Awards search:Capitol Choices Noteworthy Book for Children and Teens

Chlorine Sky

by Mahogany L. Browne
Paperback, 2023
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, TEEN, FICTION, poetry, coming of age, worth, self-esteem, basketball
Barcode
2126
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

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

Star Child: A Biographical Constellation of Octavia Estelle Butler

by Ibi Zoboi
Hardcover, 2022
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, WOMEN AND GIRLS, JUSTICE, MIDDLE GRADES, TEEN, writer, biography, poetry, history, science fiction, civil rights — 1 more, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
2019
Status
Available
Call number
813.54

The Last Mapmaker

by Christina Soontornvat
Hardcover, 2022
Tags
MIDDLE GRADES, WOMEN AND GIRLS, ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDERS, fantasy, exploration, colonialism, adventure, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
2017
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

The List of Things That Will Not Change

by Rebecca Stead
Paperback, 2022
Tags
FAMILIES, LGBTQIA, BODIES AND ABILITIES, WOMEN AND GIRLS, MIDDLE GRADES, FICTION, blended families, gay parents, divorce, eczema
Barcode
1986
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Different Kinds of Fruit

by Kyle Lukoff
Hardcover, 2022
Tags
GENDER, LGBTQIA, FAMILIES, MIDDLE GRADES, Kirkus Starred Review, nonbinary, transgender, trans parent, FICTION, friendship
Barcode
1976
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Choosing Brave: How Mamie Till-Mobley and Emmett Till Sparked the Civil Rights Movement

by Angela Joy
Hardcover, 2022
Tags
JUSTICE, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, WOMEN AND GIRLS, racism, civil rights, activism, Kirkus Starred Review, MIDDLE GRADES, graphic non-fiction, biography
Barcode
1988
Status
Available
Call number
323.092

Powwow Day

by Traci Sorell
Hardcover, 2022
Tags
NATIVE NATIONS AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, WOMEN AND GIRLS, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, BODIES AND ABILITIES, PICTURE BOOK, FICTION, Native author, jingle dance, healing, illness, community — 2 more, dance, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1874
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Star Child: A Biographical Constellation of Octavia Estelle Butler

by Ibi Zoboi
Hardcover, 2022
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, WOMEN AND GIRLS, JUSTICE, MIDDLE GRADES, TEEN, writer, biography, poetry, history, science fiction, civil rights — 1 more, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1731
Status
Available
Call number
813.54

The Treasure Box

by Dave Keane
Hardcover, 2022
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, FAMILIES, PICTURE BOOK, loss, grandparents, memory, grief
Barcode
1716
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

The Year We Learned to Fly

by Jacqueline Woodson
Hardcover, 2022
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, WOMEN AND GIRLS, PICTURE BOOK, ancestors, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1715
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Prairie Lotus

by Linda Sue Park
Paperback, 2022
Tags
women & girls, MIDDLE GRADES, NATIVE NATIONS AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, Native American, Chinese-American, Kirkus Starred Review, historical fiction, Ihanktonwan, Mixed race
Barcode
1608
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

The Year We Learned to Fly

by Jacqueline Woodson
Hardcover, 2022
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, WOMEN AND GIRLS, PICTURE BOOK, ancestors
Barcode
1537
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Hear My Voice/Escucha mi voz: The Testimonies of Children Detained at the Southern Border of the United States (Spanish and English Edition)

by Warren Binford Compiler
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, LATINX, JUSTICE, PICTURE BOOK, JUVENILE, detention, family separation, NONFICTION, bilingual, English/Spanish, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
2171
Status
Available
Call number
362.87092

Other Words for Home: A Newbery Honor Award Winner

by Jasmine Warga
Paperback, 2021
Tags
REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, WOMEN AND GIRLS, MIDDLE GRADES, verse, Syria, 8 - 12 years, grades 3 - 7, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
2033
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Punching Bag

by Rex Ogle
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
FAMILIES, LATINX, TEEN, domestic violence, abuse, loss of sibling
Barcode
2005
Status
Available
Call number
362.7

