Awards search:Capitol Choices Noteworthy Book for Children and Teens

Each Kindness

by Jacqueline Woodson
Hardcover, 2012
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, PICTURE BOOK, kindness, school, bullying, bystander, compassion, speaking up, community
Barcode
1673
Status
Available
Call number
813.54

Alex As Well

by Alyssa Brugman
Hardcover, 2015
Tags
LGBTQIA, TEEN, FICTION, 15 and up, intersex
Barcode
264
Status
Available
Call number
813

Africa Is My Home: A Child of the Amistad

by Monica Edinger
Hardcover, 2013
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, West Africa, Africa, slavery, Amistad, PICTURE BOOK, JUSTICE, JUVENILE, historical fiction, American History — 2 more, black history, FICTION
Barcode
1047
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

When the Beat Was Born: DJ Kool Herc and the Creation of Hip Hop

by Laban Carrick Hill
Hardcover, 2013
Tags
PICTURE BOOK, music, hip-hop, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, New York, Jamaica, history, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
875
Status
Available
Call number
782.421649092

Grandfather Gandhi

by Arun Gandhi
Hardcover, 2014
Tags
CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, JUSTICE, PICTURE BOOK, preschool - grade 3, anger, India, ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER
Series
Grandfather Gandhi (1)
Barcode
1252
Status
Available
Call number
954.03

The Crossover

by Kwame Alexander
Hardcover, 2014
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, MIDDLE GRADES, poetry
Series
The Crossover (1)
Barcode
328
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

The Crossover: A Newbery Award Winner (The Crossover Series)

by Kwame Alexander
Hardcover, 2014
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, MIDDLE GRADES, poetry
Series
The Crossover (1)
Barcode
310
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Tomboy: A Graphic Memoir

by Liz Prince
Paperback, 2014
Tags
TEEN, graphic novel, 14 and up, GENDER
Barcode
433
Status
Available
Call number
305.3092

The Misadventures of the Family Fletcher

by Dana Alison Levy
Paperback, 2015
Tags
FAMILIES, JUVENILE, LGBTQIA, tween, middle school, 8 - 12 years, gay parents, FICTION, grades 4 - 7, MIDDLE GRADES
Series
The Family Fletcher (1)
Barcode
260
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family’s Fight for Desegregation

by Duncan Tonatiuh
Hardcover, 2014
Tags
LATINX, JUVENILE, JUSTICE, social action, 6 - 9 years, WOMEN AND GIRLS, PICTURE BOOK, NON-FICTION, Award winner, integration, school integration — 2 more, discrimination, Segregation
Barcode
1218
Status
Available
Call number
379.2

All Different Now: Juneteenth, the First Day of Freedom

by Angela Johnson
Hardcover, 2014
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, JUSTICE, 4 - 8 years, PICTURE BOOK
Barcode
511
Status
Available
Call number
394.263

Brown Girl Dreaming

by Jacqueline Woodson
Paperback, 2016
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, African American family, poetry, memoir, 8 - 12 years, MIDDLE GRADES
Barcode
178
Status
Available
Call number
811.54

El Deafo

by Cece Bell
Paperback, 2014
Tags
BODIES AND ABILITIES, WOMEN AND GIRLS, hearing, memoir, graphic novel, deafness, MIDDLE GRADES, friendship, 8 - 12 years
Barcode
312
Status
Available
Call number
362.4

Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda

by Becky Albertalli
Paperback, 2016
Tags
LGBTQIA, TEEN, romance, bullying, 12 - 18 years
Series
Simonverse (1)
Barcode
515
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

The Red Pencil

by Andrea Davis Pinkney
Hardcover, 2015
Tags
REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, WOMEN AND GIRLS, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, Sudan, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, grade 4 and up, poetry, MIDDLE GRADES, Africa
Barcode
760
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Listen, Slowly

by Thanhha Lai
Hardcover, 2016
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, FAMILIES, Vietnam, ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, grandmother, grades 5 - 8, ages 9 - 13, FICTION, MIDDLE GRADES
Barcode
708
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Little Melba and Her Big Trombone

by Katheryn Russell-Brown
Hardcover, 2014
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, WOMEN AND GIRLS, biography, PICTURE BOOK, NON-FICTION, JUSTICE, music, child prodigy, jazz
Barcode
548
Status
Available
Call number
788.9

