Memphis, Martin, and the Mountaintop: The Sanitation Strike of 1968
By: Alice Faye Duncan
4.29
Format: 40 pages, Hardcover
This historical fiction picture book presents the story of nine-year-old Lorraine Jackson, who in 1…
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1. Coretta Scott
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4.12
Format: 428 pages, Hardcover
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2. Big
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Format: 60 pages, Kindle Edition
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3. There Was a Party for Langston
By: Jason Reynolds
4.48
Format: 56 pages, ebook
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4. Dreamers
By: Yuyi Morales
4.43
Format: 40 pages, Hardcover
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5. Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir
By: Pedro Martín
4.27
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
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"It was like the driveway at Disneyland but with way more automatic weapons."-Pedro Martín, Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir
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6. Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre
By: Carole Boston Weatherford
4.48
Format: 32 pages, Hardcover
A look at the Tulsa Race Massacre, one of the worst incidents of racial violence in US history. The… read more
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7. Wildoak
By: C.C. Harrington
4.34
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Maggie’s stutter makes going to school hard. She will do almost anything to avoid speaking in class… read more
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8. Something, Someday
By: Amanda Gorman
4.38
Format: 40 pages, Hardcover
The stunning new picture book by presidential inaugural poet Amanda Gorman and Caldecott Honor-winn… read more
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9. Inheritance: A Visual Poem
By: Elizabeth Acevedo
4.49
Format: 46 pages, Hardcover
They tell me to "fix" my hair. And by fix, they mean straighten, they mean whiten; but how do… read more
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10. Julián Is a Mermaid
By: Jessica Love
4.51
Format: 80 pages, Hardcover
In an exuberant picture book, a glimpse of costumed mermaids leaves one boy flooded with wonder and… read more
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11. The Day You Begin
By: Jacqueline Woodson
4.44
Format: 32 pages, Hardcover
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12. Once Upon a Book
By: Grace Lin
4.21
Format: 40 pages, Hardcover
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13. I Am Every Good Thing
By: Derrick Barnes
4.61
Format: 32 pages, Hardcover
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14. What Happened to You?
By: James Catchpole
4.44
Format: 32 pages, Paperback
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15. Memphis, Martin, and the Mountaintop: The Sanitation Strike of 1968
By: Alice Faye Duncan
4.29
Format: 40 pages, Hardcover
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16. My Powerful Hair: A Picture Book
By: Carole Lindstrom
4.57
Format: 48 pages, Hardcover
From the award-winning and bestselling author of We Are Water Protectors comes an empowering pictur… read more
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17. My Papi Has a Motorcycle
By: Isabel Quintero
4.34
Format: 40 pages, Hardcover
A celebration of the love between a father and daughter, and of a vibrant immigrant neighborhood, b… read more
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18. We Are Starlings: Inside the Mesmerizing Magic of a Murmuration
By: Robert Furrow
4.25
Format: 40 pages, Hardcover
A stunning picture book for young nature lovers about starlings and the fascinating phenomenon of m… read more
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19. Sweet Justice: Georgia Gilmore and the Montgomery Bus Boycott
By: Mara Rockliff
4.44
Format: 40 pages, Hardcover
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20. Fox the Tiger (My First I Can Read)
By: Corey R. Tabor
4.28
Format: 32 pages, Paperback
Fox wishes he were a tiger. Tigers are big and fast and sneaky. So he decides to become one! Soo… read more
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21. True Gretch: What I've Learned About Life, Leadership, and Everything in Between
By: Gretchen Whitmer
4.34
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
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