The People's Painter: How Ben Shahn Fought for Justice with Art

by Cynthia Levinson
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, RELIGION, JUSTICE, PICTURE BOOK, JUVENILE, NONFICTION, biography, Jewish, Judaism, Hebrew, Yiddish — 9 more, art, painting, protest, photography, poverty, court case, artist, Lithuania, deportation
Barcode
1655
Status
Available
Call number
759.13

Nicky & Vera: A Quiet Hero of the Holocaust and the Children He Rescued

by Peter Sís
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, PICTURE BOOK, Holocaust, World War II, escape, NONFICTION, JUVENILE
Barcode
1635
Status
Available
Call number
940.53

Josie Dances

by Denise Lajimodiere
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
NATIVE NATIONS AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, WOMEN AND GIRLS, FAMILIES, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, PICTURE BOOK, Ojibwe, pow wow, regalia
Barcode
1852
Status
Available

Three Ways to Be Brave: A Trio of Stories

by Karla Clark
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
PICTURE BOOK, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, DIVERSITY, self reliance, resilience, inner strength, inner resources, bravery, courage, self confidence
Barcode
1781
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Red, White, and Whole

by Rajani LaRocca
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, FAMILIES, REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, MIDDLE GRADES, indian-american, loss, loss of parent, grief, leukemia, cancer
Barcode
1825
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

We Are Not from Here

by Jenny Torres Sanchez
Paperback, 2021
Tags
REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, LATINX, TEEN, undocumented immigrants, Guatemala, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1795
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

The Downstairs Girl

by Stacey Lee
Paperback, 2021
Tags
ASIAN-AMERICAN, FAMILIES, TEEN, FICTION, historical fiction, WOMEN AND GIRLS, Chinese-American, racism
Barcode
1609
Status
Book Bag 16
Call number
813.6

Watercress

by Andrea Wang
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, PICTURE BOOK, FAMILIES, Chinese-American, loss of sibling, Kirkus Starred Review, REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, WOMEN AND GIRLS
Barcode
1612
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts

by Rebecca Hall
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
ADULT, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, WOMEN AND GIRLS, JUSTICE, Kirkus Starred Review, history, NON-FICTION, graphic
Barcode
1592
Status
Available
Call number
741.5

The 1619 Project: Born on the Water

by Nikole Hannah-Jones
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
PICTURE BOOK, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, slavery, history, poetry, black history, Africa
Barcode
1477
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

The 1619 Project: Born on the Water

by Nikole Hannah-Jones
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
PICTURE BOOK, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, slavery, history, poetry, black history, Africa
Barcode
1476
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Show Me a Sign

by Ann Clare LeZotte
Paperback, 2021
Tags
MIDDLE GRADES, BODIES AND ABILITIES, prejudice, racism, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, deafness, sign language, WOMEN AND GIRLS, historical fiction, ages 8 - 14, Kirkus Starred Review
Series
Mary Lambert (1)
Barcode
1456
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Take Back the Block

by Chrystal D. Giles
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, JUSTICE, MIDDLE GRADES, FICTION, 9 - 13 years, community, Activism, gentrification
Barcode
1435
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre

by Carole Boston Weatherford
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, JUSTICE, JUVENILE, NON-FICTION, history, American History, black history, racial violence, 8 - 12 years
Barcode
1421
Status
Available
Call number
976.6

We Are Still Here!: Native American Truths Everyone Should Know

by Traci Sorell
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, JUSTICE, PICTURE BOOK, JUVENILE, 7 - 10 years, Native American, NATIVE NATIONS AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, Native author, own voices, history, NON-FICTION — 2 more, indigenous, colonization
Barcode
1416
Status
Available
Call number
973.04

We Are Still Here!: Native American Truths Everyone Should Know

by Traci Sorell
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, JUSTICE, PICTURE BOOK, JUVENILE, 7 - 10 years, Native American, NATIVE NATIONS AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, Native author, own voices, history, NON-FICTION — 2 more, indigenous, colonization
Barcode
1342
Status
Available
Call number
973.04