X: A Novel

by Ilyasah Shabazz
Paperback, 2016
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, racism, JUSTICE, civil rights, FICTION, TEEN, Malcolm X, 14 and up
Barcode
761
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

The Curious World of Calpurnia Tate (Calpurnia Tate, 2)

by Jacqueline Kelly
Paperback, 2017
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, MIDDLE GRADES, curiosity, 10 - 14 years
Series
Calpurnia Tate (2)
Barcode
1293
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Last Stop on Market Street

by Matt de la Peña
Hardcover, 2015
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, DIVERSITY, PICTURE BOOK, 3 - 5 years, Newberry Award
Barcode
631
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Last Stop on Market Street

by Matt de la Peña
Hardcover, 2015
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, DIVERSITY, PICTURE BOOK, 3 - 5 years, Newberry Award
Barcode
746
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Stella by Starlight

by Sharon M. Draper
Paperback, 2016
Tags
MIDDLE GRADES, WOMEN AND GIRLS, JUSTICE, Jim Crow, Ku Klux Klan, Kirkus Starred Review, racism, community, hope, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN
Barcode
1521
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Roller Girl

by Victoria Jamieson
Paperback, 2015
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, MIDDLE GRADES, graphic novel, ages 9 - 13
Barcode
291
Status
Checked out
Call number
741.5

Emmanuel's Dream: The True Story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah

by Laurie Ann Thompson
Hardcover, 2015
Tags
BODIES AND ABILITIES, DIVERSITY, biography, Africa, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, 4 - 8 years, PICTURE BOOK
Barcode
343
Status
Available
Call number
362.4092

Melissa (Previously Published as George)

by Alex Gino
Paperback, 2022
Tags
LGBTQIA, transgender, grades 4 - 6, chapter book, MIDDLE GRADES, GENDER, gender identity
Barcode
2069
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Gordon Parks: How the Photographer Captured Black and White America

by Carole Boston Weatherford
Hardcover, 2015
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, JUSTICE, biography, PICTURE BOOK, Segregation, artist, photography, racism, notable people, grades 1 - 4
Barcode
244
Status
Available
Call number
770.89

Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl's Courage Changed Music

by Margarita Engle
Hardcover, 2015
Tags
CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, WOMEN AND GIRLS, PICTURE BOOK, 4 - 8 years, Cuba, drums, feminism, gender equality, GENDER, music
Barcode
1297
Status
Available
Call number
813.54

The Hired Girl

by Laura Amy Schlitz
Paperback, 2017
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, RELIGION, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, MIDDLE GRADES, Judaism
Barcode
1500
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

All American Boys

by Jason Reynolds
Paperback, 2017
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, JUSTICE, FICTION, TEEN, police brutality, racism, protest
Barcode
956
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

All American Boys

by Jason Reynolds
Paperback, 2017
Tags
JUSTICE, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, TEEN, police brutality, racism, activism, protest
Barcode
2006
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Tru & Nelle

by G. Neri
Paperback, 2017
Tags
FAMILIES, LGBTQIA, JUSTICE, MIDDLE GRADES, historical fiction, racism, Harper Lee, Truman Capote, Friendship, Kirkus Starred Review, GENDER — 1 more, BODIES AND ABILITIES
Series
Tru and Nelle (1)
Barcode
2060
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Whoosh!: Lonnie Johnson's Super-Soaking Stream of Inventions

by Chris Barton
Hardcover, 2016
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, PICTURE BOOK, 7 - 10 years, Science, engineering, nonfiction
Barcode
1017
Status
Available
Call number
609.2

Whoosh!: Lonnie Johnson's Super-Soaking Stream of Inventions

by Chris Barton
Hardcover, 2016
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, PICTURE BOOK, 7 - 10 years, Science, engineering, nonfiction, Kirkus Starred Review, inventors
Barcode
1919
Status
Available
Call number
609.2

Lily and Dunkin

by Donna Gephart
Paperback, 2018
Tags
LGBTQIA, GENDER, WOMEN AND GIRLS, FAMILIES, BODIES AND ABILITIES, MIDDLE GRADES, 10 and up, mental illness, bipolar, gender identity, transgender — 1 more, trans
Barcode
1169
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

