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• Sharing Shalom

  Sharkan, Danielle,

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  When someone vandalizes her synagogue, Leila's community comes together to repair the damage and stand against Antisemitism and intolerance.

• To Boldly Go

  How Nichelle Nichols and Star Trek Helped Advance Civil Rights

  Dalton, Angela,

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  Tells the true story of how Nichelle Nichols used her platform as Lieutenant Uhura on Star trek to inspire and recruit a new generation of diverse astronauts and many others in the space and STEM fields.

• The Talk

  Williams, Alicia, 1970-

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  As a little boy grows into a bigger boy, he first must have the difficult conversation Black families have with their sons, warning them about the challenges they face due to racism.

• We Are Here

  Charles, Tami,

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  Lyrical, affirmational, and bursting with love, We Are Here is a poignant story about Black and brown heritage and community.

• Standing in the Need of Prayer

  a Modern Retelling of the Classic Spiritual

  Weatherford, Carole Boston, 1956-

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  The popular spiritual, Standing in the need of prayer, has been reworked to chronicle the milestones, struggles, tragedies, and triumphs of African American people and their history.

• An American Story

  Alexander, Kwame,

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  A picture book in verse that threads together past and present to explore the legacy of slavery during a classroom lesson.

• Black Boy, Black Boy

  Celebrate the Power of You

  Kamanda, Ali

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  This lyrical, rhythmic text encourages boys to imagine everything they can be and the great things they can do, drawing on the strength of people throughout history that paved the way for Black boys today.

• Dear Black Child

  Rodaah, Rahma,

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  Dear Black Child depicts Black children standing in their power, taking up their space in the world, making their own sunshine on rainy days, opening their doors to their communities, writing their own stories, and most importantly, being their own,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Black Gold

  Obuobi, Laura,

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  With help from the Sun and the Moon, they create a child of the Universe: beautiful, powerful, and boundless with the brilliance of Black Gold.

• Today Is Different

  Moua, Doua, 1987-

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  Two girls-one Hmong American and one Black-stand together in solidarity with their communities to protest systemic racism and injustice.

• I'm Your Peanut Butter Big Brother

  Alko, Selina

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  A child in an interracial family wonders what his yet-to-be-born sibling will look like.

• Someone New

  O'Brien, Anne Sibley,

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  When three children, Jesse, Jason, and Emma, are confronted with new classmates from different ethnic backgrounds, they strive to overcome their initial reactions, and to understand, accept, and welcome Maria, Jin, and Fatima.

• The Skin You Live in

  Tyler, Michael

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  Rhyming text and illustrations celebrate being content with the skin in which one lives, whatever that skin might be.

• All Different Now

  Juneteenth, the First Day of Freedom

  Johnson, Angela, 1961-

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  In 1865, members of a family start their day as slaves, working in a Texas cotton field, and end it celebrating their freedom on what came to be known as Juneteenth.

• Desmond and the Very Mean Word

  a Story of Forgiveness

  Tutu, Desmond

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  While riding his new bicycle Desmond is hurt by the mean word yelled at him by a group of boys, but he soon learns that hurting back will not make him feel any better.

• New Shoes

  Meyer, Susan, 1960-

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  In this historical fiction picture book, Ella Mae and her cousin Charlotte, both African American, start their own shoe store when they learn that they cannot try on shoes at the shoe store.

• Lubaya's Quiet Roar

  Nelson, Marilyn, 1946-

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  The drawings of an introverted young girl make a powerful impression at a peaceful protest her family engages in.

• A Dance Like Starlight

  One Ballerina's Dream

  Dempsey, Kristy

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  A young girl growing up in Harlem in the 1950s, whose mother cleans and stitches costumes for a ballet company, dreams of becoming a prima ballerina one day, and is thrilled to see a performance of Janet Collins, the first "colored" prima ballerina.

• All Are Welcome

  Penfold, Alexandra,

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  Illustrations and simple, rhyming text introduce a school where diversity is celebrated and songs, stories, and talents are shared.

• Malala's Magic Pencil

  Yousafzai, Malala, 1997-

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  As a child in Pakistan, Malala made a wish for a magic pencil. But as she grew older, Malala saw that there were more important things to wish for. She saw a world that needed fixing. And even if she never found a magic pencil, Malala realized that…Read moreRead more of this annotation