Milo Imagines the World

by Matt de la Peña
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, FAMILIES, PICTURE BOOK, 4 - 8 years, incarcerated parent, imagination
Barcode
1284
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Stand Up, Yumi Chung!

by Jessica Kim
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, WOMEN AND GIRLS, REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, MIDDLE GRADES, FICTION, comedy, Korean American, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
2040
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

When Stars Are Scattered

by Victoria Jamieson
Paperback, 2020
Tags
REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, MIDDLE GRADES, BODIES AND ABILITIES, Somalia, Kenya, seizures, loss, loss of parent, War, graphic memoir — 2 more, Kirkus Starred Review, Africa
Barcode
1786
Status
Available
Call number
305.9

The Secret Garden of George Washington Carver

by Gene Barretta
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, PICTURE BOOK, nature, plants, gardener, gardens, biography, scientist, science, pioneer
Barcode
1624
Status
Available
Call number
630.92

On Wings of Words: The Extraordinary Life of Emily Dickinson

by Jennifer Berne
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
PICTURE BOOK, WOMEN AND GIRLS, biography, poetry, Emily Dickinson, Kirkus Starred Review, curiosity, imagination, writer, writing
Barcode
1622
Status
Available
Call number
811.4

All Boys Aren't Blue: A Memoir-Manifesto

by George M. Johnson
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
LGBTQIA, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, TEEN, ADULT, memoir, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1457
Status
Available
Call number
306.76

Rayne & Delilah's Midnite Matinee

by Jeff Zentner
Paperback, 2020
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, FAMILIES, BODIES AND ABILITIES, TEEN, absent parent, depression, mental illness
Barcode
1366
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

When You Trap a Tiger

by Tae Keller
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, WOMEN AND GIRLS, FAMILIES, MIDDLE GRADES, FICTION, 10 - 14 years, Korean, folk tale, loss, grandmother — 3 more, stories, Newberry Award, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1432
Status
Available
Call number
816.3

All Because You Matter

by Tami Charles
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, JUSTICE, PICTURE BOOK, 4 - 8 years, black lives matter, own voices, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1250
Status
Available
Call number
155.45

Antiracist Baby

by Ibram X. Kendi
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
JUSTICE, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, BOARD BOOK, racism, race, own voices
Barcode
1228
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle

by Leslie Connor
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
BODIES AND ABILITIES, grades 3 - 7, MIDDLE GRADES, learning differences, dyslexia, synesthesia, death, grief, ages 9 - 14
Barcode
1115
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Song for a Whale

by Lynne Kelly
Paperback, 2019
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, BODIES AND ABILITIES, MIDDLE GRADES, FICTION, deafness, deaf culture, Friendship, whale
Barcode
2043
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

The Important Thing About Margaret Wise Brown

by Mac Barnett
Hardcover, 2019
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, LGBTQIA, PICTURE BOOK, biography, author, writer, pioneer, Kirkus Starred Review, bisexuality
Barcode
1627
Status
Available
Call number
813.52

It Began with a Page: How Gyo Fujikawa Drew the Way

by Kyo Maclear
Hardcover, 2019
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, Japanese American, Japanese internment, JUSTICE, artist, art, biography, PICTURE BOOK, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1584
Status
Available
Call number
741.6092

Lubna and Pebble

by Wendy Meddour
Hardcover, 2019
Tags
REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, WOMEN AND GIRLS, PICTURE BOOK, Friendship, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1582
Status
Available
Call number
823.92

Because

by Mo Willems
Hardcover, 2019
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, PICTURE BOOK, music, joy, DIVERSITY, art, creativity
Barcode
1536
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

You Asked for Perfect

by Laura Silverman
Paperback, 2019
Tags
LGBTQIA, RELIGION, TEEN, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, coming of age, stress, Judaism, Muslim, Jewish
Barcode
1501
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

A Friend for Henry

by Jenn Bailey
Hardcover, 2019
Tags
BODIES AND ABILITIES, DIVERSITY, PICTURE BOOK, autism, Friendship
Barcode
1490
Status
Available
Call number
813.6
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