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Remember the sky you were born under,
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My Powerful Hair

From the award-winning and bestselling author of We Are Water Protectors comes an empowering picture book about family history, self-expression, and reclaiming your identity

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Go Forth and Tell: The Life of Augusta Baker, Librarian and Master Storyteller

From an award-winning author and illustrator comes this picture book biography about beloved librarian and storyteller Augusta Braxton Baker, the first Black coordinator of children’s services at all …

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Traces a child’s journey to self-love and shows the power of words to both hurt and heal.

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There Was a Party for Langston: (Caldecott Honor & Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor)

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The Green Piano: How Little Me Found Music

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How to Write a Poem

In this companion to the picture book How to Read a BookKwame Alexander teams up with poet Deanna Nikaido and Caldecott Honoree Melissa Sweet to celebrate the magic of discovering your very own poetry…

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Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race

Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson, and Christine Darden were good at math...really good.

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Ancient Night

At the start of things, the elders say,
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Multi-award-winning, New York Times best-selling duo Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen conspire again on a slyly funny tale about some very sneaky shapes.

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Hot Dog

From a critically acclaimed creator comes this summery picture book featuring an overheated--and overwhelmed--pup who finds his calm with some sea, sand, and fresh air.

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Desert Song

A family joins the music of the Texas desert night in this tale of tradition and memory from Pura Belpré Honor author Laekan Zea Kemp.

It starts with a soft tapping,
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A Crown for Corina

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Very Good Hats

The first picture book by bestselling novelist Emma Straub, this joyous and inventive read-aloud will inspire kids to see ordinary objects in a whole new way.

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Ode to Grapefruit: How James Earl Jones Found His Voice

Before legendary actor James Earl Jones was recognized for his memorable, smooth voice, he was just James--a stutterer who stopped speaking for eight years as a child...and ultimately found his voice …

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Little Christmas Carol

Enjoy Charles Dickens’ beloved masterpiece, freshly imagined within an enchanting woodland realm.

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