We Will Not Be Silent: The White Rose Student Resistance Movement That Defied Adolf Hitler (Jane Addams Honor Book (Awards))

by Russell Freedman
Hardcover, 2016
Tags
MIDDLE GRADES, TEEN, JUSTICE, WOMEN AND GIRLS, resistance, anti-semitism, WWII, Nazis, White Rose movement, youth resistance, Holocaust — 1 more, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1629
Status
Available
Call number
943.086092

Maybe Something Beautiful: How Art Transformed a Neighborhood

by F. Isabel Campoy
Hardcover, 2016
Tags
LATINX, WOMEN AND GIRLS, PICTURE BOOK, painting, murals, city, 4 - 7 years, art, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1041
Status
Available
Call number
791.43

Being Jazz: My Life as a (Transgender) Teen

by Jazz Jennings
Hardcover, 2016
Tags
GENDER, LGBTQIA, WOMEN AND GIRLS, TEEN, 12 and up, transgender
Barcode
988
Status
Available
Call number
306.76

When the Sea Turned to Silver

by Grace Lin
Paperback, 2017
Tags
CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, Chinese, own voices, MIDDLE GRADES, 8 - 12 years, WOMEN AND GIRLS, JUVENILE
Series
Where The Mountain Meets the Moon (Book 3)
Barcode
1316
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Girl Mans Up

by M-E Girard
Paperback, 2018
Tags
GENDER, LGBTQIA, TEEN, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, FICTION, Portuguese, abortion, friendship, respect, gender identity, nonbinary — 1 more, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1982
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Preaching to the Chickens: The Story of Young John Lewis

by Jabari Asim
Hardcover, 2016
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, historical fiction, PICTURE BOOK, 5 - 8 years
Barcode
258
Status
Available
Call number
328.73

Lucy and Linh

by Alice Pung
Paperback, 2018
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, Vietnam, FICTION, TEEN, 13 and up
Barcode
1026
Status
Available
Call number
823.92

Frederick Douglass: The Lion Who Wrote History

by Walter Dean Myers
Hardcover, 2017
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, black history, PICTURE BOOK, preschool - grade 3, JUSTICE, slavery
Barcode
827
Status
Available
Call number
973.8092

Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat (Americas Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature. Commended)

by Javaka Steptoe
Hardcover, 2016
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, JUVENILE NON-FICTION, PICTURE BOOK, Art, Grade 1 - 5, LATINX, Haiti, Puerto Rico, art, artist
Barcode
1495
Status
Available
Call number
740.92

Flying Lessons & Other Stories

by Ellen Oh Editor
Hardcover, 2017
Tags
Short stories, LATINX, MIDDLE GRADES, DIVERSITY, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, Native American, NATIVE NATIONS AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, Native author, Choctaw, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, indian-american — 7 more, ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, We Need Diverse Books, BODIES AND ABILITIES, GENDER, 8 - 12 years, grades 3 - 7, JUVENILE
Barcode
593
Status
Available
Call number
813.010806

A Family Is a Family Is a Family

by Sara O'Leary
Hardcover, 2016
Tags
FAMILIES, LGBTQIA, DIVERSITY, PICTURE BOOK, multiracial, blended families, single parent, foster care, foster parent, divorce, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
2000
Status
Available
Call number
813.54

Ghost (Track)

by Jason Reynolds
Paperback, 2017
Tags
Diverse characters, homelessness, middle school, bullying, class structure, 10 and up, FICTION, TEEN, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, FAMILIES
Series
Track Series (1)
Barcode
723
Status
Missing
Call number
813.6

Ghost (Track)

by Jason Reynolds
Hardcover, 2017
Tags
Diverse characters, hopelessness, middle school, bullying, class structure, 10 and up, FICTION, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, FAMILIES, MIDDLE GRADES
Series
Track Series (1)
Barcode
841
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark

by Debbie Levy
Hardcover, 2016
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, JUSTICE, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, PICTURE BOOK, JUVENILE, NON-FICTION, biography, women's rights, supreme court, Jewish
Barcode
1668
Status
Available
Call number
347.73

Piecing Me Together

by Renée Watson
Paperback, 2018
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, WOMEN AND GIRLS, JUSTICE, TEEN, FICTION, class, racism, friendship, art, collage, photography — 1 more, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1880
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

American Street

by Ibi Zoboi
Hardcover, 2017
Tags
REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, TEEN, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, WOMEN AND GIRLS, ages 14 - adult
Barcode
615
Status
Available
Call number
813.6
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