will middle school change things for good? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/e64a939b-3743-47b8-a82f-692301d8a5b4/The+Ones+We%E2%80%99re+Meant+to+Find.png Book Recommendations Cee has been trapped on an island for 3 years with only the memory of her sister’s name. Kasey lives on an eco-planet for those who need protection from natural disasters, and it's been months since her sister’s disappearance. Join Kasey as she tries to find her way back to her sister. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/66ee0cf1-ebd8-4cdc-b3a3-4d843cd0cc17/The+Parker+Inheritance.jpg Book Recommendations When Candice finds a letter in an old attic in Lambert, South Carolina, she isn't sure she should read it. It's addressed to her grandmother, who left the town in shame. But the letter presents a mystery that she cannot avoid. So with the help of Brandon, the quiet boy across the street, she begins to decipher the clues. The challenge will lead them deep into Lambert's history, full of ugly deeds, forgotten heroes, and one great love; and deeper into their own families, with their own unspoken secrets. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/3f7007ac-a826-4848-b640-5d01787b6074/The+Leavers.png Book Recommendations One morning, Deming Guo’s mother, Polly, an undocumented Chinese immigrant, goes to her job at a nail salon—and never comes home. No one can find any trace of her. Soon Deming is taken in by two white professors in a small town upstate New York. They rename him Daniel Wilkinson, but Daniel struggles to reconcile his new life with which requires him to assimilate with his memory of his mother and the community he left behind. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/5c2be747-decf-42d1-b47e-ec18b2c265ab/AMotherChoco.jpg Book Recommendations A Mother for Choco is written and illustrated by Keiko Kasza, is a story for readers from 2-4 years old, about a bird on a mission to find his mother. Upon his search, he finds no other birds but Mrs.Bear takes him in and shows him that families do not have to look alike to be a loving family. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/f60a4590-52a0-4ce7-9c90-0bb33e6909d5/Baby+Botanist.jpg Book Recommendations Baby Botanist studies plants. In her lab coat, she looks at plants both large and small. She finds plants growing in many places. Can plants grow on water?What foods come from plants? Find out with Baby Botanist! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/bf72ac0c-c972-4d24-9411-1c7612b44489/Lena+and+the+Burning+of+Greenwood.jpg Book Recommendations In the early 1920s, the Greenwood District in Tulsa, Oklahoma, is the wealthiest Black community in the United States. But Tulsa is still a segregated city. Twelve-year-old Lena knows this, but she feels safe and sheltered from the racism in her successful, flourishing neighborhood. But when Dick Rowland, a young Black man from Greenwood, is accused of assaulting a white woman, racial tensions boil over. Mobs of white citizens attack Greenwood, forcing Lena and her family to flee. Now Lena must help her family survive one of the worst incidents of racial violence in American history. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/ba458da1-ce4c-4a5d-8b1d-075497de5223/If+They+Come+for+Us+.jpg Book Recommendations This book captures the essence of the Pakistani American identity through themes of familial loss, sexuality, race, and being discriminated against for your language and appearance. These heartbreaking and hopeful poems explore identities, complicated histories, and generational traumas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/d13d1d33-a08f-4bda-84fd-bee6cdbb0eef/Baby+Boy%2C+What+Will+You+Be_.jpg Book Recommendations On a cold winter day, a new mom snuggles with her baby boy and warms her heart with the thoughts of all the limitless possibilities that her baby can achieve in his lifetime. "When I gaze upon your face, there's so much hope I see. As I gaze, I begin to wonder, just what you'll grow up and be." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/b56cbd11-a708-41dd-99b6-2db354aef8ef/When+the+World+Turned+Upside+Down.jpg Book Recommendations What do you do when the world shuts down? A heartwarming story of friendship and overcoming adversity in a time of COVID. Nobody expected a tiny little virus to change the whole world in such a big way, especially not Shayla, Liam, Ai, and Ben. But when school closes to keep everyone safe, their lives turn upside down. Not only is the outside world not safe, but trouble brews within their homes as well. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/99bf70f2-6fbf-4c88-9570-dc6994b98f9e/Shuri_Symbiosis.jpg Book Recommendations The royal palace of Wakanda is one of, if not the most, secure facilities on this planet. But when an interloper, a mysterious “symbiote” with superhuman speed and strength breaks into the palace, Suri gets worried. Following the interloper’s traces, she is led to an unforgiving part of the country she has never seen. And what she finds there is shocking! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/b9082718-540a-42d4-94d5-e58693722b6f/Baby+Dance.jpg Book Recommendations Up and down, to and fro, coo and crow baby, there you go. Up to the ceiling, down to the ground, backward and forward, round and round ... All babies love to be lifted, twirled and held in loving arms. Now a rhythmic poem by nineteenth century poet Anne Taylor makes a delightful board book perfect for baby and parent to share. Marjorie van Heerden has captured the energy and joy of this playful text in vivid pastel illustrations full of the soft, gentle motion of dance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/f5913d78-68ea-4732-93c3-f12872ab2e78/Betty+Before+X.jpg Book Recommendations In Detroit, 1945, eleven-year-old Betty’s house doesn’t quite feel like home. She believes her mother loves her, but she can’t shake the feeling that her mother doesn’t want her. But Betty quickly finds confidence and purpose in volunteering for the Housewives League, an organization that supports black-owned businesses. Soon, the American civil rights icon we now know as Dr. Betty Shabazz is born. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/aaf28530-2dd4-432d-8075-9862a81e736f/Brown+Girls.jpg Book Recommendations Featuring the stories of Nadira, Gabby, Naz, Trish, Angelique, and countless others, this book highlights how they reconcile their immigrant backgrounds with the American culture in the backdrop of bustling Queens, New York. This is a powerful novel of female friendship and women of color attempting to forge their place in the world today. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/3cf2f3a2-8ea8-485a-b570-fcefab0e1e3c/Baby+Loves+Aerospace+Engineering.jpg Book Recommendations Accurate enough to satisfy an expert, yet simple enough for baby, this book explores the basics of flight – from birds, to planes and rockets – and ties it all to baby’s world. Beautiful, visually stimulating illustrations complement age-appropriate language to encourage baby’s sense of wonder. Parents and caregivers may learn a thing or two, as well! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/75a70e4d-06f3-420f-8c53-592d31ed37fe/Simon+B.+Rhymin_.jpg Book Recommendations Eleven-year-old Simon Barnes dreams of becoming a world-famous rapper. But for now, he's just a Chicago fifth grader who's small for his age and afraid to use his voice. With some help from an unexpected ally and his neighborhood crew, will Simon gain the confidence to rap and make a difference in his neighborhood? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/c338b661-6bfc-4618-9509-53e16f7e70c2/Children+of+Blood+and+Bone.png Book Recommendations Zélie Adebola remembers when the soil of Orïsha hummed with magic. Burners ignited flames, Tiders beckoned waves, and Zélie’s Reaper mother summoned forth souls. But everything changed the night magic disappeared. Under the orders of a ruthless king, maji were killed, leaving Zélie without a mother and her people without hope. Now Zélie has one chance to bring back magic and strike against the monarchy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/1a747b5d-4d28-4389-a5f3-8d2f9ad183dd/Baby+Loves+Gravity.jpeg Book Recommendations Accurate enough to satisfy an expert, yet simple enough for baby, this clever board book explores the ups and downs of gravity. When baby drops food from a high chair, why does it fall? Beautiful, visually stimulating illustrations complement age-appropriate language to encourage baby's sense of wonder. Parents and caregivers may learn a thing or two, as well! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/b06611a3-b440-4963-9603-3d0a9389f0ba/A+Good+Kind+of+Trouble.jpeg Book Recommendations Twelve-year-old Shayla is allergic to trouble. All she wants to do is to follow the rules. (Oh, and she’d also like to make it through seventh grade with her best friendships intact, learn to run track, and have a cute boy see past her giant forehead.) But in junior high, it’s like all the rules have changed. Now she’s suddenly questioning who her best friends are and some people at school are saying she’s not black enough. Wait, what? Shay’s sister, Hana, is involved in Black Lives Matter, but Shay doesn't think that's for her. After experiencing a powerful protest, though, Shay decides some rules are worth breaking. She starts wearing an armband to school in support of the Black Lives movement. Soon everyone is taking sides. And she is given an ultimatum. Shay is scared to do the wrong thing (and even more scared to do the right thing), but if she doesn't face her fear, she'll be forever tripping over the next hurdle. Now that’s trouble, for real. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/a2fc01d9-c196-494b-9939-f26432dd6908/Star+Wars_+The+High+Republic+Adventures%2C+Vol.+2.jpg Book Recommendations The High Republic is an unexplored period in Star Wars history, set hundreds of years before the events of the Skywalker Saga! Jedi Padawans Farzala and Qort are taking a break from the ongoing battle against the dangerous marauders known as the Nihil. As part of a secret mission, they join an aging Jedi Knight on the starship The Vessel to negotiate a peace treaty with the Hutt crime family. It’s here where everything goes wrong. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/0f3a29a5-62d0-4d1c-be2b-0b8f4857f880/Big+Hair%2C+Don_t+Care.jpg Book Recommendations Lola has curly hair which is much bigger than that of other kids at her school, but she tells anyone who listens how much she loves her hair. Designed to boost self-esteem and build confidence, this book is aimed at boys and girls who may need a reminder that it's okay to look different from the other kids at their school. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/88ac030c-1c2a-4a48-8fe1-506b8ac2ce3c/All+American+Boys.jpeg Book Recommendations A bag of chips. That’s all sixteen-year-old Rashad is looking for at the corner bodega. What he finds instead is a fist-happy cop, Paul Galluzzo, who mistakes Rashad for a shoplifter, mistakes Rashad’s pleadings that he’s stolen nothing for belligerence, mistakes Rashad’s resistance to leave the bodega as resisting arrest, mistakes Rashad’s every flinch at every punch the cop throws as further resistance and refusal to STAY STILL as ordered. But how can you stay still when someone is pounding your face into the concrete pavement? There were witnesses: Quinn Collins—a varsity basketball player and Rashad’s classmate who has been raised by Paul since his own father died in Afghanistan—and a video camera. Soon the beating is all over the news and Paul is getting threatened with accusations of prejudice and racial brutality. Quinn refuses to believe that the man who has basically been his savior could possibly be guilty. But then Rashad is absent. And absent again. And again. And the basketball team—half of whom are Rashad’s best friends—start to take sides. As does the school. And the town. Simmering tensions threaten to explode as Rashad and Quinn are forced to face decisions and consequences they had never considered before. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/0015c98c-74df-4a46-b47b-75f212d26c1f/As+Brave+As+You.jpeg Book Recommendations Genie’s summer is full of surprises. The first is that he and his big brother, Ernie, are leaving Brooklyn for the very first time to spend the summer with their grandparents all the way in Virginia—in the COUNTRY! The second surprise comes when Genie figures out that their grandfather is blind. Thunderstruck, Genie peppers Grandpop with questions about how he hides it so well (besides wearing way cool Ray-Bans). How does he match his clothes? Know where to walk? Cook with a gas stove? Pour a glass of sweet tea without spilling it? Genie thinks Grandpop must be the bravest guy he’s ever known, but he starts to notice that his grandfather never leaves the house—as in NEVER. And when he finds the secret room that Grandpop is always disappearing into—a room so full of songbirds and plants that it’s almost as if it’s been pulled inside-out—he begins to wonder if his grandfather is really so brave after all. Then Ernie lets him down in the bravery department. It’s his fourteenth birthday, and, Grandpop says to become a man, you have to learn how to shoot a gun. Genie thinks that is AWESOME until he realizes Ernie has no interest in learning how to shoot. None. Nada. Dumbfounded by Ernie’s reluctance, Genie is left to wonder—is bravery and becoming a man only about proving something, or is it just as important to own up to what you won’t do? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/6b2d7723-3aec-4c6e-aae0-93225ce5a1a4/Bippity+Bop+Barbershop.jpeg Book Recommendations In this companion book to the bestselling "I Love My Hair!, " a young boy, Miles, makes his first trip to the barbershop with his father. With the support of his dad, the barber, and the other men in the barbershop, Miles bravely sits through his first haircut. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/c5fb22aa-cc9c-4f8e-925f-ae00a438f80a/Astronaut+Mae+Jemison.jpeg Book Recommendations While watching Star Trek on television as a child, Mae Jemison was certain she would one day visit space. As an adult, she made this dream a reality when she became the first black female NASA astronaut. Jemison became a medical doctor before applying for NASA's Space Shuttle program. Then, in 1992, she blasted off on the shuttle Endeavour and conducted scientific experiments to test the effects of space on human bone cells. Jemison has dedicated her life to science education and to finding ways to use technology to help communities around the world. Find out how Jemison's passion for science led to her many impressive achievements. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/ea583007-a6fd-43cf-a7fa-e577fc508742/All+the+Days+Past%2C+All+the+Days+to+Come.jpeg Book Recommendations Cassie Logan, first met in Song of the Trees and Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, is a young woman now, searching for her place in the world, a journey that takes her from Toledo to California, to law school in Boston, and, ultimately, in the 60s, home to Mississippi to participate in voter registration. She is witness to the now-historic events of the century: the Great Migration north, the rise of the civil rights movement, preceded and precipitated by the racist society of America, and the often violent confrontations that brought about change. Rich, compelling storytelling is Ms. Taylor's hallmark, and she fulfills expectations as she brings to a close the stirring family story that has absorbed her for over forty years. It is a story she was born to tell. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/896dd82b-66ab-4b92-85fd-bd813cfadf7c/Black+Is+a+Rainbow+Color.jpeg Book Recommendations Red is a rainbow color. Green sits next to blue. Yellow, orange, violet, indigo, They are rainbow colors, too. But my color is black . . . And there’s no BLACK in rainbows. From the wheels of a bicycle to the robe on Thurgood Marshall's back, Black surrounds our lives. It is a color to simply describe some of our favorite things, but it also evokes a deeper sentiment about the incredible people who helped change the world and a community that continues to grow and thrive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/4d7f8ffc-a1f8-4e79-8ceb-30fa91d36fdd/American+Street.jpeg Book Recommendations On the corner of American Street and Joy Road, Fabiola Toussaint thought she would finally find une belle vie—a good life. But after they leave Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Fabiola’s mother is detained by U.S. immigration, leaving Fabiola to navigate her loud American cousins, Chantal, Donna, and Princess; the grittiness of Detroit’s west side; a new school; and a surprising romance, all on her own. Just as she finds her footing in this strange new world, a dangerous proposition presents itself, and Fabiola soon realizes that freedom comes at a cost. Trapped at the crossroads of an impossible choice, will she pay the price for the American dream? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/ecad8c76-e20f-465c-96be-4ebcfef5e4c0/Ballerina+Dreams.jpeg Book Recommendations At the age of three, Michaela DePrince found a photo of a ballerina that changed her life. She was living in an orphanage in Sierra Leone at the time, but was soon adopted by a family and brought to America. Michaela never forgot the photo of the dancer she once saw, and quickly decided to make her dream of becoming a ballerina come true. She has been dancing ever since and is now a principal dancer in New York City and has been featured in the ballet documentary First Position, as well as Dancing with the Stars, Good Morning America, and Oprah magazine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/54dfe758-4bfc-4f12-8c5c-01e56f79ba80/Black+Panther+-+This+Is+Black+Panther.jpeg Book Recommendations Read along with Marvel! Meet Black Panther. Follow along with word-for-word narration to learn how T'Challa, an African Prince, protects his nation and becomes Black Panther. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/bc6999a8-750b-4e82-9976-d142d9ec03a3/Barack+Obama+-+Out+of+Many%2C+One.jpeg Book Recommendations A Step 3 Step into Reading Biography Reader about our forty-fourth president, Barack Obama--revised to include an account of his reelection and new photographs! With clear and accessible language, independent readers can learn how the lessons and love from Obama's mother and grandparents shaped him; how the places he lived influenced him; and how he turned his childhood feeling of being an outsider into a positive driving force that propelled him into the history books! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/f81ce4a5-2288-47d6-b79d-305f699ec69c/Becoming.jpeg Book Recommendations In a life filled with meaning and accomplishment, Michelle Obama has emerged as one of the most iconic and compelling women of our era. As First Lady of the United States of America--the first African American to serve in that role--she helped create the most welcoming and inclusive White House in history, while also establishing herself as a powerful advocate for women and girls in the U.S. and around the world, dramatically changing the ways that families pursue healthier and more active lives, and standing with her husband as he led America through some of its most harrowing moments. Along the way, she showed us a few dance moves, crushed Carpool Karaoke, and raised two down-to-earth daughters under an unforgiving media glare. In her memoir, a work of deep reflection and mesmerizing storytelling, Michelle Obama invites readers into her world, chronicling the experiences that have shaped her--from her childhood on the South Side of Chicago to her years as an executive balancing the demands of motherhood and work, to her time spent at the world's most famous address. With unerring honesty and lively wit, she describes her triumphs and her disappointments, both public and private, telling her full story as she has lived it--in her own words and on her own terms. Warm, wise, and revelatory, Becoming is the deeply personal reckoning of a woman of soul and substance who has steadily defied expectations--and whose story inspires us to do the same. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/18fe1b89-a84d-4cf5-8014-6886c18ebc27/Black+Panther+-+Warriors+of+Wakanda.jpeg Book Recommendations Meet Marvel's Black Panther and his amazing allies! Boys and girls ages 2 to 5 will love this action-packed Little Golden Book featuring the Black Panther; his scientist sister, Shuri; the fierce fighter Okoye; and the other warriors who keep the African country of Wakanda safe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/e22c106c-3bea-4de5-9240-e4180361d451/Becoming+Muhammad+Ali.jpeg Book Recommendations Before he was a household name, Cassius Clay was a kid with struggles like any other. Kwame Alexander and James Patterson join forces to vividly depict his life up to age seventeen in both prose and verse, including his childhood friends, struggles in school, the racism he faced, and his discovery of boxing. Readers will learn about Cassius' family and neighbors in Louisville, Kentucky, and how, after a thief stole his bike, Cassius began training as an amateur boxer at age twelve. Before long, he won his first Golden Gloves bout and began his transformation into the unrivaled Muhammad Ali. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/1e0e4e06-a06e-4fb6-a0c0-a23e01dd3150/_It_s+Not+a+Big+Deal%21_+But+It+Feels+Like+One.jpeg Book Recommendations African Americans have historically and presently erased from the conversation about mental health both within and outside the community. In an effort to reduce the stigma disparaging the severity of mental health issues in the African American community, I conducted research about how art and literature may be used to destigmatize black depression and anxiety. I wrote and illustrated this book targeted towards black children (although anyone can read it!) in an effort to start a conversation where I saw one was lacking. This book discusses anxiety & depression, stigma, coping competencies, and much more in regards to mental health! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/296a19e0-2893-4f96-b539-904a97c412de/Brown+Boy+Joy.jpg Book Recommendations This book is filled with all the things little brown boys LOVE. From dinosaurs to gardening there are no limits to what little brown boys can enjoy. This book shows the world what Brown Boy Joy looks like. Brown Boy Joy is an empowering story filled with affirmations. Inside you will find vibrant illustrations and rhyming text designed to capture the attention of children. “I am Brown Boy Joy and I shine like gold. Smiling ear to ear, I am fearless and bold!” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/be1ffa7f-d412-457d-aa03-de4115c0920c/Beloved.jpeg Book Recommendations Staring unflinchingly into the abyss of slavery, this spellbinding novel transforms history into a story as powerful as Exodus and as intimate as a lullaby. Sethe, its protagonist, was born a slave and escaped to Ohio, but eighteen years later she is still not free. She has too many memories of Sweet Home, the beautiful farm where so many hideous things happened. And Sethe’s new home is haunted by the ghost of her baby, who died nameless and whose tombstone is engraved with a single word: Beloved. Filled with bitter poetry and suspense as taut as a rope, Beloved is a towering achievement. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/36d398aa-9930-407c-97d6-b3204e56e9e3/Before+the+Ever+After.jpeg Book Recommendations For as long as ZJ can remember, his dad has been everyone's hero. As a charming, talented pro football star, he's as beloved to the neighborhood kids he plays with as he is to his millions of adoring sports fans. But lately life at ZJ's house is anything but charming. His dad is having trouble remembering things and seems to be angry all the time. ZJ's mom explains it's because of all the head injuries his dad sustained during his career. ZJ can understand that--but it doesn't make the sting any less real when his own father forgets his name. As ZJ contemplates his new reality, he has to figure out how to hold on tight to family traditions and recollections of the glory days, all the while wondering what their past amounts to if his father can't remember it. And most importantly, can those happy feelings ever be reclaimed when they are all so busy aching for the past? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/4465bb9f-47c2-42fa-b97b-42a6b8680819/Carmin+Cares.jpg Book Recommendations When a day at the park doesn't go as planned, find out how Carmin takes a stand! Ready to play, Carmin and her pup, Peanut, find themselves in a sticky situation! When Carmin gets gum stuck on her shoe, she decides something has to be done about the mess on the playground. Through lovable characters and easy to follow rhymes, this charming and beautifully illustrated children's board book teaches young children to take responsibility for their world, proving that even small hands can make a big difference! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/8f60160d-4b8c-4312-afb7-4a9eb7390f1b/Black+Enough.jpeg Book Recommendations Black is...sisters navigating their relationship at summer camp in Portland, Oregon, as written by Renée Watson. Black is…three friends walking back from the community pool talking about nothing and everything, in a story by Jason Reynolds. Black is…Nic Stone’s high-class beauty dating a boy her momma would never approve of. Black is…two girls kissing in Justina Ireland’s story set in Maryland. Black is urban and rural, wealthy and poor, mixed race, immigrants, and more—because there are countless ways to be Black enough. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/b77b4ab8-e8b1-4218-9cca-3ce8971a9928/Black+History+-+Kids_+Edition.jpeg Book Recommendations Black History is World History. This book is intended for kids to enjoy. It is my intentions for parents and teachers to read along with kids and explain any difficulties they may run across. This book will not only raise awareness but it will also raise self-esteem. Something that is important for early child development. In order to achieve a high status or an important figure in life, you must first believe it is possible. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/a241864a-10d9-4192-8def-597586187cf5/City+Green.jpeg Book Recommendations Right in the middle of Marcy’s city block is a vacant lot, littered and forlorn. Sometimes just looking at it makes Marcy feel sad. Then one spring, Marcy has a wonderful idea: Instead of a useless lot, why not a green and growing space for everyone to enjoy? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/ad26213c-0f57-4b99-985a-45b92ab67e35/A+Boy+Like+You.jpeg Book Recommendations There's more to being a boy than sports, feats of daring, and keeping a stiff upper lip. A Boy Like You encourages every boy to embrace all the things that make him unique, to be brave and ask for help, to tell his own story and listen to the stories of those around him. In an age when boys are expected to fit into a particular mold, this book celebrates all the wonderful ways to be a boy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/c2d14f7c-3a28-4569-95f2-e16b4f7e4b34/BOX+-+Henry+Brown+Mails+Himself+to+Freedom.jpeg Book Recommendations https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/a626bc7f-f124-4b0b-bd5d-430fcdbd598e/City+Shapes.jpeg Book Recommendations From shimmering skyscrapers to fluttering kites to twinkling stars high in the sky, everyday scenes become extraordinary as a young girl walks through her neighborhood noticing exciting new shapes at every turn. Far more than a simple concept book, City Shapes is an explosion of life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/32e84edc-7b6b-42be-87a6-78fc2f0a5b22/Brown+Girl+Dreaming.jpeg Book Recommendations Raised in South Carolina and New York, Woodson always felt halfway home in each place. In vivid poems, she shares what it was like to grow up as an African American in the 1960s and 1970s, living with the remnants of Jim Crow and her growing awareness of the Civil Rights movement. Touching and powerful, each poem is both accessible and emotionally charged, each line a glimpse into a child's soul as she searches for her place in the world. Woodson's eloquent poetry also reflects the joy of finding her voice through writing stories, despite the fact that she struggled with reading as a child. Her love of stories inspired her and stayed with her, creating the first sparks of the gifted writer she was to become. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/ce4ec4a9-9be3-44e5-9a8e-9282ce718b72/Black+Panther+-+The+Young+Prince.jpeg Book Recommendations Life is comfortable for twelve-year-old T'Challa in his home of Wakanda, an isolated, technologically advanced African nation. When he's not learning how to rule a kingdom from his father-the reigning Black Panther-or testing out the latest tech, he's off breaking rules with his best friend, M'Baku. But as conflict brews near Wakanda, T'Challa's father makes a startling announcement: he's sending T'Challa and M'Baku to school in America. This is no prestigious private academy-they've been enrolled at South Side Middle School in the heart of Chicago. Despite being given a high-tech suit and a Vibranium ring to use only in case of an emergency, T'Challa realizes he might not be as equipped to handle life in America as he thought. Especially when it comes to navigating new friendships while hiding his true identity as the prince of a powerful nation, and avoiding Gemini Jones, a menacing classmate who is rumored to be involved in dark magic. When strange things begin happening around school, T'Challa sets out to uncover the source. But what he discovers in the process is far more sinister than he could ever have imagined. In order to protect his friends and stop an ancient evil, T'Challa must take on the mantle of a hero, setting him on the path to becoming the Black Panther. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/6395f459-c402-43f3-b03c-01e00c466ceb/Come+On%2C+Rain%21.jpeg Book Recommendations "Come on, Rain!" Tess pleads to the sky as listless vines and parched plants droop in the endless heat. Then the clouds roll in and the rain pours. And Tess, her friends, and their mothers join in together in a rain dance to celebrate the shower that renews both body and spirit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/c42d5e39-7543-4b18-94dd-c700f2132d8f/Black+Pioneers+of+Science+and+Invention.jpeg Book Recommendations A readable, perceptive account of the lives of fourteen gifted innovators who have played important roles in scientific and industrial progress. The achievements of Benjamin Banneker, Granville T. Woods, George Washington Carver, and others have made jobs easier, saved countless lives, and in many cases, altered the course of history. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/bfd49405-353a-41ff-8d92-a2b9332dd42f/Clap+When+You+Land.jpeg Book Recommendations Camino Rios lives for the summers when her father visits her in the Dominican Republic. But this time, on the day when his plane is supposed to land, Camino arrives at the airport to see crowds of crying people… In New York City, Yahaira Rios is called to the principal’s office, where her mother is waiting to tell her that her father, her hero, has died in a plane crash. Separated by distance—and Papi’s secrets—the two girls are forced to face a new reality in which their father is dead and their lives are forever altered. And then, when it seems like they’ve lost everything of their father, they learn of each other. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/b47d3c4a-a935-40c5-9bb1-f1be11968bb3/Daddy+Calls+Me+Man.jpeg Book Recommendations Inspired by his family experiences and his parents' paintings, a young boy creates four poems. The poems focus on the various roles the young narrator plays in life. He is a little brother and a big brother, he is his mommy's sweetheart, and his daddy calls him man. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/1f782a8a-54f5-409b-b38e-3648b108b7c9/Boundless+Grace.jpeg Book Recommendations In this sequel to Hoffman's Amazing Grace, Grace gets the chance to go to Africa to visit her father and his new family, but she feels strange about it. Nana says families are what you make them, and Grace decides to make the most of hers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/1785f028-7a22-42cd-933c-e2c3d0f2aa3d/Clean+Getaway.jpeg Book Recommendations How to Go on an Unplanned Road Trip with Your Grandma: 1. Grab a Suitcase: Prepacked from the big spring break trip that got CANCELLED. 2. Fasten Your Seatbelt: G'ma's never conventional, so this trip won't be either. 3. Use the Green Book: G'ma's most treasured possession. It holds history, memories, and most importantly, the way home. What Not to Bring: A Cell Phone: Avoid contact with Dad at all costs. Even when G'ma starts acting stranger than usual. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/cb6f4647-dcfe-49db-95f4-710e379aa815/Dream+Big%2C+Little+One.jpeg Book Recommendations Featuring 18 trailblazing black women in American history, Dream Big, Little One is the irresistible board book adaptation of Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History. Among these women, you'll find heroes, role models, and everyday women who did extraordinary things - bold women whose actions and beliefs contributed to making the world better for generations of girls and women to come. Whether they were putting pen to paper, soaring through the air or speaking up for the rights of others, the women profiled in these pages were all taking a stand against a world that didn't always accept them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/9d073f3d-1eb3-4462-97b4-56707ae1c38b/Dear+Justyce.jpeg Book Recommendations Vernell LaQuan Banks and Justyce McAllister grew up a block apart in the Southwest Atlanta neighborhood of Wynwood Heights. Years later, though, Justyce walks the illustrious halls of Yale University . . . and Quan sits behind bars at the Fulton Regional Youth Detention Center. Through a series of flashbacks, vignettes, and letters to Justyce--the protagonist of Dear Martin--Quan's story takes form. Troubles at home and misunderstandings at school give rise to police encounters and tough decisions. But then there's a dead cop and a weapon with Quan's prints on it. What leads a bright kid down a road to a murder charge? Not even Quan is sure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/a6d9d890-d43e-4e3a-8ab7-675fb78ed17a/Brothers+of+the+Knight.jpeg Book Recommendations https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/a5bcceb1-5166-4be9-b7cb-171e9b81ce12/Emi_s+Curly%2C+Coily%2C+Cotton+Candy+Hair.jpg Book Recommendations Emi is a creative 7-year-old girl with a BIG imagination. In this story Emi shares a positive message about her Curly, Coily, Cotton Candy Hair and what she likes most about it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/ca096e69-ba20-454b-aad7-7fd581676806/Class+Act.jpeg Book Recommendations Eighth grader Drew Ellis is no stranger to the saying “You have to work twice as hard to be just as good.” His grandmother has reminded him his entire life. But what if he works ten times as hard and still isn’t afforded the same opportunities that his privileged classmates at the Riverdale Academy Day School take for granted? To make matters worse, Drew begins to feel as if his good friend Liam might be one of those privileged kids. He wants to pretend like everything is fine, but it's hard not to withdraw, and even their mutual friend Jordan doesn't know how to keep the group together. As the pressures mount, will Drew find a way to bridge the divide so he and his friends can truly accept each other? And most importantly, will he finally be able to accept himself? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/039c2e92-662f-449f-adfe-14fb7d80c37d/Dear+Martin.jpeg Book Recommendations Justyce McAllister is a good kid, an honor student, and always there to help a friend—but none of that matters to the police officer who just put him in handcuffs. Despite leaving his rough neighborhood behind, he can't escape the scorn of his former peers or the ridicule of his new classmates. Justyce looks to the teachings of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. for answers. But do they hold up anymore? He starts a journal to Dr. King to find out. Then comes the day Justyce goes driving with his best friend, Manny, windows rolled down, music turned up—way up, sparking the fury of a white off-duty cop beside them. Words fly. Shots are fired. Justyce and Manny are caught in the crosshairs. In the media fallout, it's Justyce who is under attack. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/0a01677c-df20-4073-bf7f-53531e55cfa5/Everywhere%2C+Wonder.jpeg Book Recommendations In this heartfelt picture book, readers are taken on a stunning journey into the imagination of a young boy—who explores everything from the pyramids of Egypt to a dusty footprint on the moon—and then back out again to the wonderful world right in front of him. From a lost balloon to an endless road, there are stories to discover, to dream about, and to share. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/223dc206-7297-40bb-a654-4df8b8fcb839/Dreams+from+My+Father.jpeg Book Recommendations In this lyrical, unsentimental, and compelling memoir, the son of a black African father and a white American mother searches for a workable meaning to his life as a black American. It begins in New York, where Barack Obama learns that his father—a figure he knows more as a myth than as a man—has been killed in a car accident. This sudden death inspires an emotional odyssey—first to a small town in Kansas, from which he retraces the migration of his mother’s family to Hawaii, and then to Kenya, where he meets the African side of his family, confronts the bitter truth of his father’s life, and at last reconciles his divided inheritance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/601ca454-dbf2-4846-939b-4084763571cf/Dancing+in+the+Wings.jpeg Book Recommendations Sassy is a long-legged girl who always has something to say. She wants to be a ballerina more than anything, but she worries that her too-large feet, too-long legs, and even her big mouth will keep her from her dream. When a famous director comes to visit her class, Sassy does her best to get his attention with her high jumps and bright leotard. Her first attempts are definitely not appreciated, but with Sassy's persistence, she just might be able to win him over. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/1e837480-7ccc-4900-8b12-124d88a4f0ec/Exquisite+-+The+Poetry+and+Life+of+Gwendolyn+Brooks.jpeg Book Recommendations Gwendolyn Brooks (1917–2000) is known for her poems about “real life.” She wrote about love, loneliness, family, and poverty—showing readers how just about anything could become a beautiful poem. Exquisite follows Gwendolyn from early girlhood into her adult life, showcasing her desire to write poetry from a very young age. This picture-book biography explores the intersections of race, gender, and the ubiquitous poverty of the Great Depression—all with a lyrical touch worthy of the subject. A bold artist who from a very young age dared to dream, Brooks will inspire young readers to create poetry from their own lives. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/f83eb262-5f1d-4637-b4a6-63c045d5b023/Escape+North%21+The+Story+of+Harriet+Tubman.jpeg Book Recommendations An easy-to-read, page-turning account of Harriet Tubman's life--from her childhood in slavery to her years as a conductor on the Underground Railroad to her later work as a suffragette and as a spy in the Civil War. This remarkable true story brings to life one of America's greatest female role models. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/8da297b5-25f2-4c97-80a1-eda5b4cd0a28/Every+Body+Looking.jpeg Book Recommendations When Ada leaves home for her freshman year at a Historically Black College, it’s the first time she’s ever been so far from her family—and the first time that she’s been able to make her own choices and to seek her place in this new world. As she stumbles deeper into the world of dance and explores her sexuality, she also begins to wrestle with her past—her mother’s struggle with addiction, her Nigerian father’s attempts to make a home for her. Ultimately, Ada discovers she needs to brush off the destiny others have chosen for her and claim full ownership of her body and her future. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/354ae183-867e-4755-9fe7-73b9f9c1c4ed/Firebird.jpg Book Recommendations In her debut picture book, Misty Copeland tells the story of a young girl--an every girl--whose confidence is fragile and who is questioning her own ability to reach the heights that Misty has reached. Misty encourages this young girl's faith in herself and shows her exactly how, through hard work and dedication, she too can become Firebird. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/02c7d1e3-c618-4b0e-90aa-9a4a76b89173/Finish+the+Fight%21.jpeg Book Recommendations Who was at the forefront of women's right to vote? We know a few famous names, like Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, but what about so many others from diverse backgrounds--Black, Asian, Latinx, Native American, and more--who helped lead the fight for suffrage? On the hundredth anniversary of the historic win for women's rights, it's time to celebrate the names and stories of the women whose stories have yet to be told. Gorgeous portraits accompany biographies of such fierce but forgotten women as Yankton Dakota Sioux writer and advocate Zitkála-Sá, Mary Eliza Church Terrell, who co-founded the National Association of Colored Women (NACW), and Mabel Ping-Hua Lee, who, at just sixteen years old, helped lead the biggest parade in history to promote the cause of suffrage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/3afc01a0-87e4-4f17-8110-b4eb25cc532a/Fantasia+for+the+Man+in+Blue.jpeg Book Recommendations In his debut collection, Fantasia for the Man in Blue, Tommye Blount orchestrates a chorus of distinct, unforgettable voices that speak to the experience of the black, queer body as a site of desire and violence. A black man's late-night encounter with a police officer - the titular "man in blue" - becomes an extended meditation on a dangerous, erotic fantasy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/47e4c3aa-e26c-443c-b4d1-62e44f91dd21/Flower+Garden.jpeg Book Recommendations An urban African-American girl and her father buy plants, potting soil, and a window box at the supermarket, ride the bus to their apartment, and put together a colorful gift for the child’s mother. Rhyming verse carries the brief story, while wonderful, warm, full-color illustrations present scenes from novel angles, and depict a loving family with a sense of intimacy, sincerity, and joy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/0e1c9d8c-6382-4d24-94b8-0ca1e4cf7a14/Freedom+Over+Me.jpeg Book Recommendations Imagine being looked up and down and being valued as less than a chair. Less than an ox. Less than a dress. Maybe about the same as…a lantern. This gentle yet deeply powerful way goes to the heart of how a slave is given a monetary value by the slave owner, tempering this with the one thing that can’t be bought or sold: dreams. Inspired by the actual will of a plantation owner that lists the worth of each and every one of his “workers,” the author has created collages around that document, and others like it. Through fierce paintings and expansive poetry, he imagines and interprets each person’s life on the plantation, as well as the life their owner knew nothing about—their dreams and pride in knowing that they were worth far more than an overseer or madam ever would guess. Visually epic, and never before done, this stunning picture book is unlike anything you’ve seen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/b6508062-880b-4d91-8b2e-8ce8912421ba/Felix+Ever+After.jpeg Book Recommendations Felix Love has never been in love—and, yes, he’s painfully aware of the irony. He desperately wants to know what it’s like and why it seems so easy for everyone but him to find someone. What’s worse is that, even though he is proud of his identity, Felix also secretly fears that he’s one marginalization too many—Black, queer, and transgender—to ever get his own happily-ever-after. When an anonymous student begins sending him transphobic messages—after publicly posting Felix’s deadname alongside images of him before he transitioned—Felix comes up with a plan for revenge. What he didn’t count on: his catfish scenario landing him in a quasi–love triangle.... But as he navigates his complicated feelings, Felix begins a journey of questioning and self-discovery that helps redefine his most important relationship: how he feels about himself. Felix Ever After is an honest and layered story about identity, falling in love, and recognizing the love you deserve. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/9497e02d-38b2-4f22-bd9b-5bb8bf9b9dba/Fly%2C+Doctor%2C+Fly%21.jpg Book Recommendations PJ is a very curious, imaginative, and creative young boy from the rural countryside of Jamaica. When PJ comes across an injured Doctor Bird, Jamaica's national hummingbird, he wants to figure out a way to help him fly again. What PJ doesn't realize is that his newfound mission leads him to explore what he is truly passionate about, the field of medicine. His exposure to healthcare heroes within his own community and his mother's love give him the motivation he needs to pursue his dreams. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/497825ea-f146-4565-b767-43a37c5c56fc/George+Washington+Carver.jpeg Book Recommendations Take a bite into the fascinating history of peanut butter and the man who invented it. Through leveled text and engaging photos, kids meet George Washington Carver and learn about his important work with peanuts and other plants. This level 1 reader is carefully leveled for an early independent reading or read aloud experience, perfect to encourage the scientists and explorers of tomorrow! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/c8d16a61-fc18-418d-ab1e-cc5a3b3b43a9/For+Every+One.jpeg Book Recommendations For Every One is exactly that: for every one. For every one person. For every one who has a dream. But especially for every kid. The kids who dream of being better than they are. Kids who dream of doing more than they almost dare to imagine. Kids who are like Jason Reynolds, a self-professed dreamer. Jason does not claim to know how to make dreams come true; he has, in fact, been fighting on the front line of his own battle to make his own dreams a reality. He expected to make it when he was sixteen. Then eighteen. Then twenty-five. Now, some of those expectations have been realized. But others, the most important ones, lay ahead, and a lot of them involve kids, how to inspire them: All the kids who are scared to dream, or don’t know how to dream, or don’t dare to dream because they’ve NEVER seen a dream come true. Jason wants kids to know that dreams take time. They involve countless struggles. But no matter how many times a dreamer gets beat down, the drive and the passion and the hope never fully extinguishes—because simply having the dream is the start you need, or you won’t get anywhere anyway, and that is when you have to take a leap of faith. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/b5c46522-d5fa-4eac-b116-804bba8249e2/Ghost+Boys.jpeg Book Recommendations Twelve-year-old Jerome is shot by a police officer who mistakes his toy gun for a real threat. As a ghost, he observes the devastation that's been unleashed on his family and community in the wake of what they see as an unjust and brutal killing. Soon Jerome meets another ghost: Emmett Till, a boy from a very different time but similar circumstances. Emmett helps Jerome process what has happened, on a journey towards recognizing how historical racism may have led to the events that ended his life. Jerome also meets Sarah, the daughter of the police officer, who grapples with her father's actions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/c1d4ce4b-3233-4859-ba9c-a8eb9f781757/GLORY+-+Magical+Visions+of+Black+Beauty.jpg Book Recommendations With stunning images of natural hair and gorgeous, inventive visual storytelling, GLORY puts Black beauty front and center with more than 100 breathtaking photographs and a collection of powerful essays about the children. At its heart, it is a recognition and celebration of the versatility and innate beauty of black hair, and black beauty. The glorious coffee-table book pays homage to the story of our royal past, celebrates the glory of the here and now, and even dares to forecast the future. It brings to life past, present, and future visions of black culture and showcases the power and beauty of recognizing and celebrating oneself. Beauty as an expression of who you are is power. When we define our own standards of beauty, we take back that power. GLORY encourages children around the world to feel that power and harness it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/e971f22a-446c-4687-a69d-c4ebe4aa42f1/FreeAtLast.png Book Recommendations Free at Last: A Juneteenth Poem, written by Sojourner Kincaid Rolle and illustrated by Alex Bostic. This evocative free verse poem traces the celebration of Juneteenth from its start in 1865 in Galveston, Texas. This is a commemorative ode to the strength of Black Americans. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/bb440678-0f21-4bb6-a248-1d772bce36ad/Full%2C+Full%2C+Full+of+Love.jpeg Book Recommendations For the youngest member of an exuberant extended family, Sunday dinner at Grannie’s can be full indeed - full of hugs and kisses, full of tasty dishes, full to the brim with happy faces, and full, full, full of love. With a special focus on the bond between little Jay Jay and his grannie, Trish Cooke introduces us to a gregarious family we are sure to want more, more, more of. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/8c2ca875-a4b0-4054-93c0-f39f788b2873/Gone+Crazy+in+Alabama.jpeg Book Recommendations Delphine, Vonetta, and Fern are off to Alabama to visit their grandmother Big Ma and her mother, Ma Charles. Across the way lives Ma Charles’s half sister, Miss Trotter. The two half sisters haven’t spoken in years. As Delphine hears about her family history, she uncovers the surprising truth that’s been keeping the sisters apart. But when tragedy strikes, Delphine discovers that the bonds of family run deeper than she ever knew possible. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/7bd37eaf-87c3-4bab-9395-22fd80bbaa10/Go+Tell+It+on+the+Mountain.jpeg Book Recommendations In one of the greatest American classics, Baldwin chronicles a fourteen-year-old boy's discovery of the terms of his identity. Baldwin's rendering of his protagonist's spiritual, sexual, and moral struggle of self-invention opened new possibilities in the American language and in the way Americans understand themselves. With lyrical precision, psychological directness, resonating symbolic power, and a rage that is at once unrelenting and compassionate, Baldwin tells the story of the stepson of the minister of a storefront Pentecostal church in Harlem one Saturday in March of 1935. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/3603133b-046a-41a9-a33c-799d4632a7ad/Girl+of+Mine.jpeg Book Recommendations This companion book to Boy of Mine shows a dazzling little girl enjoying playtime in the moon's soft glow. As daddy cradles his baby girl, she is suddenly whisked away on a fantastical adventure, swinging above lush floral gardens under the golden moonlight. The sweet text, inspired by "Rock-A-Bye Baby," will whisk little ones off to peaceful slumber. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/f3caed20-a22a-4727-8d6d-49c483317b8c/Katherine+Johnson.jpeg Book Recommendations Meet Katherine Johnson, a brilliant mathematician who worked at NASA in the early 1950s until retiring in 1986. Katherine’s unparalleled calculations (done by hand) helped plan the trajectories for NASA’s Mercury and Apollo missions (including the Apollo 11 moon landing). She is said to be one of the greatest American minds of all time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/2950b77a-2d48-4c87-b37c-1d2c8bbbb07d/God+Help+the+Child.jpeg Book Recommendations At the center: a young woman who calls herself Bride, whose stunning blue-black skin is only one element of her beauty, her boldness and confidence, her success in life, but which caused her light-skinned mother to deny her even the simplest forms of love. There is Booker, the man Bride loves, and loses to anger. Rain, the mysterious white child with whom she crosses paths. And finally, Bride’s mother herself, Sweetness, who takes a lifetime to come to understand that “what you do to children matters. And they might never forget.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/5d3e027a-4faa-4453-9b3f-b76e57f98727/Going+Up%21.jpeg Book Recommendations An elevator ride to a birthday party turns into a shared experience bursting with joy in this multicultural story about community, togetherness and the special feeling of belonging. Today is Olive’s birthday party, and Sophie and her dad have baked cookies. Sophie’s dad holds the platter so Sophie can push the elevator button for the tenth floor. But on the way up, the elevator stops for the Santucci brothers. Then, for Vicky, Babs, and their dog, Norman. And, as the elevator ascends, more neighbors squeeze in: the Habibs, the Flores family, Mr. Kwan. Everyone’s going to the party! Such a wonderful, close-knit building — kids will want to move right in! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/1342f8f9-18c4-49ad-91e0-5e7f61b35fdc/King+and+the+Dragonflies.jpeg Book Recommendations Twelve-year-old Kingston James is sure his brother Khalid has turned into a dragonfly. When Khalid unexpectedly passed away, he shed what was his first skin for another to live down by the bayou in their small Louisiana town. Khalid still visits in dreams, and King must keep these secrets to himself as he watches grief transform his family. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/b6147f06-4804-43df-8992-5114fceef9a1/Goldie+Vance+Vol.+1.jpeg Book Recommendations In a timeless story, 16-year-old Marigold "Goldie" Vance lives at a Florida resort with her dad, who manages the place. Her mom, who divorced her dad years ago, works as a live mermaid at a club downtown. Goldie has an insatiable curiosity, which explains her dream to one day become the hotel's in-house detective. When Charles, the current detective, encounters a case he can't crack, he agrees to mentor Goldie in exchange for her help solving the mystery utilizing her smarts, random skills, and connections with the hotel staff and various folks in town. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/6b2825cd-7692-4e0c-92f2-e65bb496fe55/Goodnight+Lab.jpeg Book Recommendations In the vein of Goodnight Moon, say "goodnight" to your lab in this picture book parody of a beloved classic. Perfect for scientists of all ages! While poking fun at the clutter and chaos of lab life, scientists of all ages will appreciate ending their day with this sweet parody. They'll be rested and ready to return to the world of research in the morning! This scientific parody book in the style of Goodnight Moon is a delight for little lab girls and guys. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/11b27c01-b42d-41d9-aecb-340eb67303b1/Hidden+Figures.jpeg Book Recommendations Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson, and Christine Darden were good at math…really good. They participated in some of NASA's greatest successes, like providing the calculations for America's first journeys into space. And they did so during a time when being black and a woman limited what they could do. But they worked hard. They persisted. And they used their genius minds to change the world. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/ac7a6df9-b7f3-40f1-b550-8251ae88e66a/Lifting+as+we+Climb.jpeg Book Recommendations Women of color, especially African American women, were fighting for their right to vote and to be treated as full, equal citizens of the United States. Their battlefront wasn't just about gender. African American women had to deal with white abolitionist-suffragists who drew the line at sharing power with their black sisters. They had to overcome deep, exclusionary racial prejudices that were rife in the American suffrage movement. And they had to maintain their dignity--and safety--in a society that tried to keep them in its bottom ranks. Lifting as We Climb is the empowering story of African American women who refused to accept all this. Women in black church groups, black female sororities, black women's improvement societies and social clubs. Women who formed their own black suffrage associations when white-dominated national suffrage groups rejected them. Women like Mary Church Terrell, a founder of the National Association of Colored Women and of the NAACP; or educator-activist Anna Julia Cooper who championed women getting the vote and a college education; or the crusading journalist Ida B. Wells, a leader in both the suffrage and anti-lynching movements. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/a83cf98d-1db5-4985-a79c-88add62e1401/Grace+for+President.jpg Book Recommendations "Where are the girls?" When Grace's teacher reveals that the United States has never had a female president, Grace decides she wants to be the nation's first and immediately jumpstarts her political career by running in her school's mock election! The race is tougher than she expected: her popular opponent declares that he's the "best man for the job" and seems to have captured the votes of all of the class's boys. But Grace is more determined than ever. Even if she can't be the best man for the job, she can certainly try to be the best person! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/d0d64012-c7e1-4ed0-a76c-41a883d46576/Hip+Hop+Family+Tree+Book+1.jpeg Book Recommendations From exciting young talent and self-proclaimed hip hop nerd Ed Piskor, acclaimed for his hacker graphic novel Wizzywig, comes this explosively entertaining, encyclopedic history of the formative years of the music genre that changed global culture. Originally serialized on the hugely popular website Boing Boing, The Hip Hop Family Tree is now collected in a single volume cleverly presented and packaged in a style mimicking the Marvel comics of the same era. Piskor’s exuberant yet controlled cartooning takes you from the parks and rec rooms of the South Bronx to the night clubs, recording studios, and radio stations where the scene started to boom, capturing the flavor of late-1970s New York City in panels bursting with obsessively authentic detail. With a painstaking, vigorous and engaging Ken Burns meets Stan Lee approach, the battles and rivalries, the technical innovations, the triumphs and failures are all thoroughly researched and lovingly depicted. plus the charismatic players behind the scenes like Russell Simmons, Sylvia Robinson and then-punker Rick Rubin. Piskor also traces graffiti master Fab 5 Freddy’)s rise in the art world, and Debbie Harry, Keith Haring, The Clash, and other luminaries make cameos as the music and culture begin to penetrate downtown Manhattan and the mainstream at large. Like the acclaimed hip hop documentaries Style Wars and Scratch, The Hip Hop Family Tree is an exciting and essential cultural chronicle and a must for hip hop fans, pop-culture addicts, and anyone who wants to know how it went down back in the day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/4df15587-add9-4ca1-9ff0-68a4ab257589/Little+Leaders+-+Bold+Women+in+Black+History.jpeg Book Recommendations Did you know the treatment for leprosy was developed by a young scientist called Alice Ball? And Josephine Baker- world famous cabaret singer and dancer- was also a spy for the French résistance? Featuring 40 trailblazing black women in the world's history, this book educates and inspires as it relates true stories of women who broke boundaries and exceeded all expectations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/19c1c12a-3c4b-40b3-a182-c5ac146791b0/Grace+Goes+to+Washington.jpg Book Recommendations "Who's in charge here?" When Grace learns about the three branches of the United States government, she and the rest of the student council put the lesson into practice as they debate how to spend the money from a school fund-raiser. The arguments continue as they travel to Washington, DC, for a field trip. Grace feels closer than ever to her dream of becoming president someday, but she and her classmates have a lot to learn about what it means to serve the needs of the people, especially when the people want such different things! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/ffd13ede-8eae-495e-b3a1-b0ed9836848c/Homegoing.jpeg Book Recommendations Ghana, eighteenth century: two half sisters are born into different villages, each unaware of the other. One will marry an Englishman and lead a life of comfort in the palatial rooms of the Cape Coast Castle. The other will be captured in a raid on her village, imprisoned in the very same castle, and sold into slavery. Homegoing follows the parallel paths of these sisters and their descendants through eight generations: from the Gold Coast to the plantations of Mississippi, from the American Civil War to Jazz Age Harlem. Yaa Gyasi’s extraordinary novel illuminates slavery’s troubled legacy both for those who were taken and those who stayed—and shows how the memory of captivity has been inscribed on the soul of our nation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/0560d155-992d-4f59-8a52-e59d6355e065/Little+Leaders+-+Exceptional+Men+in+Black+History.jpeg Book Recommendations An important book for readers of all ages, this beautifully illustrated and engagingly written volume brings to life true stories of black men in history. Among these biographies, readers will find aviators and artists, politicians and pop stars, athletes and activists. The exceptional men featured include writer James Baldwin, artist Aaron Douglas, filmmaker Oscar Devereaux Micheaux, lawman Bass Reeves, civil rights leader John Lewis, dancer Alvin Ailey, and musician Prince. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/7ce25817-5a60-46ab-bb1f-569a94c99b61/Grandma+Lena_s+Big+Ol_+Turnip.jpeg Book Recommendations Grandma Lena believes that something worth doing is worth doing right. So she takes good care of the turnips she plants in her garden. One turnip grows to an enormous size-Baby Pearl thinks it's a big potato! It is big enough to feed half the town. And it's so big that Grandma can't pull it out of the ground! Even when Grandpa, Uncle Izzy, Aunt Netty, and the dog help Grandma yank and tug, the big ol' turnip doesn't budge. Still, this African-American family, including Baby Pearl, knows how to pull together. Denia Lewis Hester's adaptation of an old Russian tale will delight the entire family. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/5ac7b02e-0fc5-470a-a934-3e71a1a5f9e5/How+High+the+Moon.jpeg Book Recommendations It's 1944, and in a small Southern town, eleven-year-old Ella spends her summers running wild with her cousins and friends. But life isn't always so sunny. The deep racial tension that simmers beneath their town's peaceful facade never quite goes away, and Ella misses her mama - a beautiful jazz singer, who lives in Boston. So when an invitation arrives to come to Boston for a visit Ella is ecstatic - and the trip proves life-changing in more ways than one. For the first time, Ella sees what life outside of segregation is like, and begins to dream of a very different future. But her happiness is shattered when she returns home to the news that her classmate has been arrested for the murder of two white girls - and nothing will ever be the same again. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/a58d2ae4-0a9f-4280-84b1-00d4e5168309/Malcolm+Little.jpeg Book Recommendations Bolstered by the love and wisdom of his large, warm family, young Malcolm Little was a natural born leader. But when confronted with intolerance and a series of tragedies, Malcolm’s optimism and faith were threatened. He had to learn how to be strong and how to hold on to his individuality. He had to learn self-reliance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/f0c8cc82-b084-4304-9956-a93ad4fe2d57/Grandma_s+Purse.jpeg Book Recommendations When Grandma Mimi comes to visit, she always brings warm hugs, sweet treats...and her purse. You never know what she'll have in there--fancy jewelry, tokens from around the world, or something special just for her granddaughter. It might look like a normal bag from the outside, but Mimi and her granddaughter know that it's pure magic! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/8c43d501-b8af-4b4f-9f7c-bb05cf3229b1/How+to+Make+a+Slave+and+Other+Essays.jpeg Book Recommendations For the black community, Jerald Walker asserts in How to Make a Slave, "anger is often a prelude to a joke, as there is broad understanding that the triumph over this destructive emotion lay in finding its punchline." It is on the knife's edge between fury and farce that the essays in this exquisite collection balance. Whether confronting the medical profession's racial biases, considering the complicated legacy of Michael Jackson, paying homage to his writing mentor James Alan McPherson, or attempting to break free of personal and societal stereotypes, Walker elegantly blends personal revelation and cultural critique. The result is a bracing and often humorous examination by one of America's most acclaimed essayists of what it is to grow, parent, write, and exist as a black American male. Walker refuses to lull his readers; instead his missives urge them to do better as they consider, through his eyes, how to be a good citizen, how to be a good father, how to live, and how to love. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/36afbe22-f6e1-4f9a-8e91-e2d6c60ef823/Michelle+Obama+-+First+Lady%2C+Going+Higher.jpeg Book Recommendations Michelle Obama is a lot like YOU! She grew up on the South Side of Chicago with her brother, Craig. She rode her bike and played freeze tag with her friends. And she and her family ate dinner together every night! Michelle's parents taught her to work hard and not let anyone or anything stand in her way. That work ethic has propelled her through her whole life—through her magnet high school, her college years at Princeton, and Harvard Law School. Her parents also taught her to reach back and help others once she found success, evidence of which is everywhere in her work as First Lady of the United States and beyond. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/d8a20c7f-8022-429e-a074-61bc6854f708/Hair+Like+Mine.jpeg Book Recommendations Hair Like Mine is the first book in the Kids Like Mine Series. It is a fun and easy read following a little girl who doesn't like that her naturally curly hair looks different from the other kids around her. On her quest to find someone with hair like hers, she soon realizes we are all unique and special in our own way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/f9419fd7-b928-4441-894c-b1559374934a/Hurricane+Child.jpeg Book Recommendations Being born during a hurricane is unlucky, and twelve-year-old Caroline has had her share of bad luck lately. She's hated and bullied by everyone in her small school on St. Thomas of the US Virgin Islands, a spirit only she can see won't stop following her, and -- worst of all -- Caroline's mother left home one day and never came back. But when a new student named Kalinda arrives, Caroline's luck begins to turn around. Kalinda, a solemn girl from Barbados with a special smile for everyone, becomes Caroline's first and only friend -- and the person for whom Caroline has begun to develop a crush. Now, Caroline must find the strength to confront her feelings for Kalinda, brave the spirit stalking her through the islands, and face the reason her mother abandoned her. Together, Caroline and Kalinda must set out in a hurricane to find Caroline's missing mother -- before Caroline loses her forever. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/4f98368f-24fc-416d-9796-75c607f3ff7b/Miles+Morales+-+Spider-Man.jpeg Book Recommendations Miles Morales is just your average teenager. Dinner every Sunday with his parents, chilling out playing old-school video games with his best friend, Ganke, crushing on brainy, beautiful poet Alicia. He's even got a scholarship spot at the prestigious Brooklyn Visions Academy. Oh yeah, and he's Spider Man. But lately, Miles's spidey-sense has been on the fritz. When a misunderstanding leads to his suspension from school, Miles begins to question his abilities. After all, his dad and uncle were Brooklyn jack-boys with criminal records. Maybe kids like Miles aren't meant to be superheroes. Maybe Miles should take his dad's advice and focus on saving himself. As Miles tries to get his school life back on track, he can't shake the vivid nightmares that continue to haunt him. Nor can he avoid the relentless buzz of his spidey-sense every day in history class, amidst his teacher's lectures on the historical benefits of slavery and the modern-day prison system. But after his scholarship is threatened, Miles uncovers a chilling plot, one that puts his friends, his neighborhood, and himself at risk. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/962a8471-d2a6-4693-99a4-2a4e0e7c8a66/Hair+Love.jpeg Book Recommendations Zuri's hair has a mind of its own. It kinks, coils, and curls every which way. Zuri knows it's beautiful. When Daddy steps in to style it for an extra special occasion, he has a lot to learn. But he LOVES his Zuri, and he'll do anything to make her -- and her hair -- happy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/3dea7d89-c314-432a-8098-11c0fea3c49b/Moon+Girl+and+Devil+Dinosaur.jpeg Book Recommendations Lunella Lafayette is a preteen genius who wants to change the world, but lives in fear of the Inhuman genes inside her! Now, Lunella's life is turned upside down when a red-scaled beast is teleported from the prehistoric past to a far-flung future we call...today! Together they're the most Marvelous Team-Up of all -- Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur! But will they be BFFs forever, or just until DD's dinner time? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/ee51918e-c085-4e88-87ac-8d9c35a9b54d/I+Know+Why+the+Caged+Bird+Sings.png Book Recommendations Sent by their mother to live with their devout, self-sufficient grandmother in a small Southern town, Maya and her brother, Bailey, endure the ache of abandonment and the prejudice of the local “powhitetrash.” At eight years old and back at her mother’s side in St. Louis, Maya is attacked by a man many times her age—and has to live with the consequences for a lifetime. Years later, in San Francisco, Maya learns that love for herself, the kindness of others, her own strong spirit, and the ideas of great authors (“I met and fell in love with William Shakespeare”) will allow her to be free instead of imprisoned. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/1295643e-8496-47c6-a417-9e9aea75e17e/Happy+Hair.jpeg Book Recommendations Girls will love seeing strong, happy reflections of themselves in this vibrant, rhythmic book full of beautiful Black hairstyles. From a cute crop to pom-pom puffs, adorable illustrations of girls with gorgeous braids, blowouts, and bantus grace each page, side by side with a positive message that will make girls cheer. It's a great read-aloud to promote self-esteem for girls of all ages, building and growing the foundation of self-love (and hair love!) and letting every girl know You are made beautiful! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/1c473930-13df-4b28-99b8-7265eb76054e/New+Kid.jpeg Book Recommendations Seventh grader Jordan Banks loves nothing more than drawing cartoons about his life. But instead of sending him to the art school of his dreams, his parents enroll him in a prestigious private school known for its academics, where Jordan is one of the few kids of color in his entire grade. As he makes the daily trip from his Washington Heights apartment to the upscale Riverdale Academy Day School, Jordan soon finds himself torn between two worlds—and not really fitting into either one. Can Jordan learn to navigate his new school culture while keeping his neighborhood friends and staying true to himself? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/6a8337b8-c9f9-436a-bbba-ee4509dbaab2/If+Beale+Street+Could+Talk.jpeg Book Recommendations Told through the eyes of Tish, a nineteen-year-old girl, in love with Fonny, a young sculptor who is the father of her child, Baldwin's story mixes the sweet and the sad. Tish and Fonny have pledged to get married, but Fonny is falsely accused of a terrible crime and imprisoned. Their families set out to clear his name, and as they face an uncertain future, the young lovers experience a kaleidoscope of emotions-affection, despair, and hope. In a love story that evokes the blues, where passion and sadness are inevitably intertwined, Baldwin has created two characters so alive and profoundly realized that they are unforgettably ingrained in the American psyche. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/9e30a6c0-0446-4982-9921-f6d4801e0d66/Happy+to+Be+Nappy.jpeg Book Recommendations The groundbreaking picture book by legendary author bell hooks and multi-Caldecott Medalist Chris Raschka that celebrates hair, perfect for fans of Hair Love and I Love My Hair! Happy with hair all short and strong. Happy with locks that twist and curl. Just all girl happy! Happy to be nappy hair! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/b8ddfdcc-5ca4-4401-aac1-5e5ea15e760c/Intruders+-+Short+Stories.jpeg Book Recommendations Orphan sisters chase monsters of urban legend in Bloemfontein. At a busy taxi rank, a woman kills a man with her shoe. A genomicist is accused of playing God when she creates a fatherless child. Intruders is a collection that explores how it feels not to belong. These are stories of unremarkable people thrust into extraordinary situations by events beyond their control. With a unique and memorable touch, Mohale Mashigo explores the everyday ills we live with and wrestle constantly, all the while allowing hidden energies to emerge and play out their unforeseen consequences. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/47115a3d-80ac-4893-b3b5-f449768af2a3/Of+Thee+I+Sing+-+A+Letter+to+My+Daughters.jpeg Book Recommendations In this tender, beautiful letter to his daughters, President Barack Obama has written a moving tribute to thirteen groundbreaking Americans and the ideals that have shaped our nation. From the artistry of Georgia O'Keeffe, to the courage of Jackie Robinson, to the patriotism of George Washington, President Obama sees the traits of these heroes within his own children, and within all of America's children. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/ff47aeaa-c2af-458c-84c2-484c90383d17/Hey+Black+Child.jpeg Book Recommendations Hey black child, Do you know who you are? Who really are? Do you know you can be what you want to be if you try to be what you can be? This lyrical, empowering poem celebrates black children and seeks to inspire all young people to dream big and achieve their goals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/c63f9bf7-ad91-4dd4-893b-8d63689f8467/One+Crazy+Summer.jpeg Book Recommendations In One Crazy Summer, eleven-year-old Delphine is like a mother to her two younger sisters, Vonetta and Fern. She's had to be, ever since their mother, Cecile, left them seven years ago for a radical new life in California. But when the sisters arrive from Brooklyn to spend the summer with their mother, Cecile is nothing like they imagined. While the girls hope to go to Disneyland and meet Tinker Bell, their mother sends them to a day camp run by the Black Panthers. Unexpectedly, Delphine, Vonetta, and Fern learn much about their family, their country, and themselves during one truly crazy summer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/69618e98-7939-4438-a7f8-669ccb71737d/Invisible+Man.png Book Recommendations The book's nameless narrator describes growing up in a black community in the South, attending a Negro college from which he is expelled, moving to New York and becoming the chief spokesman of the Harlem branch of "the Brotherhood", before retreating amid violence and confusion to the basement lair of the Invisible Man he imagines himself to be. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/00feca2b-5e1a-4130-b083-1bc2e1e3b040/Hurry+Up%21.jpg Book Recommendations A busy boy and his dog learn to slow down and enjoy life together in this lyrical, rhyming picture book perfect for hurried families everywhere. For one busy boy, life is all hurry up, hurry down, hurry round and round and round! That is until he takes a big breath...and a big break...and slows down to see all the wonderful things in the world around him. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/4df5b3ad-246a-45a8-8343-ae6060b2075b/Other+Words+for+Home.jpeg Book Recommendations Jude never thought she’d be leaving her beloved older brother and father behind, all the way across the ocean in Syria. But when things in her hometown start becoming volatile, Jude and her mother are sent to live in Cincinnati with relatives. At first, everything in America seems too fast and too loud. The American movies that Jude has always loved haven’t quite prepared her for starting school in the US—and her new label of “Middle Eastern,” an identity she’s never known before. But this life also brings unexpected surprises—there are new friends, a whole new family, and a school musical that Jude might just try out for. Maybe America, too, is a place where Jude can be seen as she really is. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/99c7939f-81eb-4e96-9059-28498ee932ef/It_s+Trevor+Noah+-+Born+a+Crime.jpeg Book Recommendations Trevor Noah, the funny guy who hosts The Daily Show on Comedy Central, shares his remarkable story of growing up in South Africa with a black South African mother and a white European father at a time when it was against the law for a mixed-race child to exist. But he did exist--and from the beginning, the often-misbehaved Trevor used his keen smarts and humor to navigate a harsh life under a racist government. This fascinating memoir blends drama, comedy, and tragedy to depict the day-to-day trials that turned a boy into a young man. In a country where racism barred blacks from social, educational, and economic opportunity, Trevor surmounted staggering obstacles and created a promising future for himself, thanks to his mom's unwavering love and indomitable will. It's Trevor Noah: Born a Crime not only provides a fascinating and honest perspective on South Africa's racial history, but it will also astound and inspire young readers looking to improve their own lives. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/2a2c7103-314a-4967-af43-71edfc69a4fc/I+Am+Actually+a+Penguin.jpeg Book Recommendations When a little girl is given a penguin suit she decides that living as a penguin is much more fun than just dressing as one. But penguins don't exactly behave like people. They don't ride the bus like people, they don't talk like people and they certainly don't catch fish fingers like people. Her family tell her, "You're not actually a penguin," but she knows that she ACTUALLY is. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/bf373af5-237d-457f-941b-08bcac2c2e04/Out+of+Wonder.jpeg Book Recommendations Out of gratitude for the poet's art form, Newbery Award-winning author and poet Kwame Alexander, along with Chris Colderley and Marjory Wentworth, present original poems that pay homage to twenty famed poets who have made the authors' hearts sing and their minds wonder. Stunning mixed-media images by Ekua Holmes, winner of a Caldecott Honor and a John Steptoe New Talent Illustrator Award, complete the celebration and invite the reader to listen, wonder, and perhaps even pick up a pen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/e0c47b84-b456-4266-b07a-acdd5ab99b5c/Just+Mercy.jpeg Book Recommendations Bryan Stevenson was a young lawyer when he founded the Equal Justice Initiative, a legal practice dedicated to defending those most desperate and in need: the poor, the wrongly condemned, and women and children trapped in the farthest reaches of our criminal justice system. One of his first cases was that of Walter McMillian, a young man who was sentenced to die for a notorious murder he insisted he didn’t commit. The case drew Bryan into a tangle of conspiracy, political machination, and legal brinksmanship—and transformed his understanding of mercy and justice forever. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/4492cbd4-4958-4b4a-89b5-b6196d2a53da/I+Am+Enough.jpg Book Recommendations This gorgeous, lyrical ode to loving who you are, respecting others, and being kind to one another comes from Empire actor and activist Grace Byers and talented newcomer artist Keturah A. Bobo. We are all here for a purpose. We are more than enough. We just need to believe it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/3aeb29c1-0969-4668-bbcf-7b35a0866854/Just+Us+-+An+American+Conversation.jpeg Book Recommendations Just Us is an invitation to discover what it takes to stay in the room together, even and especially in breaching the silence, guilt, and violence that follow direct addresses of whiteness. Rankine’s questions disrupt the false comfort of our culture’s liminal and private spaces—the airport, the theater, the dinner party, the voting booth—where neutrality and politeness live on the surface of differing commitments, beliefs, and prejudices as our public and private lives intersect. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/48b56c8c-caf2-489c-a980-20560494dad8/President+of+the+Whole+Fifth+Grade.jpeg Book Recommendations When Brianna Justice's hero, the famous celebrity chef Miss Delicious, speaks at her school and traces her own success back to being president of her fifth grade class, Brianna determines she must do the same. She just knows that becoming president of her class is the first step toward her own cupcake-baking empire! But when new student Jasmine Moon announces she is also running for president, Brianna learns that she may have more competition than she expected. Will Brianna be able to stick to her plan of working with her friends to win the election fairly? Or will she jump at the opportunity to steal votes from Jasmine by revealing an embarrassing secret? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/e32631c8-1bb9-4182-aa14-9b6af62e19a2/I+Am+Human+-+A+Book+of+Empathy.jpg Book Recommendations From the picture book dream team behind I Am Yoga and I Am Peace comes the third book in their wellness series: I Am Human. A hopeful meditation on all the great (and challenging) parts of being human, I Am Human shows that it’s okay to make mistakes while also emphasizing the power of good choices by offering a kind word or smile or by saying “I’m sorry.” At its heart, this picture book is a celebration of empathy and compassion that lifts up the flawed fullness of humanity and encourages children to see themselves as part of one big imperfect family—millions strong. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/271d68a5-192f-45ea-a21f-dc7f3024f755/President+of+the+Whole+Sixth+Grade.jpeg Book Recommendations When budding middle school journalist Brianna Justice learns that Yavonka Steele, rising star of the nightly news broadcast, is looking to mentor a student as part of a program at her school, she's thrilled! That is until she's paired instead with a "boring" reporter from the community news desk. But when she's asked to interview students from a girls' coding program at Price Academy, an inner-city middle school, this suburban girl has no idea what to expect. Will Brianna learn to ignore stereotypes and embrace the world around her? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/c07346cc-83b9-485f-8b40-d6ec05e2fa3e/Legendborn.jpeg Book Recommendations After her mother dies in an accident, sixteen-year-old Bree Matthews wants nothing to do with her family memories or childhood home. A residential program for bright high schoolers at UNC–Chapel Hill seems like the perfect escape—until Bree witnesses a magical attack her very first night on campus. A flying demon feeding on human energies. A secret society of so called “Legendborn” students that hunt the creatures down. And a mysterious teenage mage who calls himself a “Merlin” and who attempts—and fails—to wipe Bree’s memory of everything she saw. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/360ddc7b-98f3-4341-82ff-02fc0193b546/Roll+of+Thunder%2C+Hear+My+Cry.jpeg Book Recommendations Cassie has grown up protected, grown up strong, and so far grown up unaware that any white person could force her to be untrue to herself, could consider her inferior and treat her accordingly. It took the events of one turbulent year -- the year of the night riders and the burnings, the year a white girl humiliated Cassie in public simply because she was Black -- to show Cassie why the land meant so much, why having a place of their own where they answered to no one permitted the Logans the luxuries of pride and courage their sharecropper neighbors couldn't afford and their white neighbors couldn't allow. Richly characterized, powerfully told, Mildred Taylor's novel is unforgettable. The Logans' story is at times warm and humorous, at times terrifying. It is a story of courage and love and pride, the story of one family's passionate determination not to be beaten down. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/5927d17f-3ebf-4191-8794-743d7dea4c9f/Let+Me+Hear+a+Rhyme.jpeg Book Recommendations Brooklyn, 1998. Biggie Smalls was right: Things done changed. But that doesn’t mean that Quadir and Jarrell are cool letting their best friend Steph’s music lie forgotten under his bed after he’s murdered—not when his rhymes could turn any Bed Stuy corner into a party. With the help of Steph’s younger sister Jasmine, they come up with a plan to promote Steph’s music under a new rap name: the Architect. Soon, everyone wants a piece of him. When his demo catches the attention of a hotheaded music label rep, the trio must prove Steph’s talent from beyond the grave. As the pressure of keeping their secret grows, Quadir, Jarrell, and Jasmine are forced to confront the truth about what happened to Steph. Only, each has something to hide. And with everything riding on Steph’s fame, they need to decide what they stand for or lose all that they’ve worked so hard to hold on to—including each other. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/43be7e07-56fc-4586-a382-a7cae50773fa/IAmOkayToFeel.jpg Book Recommendations Am Okay to Feel, is written by Karamo Brown and Jason “Rachel” Brown and is illustrated by Diobelle Cerna. This story, for readers from 4-8 years old, is about a father and son who have to work together and work through their emotions to get through a storm. This story has great lessons to support emotional intelligence from a young age! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/03e73a29-be0a-4c0f-afd9-2c4d1fda81e4/I+Am+Smart%2C+I+Am+Blessed%2C+I+Can+Do+Anything%21.jpg Book Recommendations It's a new day and Ayaan has woken up on the wrong side of the bed, where nothing feels quite right. What if he doesn't know the answer at school? What if he messes up? But as he sets out that morning, all it takes is a few reminders from his mom and some friends in the neighborhood to remind him that a new day is a good day because… HE IS SMART, HE IS BLESSED, AND HE CAN DO ANYTHING! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/6749613d-f3d4-4bec-bffa-c47f3ed49b12/Sasha+Savvy+Loves+to+Code.jpeg Book Recommendations Sasha Savvy is a super smart 10-year old African-American girl, who lives in Washington, DC. Sasha must choose which class to take for summer camp. Her mom discovers that the camp is offering a new class for girls on how to code. Sasha thinks this will be boring and doesn't believe that she is good at computer stuff. Despite this, she decides to give it a chance and convinces her best friends Gabby Reyes and Ashley Webster to attend the coding camp with her. Sasha's mom, a Software Developer, gives her a unique formula to help her remember how to code but will it be enough to get her through a challenging first day of camp with bugs everywhere, computing errors, that is. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/cf00140e-d69a-4142-8441-d8d679499d3e/Long+Way+Down.jpeg Book Recommendations A cannon. A strap. A piece. A biscuit. A burner. A heater. A chopper. A gat. A hammer. A tool for RULE. Or, you can call it a gun. That’s what fifteen-year-old Will has shoved in the back waistband of his jeans. See, his brother Shawn was just murdered. And Will knows the rules. No crying. No snitching. Revenge. That’s where Will’s now heading, with that gun shoved in the back waistband of his jeans, the gun that was his brother’s gun. He gets on the elevator, seventh floor, stoked. He knows who he’s after. Or does he? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/5117f0da-9d5e-47d3-bfa1-e0f584ae4805/I+Am+Truly.jpeg Book Recommendations Princess Truly is strong and confident, beautiful and brave, bright and brilliant. She can do anything she sets her mind to… I can fly to the moon. And dance on the stars. I can tame wild lions… And race fast cars. Brimming with warmth and color, Princess Truly's rhythmic rhyming adventures are a celebration of individuality, girl power, and diversity. A perfect graduation gift, this heartfelt story is a reminder to young girls everywhere that they can achieve anything if they put their minds to it...and dream big! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/2e08a001-27a9-4deb-bd7e-cb2054b3a62f/March+-+Book+One.jpeg Book Recommendations March is a vivid first-hand account of John Lewis' lifelong struggle for civil and human rights, meditating in the modern age on the distance traveled since the days of Jim Crow and segregation. Rooted in Lewis' personal story, it also reflects on the highs and lows of the broader civil rights movement. Book One spans John Lewis' youth in rural Alabama, his life-changing meeting with Martin Luther King, Jr., the birth of the Nashville Student Movement, and their battle to tear down segregation through nonviolent lunch counter sit-ins, building to a stunning climax on the steps of City Hall. Many years ago, John Lewis and other student activists drew inspiration from the 1958 comic book "Martin Luther King and the Montgomery Story." Now, his own comics bring those days to life for a new audience, testifying to a movement whose echoes will be heard for generations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/8ae1261c-5f4b-4236-a572-50aebf761ff0/Spiderman+-+This+Is+Miles+Morales.jpeg Book Recommendations Miles Morales is hitting the big time! Not only is he joining the Marvel Universe, but he's also a card-carrying Avenger, rubbing shoulders with the likes of Iron Man, Thor and Captain America! But how have Miles' first eight months been, coming to grips with an All-new, All-Different new York? One thing is the same--nonstop action! Like when Earth's Mightiest Heroes all fall, and Miles stands alone against a villain with the power to destroy the universe. Or when the Black Cat tries to get her claws in this new Spider-Man. Then there's Miles' toughest foe yet--his grandmother! But his grades might be his biggest challenge...maybe a study session (date?) with fellow Avenger Ms. Marvel might help? Not likely! Don't miss the start of Miles Morales' adventures in the Marvel Universe! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/d99104fe-4d9b-4932-9354-5421cf6f1709/I+Can+Do+It+Too%21.jpeg Book Recommendations This heartwarming story reminds us how satisfying it is to grow up surrounded by love. I Can Do It Too! affirms a little girl's growing independence as she, too, can begin to do all the things she sees her parents, relatives and neighbors do: pouring juice at breakfast, strumming a guitar, and even riding a bike! The simple cadence of text and direct-to-the-heart art result in a book as warm and generous as its message, providing reading pleasure for toddlers, older siblings, and the grown-ups who love them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/7e6a569b-ee12-455f-8776-a98bc3c172ab/Starstruck+-+The+Cosmic+Journey+of+Neil+DeGrasse+Tyson.jpeg Book Recommendations Young Neil deGrasse Tyson was starstruck when he first visited the sky theater at the Hayden Planetarium in New York City. He couldn't believe the crowded, glittering night sky at the planetarium was real--until a visit to the country years later revealed the impossible. That discovery was like rocket fuel for Neil's passion about space. His quest for knowledge took him from the roof of his apartment building to a science expedition in northwest Africa, to a summer astronomy camp beneath a desert sky, and finally back home to become the director of the Hayden Planetarium, where it all began. Before long, Neil became America's favorite guide to the cosmos. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/3e75333a-d163-4f7f-877a-07aacab66aca/May+We+Forever+Stand.jpeg Book Recommendations In this rich, poignant, and readable work, Imani Perry tells the story of the Black National Anthem as it traveled from South to North, from civil rights to black power, and from countless family reunions to Carnegie Hall and the Oval Office. Drawing on a wide array of sources, Perry uses "Lift Every Voice and Sing" as a window on the powerful ways African Americans have used music and culture to organize, mourn, challenge, and celebrate for more than a century. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/c297f022-f4d6-469f-981c-3b3e7eefcb40/I+Can_t+Take+a+Bath%21.jpeg Book Recommendations Read about a boy who gives lots of funny excuses to avoid taking a bath. Includes colorful illustrations, notes to caregivers, notes to readers and author and illustrator profiles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/0c45d7c5-2905-4171-9a8a-9cbfdd1deb49/The+Blood+of+Emmett+Till.jpeg Book Recommendations In 1955, white men in the Mississippi Delta lynched a fourteen-year-old from Chicago named Emmett Till. His murder was part of a wave of white terrorism in the wake of the 1954 Supreme Court decision that declared public school segregation unconstitutional. Only weeks later, Rosa Parks thought about young Emmett as she refused to move to the back of a city bus in Montgomery, Alabama. Five years later, Black students who called themselves “the Emmett Till generation” launched sit-in campaigns that turned the struggle for civil rights into a mass movement. Till’s lynching became the most notorious hate crime in American history. But what actually happened to Emmett Till—not the icon of injustice, but the flesh-and-blood boy? Part detective story, part political history, The Blood of Emmett Till “unfolds like a movie” (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution), drawing on a wealth of new evidence, including a shocking admission of Till’s innocence from the woman in whose name he was killed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/7d61c6ed-59f9-4a7e-a977-a6383cc8a1d7/Monday_s+Not+Coming.jpeg Book Recommendations Monday Charles is missing, and only Claudia seems to notice. Claudia and Monday have always been inseparable—more sisters than friends. So when Monday doesn’t turn up for the first day of school, Claudia’s worried. When she doesn’t show for the second day, or second week, Claudia knows that something is wrong. Monday wouldn’t just leave her to endure tests and bullies alone. Not after last year’s rumors and not with her grades on the line. Now Claudia needs her best—and only—friend more than ever. But Monday’s mother refuses to give Claudia a straight answer, and Monday’s sister April is even less help. As Claudia digs deeper into her friend’s disappearance, she discovers that no one seems to remember the last time they saw Monday. How can a teenage girl just vanish without anyone noticing that she’s gone? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/3467bdeb-5238-41d8-a577-a32473a58a7e/I+Got+the+Rhythm.jpeg Book Recommendations On a simple trip to the park, the joy of music overtakes a mother and daughter. The little girl hears a rhythm coming from the world around her- from butterflies, to street performers, to ice cream sellers everything is musical! She sniffs, snaps, and shakes her way into the heart of the beat, finally busting out in an impromptu dance, which all the kids join in on! Award-winning illustrator Frank Morrison and Connie Schofield-Morrison, capture the beat of the street, to create a rollicking read that will get any kid in the mood to boogie. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/ea4ba683-aa8b-458a-aacd-fbeefa0b69f1/The+Day+Gogo+Went+to+Vote.jpeg Book Recommendations When Thembi's family learns that South Africa will hold elections, her 100-year-old grandmother announces that she too will vote now that she has the opportunity. This story of quiet determination pays tribute to the people of South Africa and the privilege of casting a ballot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/530703e4-79ed-4cee-b057-073106aee547/More+Than+Enough.jpeg Book Recommendations Throughout her life, Elaine Welteroth has climbed the ranks of media and fashion, shattering ceilings along the way. In this riveting and timely memoir, the groundbreaking journalist unpacks lessons on race, identity, and success through her own journey, from navigating her way as the unstoppable child of an unlikely interracial marriage in small-town California to finding herself on the frontlines of a modern movement for the next generation of change makers. Welteroth moves beyond the headlines and highlight reels to share the profound lessons and struggles of being a barrier-breaker across so many intersections. As a young boss and often the only Black woman in the room, she's had enough of the world telling her--and all women--they're not enough. As she learns to rely on herself by looking both inward and upward, we're ultimately reminded that we're more than enough. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/a611b8e2-212d-406b-ad12-29b3f3904a69/I+Know+A+Lot%21.jpg Book Recommendations This third book in Stephen Krensky and Sara Gillingham's empowerment series celebrates the feats of growing out of toddlerhood with increased knowledge. Whether comparing heavy rocks to lighter flowers, or noting that the sunlight delineates the day from the night, Krensky and Gillingham acknowledge the “small wins” of understanding the world just a little bit more. Young children and their parents will revel in the uplifting text and boldly colored retro-fresh illustrations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/83cbff87-c331-4187-8342-fd7612e10fa7/The+Last+Day+of+Summer.jpeg Book Recommendations Otto and Sheed are the local sleuths in their zany Virginia town, masters of unraveling mischief using their unmatched powers of deduction. And as the summer winds down and the first day of school looms, the boys are craving just a little bit more time for fun, even as they bicker over what kind of fun they want to have. That is, until a mysterious man appears with a camera that literally freezes time. Now, with the help of some very strange people and even stranger creatures, Otto and Sheed will have to put aside their differences to save their town--and each other--before time stops for good. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/7442bd80-e101-460b-8233-24b3b368a6f8/Nelson+Mandela+-+Long+Walk+to+Freedom.jpeg Book Recommendations The famously taciturn South African president reveals much of himself in Long Walk to Freedom. A good deal of this autobiography was written secretly while Mandela was imprisoned for 27 years on Robben Island by South Africa's apartheid regime. Among the book's interesting revelations is Mandela's ambivalence toward his lifetime of devotion to public works. It cost him two marriages and kept him distant from a family life he might otherwise have cherished. Long Walk to Freedom also discloses a strong and generous spirit that refused to be broken under the most trying circumstances--a spirit in which just about everybody can find something to admire. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/c489a353-0948-4a67-8de4-479fd07fa42c/I+Like+Myself%21.jpeg Book Recommendations High on energy and imagination, this ode to self-esteem encourages kids to appreciate everything about themselves--inside and out. Messy hair? Beaver breath? So what! Here's a little girl who knows what really matters. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/a08a6e85-4330-483e-aae7-28c0913ad513/On+the+Come+Up.jpeg Book Recommendations Sixteen-year-old Bri wants to be one of the greatest rappers of all time. Or at least win her first battle. As the daughter of an underground hip hop legend who died right before he hit big, Bri’s got massive shoes to fill. But it’s hard to get your come up when you’re labeled a hoodlum at school, and your fridge at home is empty after your mom loses her job. So Bri pours her anger and frustration into her first song, which goes viral . . . for all the wrong reasons. Bri soon finds herself at the center of a controversy, portrayed by the media as more menace than MC. But with an eviction notice staring her family down, Bri doesn’t just want to make it—she has to. Even if it means becoming the very thing the public has made her out to be. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/4e84dad2-f8fe-4c11-9c61-ebd80ebb099a/The+Soccer+Fence.jpeg Book Recommendations As a boy, Hector loved playing soccer in his small Johannesburg township. He dreamed of playing on a real pitch with the boys from another part of the city, but apartheid made that impossible. Then, in 1990, Nelson Mandela was released from prison, and apartheid began to crumble. The march toward freedom in South Africa was a slow one, but when the beloved Bafana Bafana national soccer team won the African Cup of Nations, Hector realized that dreams once impossible could now come true. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/dc3a552b-464b-4713-ae67-480149fe9293/I+Love+My+Hair%21.jpg Book Recommendations This whimsical, evocative story about a girl named Keyana encourages African-American children to feel good about their special hair and be proud of their heritage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/3c09aab5-cfff-46ac-9d27-2d6a1aa8090b/The+Story+of+Ruby+Bridges.jpeg Book Recommendations Please, God, try to forgive those people. Because even if they say those bad things, They don't know what they're doing.This is the true story of an extraordinary 6-year-old who helped shape history when she became the first African-American sent to first grade in an all white school. This moving book captures the courage of a little girl standing alone in the face of racism. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/881fc478-8ae8-445e-9894-b5b0d9cac6e6/On+the+Other+Side+of+Freedom+-+The+Case+for+Hope.jpeg Book Recommendations In August 2014, twenty-nine-year-old activist DeRay Mckesson stood with hundreds of others on the streets of Ferguson, Missouri, to push a message of justice and accountability. These protests, and others like them in cities across the country, resulted in the birth of the Black Lives Matter movement. Now, in his first book, Mckesson lays down the intellectual, pragmatic, and political framework for a new liberation movement. Continuing a conversation about activism, resistance, and justice that embraces our nation's complex history, he dissects how deliberate oppression persists, how racial injustice strips our lives of promise, and how technology has added a new dimension to mass action and social change. He argues that our best efforts to combat injustice have been stunted by the belief that racism's wounds are history, and suggests that intellectual purity has curtailed optimistic realism. The book offers a new framework and language for understanding the nature of oppression. With it, we can begin charting a course to dismantle the obvious and subtle structures that limit freedom. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/26e533cb-1d65-45a4-950e-a2c8b68fbe55/I_m+A+Pretty+Little+Black+Girl%21.jpg Book Recommendations I’m A Pretty Little Black Girl! introduces adorable Mia, who wakes with her hair just-a-going every which-a-ways! With her abundant energy and joy leading the way, readers follow Mia as she plays with her friends who are all shades, shapes and sizes. There's tall Kia, Keisha the reader, Charlotte her best friend, Dina Rose-Marie the artist, Imani the dancer, Anna who loves sports, Ruby the singer, and honey-haired Tracy. Mia finds that Pretty is within herself and her friends, and being pretty is way beyond what the mirror shows. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/68e1d1be-1cb5-4ae8-b889-4f1ebc559e03/Opposite+of+Always.jpeg Book Recommendations When Jack and Kate meet at a party, bonding until sunrise over their mutual love of Froot Loops and their favorite flicks, Jack knows he’s falling—hard. Soon she’s meeting his best friends, Jillian and Franny, and Kate wins them over as easily as she did Jack. But then Kate dies. And their story should end there. Yet Kate’s death sends Jack back to the beginning, the moment they first meet, and Kate’s there again. Healthy, happy, and charming as ever. Jack isn’t sure if he’s losing his mind. Still, if he has a chance to prevent Kate’s death, he’ll take it. Even if that means believing in time travel. However, Jack will learn that his actions are not without consequences. And when one choice turns deadly for someone else close to him, he has to figure out what he’s willing to do to save the people he loves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/ee9876fe-e12a-4f35-8149-b452c1e3d02d/Tiny+Stitches.jpeg Book Recommendations Vivien Thomas's greatest dream was to attend college to study medicine. But after the stock market crashed in 1929, Vivien lost all his savings. Then he heard about a job opening at the Vanderbilt University medical school under the supervision of Dr. Alfred Blalock. Vivien knew that the all-white school would never admit him as a student, but he hoped working there meant he was getting closer to his dream. As Dr. Blalock's research assistant, Vivien learned surgical techniques. In 1943, Vivien was asked to help Dr. Helen Taussig find a cure for children with a specific heart defect. After months of experimenting, Vivien developed a procedure that was used for the first successful open-heart surgery on a child. Afterward, Dr. Blalock and Dr. Taussig announced their innovative new surgical technique, the Blalock-Taussig shunt. Vivien's name did not appear in the report. Overcoming racism and resistance from his colleagues, Vivien ushered in a new era of medicine--children's heart surgery. Tiny Stitches is the compelling story of this incredible pioneer in medicine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/7d93c210-058c-4bf0-b66d-febe8f453abf/If+I+Ran+for+President.jpeg Book Recommendations If you ran for president, you would have to do a lot of hard work. You would study the nation's problems, tell the American people about your platform, select a running mate, and debate your opponents on live television. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/f2c645cc-9f1b-48b0-bfca-1e03990772d2/Piecing+Me+Together.jpeg Book Recommendations Jade is a girl striving for success in a world that seems like it's trying to break her. She knows she needs to take every opportunity that comes her way. And she has: every day Jade rides the bus away from her friends to a private school where she feels like an outsider, but where she has plenty of opportunities. But some opportunities Jade could do without, like the mentor programme for 'at-risk' girls. Just because her mentor is black doesn't mean she understands where Jade is coming from. Why is Jade always seen as someone to fix? But with a college scholarship promised at the end of it, how can Jade say no? Jade feels like her life is made up of hundreds of conflicting pieces. Will it ever fit together? Will she ever find her place in the world? More than anything, Jade just wants the opportunity to be real, to make a difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/e6e2c330-10e2-4857-bf07-a2cd35fc95e9/Unspeakable+-+The+Tulsa+Race+Massacre.jpeg Book Recommendations Celebrated author Carole Boston Weatherford and illustrator Floyd Cooper provide a powerful look at the Tulsa Race Massacre, one of the worst incidents of racial violence in our nation's history. The book traces the history of African Americans in Tulsa's Greenwood district and chronicles the devastation that occurred in 1921 when a white mob attacked the Black community. News of what happened was largely suppressed, and no official investigation occurred for seventy-five years. This picture book sensitively introduces young readers to this tragedy and concludes with a call for a better future. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/6ce03784-3b21-4ca2-ac39-e0c179ff0a32/If+Your+Monster+Won_t+Go+to+Bed.jpeg Book Recommendations If you have a monster that won't go to bed, don't bother asking your parents to help. They know a lot about putting kids to bed, but nothing about putting monsters to bed. It's not their fault; they're just not good at it. Read this book instead. It will tell you what to feed your monster before bed (it's not warm milk), and what to sing to your monster (it's not a soothing lullaby), and what to read to your monster to send him off to dreamland in no time (the scarier, the better). Just make sure you don't get too good at putting monsters to bed--or you might have a BIG problem on your hands. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/e9ff3f72-4166-417e-8ac6-8ddd496f843a/Punching+the+Air.jpeg Book Recommendations Amal Shahid has always been an artist and a poet. But even in a diverse art school, because of a biased system he's seen as disruptive and unmotivated. Then, one fateful night, an altercation in a gentrifying neighborhood escalates into tragedy. "Boys just being boys" turns out to be true only when those boys are white. Suddenly, at just sixteen years old, Amal is convicted of a crime he didn't commit and sent to prison. Despair and rage almost sink him until he turns to the refuge of his words, his art. This never should have been his story. But can he change it? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/ae2ce6de-86a2-4b31-941f-726758ef5b9b/Urban+Biologist+Danielle+Lee.jpeg Book Recommendations After earning degrees studying animal behavior, Danielle Lee wanted to share her love of science with young people. Through urban outreach she has brought budding scientists into professional labs. She's walked them through the steps of the scientific method. And she's shown them that science doesn't have to be intimidating. In her popular Urban Scientist blog, Lee shares backyard science and outreach work. She also writes about her own research and other women and people of color. Discover what this influential scientist is doing to encourage the next generation of scientists. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/35d5a62b-104b-451e-a598-aa23fba94275/Jabari+Jumps.jpeg Book Recommendations Jabari is definitely ready to jump off the diving board. He’s finished his swimming lessons and passed his swim test, and he’s a great jumper, so he’s not scared at all. “Looks easy,” says Jabari, watching the other kids take their turns. But when his dad squeezes his hand, Jabari squeezes back. He needs to figure out what kind of special jump to do anyway, and he should probably do some stretches before climbing up onto the diving board. In a sweetly appealing tale of overcoming your fears, newcomer Gaia Cornwall captures a moment between a patient and encouraging father and a determined little boy you can’t help but root for. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/ad865f17-b2d3-4699-8762-2fc5a9c65c92/We+Rise%2C+We+Resist%2C+We+Raise+Our+Voices.jpeg Book Recommendations What do we tell our children when the world seems bleak, and prejudice and racism run rampant? With 96 lavishly designed pages of original art and prose, fifty diverse creators lend voice to young activists. Featuring poems, letters, personal essays, art, and other works from such industry leaders as Jacqueline Woodson (Brown Girl Dreaming), Jason Reynolds (All American Boys), Kwame Alexander (The Crossover), Andrea Pippins (I Love My Hair), Sharon Draper (Out of My Mind), Rita Williams-Garcia (One Crazy Summer), Ellen Oh (cofounder of We Need Diverse Books), and artists Ekua Holmes, Rafael Lopez, James Ransome, Javaka Steptoe, and more, this anthology empowers the nation's youth to listen, learn, and build a better tomorrow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/f95c9439-a3e1-40ad-91c9-372355ddf99c/Queenie.jpeg Book Recommendations Queenie Jenkins is a twenty-five-year-old Jamaican British woman living in London, straddling two cultures and slotting neatly into neither. She works at a national newspaper, where she’s constantly forced to compare herself to her white middle class peers. After a messy break up from her long-term white boyfriend, Queenie seeks comfort in all the wrong places…including several hazardous men who do a good job of occupying brain space and a bad job of affirming self-worth. As Queenie careens from one questionable decision to another, she finds herself wondering, “What are you doing? Why are you doing it? Who do you want to be?”—all of the questions today’s woman must face in a world trying to answer them for her. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/9414db2d-a5d7-426a-9fe3-7253b1a3eeab/Jocelyn+Learns+to+Dance.jpg Book Recommendations Jocelyn spends her Saturday mornings waiting for her friends to finish their fun activities. One day, she finds an activity of her own and she is very excited. Jocelyn Learns to Dance introduces the young reader to five dance styles through descriptive words and pictures. The book is loosely based on the writer's own experiences as a young dancer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/818ea2bc-9070-4367-a827-55d02a91dbef/Riot+Baby.jpeg Book Recommendations https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/c4581014-d483-44e0-a1b0-4d6962713c29/When+I+Grow+Up+-+Misty+Copeland.jpeg Book Recommendations Misty Copeland is one of the most famous dancers in the world. But before she was dancing for millions of fans, Misty was just a young girl who loved ballet, even though she didn't look like the typical ballerina. Learn how she made it all the way to the top in this exciting level 3 biography! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/7970a63a-b909-43b3-b7a2-a74e2824ca06/June+Peters%2C+You+Will+Change+The+World+One+Day.jpeg Book Recommendations When Master Kim announces JoJo is ready to take the test for her yellow belt, butterflies start fluttering in her stomach. JoJo loves Tae Kwon Do, but can she really do a perfect flying side kick and break a board in two? Her family and friends offer all sorts of advice: "Do a little shuffle to chase the jitters away," says Grandaddy. "Yell 'KIAH!' at the top of your lungs," P.J. advises. "Why don't you visualize your technique?" Mom suggests. But how can JoJo ever hope to succeed when she's still afraid of the creepy bandit tree outside her bedroom window? JoJo needs to find a way to turn her fears into success, and she soon realizes there's only one person who can help her do that -- herself. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/dee7ebe5-b1c9-419a-bb6c-0e4f0a785018/When+Stars+are+Scattered.jpeg Book Recommendations Omar and his younger brother, Hassan, have spent most of their lives in Dadaab, a refugee camp in Kenya. Life is hard there: never enough food, achingly dull, and without access to the medical care Omar knows his nonverbal brother needs. So when Omar has the opportunity to go to school, he knows it might be a chance to change their future . . . but it would also mean leaving his brother, the only family member he has left, every day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/4d0bfc25-05c5-48fc-86ac-40e07e38ea7a/Rethinking+Incarceration.jpeg Book Recommendations The United States has more people locked up in jails, prisons, and detention centers than any other country in the history of the world. Mass incarceration has become a lucrative industry, and the criminal justice system is plagued with bias and unjust practices. And the church has unwittingly contributed to the problem. Dominique Gilliard explores the history and foundation of mass incarceration, examining Christianity’s role in its evolution and expansion. He then shows how Christians can pursue justice that restores and reconciles, offering creative solutions and highlighting innovative interventions. The church has the power to help transform our criminal justice system. Discover how you can participate in the restorative justice needed to bring authentic rehabilitation, lasting transformation, and healthy reintegration to this broken system. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/5bda781b-e4e7-4d89-b1f8-25729c8e4784/Just+Us+Women.jpeg Book Recommendations "No boys and no men-just us women," Aunt Martha tells her niece. And together they plan their trip to North Carolina in Aunt Martha's brand-new car. This is to be a very special outing-with no one to hurry them along, the two travelers can do exactly as they please. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/3469130f-d22c-4d47-a989-55f672c5347d/White+Socks+Only.jpeg Book Recommendations In the segregated south, a young girl thinks that she can drink from a fountain marked "Whites Only" because she is wearing her white socks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/b9c08fda-5896-4299-8030-7d01cf396c4d/Shuri+-+The+Search+for+Black+Panther.jpeg Book Recommendations T Challa has disappeared, and everyone is looking at the next in line for the throne. Wakanda expects Shuri to take on the mantle of Black Panther once more and lead their great nation but she’s happiest in a lab, surrounded by her own inventions. She’d rather be testing gauntlets than throwing them down! So it’s time for Shuri to go rescue her brother yet again with a little help from Storm, Rocket Raccoon and Groot, of course! But when her outer-space adventure puts the entire cultural history of her continent at risk from an energy-sapping alien threat, can Shuri and Iron Man save Africa? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/6164f57a-d898-4989-a34c-0d9abcd1251c/Kenya_s+Art.jpg Book Recommendations Kenya’s class is on spring vacation and their teacher asked them to write a report about how they spent their time. But vacation is almost over and Kenya hasn't done anything worth noting. A late visit to a museum's recycling exhibit and a walk through her neighborhood with her daddy inspire Kenya to use her old, broken toys and other items to make art with her family. Now she's prepared to teach her whole class how to Recycle! Reuse! Make Art! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/4964e265-70df-4690-a0d5-aa8e34f39fed/White+Water.jpeg Book Recommendations It's a scorching hot day, and going into town with Grandma is one of Michael's favorite things. When the bus pulls up, they climb in and pay their fare, get out, walk to the back door, and climb in again. By the time they arrive in town, Michael's throat is as dry as a bone, so he runs to the water fountain. But after a few sips, the warm, rusty water tastes bad. Why is the kid at the "Whites Only" fountain still drinking? Is his water clear and refreshingly cool? No matter how much trouble Michael might get into, he's determined to find out for himself. Based on a transformative experience co-author Michael Bandy had as a boy, this compelling story sheds light on the reality of segregation through a child's eyes, while showing the powerful awareness that comes from daring to question the way things are. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/13a0d390-6808-41fc-b53e-f034d73f9d90/Stamped+from+the+Beginning.jpeg Book Recommendations In this deeply researched and fast-moving narrative, Kendi chronicles the entire story of anti-black racist ideas and their staggering power over the course of American history. He uses the life stories of five major American intellectuals to drive this history: Puritan minister Cotton Mather, Thomas Jefferson, abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison, W.E.B. Du Bois, and legendary activist Angela Davis. As Kendi shows, racist ideas did not arise from ignorance or hatred. They were created to justify and rationalize deeply entrenched discriminatory policies and the nation's racial inequities. In shedding light on this history, Stamped from the Beginning offers us the tools we need to expose racist thinking. In the process, he gives us reason to hope. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/c5c9a304-9ed9-4278-8946-0d16a62f7ad1/Knock+Knock+-+My+Dad_s+Dream+For+Me.jpeg Book Recommendations Every morning, I play a game with my father. He goes knock knock on my door and I pretend to be asleep till he gets right next to the bed. And my papa, he tells me, "I love you." But what happens when, one day, that "knock knock" doesn't come? This powerful and inspiring book shows the love that an absent parent can leave behind, and the strength that children find in themselves as they grow up and follow their dreams. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/9c73121c-c10c-448d-81c7-1534003f2839/Who+Are+Venus+and+Serena+Williams_.jpeg Book Recommendations Venus and Serena Williams are two of the most successful professional American tennis players of all time. Coached at an early age by their parents, the sisters have both gone on to become Grand Slam title winners. They have both achieved the World Number One ranking in both singles and doubles! Although completely professional and fiercely competitive, the sisters remain close. Who Are Venus and Serena Williams? follows the pair from their early days of training up through the ranks and to the Summer Olympic Games, where they have each won four gold medals--more than any other tennis players. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/069a0eea-5651-420d-97a3-d14b85b64baf/Stamped.jpeg Book Recommendations The construct of race has always been used to gain and keep power, to create dynamics that separate and silence. This remarkable reimagining of Dr. Ibram X. Kendi's National Book Award-winning Stamped from the Beginning reveals the history of racist ideas in America, and inspires hope for an antiracist future. It takes you on a race journey from then to now, shows you why we feel how we feel, and why the poison of racism lingers. It also proves that while racist ideas have always been easy to fabricate and distribute, they can also be discredited. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/040d1cab-bb77-4919-ac51-ba81caf710a7/Leo+Can+Swim.jpeg Book Recommendations Leo, Lola’s little brother from Leo Loves Baby Time, is back in a new adventure at the pool. Leo and Daddy go to swim class where they kick, bounce, and dive like little fish. Joining other babies and their caretakers in the pool is a guarantee for unforgettable fun. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/4f5f4d68-611d-4855-bb47-433e8749bd81/Who+Is+Michael+Jordan_.jpeg Book Recommendations Meet the man who changed the game forever. Michael Jordan has always been competitive--even as a young boy, he fought for attention. His need to be the best made him a star player on his college basketball team and helped him become an NBA legend, both for his skills and his endorsements. His Nike contract for Air Jordan basketball shoes set an unmatched precedent for professional athletes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/5d1b78c1-78af-4a9f-9176-ee151f5cc8b5/Swing.jpeg Book Recommendations Best friends Noah and Walt are far from popular, but Walt is convinced junior year is their year, and he has a plan that includes wooing the girls of their dreams and becoming amazing athletes. Never mind he and Noah failed to make their baseball team yet again, and Noah’s crush since third grade, Sam, has him firmly in the friend zone. While Walt focuses on his program of jazz, podcasts, batting cages, and a “Hug Life” mentality, Noah feels stuck in status quo … until he stumbles on a stash of old love letters. Each one contains words Noah’s always wanted to say to Sam, and he begins secretly creating artwork using the lines that speak his heart. But when his art becomes public, Noah has a decision to make: continue his life in the dugout and possibly lose the girl forever, or take a swing and finally speak out. At the same time, American flags are being left around town. While some think it’s a harmless prank and others see it as a form of protest, Noah can’t shake the feeling something bigger is happening to his community. Especially after he witnesses events that hint divides and prejudices run deeper than he realized. As the personal and social tensions increase around them, Noah and Walt must decide what is really important when it comes to love, friendship, sacrifice, and fate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/3d6d13b5-813b-40b1-8203-eb7fdfcfb18a/Leo+Loves+Baby+Time.jpeg Book Recommendations On Wednesdays, Leo and his mom go to Baby Time. There he plays peek-a-boo; sings the rolly song, the happy song, and the name song; plays with animals; and meets new friends. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/293d750d-e463-4c7c-89ef-a4a418848bb4/The+57+Bus.jpeg Book Recommendations One teenager in a skirt. One teenager with a lighter. One moment that changes both of their lives forever. If it weren’t for the 57 bus, Sasha and Richard never would have met. Both were high school students from Oakland, California, one of the most diverse cities in the country, but they inhabited different worlds. Sasha, a white teen, lived in the middle-class foothills and attended a small private school. Richard, a black teen, lived in the crime-plagued flatlands and attended a large public one. Each day, their paths overlapped for a mere eight minutes. But one afternoon on the bus ride home from school, a single reckless act left Sasha severely burned, and Richard charged with two hate crimes and facing life imprisonment. The case garnered international attention, thrusting both teenagers into the spotlight. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/6dc2ac54-3089-4447-97be-fae0288932ff/Who+Is+Pele_.jpeg Book Recommendations His parents may have named him Edson Arantes do Nascimento, but to the rest of the world, he is known as Pelé. The now-retired professional soccer forward stunned Brazil when he began playing for the Santos soccer club at age fifteen. He then went on to captivate the world when he joined his country's national soccer team and helped them win three World Cup championships. Although he's hailed as a national hero for his accomplishments in soccer, Pelé has been an influential person both on and off the pitch. His work with organizations like UNICEF has helped improve conditions for children around the world. Young readers can learn more about the man who connected soccer with the phrase "The Beautiful Game." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/6938e51d-b5e4-4b36-9a44-a10d5c7be58c/Lily_s+Cat+Mask.jpg Book Recommendations Armed with a vivid imagination and her trusty cat mask, Lily can take on anything--even a new school… But when her teacher tells her no masks allowed in class, Lily worries, can she make friends without it? Anyone who has been daunted by a new experience, or struggled to put on a good face, will relate to Lily. Whimsical art brings Lily, her father, and her new classmates to life, with text that begs to be read aloud. Perfect for Father's Day, back to school, and even Halloween--Lily and her grinning cat mask are sure to make you smile back. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/657e99c0-1057-44b4-b16c-d3c3cc9443bd/Who+Was+Frederick+Douglass_.jpeg Book Recommendations Born into slavery in Maryland in 1818, Frederick Douglass was determined to gain freedom--and once he realized that knowledge was power, he secretly learned to read and write to give himself an advantage. After escaping to the North in 1838, as a free man he gave powerful speeches about his experience as a slave. He was so impressive that he became a friend of President Abraham Lincoln, as well as one of the most famous abolitionists of the nineteenth century. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/244a30f7-fbda-4350-a841-5d743a0c6697/The+Black+Kids.jpeg Book Recommendations Ashley Bennett and her friends are living the charmed life. It’s the end of senior year and they’re spending more time at the beach than in the classroom. They can already feel the sunny days and endless possibilities of summer. Everything changes one afternoon in April, when four LAPD officers are acquitted after beating a black man named Rodney King half to death. Suddenly, Ashley’s not just one of the girls. She’s one of the black kids. As violent protests engulf LA and the city burns, Ashley tries to continue on as if life were normal. Even as her self-destructive sister gets dangerously involved in the riots. Even as the model black family façade her wealthy and prominent parents have built starts to crumble. Even as her best friends help spread a rumor that could completely derail the future of her classmate and fellow black kid, LaShawn Johnson. With her world splintering around her, Ashley, along with the rest of LA, is left to question who is the us? And who is the them? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/a3351ff5-fed3-4bf8-8f8b-e76843d8023e/Lola+at+the+Library.jpeg Book Recommendations Every Tuesday Lola and her mommy go to the library. Lola meets her friends there. They share books and don't have to be quiet all the time. The nice librarian tells stories. There is a big machine that buzzes Lola's books in and out, and she can take any books she wants home with her. Lola and her mommy always stop for a treat on the way home. No wonder Lola loves the library. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/a1f12dcc-a893-4313-bc02-b6dea02023cf/Who+Was+Jesse+Owens_.jpeg Book Recommendations At the 1936 Berlin Summer Olympics, track and field star Jesse Owens ran himself straight into international glory by winning four gold medals. But the life of Jesse Owens is much more than a sports story. Born in rural Alabama under the oppressive Jim Crow laws, Owens's family suffered many hardships. As a boy he worked several jobs like delivering groceries and working in a shoe repair shop to make ends meet. But Owens defied the odds to become a sensational student athlete, eventually running track for Ohio State. He was chosen to compete in the Summer Olympics in Nazi Germany where Adolf Hitler was promoting the idea of “Aryan superiority.” Owens's winning streak at the games humiliated Hitler and crushed the myth of racial supremacy once and for all. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/e68f57e6-b411-4c1d-b7aa-3c0fa0df1c81/The+Boy+in+the+Black+Suit.jpeg Book Recommendations Matt wears a black suit every day. No, not because his mom died—although she did, and it sucks. But he wears the suit for his gig at the local funeral home, which pays way better than the Cluck Bucket, and he needs the income since his dad can’t handle the bills (or anything, really) on his own. So while Dad’s snagging bottles of whiskey, Matt’s snagging fifteen bucks an hour. Not bad. But everything else? Not good. Then Matt meets Lovey. Crazy name, and she’s been through more crazy stuff than he can imagine. Yet Lovey never cries. She’s tough. Really tough. Tough in the way Matt wishes he could be. Which is maybe why he’s drawn to her, and definitely why he can’t seem to shake her. Because there’s nothing more hopeful than finding a person who understands your loneliness—and who can maybe even help take it away. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/86ffa87e-ae86-499d-8e33-b05cbe368490/Lola+Gets+a+Cat.jpeg Book Recommendations Lola wants a cat, but Mommy says taking care of a pet is a lot of work. So Lola does her homework. At the library she finds books about cats and pet care and she and Mommy learn as much as they can. She pretends her stuffed kitty is real and practices taking care of it. When the time comes, Lola is allowed to pick out her new friend at an animal shelter. With patience and care, her kitten settles in at home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/e3db835c-23e5-4800-9ecc-6fc762627843/The+Boy+Who+Harnessed+the+Wind.jpeg Book Recommendations Now a Netflix film starring and directed by Chiwetel Ejiofor, this is a gripping memoir of survival and perseverance about the heroic young inventor who brought electricity to his Malawian village. When a terrible drought struck William Kamkwamba's tiny village in Malawi, his family lost all of the season's crops, leaving them with nothing to eat and nothing to sell. William began to explore science books in his village library, looking for a solution. There, he came up with the idea that would change his family's life forever: he could build a windmill. Made out of scrap metal and old bicycle parts, William's windmill brought electricity to his home and helped his family pump the water they needed to farm the land. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/e3b5333c-cda4-4518-8f63-e9adbbe70667/Who+Was+Maya+Angelou_.jpeg Book Recommendations Born in Missouri in 1928, Maya Angelou had a difficult childhood. Jim Crow laws segregated blacks and whites in the South. Her family life was unstable at times. But much like her poem, "Still I Rise," Angelou was able to lift herself out of her situation and flourish. She moved to California and became the first black—and first female—streetcar operator before following her interest in dance. She became a professional performer in her twenties and toured the U.S. and Europe as an opera star and calypso dancer. But Angelou's writing became her defining talent. Her poems and books, including I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, brought her international acclaim. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/14526948-6851-41e3-a612-2fa09f7b3cdc/Lola+Goes+to+School.jpeg Book Recommendations Lola and her family prepare for the first day of school the night before, then get up early, take pictures, and head to class. Lola puts her things in her cubby, chooses her activities, reads, plays, and has a snack. Before she knows it, it's time to sing the good-bye song and rush into Mommy's arms for a warm reunion. A comforting, cheerful read that demystifies the school day for preschoolers and kindergarteners. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/e4d2edf8-50c4-4d49-a4de-5d6bd905c1d6/The+Collected+Poetry+of+Nikki+Giovanni.jpeg Book Recommendations This omnibus includes her first seven volumes of poetry from her early years, 1967 to 1983: Black Feeling Black Talk; Black Judgement; Re: Creation; My House; The Women and the Men; Cotton Candy on a Rainy Day; and Those Who Ride the Night Winds. A timeless classic, it is both a reflection of the changes in her own life and an evocation of a nation’s past and its present https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/d25d59a4-0559-4d21-83b1-f43aba90d935/Who+Was+Muhammad+Ali_.jpeg Book Recommendations Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr. won the world heavyweight championship at the age of 22, the same year he joined the Nation of Islam and changed his name to Muhammad Ali. He would go on to become the first and only three-time (in succession) World Heavyweight Champion. Nicknamed “The Greatest,” Ali was as well known for his unique boxing style, consisting of the Ali Shuffle and the rope-a-dope, as he was for the catchphrase “float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.” He was an uncompromising athlete who brought beauty and grace to a very rough sport and became one of the world's most famous cultural icons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/527f5223-a7db-4b05-874c-6e42b5c59e62/Lola+Loves+Stories.jpeg Book Recommendations Lola loves to go to the library with her daddy. Every night she reads a new story, and the next day, she acts it out. One day she's a fairy princess, the next day she goes on a trip to Lagos! She becomes a tiger, a farmer, a pilot. . . . what will Lola be next? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/4b8861fc-df5e-494e-8546-e997a3b9691a/Who+Was+Nelson+Mandela_.jpeg Book Recommendations As a child he dreamt of changing South Africa; as a man he changed the world. Nelson Mandela spent his life battling apartheid and championing a peaceful revolution. He spent twenty-seven years in prison and emerged as the inspiring leader of the new South Africa. He became the country's first black president and went on to live his dream of change. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/79f3d0c4-d388-4975-ad78-dc1e3e663804/The+Color+Purple.jpeg Book Recommendations Celie is a poor black woman whose letters tell the story of 20 years of her life, beginning at age 14 when she is being abused and raped by her father and attempting to protect her sister from the same fate, and continuing over the course of her marriage to "Mister," a brutal man who terrorizes her. Celie eventually learns that her abusive husband has been keeping her sister's letters from her and the rage she feels, combined with an example of love and independence provided by her close friend Shug, pushes her finally toward an awakening of her creative and loving self. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/61de2f92-5fc9-4bca-85ee-bbf88b5d1291/Lola+Plants+a+Garden.jpeg Book Recommendations After Lola reads a book of garden poems, she wants to plant some flowers. She gets books from the library and chooses her plants. Then Lola and her mommy buy the seeds, make the garden, and mark the rows. Now it’s time to wait. . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/d4da5e64-39c0-4a0c-bd87-5918c1f28e4f/Who+Was+Sojourner+Truth_.jpeg Book Recommendations Almost 100 years before Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat, Sojourner Truth was mistreated by a streetcar conductor. She took him to court--and won! Before she was Sojourner Truth, she was known simply as Belle. Born a slave in New York sometime around 1797, she was later sold and separated from her family. Even after she escaped from slavery, she knew her work was not yet done. She changed her name and traveled, inspiring everyone she met and sharing her story until her death in 1883 at age eighty-six. In this easy-to-read biography, Yona Zeldis McDonough continues to share that remarkable story. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/3fb80e16-873c-4fd7-b87d-6f186f0b7629/The+Dead+Are+Arising.jpeg Book Recommendations An epic biography of Malcolm X finally emerges, drawing on hundreds of hours of the author’s interviews, rewriting much of the known narrative. Les Payne, the renowned Pulitzer Prize–winning investigative journalist, embarked in 1990 on a nearly thirty-year-long quest to interview anyone he could find who had actually known Malcolm X—all living siblings of the Malcolm Little family, classmates, street friends, cellmates, Nation of Islam figures, FBI moles and cops, and political leaders around the world. His goal was ambitious: to transform what would become over a hundred hours of interviews into an unprecedented portrait of Malcolm X, one that would separate fact from fiction. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/d7d3607b-5149-48b6-9ad3-9ec99fb78759/Lola+Reads+to+Leo.jpeg Book Recommendations We all know how much Lola loves books, so it is no surprise that she can’t wait to share her love of reading with her new baby brother, Leo. Lola gets ready for little Leo’s arrival by reading books about brothers and sisters and picking out the perfect stories that she just knows her little brother will love. When the baby is finally here, Lola takes on the role of big sister—she helps her mommy and daddy around the house and tells Leo stories to cheer him up when he cries. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/79b15dd3-90b7-4ba3-8c17-04596188d9dc/Who+Were+the+Tuskegee+Airmen_.jpeg Book Recommendations During World War II, black Americans were fighting for their country and for freedom in Europe, yet they had to endure a totally segregated military in the United States, where they weren't considered smart enough to become military pilots. After acquiring government funding for aviation training, civil rights activists were able to kickstart the first African American military flight program in the US at Tuskegee University in Alabama. While this book details thrilling flight missions and the grueling training sessions the Tuskegee Airmen underwent, it also shines a light on the lives of these brave men who helped pave the way for the integration of the US armed forces. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/a8904e8f-2387-4987-b5a9-49735cfbaf61/The+Hate+U+Give.jpeg Book Recommendations Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter moves between two worlds: the poor neighborhood where she lives and the fancy suburban prep school she attends. The uneasy balance between these worlds is shattered when Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer. Khalil was unarmed. Soon afterward, his death is a national headline. Some are calling him a thug, maybe even a drug dealer and a gangbanger. Protesters are taking to the streets in Khalil’s name. Some cops and the local drug lord try to intimidate Starr and her family. What everyone wants to know is: what really went down that night? And the only person alive who can answer that is Starr. But what Starr does—or does not—say could upend her community. It could also endanger her life https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/cfe5a704-98af-4be9-b430-26ce1fb142b4/Look+What+Brown+Can+Do%21.jpeg Book Recommendations This book is a perfect conversational tool for parents, teachers, caretakers, and anyone looking to help lovely Brown children understand the greatness that can be achieved in every shade of Brown. No matter the child's interests, be it painting, dancing, science, music, writing, athletics ... "Look What Brown Can Do!" captures an array of accomplishments from yesterday's and today's Black heroes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/5a2a5a68-bb3e-4eaa-8ecd-44232ed4ea2f/The+Hypnotist.jpeg Book Recommendations Jack has left his native Ireland and is making a new life as Professor of Neurology at a university in the American South. He has certain skills, honed over his lifetime, that he mostly keeps hidden. Skills in hypnotism and mind control . . . Thirteen-year-old Pip is plucked out of an orphanage by a farmer, hired as a farm-hand, and as carer for the farmer's wife. But Pip is black. The farmer and his wife are white. And this is 1960s America, where race defines you and overshadows everything. As racial tensions reach boiling point with a danger closer to home and more terrifying than either thought possible, Jack and Pip's lives become inextricably linked. And Jack's hypnotic skills are called on as never before . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/3b93671e-6aa6-402a-ab15-fde38550fb05/Young%2C+Gifted%2C+and+Black.jpeg Book Recommendations Meet 52 icons of color from the past and present in this celebration of inspirational achievement—a collection of stories about changemakers to encourage, inspire, and empower the next generation of changemakers. Jamia Wilson has carefully curated this range of black icons and the book is stylishly brought together by Andrea Pippins’ colorful and celebratory illustrations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/606f9d59-b4d9-4ab2-af77-a38c6a292643/Love+Is.jpeg Book Recommendations Perfect for any fond gift or tender moment, this story of a girl and a duckling who share a touching year together will melt hearts old and young. In this tenderly funny book, girl and duckling grow in their understanding of what it is to care for each other, discovering that love is as much about letting go as it is about holding tight. Children and parents together will adore this fond exploration of growing up while learning about the joys of love offered and love returned. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/118fd38e-8af0-498f-ab54-d159c24a5ca4/The+Love+and+Lies+of+Rukhsana+Ali.jpeg Book Recommendations Seventeen-year-old Rukhsana Ali tries her hardest to live up to her conservative Muslim parents' expectations, but lately she's finding that impossible to do. She rolls her eyes when they blatantly favour her brother and saves her crop tops and makeup for parties her parents don't know about. If she can just hold out another few months, Rukhsana will be out of her familial home and away from her parents' ever-watchful eyes at Caltech, a place where she thinks she can finally be herself. But when she is caught kissing her girlfriend Ariana, her devastated parents take Rukhsana to Bangladesh, where everything she had been planning is out of reach. There, immersed in a world of tradition and arranged marriages, Rukhsana finds the perspective she's been looking for in her grandmother's old diary. The only question left for her to answer is: Can she fight for the life she wants without losing her family in the process? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/92c18aaa-50c1-418c-b3d0-7706579e3b84/Operation+Sisterhood.png Book Recommendations https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/1d102b84-f910-4092-8f4c-fc9614b7d6e4/Magic+Betsey.jpeg Book Recommendations Betsey puts on a magic show but everyone is less than impressed with her tricks. No matter, in these four sweet and funny short stories, Betsey learns the importance of believing in yourself, that practise makes perfect, and that some magic is real... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/b35eed88-caec-41a5-9549-68f1961e5f27/The+Poet+X.jpeg Book Recommendations Xiomara Batista feels unheard and unable to hide in her Harlem neighborhood. Ever since her body grew into curves, she has learned to let her fists and her fierceness do the talking. But Xiomara has plenty she wants to say, and she pours all her frustration and passion onto the pages of a leather notebook, reciting the words to herself like prayers—especially after she catches feelings for a boy in her bio class named Aman, who her family can never know about. With Mami’s determination to force her daughter to obey the laws of the church, Xiomara understands that her thoughts are best kept to herself. So when she is invited to join her school’s slam poetry club, she doesn’t know how she could ever attend without her mami finding out. But she still can’t stop thinking about performing her poems. Because in the face of a world that may not want to hear her, Xiomara refuses to be silent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/01b0c445-b9b7-4f33-b6c1-515a33ee2bef/The+Parker+Inheritance.jpg Book Recommendations https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/6960a019-7907-47c9-9b1b-887de5fc8b03/Magnificent+Homespun+Brown+-+A+Celebration.jpeg Book Recommendations Told by a succession of exuberant young narrators, Magnificent Homespun Brown is a story -- a song, a poem, a celebration -- about feeling at home in one’s own beloved skin. With vivid illustrations by Kaylani Juanita, Samara Cole Doyon sings a carol for the plenitude that surrounds us and the self each of us is meant to inhabit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/377f9e3b-bccc-4779-a00a-0fd97f85ae39/The+Rap+Year+Book.jpeg Book Recommendations The Rap Year Book takes readers on a journey that begins in 1979, widely regarded as the moment rap became recognized as part of the cultural and musical landscape, and comes right up to the present. Shea Serrano deftly pays homage to the most important song of each year. Serrano also examines the most important moments that surround the history and culture of rap music—from artists’ backgrounds to issues of race, the rise of hip-hop, and the struggles among its major players—both personal and professional. Covering East Coast and West Coast, famous rapper feuds, chart toppers, and show stoppers, The Rap Year Book is an in-depth look at the most influential genre of music to come out of the last generation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/6f656320-0e98-467f-98f8-f031e2755dc8/The+1916+Project.jpg Book Recommendations https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/27639a35-5352-44ab-a454-959c8e0cd066/Me+_+Mama.jpeg Book Recommendations On a rainy day when the house smells like cinnamon and Papa and Luca are still asleep, when the clouds are wearing shadows and the wind paints the window with beads of water, I want to be everywhere Mama is. With lyrical prose and a tender touch, the Caldecott and Coretta Scott King Honor Book Me & Mama is an ode to the strength of the bond between a mother and a daughter as they spend a rainy day together. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/bed18f49-525e-40e0-9332-1854379062a8/The+South+Africa+Reader.jpeg Book Recommendations The South Africa Reader is an extraordinarily rich guide to the history, culture, and politics of South Africa. With more than eighty absorbing selections, the Reader provides many perspectives on the country's diverse peoples, its first two decades as a democracy, and the forces that have shaped its history and continue to pose challenges to its future, particularly violence, inequality, and racial discrimination. Among the selections are folktales passed down through the centuries, statements by seventeenth-century Dutch colonists, the songs of mine workers, a widow's testimony before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, and a photo essay featuring the acclaimed work of Santu Mofokeng. Cartoons, songs, and fiction are juxtaposed with iconic documents, such as "The Freedom Charter" adopted in 1955 by the African National Congress and its allies and Nelson Mandela's "Statement from the Dock" in 1964. Cacophonous voices—those of slaves and indentured workers, African chiefs and kings, presidents and revolutionaries—invite readers into ongoing debates about South Africa's past and present and what exactly it means to be South African. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/8c961cf4-c2a4-49d0-995c-25849818d479/The+Stars+and+the+Blackness+Between+Them.jpeg Book Recommendations Told in two distinct and irresistible voices, Junauda Petrus's bold and lyrical debut is the story of two black girls from very different backgrounds finding love and happiness in a world that seems determined to deny them both. Port of Spain, Trinidad. Sixteen-year-old Audre is despondent, having just found out she's going to be sent to live in America with her father because her strictly religious mother caught her with her secret girlfriend, the pastor's daughter. Audre's grandmother Queenie (a former dancer who drives a white convertible Cadillac and who has a few secrets of her own) tries to reassure her granddaughter that she won't lose her roots, not even in some place called Minneapolis. "America have dey spirits too, believe me," she tells Audre. Minneapolis, USA. Sixteen-year-old Mabel is lying on her bed, staring at the ceiling and trying to figure out why she feels the way she feels--about her ex Terrell, about her girl Jada and that moment they had in the woods, and about the vague feeling of illness that's plagued her all summer. Mabel's reverie is cut short when her father announces that his best friend and his just-arrived-from-Trinidad daughter are coming for dinner. Mabel quickly falls hard for Audre and is determined to take care of her as she tries to navigate an American high school. But their romance takes a turn when test results reveal exactly why Mabel has been feeling low-key sick all summer and suddenly it's Audre who is caring for Mabel as she faces a deeply uncertain future. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/5288e1c1-e586-4228-96d4-bde0f9f6fe6c/91g%2BVqDm1cL.jpg Book Recommendations "Pirate and Mermaid" by Tracey Baptiste: Join a pirate and a mermaid who, despite speaking different languages and coming from different worlds, form an unlikely friendship. This heartwarming story, shows that kindness and generosity can bridge any divide. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/14730643-a7bd-43aa-b43c-09d6512f7487/Mufaro_s+Beautiul+Daughters.jpeg Book Recommendations The tale of Mufaro's two daughters, two beautiful girls who react in different ways to the king's search for a wife - one is aggressive and selfish, the other kind and dignified. The king takes on disguises to learn the true nature of both girls and of course chooses Nyasha, the kind and generous daughter, to be his queen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/9e6bbef1-7dae-4e65-b090-a955a0e29c52/The+Stars+Beneath+Our+Feet.jpeg Book Recommendations It's Christmas Eve in Harlem, but twelve-year-old Lolly Rachpaul and his mom aren't celebrating. They're still reeling from his older brother's death in a gang-related shooting just a few months earlier. Then Lolly's mother's girlfriend brings him a gift that will change everything: two enormous bags filled with Legos. Lolly's always loved Legos, and he prides himself on following the kit instructions exactly. Now, faced with a pile of building blocks and no instructions, Lolly must find his own way forward. His path isn't clear--and the pressure to join a "crew," as his brother did, is always there. When Lolly and his friend are beaten up and robbed, joining a crew almost seems like the safe choice. But building a fantastical Lego city at the community center provides Lolly with an escape--and an unexpected bridge back to the world. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/05c58518-22a1-4356-aca5-573e6edc6cc4/My+Brother+Charlie.jpeg Book Recommendations "Charlie has autism. His brain works in a special way. It's harder for him to make friends. Or show his true feelings. Or stay safe." But as his big sister tells us, for everything that Charlie can't do well, there are plenty more things that he's good at. He knows the names of all the American presidents. He knows stuff about airplanes. And he can even play the piano better than anyone he knows. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/d9be36af-5c48-45eb-aed5-c0c1d000eea9/The+Thing+Around+Your+Neck.jpeg Book Recommendations In these twelve riveting stories, the award-winning Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie explores the ties that bind men and women, parents and children, Africa and the United States. Searing and profound, suffused with beauty, sorrow, and longing, these stories map, with Adichie's signature emotional wisdom, the collision of two cultures and the deeply human struggle to reconcile them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/83479bf3-ded9-458d-8b1f-406c31d9ba26/My+Brown+Skin.jpg Book Recommendations There is so much to love about our brown skin. Inside of My Brown Skin the main character talks about all his favorite things that are brown like his mommy, hot cocoa, and his favorite teddy bear. This helps children build a positive association with the color brown. This beautiful story helps spark beginning conversations about skin color and differences among all children. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/6dbd14f1-e861-49d5-99eb-0a66eee3aa96/The+Undefeated.jpeg Book Recommendations Originally performed for ESPN's The Undefeated, this poem is a love letter to black life in the United States. It highlights the unspeakable trauma of slavery, the faith and fire of the civil rights movement, and the grit, passion, and perseverance of some of the world's greatest heroes. The text is also peppered with references to the words of Martin Luther King, Jr., Langston Hughes, Gwendolyn Brooks, and others, offering deeper insights into the accomplishments of the past, while bringing stark attention to the endurance and spirit of those surviving and thriving in the present. Robust back matter at the end provides valuable historical context and additional detail for those wishing to learn more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/f514f2b0-7941-411f-b931-0765955cbd78/My+Hair+is+a+Garden.jpeg Book Recommendations After a day of being taunted by classmates about her unruly hair, Mackenzie can’t take any more. On her way home from school, she seeks the guidance of her wise and comforting neighbor, Miss Tillie. Using the beautiful garden in her backyard as a metaphor, Miss Tillie shows Mackenzie that maintaining healthy hair is not a chore nor is it something to fear. But most importantly, Mackenzie learns that natural black hair is beautiful. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/c9be72fb-dd18-48d1-9f6a-1ca9f83f648d/The+Voice+in+My+Head.jpeg Book Recommendations For Indigo Phillips, life has always been about basking in the shadow of her identical twin, Violet--the perfectly dressed, gentle, popular sister. The only problem the girls had in their lives was the occasional chaos that came with being part of the Phillips family brood. But when Violet becomes terminally ill and plans to die on her own terms via medically assisted death, Indigo spirals into desperation in her efforts to cope. That's when she begins to hear a mysterious voice--a voice claiming to be God. The Voice insists that if she takes Violet to a remote rock formation in the Arizona desert, her sister will live. Incredibly, Violet agrees to go--if their dysfunctional family tags along for the ride. With all nine members stuffed into a wonky old paratransit bus, including their controlling older sister and distant mother, Indigo must find a way to face insecurities she's spent a lifetime masking and step up to lead the trip. As she deals with outrageous mishaps, strange lodgings and even stranger folks along the way, Indigo will figure out how to come to terms with her sister, her family...and the voice in her head. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/a513ddab-f9e0-4b1e-a113-577c02a757a8/The+Weight+of+the+Stars.jpeg Book Recommendations Ryann Bird dreams of traveling across the stars. But a career in space isn’t an option for a girl who lives in a trailer park on the “wrong” side of town. So Ryann becomes her circumstances and settles for acting out and skipping school to hang out with her delinquent friends. One day she meets Alexandria: a furious loner who spurns Ryann’s offer of friendship. After a horrific accident leaves Alexandria with a broken arm, the girls are brought together despite themselves—and Ryann learns her secret: Alexandria’s mother is an astronaut who volunteered for a one-way trip to the edge of the solar system. Every night without fail, Alexandria waits to catch radio signals from her mother. And now it’s up to Ryann to lift her onto the roof day after day until the silence between them grows into friendship, and eventually something more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/c96f09fe-f5f5-4e50-b93a-f4c8b6943186/MyMonsterAndMe.jpg Book Recommendations My Monster and Me is written by Nadiya Hussain and illustrated by Ella Bailey, for readings 3-5 years old. This story follows a young boy and his “worry monster” that follows him everywhere! It depicts how anxiety may impact children. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/916680b9-6dbe-41c3-b482-a43ac6caae2d/My+Three+Best+Friends+and+Me%2C+Zulay.jpeg Book Recommendations Zulay and her three best friends are all in the same first grade class and study the same things, even though Zulay is blind. When their teacher asks her students what activity they want to do on Field Day, Zulay surprises everyone when she says she wants to run a race. With the help of a special aide and the support of her friends, Zulay does just that. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/3a56ba0d-1c79-4141-ac58-dd08912c14fa/The+Yearning.jpeg Book Recommendations Marubini is a young woman who has an enviable life in Cape Town, working at a wine farm and spending idyllic days with her friends ... until her past starts spilling into her present. Something dark has been lurking in the shadows of Marubini's life from as far back as she can remember. It's only a matter of time before it reaches out and grabs at her. The Yearning is a memorable exploration of the ripple effects of the past, of personal strength and courage, and of the shadowy intersections of traditional and modern worlds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/92193280-3408-4046-9dc8-ec1fbc0487ef/Tyler+Johnson+Was+Here.jpeg Book Recommendations When Marvin Johnson's twin, Tyler, goes to a party, Marvin decides to tag along to keep an eye on his brother. But what starts as harmless fun turns into a shooting, followed by a police raid. The next day, Tyler has gone missing, and it's up to Marvin to find him. But when Tyler is found dead, a video leaked online tells an even more chilling story: Tyler has been shot and killed by a police officer. Terrified as his mother unravels and mourning a brother who is now a hashtag, Marvin must learn what justice and freedom really mean. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/28aa5ca8-4bfa-4989-a029-7db6cda6e987/Nana+Akua+Goes+to+School.jpeg Book Recommendations It is Grandparents Day at Zura's elementary school, and the students are excited to introduce their grandparents and share what makes them special. Aleja's grandfather is a fisherman. Bisou's grandmother is a dentist. But Zura's Nana, who is her favorite person in the world, looks a little different from other grandmas. Nana Akua was raised in Ghana, and, following an old West African tradition, has tribal markings on her face. Worried that her classmates will be scared of Nana--or worse, make fun of her--Zura is hesitant to bring her to school. Nana Akua knows what to do, though. With a quilt of traditional African symbols and a bit of face paint, Nana Akua is able to explain what makes her special, and to make all of Zura's classmates feel special, too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/5002f2fa-2a52-4a7e-a04a-989ecef2b45f/Not+Quite+Snow+White.jpeg Book Recommendations Tameika is a girl who belongs on the stage. She loves to act, sing, and dance—and she’s pretty good at it, too. So when her school announces their Snow White musical, Tameika auditions for the lead princess role. But the other kids think she’s “not quite” right to play the role. They whisper, they snicker, and they glare. Will Tameika let their harsh words be her final curtain call? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/80113ba7-964d-416e-a453-b0de249faeab/We+Ride+Upon+Sticks.jpeg Book Recommendations Helmed by good-girl captain Abby Putnam (a descendant of the infamous Salem accuser Ann Putnam) and her co-captain Jen Fiorenza (whose bleached blond “Claw” sees and knows all), the Falcons prove to be wily, original, and bold, flaunting society's stale notions of femininity in order to find their glorious true selves through the crucible of team sport and, more importantly, friendship. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/38a11b6c-49b8-4329-91b3-ee46affe2e1d/One+Love.jpg Book Recommendations This heartwarming picture book adapted from one of Bob Marley's most beloved songs brings the joyful spirit and unforgettable lyrics of his music to life for a new generation. Readers will delight in dancing to the beat and feeling the positive groove of change when one girl enlists her friends, family, and community to help transform her neighborhood for the better. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/a15532ff-6d52-4e74-a774-0d1f7bbc0f80/You+Should+See+Me+In+A+Crown.jpeg Book Recommendations Liz Lighty has always believed she's too black, too poor, too awkward to shine in her small, rich, prom-obsessed midwestern town. But it's okay -- Liz has a plan that will get her out of Campbell, Indiana, forever: attend the uber-elite Pennington College, play in their world-famous orchestra, and become a doctor. But when the financial aid she was counting on unexpectedly falls through, Liz's plans come crashing down... until she's reminded of her school's scholarship for prom king and queen. There's nothing Liz wants to do less than endure a gauntlet of social media trolls, catty competitors, and humiliating public events, but despite her devastating fear of the spotlight she's willing to do whatever it takes to get to Pennington. The only thing that makes it halfway bearable is the new girl in school, Mack. She's smart, funny, and just as much of an outsider as Liz. But Mack is also in the running for queen. Will falling for the competition keep Liz from her dreams... or make them come true? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/ad2d0980-d8cd-463c-b3dd-3e4413b3b393/Papa+Daddy+Riley.jpg Book Recommendations Papa, Daddy, and Riley, written by Seamus Kirst and illustrated by Devon Holzwarth, is great for early readers. This story shows the bond between Riley and her dads, and how even though they didn’t give birth to her they are still her family. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/3489e06d-5f0c-4b60-b344-0c24aaf3f7f6/Pecan+Pie+Baby.jpeg Book Recommendations All anyone wants to talk about with Mama is the new "ding-dang baby" that's on the way, and Gia is getting sick of it! If her new sibling is already such a big deal, what's going to happen to Gia's nice, cozy life with Mama once the baby is born? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/25fa2426-3019-4e48-aed9-5a15eed31818/Peekaboo+Morning.jpeg Book Recommendations A toddler plays a game of peekaboo, and you're invited to play too. First there's Mommy to find, with Daddy not far behind. Then Puppy comes peeking around the corner, and a favorite toy train brings the toddler to Grandma and Grandpa. Isadora's brilliant, joyful pastel illustrations capture the familiar and cozy people, toys and animals that will delight babies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/1877d47e-64f8-4e66-8789-b5a97b4028e9/Please%2C+Baby%2C+Please.jpeg Book Recommendations From moments fussy to fond, Academy Award–nominated filmmaker Spike Lee and his wife, producer Tonya Lewis Lee, present a behind-the-scenes look at the chills, spills, and unequivocal thrills of bringing up baby! Vivid illustrations from celebrated artist Kadir Nelson evoke toddlerhood from sandbox to high chair to crib, and families everywhere will delight in sharing these exuberant moments again and again. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/0fd2251d-6eef-42d9-a8bb-f3a699ac630e/R-E-S-P-E-C-T+Aretha+Franklin%2C+the+Queen+of+Soul.jpeg Book Recommendations Aretha Franklin was born to sing. The daughter of a pastor and a gospel singer, her musical talent was clear from her earliest days in her father’s Detroit church where her soaring voice spanned more than three octaves. Her string of hit songs earned her the title “the Queen of Soul,” multiple Grammy Awards, and a place in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. But Aretha didn’t just raise her voice in song, she also spoke out against injustice and fought for civil rights. This authoritative, rhythmic picture book biography will captivate young readers with Aretha’s inspiring story. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/3f05c04f-868b-427d-95dd-29c4d4d5906c/Reading+Beauty.jpg Book Recommendations When a fairy's curse—a deathlike sleep via paper cut—threatens to make her kingdom barren of books, it's up to space princess Lex to break the spell and bring books back to her people. Set in the universe of the acclaimed Interstellar Cinderella, this irrepressible fairy tale retelling will charm young readers with its brave heroine, its star-studded setting, and its hilarious, heartwarming happy ending. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/dfc3fbde-04d2-4a62-a6e0-c0d49bf694b5/RememberingWaiPo.jpg Book Recommendations Remembering Wai-Po is written and Illustrated by Jennifer Guo. It tells the story of Lily, a young Chinese-American girl, who comes to terms with the loss of her grandmother (Wai-Po) through the discovery of a recipe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/728a0749-7aa0-4aec-bb10-aec566aa357a/Ruby+Finds+a+Worry.jpeg Book Recommendations Meet Ruby -- a happy, curious, imaginative young girl. But one day, she finds something unexpected: a Worry. It's not such a big Worry, at first. But every day, it grows a little bigger . . . and a little bigger . . . . Until eventually, the Worry is ENORMOUS and is all she can think about. But when Ruby befriends a young boy, she discovers that everyone has worries, and not only that, there's a great way to get rid of them too . . . she just has to share her feelings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/b5f97d92-f6e2-442f-a1a3-f55146e305d7/Runningthe+RoadtoABC.jpeg Book Recommendations Running The Road To ABC, written by Denize Lauture and illustrated by Reynold Ruffins, is for early readers. Follow the excitement of Haitian children as they run to school through the city and nature as they learn the letters, sounds, and words of their beautiful books at school. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/012875a0-e82e-49cb-8ba4-b044161407e7/Saturday.jpeg Book Recommendations Today would be special. Today would be splendid. It was Saturday! But sometimes, the best plans don't work out exactly the way you expect.... In this heartfelt and universal story, a mother and daughter look forward to their special Saturday routine together every single week. But this Saturday, one thing after another goes wrong--ruining storytime, salon time, picnic time, and the puppet show they'd been looking forward to going to all week. Mom is nearing a meltdown...until her loving daughter reminds her that being together is the most important thing of all. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/c5dc1ffe-c368-447b-b5c2-90e3fe2054bf/Skin+Like+Mine.jpeg Book Recommendations From the Creators of Hair Like Mine, Skin Like Mine, the second book in the Kids Like Mine Series, is a fun, easy-to- read for beginners as well as advanced readers. An entertaining yet creative way to address and celebrate diversity among young children. Guaranteed to make you smile and a bit hungry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/618d7150-2ed5-43e5-b33d-8eddc0f26041/So+Much%21.jpeg Book Recommendations Mom and baby are home alone when--DING DONG!--Auntie and then Uncle and Nannie and Gran-Gran and the cousins come to visit. And they all want to hug and kiss and squeeze and eat the baby right up--because everybody loves the baby SO MUCH! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/7951ce31-d219-4463-83a6-1975947c54f5/Something+Beautiful.jpeg Book Recommendations Everyday a young girl is disheartened by the things in her neighborhood: the trash on the streets, the graffiti on the walls, and the homeless woman that sleeps in a box. When she learns the word "beautiful" at school, she sets out to find "something beautiful" in her surroundings. In her search, this little girl learns to see beyond the barren ugliness of her environment to find beauty in her friendships, her family, and herself. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/b3bf10f2-165b-40a6-ba37-0ff39027cf5b/Spider-Man+-+Miles+Morales+Vol.+1.jpeg Book Recommendations The Marvel World of Reading line of early readers is designed to offer reluctant readers books that they will want to read by featuring characters they love. The series is broken into three levels that invoke the rigorous training courses their favorite Marvel heroes must engage in to perfect their super powers. Discover how Miles Morales, a regular kid from Brooklyn, becomes the new Spider-Man! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/d1869a59-98eb-4996-98d3-1b7d466b8c79/Sulwe.jpeg Book Recommendations Sulwe has skin the color of midnight. She is darker than everyone in her family. She is darker than anyone in her school. Sulwe just wants to be beautiful and bright, like her mother and sister. Then a magical journey in the night sky opens her eyes and changes everything. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/38bcd7d5-ca19-45fd-b7a5-1dd5381dc393/Tar+Beach.jpeg Book Recommendations Cassie Louise Lightfoot has a dream: to be free to go wherever she wants for the rest of her life. One night, up on “tar beach,” the rooftop of her family’s Harlem apartment building, her dreams come true. The stars lift her up, and she flies over the city, claiming the buildings and the city as her own. As Cassie learns, anyone can fly. “All you need is somewhere to go you can’t get to any other way. The next thing you know, you’re flying among the stars.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/f16e8192-92ae-4990-91c3-ef4a899e9ec0/Thank+You%2C+Omu%21.jpeg Book Recommendations Everyone in the neighborhood dreams of a taste of Omu's delicious stew! One by one, they follow their noses toward the scrumptious scent. And one by one, Omu offers a portion of her meal. Soon the pot is empty. Has she been so generous that she has nothing left for herself? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/f4cdce02-cb20-43f0-a41e-39657878ffa3/The+Barber_s+Cutting+Edge.jpg Book Recommendations Rashaad gets his hair cut by the best barber in town. Mr. Bigalow is his name and words are his game--and that's what his cutting edge is all about! As Mr. Bigalow gives Rashaad a SPECIAL DELUXE haircut, Rashaad tries to stump him with words from his latest vocabulary list. But clever Mr. Bigalow always has the right answer. When Rashaad gets curious about Mr. Bigalow's methods, he discovers the secret to the barber's success. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/6d97b882-cfd4-4ccc-b75b-e8a5dc9ea4c9/The+Big+Bed.jpeg Book Recommendations The Big Bed is a humorous picture book about a girl who doesn't want to sleep in her little bed, so she presents her dad with his own bed—a camping cot!—in order to move herself into her parents' big bed in his place. A twist on the classic parental struggle of not letting kids sleep in their bed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/a9831ff1-5987-4db3-af34-bfa0a9c6894c/The+Colors+of+Us.jpeg Book Recommendations Seven-year-old Lena is going to paint a picture of herself. She wants to use brown paint for her skin. But when she and her mother take a walk through the neighborhood, Lena learns that brown comes in many different shades. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/1ef1fd57-fce4-4a77-bd86-cdc36e83e8fe/The+Day+You+Begin.jpeg Book Recommendations There are many reasons to feel different. Maybe it's how you look or talk, or where you're from; maybe it's what you eat, or something just as random. It's not easy to take those first steps into a place where nobody really knows you yet, but somehow you do it. Jacqueline Woodson's lyrical text and Rafael López's dazzling art reminds us that we all feel like outsiders sometimes-and how brave it is that we go forth anyway. And that sometimes, when we reach out and begin to share our stories, others will be happy to meet us halfway. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/1eaea09d-10a5-451d-ab79-f28718c7b4b1/The+Hello%2C+Goodbye+Window.jpg Book Recommendations The kitchen window at Nanna and Poppy's house is, for one little girl, a magic gateway. Everything important happens near it, through it, or beyond it. The world for this little girl will soon grow larger and more complex, but never more enchanting or deeply felt. Her story is both a voyage of discovery and a celebration of the commonplace wonders that define childhood, expressed as a joyful fusion of text with evocative and exuberant art that garnered the highest honor in children's book illustration in 2006. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/895993ba-74cc-48dd-a424-3418d8b8b488/The+New+Small+Person.jpeg Book Recommendations Elmore Green starts life as an only child, as many children do. He has a room to himself, where he can line up his precious things and nobody will move them one inch. But one day everything changes. When the new small person comes along, it seems that everybody might like it a bit more than they like Elmore Green. And when the small person knocks over Elmore's things and even licks his jelly-bean collection, Elmore's parents say that he can't be angry because the small person is only small. Elmore wants the small person to go back to wherever it came from. Then, one night, everything changes... In her signature visual style, Lauren Child gets to the heart of a child's evolving emotions about becoming a big brother or sister. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/30ed7f1c-466d-4d26-bebf-667585617429/The+Quickest+Kid+in+Clarksville.jpeg Book Recommendations It's the day before the big parade. Alta can only think about one thing: Wilma Rudolph, three-time Olympic gold medalist. She'll be riding on a float tomorrow. See, Alta is the quickest kid in Clarksville, Tennessee, just like Wilma once was. It doesn't matter that Alta's shoes have holes because Wilma came from hard times, too. But what happens when a new girl with shiny new shoes comes along and challenges Alta to a race? Will she still be the quickest kid? The Quickest Kid in Clarksville is a timeless story of dreams, determination, and the power of friendship. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/068dd4b2-1be0-4e7c-bbba-f2cf31c711d1/The+Rain+Stomper.jpeg Book Recommendations Today is the day of the big neighborhood parade. Baton twirler Jazmin is ready to lead the way for the dogs and kids, music and fun. But then the clouds crowd in. The sky darkens. Thunder roars. And the rain begins. SLAP clatter clatter SLAP SLAP! Is Jazmin's parade ruined? Or can she use her spirit, her fearless energy, and her mighty baton to save the day? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/d2dc0f4f-520b-4c90-a5e4-128502b3b110/The+Word+Collector.jpeg Book Recommendations Some people collect stamps. Some people collect coins. Some people collect art. And Jerome? Jerome collected words . . . In this extraordinary new tale from Peter H. Reynolds, Jerome discovers the magic of the words all around him -- short and sweet words, two-syllable treats, and multisyllable words that sound like little songs. Words that connect, transform, and empower. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/130076ce-b7fb-4564-96ee-8e233eb77ce2/Tiana_s+Winter+Treats.jpeg Book Recommendations When the heat goes out in Tiana's Palace, Princess Tiana from Disney The Princess and the Frog warms everyone up with sweet treats! This Step 1 Step into Reading leveled reader with stickers makes a great Christmas stocking stuffer for kids ages 4 to 6 who love every Disney Princess. Step 1 readers feature big type and easy words. Rhymes and rhythmic text paired with picture clues help children decode the story. For children who know the alphabet and are eager to begin reading on their own. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/4143311c-1828-4f56-8c09-8285ac8c64c2/Ty_s+Travels+-+Zip%2C+Zoom%21.jpeg Book Recommendations Ty can’t wait to ride his brand-new scooter at the park. Other kids zip and zoom by like race cars, but all Ty can do is wobble! Ty wants to give up, but a new friend helps Ty give it another try. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/9765d622-bfe1-4a93-800c-7ba5721b8a41/Violet_s+Music.jpeg Book Recommendations There's nothing Violet loves more than music, and she plays or sings every chance she gets. But where are the other kids like her-kids who think and dream about music all day long? As a baby, in kindergarten, at the beach and the zoo, she never gives up looking for companions. And then one summer day... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/84aa03d6-6bcc-4af8-af58-3b955e7af486/What+If.jpeg Book Recommendations This girl is determined to express herself! If she can't draw her dreams, she'll sculpt or build, carve or collage. If she can't do that, she'll turn her world into a canvas. And if everything around her is taken away, she'll sing, dance, and dream... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/0bcf1805-b28d-46c5-b8ea-e5334fe913cd/When+God+Made+You.jpeg Book Recommendations From early on, children are looking to discover their place in the world and longing to understand how their personalities, traits, and talents fit in. The assurance that they are deeply loved and a unique creation in our big universe is certain to help them spread their wings and fly. Through playful, charming rhyme and vivid, fantastical illustrations, When God Made You inspires young readers to learn about their own special gifts and how they fit into God's divine plan as they grow, explore, and begin to create for themselves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/29dfc713-2503-4e11-a7f6-760ed4096b33/When+Grandma+Gives+You+A+Lemon+Tree.jpeg Book Recommendations "When life gives you lemons, make lemonade." In this imaginative take on that popular saying, a child is surprised (and disappointed) to receive a lemon tree from Grandma for her birthday. After all, she DID ask for a new gadget But when she follows the narrator's careful--and funny--instructions, she discovers that the tree might be exactly what she wanted after all. This clever story, complete with a recipe for lemonade, celebrates the pleasures of patience, hard work, nature, community . . . and putting down the electronic devices just for a while. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/d4a65a1b-82fb-41da-8fe5-ef591ac6e039/When+I+Close+My+Eyes.jpeg Book Recommendations When I Close My Eyes is a visually stimulating picture book for children of all ages. Its bold and easy-to-read rhyming words make read-a-aloud time an enjoyable event. The illustrations are so appealing it will have children captivated from the very first page, and the message of the book is loud and clear: imagination is key. The lead character takes the reader on a ride where her surroundings become imaginary trips to the heart of the jungle, the ocean floor and into outer space. This book will become a bedtime favorite and spark the wonderful world of imagination wherein a child's mind and spirit can soar. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/81bd69d0-7048-4a21-924c-ee328248add8/Whose+Toes+Are+Those.jpg Book Recommendations A vibrant, multicultural board book that celebrates a baby's sweet toes, for fans of Ten Tiny Fingers and Ten Little Toes. Parents and children will enjoy this interactive board book that is perfect for celebrating the classic giggle-inspiring game of This Little Piggy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/8353781e-71c0-47d3-a94a-b1176d1df8f9/Your+Name+Is+a+Song.jpg Book Recommendations Frustrated by a day full of teachers and classmates mispronouncing her beautiful name, a little girl tells her mother she never wants to come back to school. In response, the girl's mother teaches her about the musicality of African, Asian, Black-American, Latinx, and Middle Eastern names on their lyrical walk home through the city. Empowered by this newfound understanding, the young girl is ready to return the next day to share her knowledge with her class. Your Name is a Song is a celebration to remind all of us about the beauty, history, and magic behind names. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/e551bf3a-a21a-42a0-8200-9fedc185d91b/0531070352.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_SX500_.jpg Book Recommendations Liz Lighty has always believed she's too black, too poor, too awkward to shine in her small, rich, prom-obsessed midwestern town. But it's okay -- Liz has a plan that will get her out of Campbell, Indiana, forever: attend the uber-elite Pennington College, play in their world-famous orchestra, and become a doctor. But when the financial aid she was counting on unexpectedly falls through, Liz's plans come crashing down... until she's reminded of her school's scholarship for prom king and queen. There's nothing Liz wants to do less than endure a gauntlet of social media trolls, catty competitors, and humiliating public events, but despite her devastating fear of the spotlight she's willing to do whatever it takes to get to Pennington. The only thing that makes it halfway bearable is the new girl in school, Mack. She's smart, funny, and just as much of an outsider as Liz. But Mack is also in the running for queen. Will falling for the competition keep Liz from her dreams... or make them come true? https://www.thestoryshifters.com/general-2 daily 0.75 2023-07-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1618497259178-6XJGK9GR6YAVBQL5L519/20140301_Trade-151_012-2.jpg General 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1607694583486-2PQT0LQ193RL7MCB6DX4/20140228_Trade+151_0046.jpg General 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1607694644871-IC85FNH781UNZSZEGHDR/Aro+Ha_0428.jpg General 2 https://www.thestoryshifters.com/summer-in daily 0.75 2024-02-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1607694644871-IC85FNH781UNZSZEGHDR/Aro+Ha_0428.jpg Summer Interns https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1607694583486-2PQT0LQ193RL7MCB6DX4/20140228_Trade+151_0046.jpg Summer Interns https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1618497259178-6XJGK9GR6YAVBQL5L519/20140301_Trade-151_012-2.jpg Summer Interns https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/ace59a9b-fc3c-4ef7-96b3-247c7c4adf51/SS+Intern+Nia+Saxon+2022+.jpg Summer Interns https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/196e4cd6-8b6a-4943-be83-9211d94bacc4/SS+Intern+Leah+DeYoung+2022.jpg Summer Interns https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/0725cb33-81f2-4858-8d55-214dfd32a333/SS+Intern+Lauren+Clark+2022.jpg Summer Interns https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/6edec61b-c5fe-4efb-8570-ff8689963185/SS+Intern+AS.jpg Summer Interns https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/87f8f61d-38a6-4972-a1e5-c26bd219265c/SS+Intern+MP.jpg Summer Interns https://www.thestoryshifters.com/shop daily 0.75 2021-08-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/1629205813905-0YML8EW0IQNN03JO6OEK/IMG_3652.JPG Shop - Order Nia’s Question Available on Bookshop.org, Barnes & Noble, Amazon, and Walmart.com. https://www.thestoryshifters.com/shop/p/style-01-snlxe monthly 0.5 2021-07-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1603994731437-KTTMR9VGPR43KG9VKXXR/acc_1-Detail.jpg Shop - Story Shifters Illustrative Sticker https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/1626450899654-XEF521XTB14MH0FZWU7R/kiss-cut-stickers-5.5x5.5-default-60efc291c9c67.png Shop - Story Shifters Illustrative Sticker https://www.thestoryshifters.com/shop/p/style-02-ebllb monthly 0.5 2021-08-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/1626451017461-7ZXX7VLPJLJ48JCAN8BM/kiss-cut-stickers-5.5x5.5-default-60efc2d5849c1.png Shop - Story Shifters Logo Sticker https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/1628560021610-BMZXACYXPV7IH3PUI6JE/kiss-cut-stickers-5.5x5.5-default-60efc4ec0e148.png Shop - Story Shifters Logo Sticker https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/1628560012281-G9WLO939BHK9O3AODVI6/kiss-cut-stickers-4x4-default-60efc4ec0e108.png Shop - Story Shifters Logo Sticker https://www.thestoryshifters.com/shop/p/style-03-9xd42 monthly 0.5 2021-08-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/1626451130869-C7B9X4TSGO4KLPCX9HZJ/unisex-pocket-t-shirt-black-front-60efc267bab7c.png Shop - Story Shifters Unisex Pocket T-shirt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/1626451136167-5S3YIQU5L1BIHUMIOSOS/unisex-pocket-t-shirt-black-front-60efc267bad7e.png Shop - Story Shifters Unisex Pocket T-shirt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/1626451140480-T4MZHN2AL71HEA3TVBWE/unisex-pocket-t-shirt-black-zoomed-in-60efc267bacac.png Shop - Story Shifters Unisex Pocket T-shirt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/1626451210466-M2JLMR5KHXCICHH1VDNL/unisex-pocket-t-shirt-white-front-60efc267baf7c.png Shop - Story Shifters Unisex Pocket T-shirt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/1626451214732-BZI1RXSE56P4K9T7AVKO/unisex-pocket-t-shirt-white-front-60efc267bb0ca.png Shop - Story Shifters Unisex Pocket T-shirt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/1626451218177-6Y6L5VYC3CJ5XUGJ2DQE/unisex-pocket-t-shirt-white-zoomed-in-60efc267bae34.png Shop - Story Shifters Unisex Pocket T-shirt https://www.thestoryshifters.com/shop/p/womens-recycled-v-neck-t-shirt monthly 0.5 2021-07-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/1626451937588-2XGQA95V7ZMJRCN5W6IU/womens-recycled-v-neck-t-shirt-black-front-60efc3c151103.png Shop - Women’s Recycled V-Neck T-Shirt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/1626451937983-H199A5PMPYXETSW0E69N/womens-recycled-v-neck-t-shirt-charcoal-heather-front-60efc3c151204.png Shop - Women’s Recycled V-Neck T-Shirt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/1626451938416-27ACF9CC56HGGFNZD4B2/womens-recycled-v-neck-t-shirt-light-heather-grey-front-60efc3c15131d.png Shop - Women’s Recycled V-Neck T-Shirt https://www.thestoryshifters.com/shop/p/story-shifters-dad-hat monthly 0.5 2021-08-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/1626451792341-N73KDKQIEPJ4M339SY2L/classic-dad-hat-black-front-60efc387d4d38.png Shop - Story Shifters Dad Hat - Orange Logo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/1626451787809-QM3Y8ZTK3WARTVOBMDVQ/classic-dad-hat-black-left-front-60efc387d4fee.png Shop - Story Shifters Dad Hat - Orange Logo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/1626451787330-GRB6BJUIVOZX1VM650PV/classic-dad-hat-black-right-front-60efc387d4f4d.png Shop - Story Shifters Dad Hat - Orange Logo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/1626451792617-F1K5DQHQTWMTLPU29WJG/classic-dad-hat-light-blue-front-60efc387d594d.png Shop - Story Shifters Dad Hat - Orange Logo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/1626451791505-TNHMYMNKVQGE5T166JN9/classic-dad-hat-light-blue-left-front-60efc387d5cd4.png Shop - Story Shifters Dad Hat - Orange Logo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/1626451790729-EPS00PPCU4KT3Z0Q03X5/classic-dad-hat-light-blue-right-front-60efc387d5bfb.png Shop - Story Shifters Dad Hat - Orange Logo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/1626451792145-I11AEEYODI918M7GTWJA/classic-dad-hat-navy-front-60efc387d5074.png Shop - Story Shifters Dad Hat - Orange Logo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/1626451790692-0RYYVI087O5UY11MPYPG/classic-dad-hat-navy-left-front-60efc387d5250.png Shop - Story Shifters Dad Hat - Orange Logo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/1626451790139-C6XR67C3X50UIQ6W45M2/classic-dad-hat-navy-right-front-60efc387d51ba.png Shop - Story Shifters Dad Hat - Orange Logo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/1626451792231-IQ572RBF048299BFWVLF/classic-dad-hat-pink-front-60efc387d559c.png Shop - Story Shifters Dad Hat - Orange Logo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/1626451791620-ZI4TY2WE78MZT2TYZV8C/classic-dad-hat-pink-left-front-60efc387d5809.png Shop - Story Shifters Dad Hat - Orange Logo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/1626451791851-JHUMUWGSDBD06LH778RT/classic-dad-hat-pink-right-front-60efc387d5723.png Shop - Story Shifters Dad Hat - Orange Logo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/1626451792672-C4WR2DJ6NW436INH8148/classic-dad-hat-stone-front-60efc387d52e4.png Shop - Story Shifters Dad Hat - Orange Logo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/1626451792144-RFJLL0YAZK3HVVYT3RPC/classic-dad-hat-stone-left-front-60efc387d54f5.png Shop - Story Shifters Dad Hat - Orange Logo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/1626451791630-SY75CAY3LD66ZEBDJ7J6/classic-dad-hat-stone-right-front-60efc387d544d.png Shop - Story Shifters Dad Hat - Orange Logo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/1626451790583-BFSIJ838O0BQWTR52Y2Q/classic-dad-hat-white-front-60efc387d5da6.png Shop - Story Shifters Dad Hat - Orange Logo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/1626451789293-30WP9GYONM0MFSFAPKBU/classic-dad-hat-white-left-front-60efc387d619b.png Shop - Story Shifters Dad Hat - Orange Logo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/1626451790138-20GH6JOFS7BK2NA12WTH/classic-dad-hat-white-right-front-60efc387d6082.png Shop - Story Shifters Dad Hat - Orange Logo https://www.thestoryshifters.com/shop/p/youth-short-sleeve-t-shirt monthly 0.5 2021-07-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/1626452381694-CIBWZN5F4T8V4WX28ZL0/youth-staple-tee-athletic-heather-front-60efc42e1f6e9.png Shop - Youth Short Sleeve T-Shirt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/1626452380943-9SM6H13NR8QAQUNO5QL4/youth-staple-tee-athletic-heather-front-60efc42e1f842.png Shop - Youth Short Sleeve T-Shirt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/1626452380350-MLIZRBNETKLXHC3EQ3G5/youth-staple-tee-athletic-heather-left-front-60efc42e1f935.png Shop - Youth Short Sleeve T-Shirt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/1626452380969-AGN1GEVNZSFAKKM9DIHA/youth-staple-tee-athletic-heather-right-front-60efc42e1fa15.png Shop - Youth Short Sleeve T-Shirt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/1626452380240-8L3BSKHJDPSWYHGSM5LK/youth-staple-tee-white-front-60efc42e1fb19.png Shop - Youth Short Sleeve T-Shirt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/1626452380501-VPQZAFLVU9I8SINLXJOQ/youth-staple-tee-white-front-60efc42e1fc98.png Shop - Youth Short Sleeve T-Shirt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/1626452379825-BJCJFHIZH2N1SS79706R/youth-staple-tee-white-left-front-60efc42e1fe12.png Shop - Youth Short Sleeve T-Shirt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/1626452380393-ZJD27GVFSD9TQB7MGR5G/youth-staple-tee-white-right-front-60efc42e1ff85.png Shop - Youth Short Sleeve T-Shirt https://www.thestoryshifters.com/shop/p/water-bottle monthly 0.5 2021-07-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/1626451573106-CPWJEBTF727MX4TZJHRW/stainless-steel-water-bottle-white-17oz-front-60efc35f8618a.png Shop - Water Bottle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/1626451576914-3QKTEGMCLDBMBXKK81Q5/stainless-steel-water-bottle-white-17oz-left-60efc35f86354.png Shop - Water Bottle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/1626451580919-PDRAYKX2HRGYYVAVM7J5/stainless-steel-water-bottle-white-17oz-right-60efc35f862cb.png Shop - Water Bottle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/1626451600111-OZ74959V7K4Z9AD2DJWC/stainless-steel-water-bottle-white-17oz-front-60efc4867c6f9.png Shop - Water Bottle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/1626451604700-644BK9Y3HMPARB3WEUTY/stainless-steel-water-bottle-white-17oz-left-60efc4867c7f3.png Shop - Water Bottle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/1626451608257-IPZTLPILUXEKP09K3SRB/stainless-steel-water-bottle-white-17oz-right-60efc4867c7a3.png Shop - Water Bottle https://www.thestoryshifters.com/shop/p/short-sleeve-unisex-t-shirt monthly 0.5 2023-06-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/1626452040467-ERCLDR6E89C8S6W389LM/unisex-staple-t-shirt-athletic-heather-front-60efc3dc655ce.png Shop - Short-Sleeve Unisex T-Shirt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/1626452038996-4BSXS5J5DA2V3Y36CSPK/unisex-staple-t-shirt-black-heather-front-60efc3dc64fbd.png Shop - Short-Sleeve Unisex T-Shirt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/1626452041050-740UHS2RB1QUVNPS4VM3/unisex-staple-t-shirt-heather-blue-front-60efc3dc651d9.png Shop - Short-Sleeve Unisex T-Shirt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/1626452039686-K5IZDB43PODETWSICTZ3/unisex-staple-t-shirt-light-blue-front-60efc3dc65e80.png Shop - Short-Sleeve Unisex T-Shirt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/1626452038039-HWUP6JA82QPXOMYUD707/unisex-staple-t-shirt-white-front-60efc3dc66c10.png Shop - Short-Sleeve Unisex T-Shirt https://www.thestoryshifters.com/shop/p/embroidered-champion-backpack monthly 0.5 2021-07-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/1626452550037-HIGYGBU4QV4U99LZCS6E/champion-backpack-heather-black-black-front-60efc32668e21.png Shop - Embroidered Champion Backpack https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/1626452550092-DYS6LKRIEUT8JV94C6Y3/champion-backpack-heather-black-black-left-front-60efc3266905d.png Shop - Embroidered Champion Backpack https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/1626452549949-Z8XABC1IFM89Z8B2N6IL/champion-backpack-heather-black-black-right-front-60efc326690cd.png Shop - Embroidered Champion Backpack https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/1626452549818-EHNC9XM6ARDNFBE9IN9I/champion-backpack-heather-black-black-back-60efc32669006.png Shop - Embroidered Champion Backpack https://www.thestoryshifters.com/shop/p/story-shifters-mug monthly 0.5 2021-07-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/1626452307353-9NZTMOBXZKDB2KYC9OFE/white-glossy-mug-11oz-handle-on-right-60efc4aa12b82.png Shop - Story Shifters Mug https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/1626452307716-H1SPFI69810ZZB0FFM4P/white-glossy-mug-11oz-handle-on-left-60efc4aa12c2e.png Shop - Story Shifters Mug https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/1626452306770-3YA7298MB985CKPOEA09/white-glossy-mug-11oz-front-view-60efc4aa12c79.png Shop - Story Shifters Mug https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/1626452307947-295V4XKFB10ZRUAJN18I/white-glossy-mug-15oz-handle-on-left-60efc4aa12d06.png Shop - Story Shifters Mug https://www.thestoryshifters.com/shop/p/tote-bag monthly 0.5 2021-07-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/1626452222417-1KPYDCK1IHXFBGO813XF/eco-tote-bag-black-front-60efc5022eafd.png Shop - Tote Bag https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/1626452222733-S0KATI5YHF6Z8TU0RIIP/eco-tote-bag-oyster-front-60efc5022ebbf.png Shop - Tote Bag https://www.thestoryshifters.com/shop/p/notebook monthly 0.5 2021-07-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/1626451367197-0U5NDTHQZICL8TQ03R47/spiral-notebook-white-front-60efc4bb16247.png Shop - Notebook https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/1626451372078-IAA5BWUI1AS9VS3STNOU/spiral-notebook-white-front-60efc4d74eb5c.png Shop - Notebook https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/1626451376484-9QRRUKD2O1OBMNEDK5MV/spiral-notebook-white-front-60efc3454aebc.png Shop - Notebook https://www.thestoryshifters.com/shop/p/tjkmbrj1habjw6ff8smenicixyudgx monthly 0.5 2021-08-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/1628559074099-GBKE7AG5LIMVHAOQU2HY/classic-dad-hat-black-front-60efc466341b0.png Shop - Story Shifters Dad Hat - Blue Logo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/1628559073113-ZFXCUDOWVVZGO7PG8HLL/classic-dad-hat-black-left-front-60efc4663441e.png Shop - Story Shifters Dad Hat - Blue Logo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/1628559073963-N0HJ6P5E9XBO2J8U2K5G/classic-dad-hat-black-right-front-60efc4663432a.png Shop - Story Shifters Dad Hat - Blue Logo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/1628559075353-IA1051JZTMTX384V1RM2/classic-dad-hat-light-blue-front-60efc46634ba4.png Shop - Story Shifters Dad Hat - Blue Logo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/1628559075385-L6YU52PLNJ36IIWQ5X2K/classic-dad-hat-light-blue-left-front-60efc46634d33.png Shop - Story Shifters Dad Hat - Blue Logo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/1628559074948-WVC3KI1A3A5P1SWWU7UG/classic-dad-hat-light-blue-right-front-60efc46634c7b.png Shop - Story Shifters Dad Hat - Blue Logo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/1628559075351-LRGX3XON4JCWVWK16B0W/classic-dad-hat-pink-front-60efc46634877.png Shop - Story Shifters Dad Hat - Blue Logo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/1628559075050-NMSVKRX7GSNDZ7A3AZBC/classic-dad-hat-pink-left-front-60efc46634aed.png Shop - Story Shifters Dad Hat - Blue Logo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/1628559074900-1X9QIULG816T6DV8UBLT/classic-dad-hat-pink-right-front-60efc466349d6.png Shop - Story Shifters Dad Hat - Blue Logo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/1628559075402-INEXC9YGBJM5ILLJS876/classic-dad-hat-stone-front-60efc46634513.png Shop - Story Shifters Dad Hat - Blue Logo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/1628559075250-AKR59PJI3TFV2UGTB4LR/classic-dad-hat-stone-left-front-60efc46634755.png Shop - Story Shifters Dad Hat - Blue Logo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/1628559075155-8P5I81304C5P2R5Q5IJO/classic-dad-hat-stone-right-front-60efc46634642.png Shop - Story Shifters Dad Hat - Blue Logo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/1628559074715-UUTEIN6EKL8Y34LBGEAM/classic-dad-hat-white-front-60efc46634de8.png Shop - Story Shifters Dad Hat - Blue Logo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/1628559074101-KUWJ2T9K7NJOLCX99B8Z/classic-dad-hat-white-left-front-60efc46635001.png Shop - Story Shifters Dad Hat - Blue Logo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/1628559073955-M409N5PKIPSJY1JMFF5D/classic-dad-hat-white-right-front-60efc46634ed3.png Shop - Story Shifters Dad Hat - Blue Logo https://www.thestoryshifters.com/workshopsandevents daily 0.75 2021-08-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/1628556742331-SLCWAYOZLJERN1PWTB8C/Story+Shifters+thought+bubble+logo+in+blue.JPG Workshops & Events https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/1628556377859-0D9IM35OFG5UY23HQSZL/IMG_5084.PNG Workshops & Events https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/1628556817315-G5938JATTVVIV81YJZP9/IMG_3489.JPG Workshops & Events https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/1628556346553-7D7JMSI15HGNY89UUOY1/IMG_2324.JPG Workshops & Events https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/1628556158648-811GYP48C1UMBCOS9ORB/DSC02410.JPG Workshops & Events https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/1628556498204-GJ3VXCGOUFTEH4Y1WN0L/Story+Shifters+thought+bubble+logo+in+orange.JPG Workshops & Events https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/1628558540367-FKAF928DRLV4AV3FTC2M/DSC02534.JPG Workshops & Events https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/1628558468400-2DHINP4XN5CVTTGNNJAC/DSC02525.JPG Workshops & Events https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/1628558496713-5EH5P0N3YH7YX0S9IHZ7/DSC02526.JPG Workshops & Events https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/1628558326032-6ZRORW7NUDQUNU3P6HO2/DSC02509.JPG Workshops & Events https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/1628558439294-KKB3WJLRQB35SZOSGHQF/DSC02518.JPG Workshops & Events https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/1628556558684-W7B4N8HMRA11YHRG333Z/IMG_5082.PNG Workshops & Events https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/1628558296131-FPOCKC4H0HD9B3WS8XTN/DSC02489.JPG Workshops & Events https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/1628556774059-VZFQG3ZZE74VZT71UK4A/IMG_2205.JPG Workshops & Events https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/1628558352970-EFV5NN1QTFC2JHLDK0EF/DSC02510.JPG Workshops & Events https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/1628558260879-4UMDIDVTLZBUZZMW5MNJ/DSC02470.JPG Workshops & Events https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e4a6979d9e72795e12f48f/1628558396714-48F23AM3P2C2LYX714YD/DSC02517.JPG Workshops & Events