Awards search:Evanston Public Library 101 Great Books for Kids

Flora la Fresca & the Art of Friendship

by Veronica Chambers
Hardcover, 2023
Tags
LATINX, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, WOMEN AND GIRLS, MIDDLE GRADES, Friendship, Spanish, bilingual, Panama, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
2112
Status
Available

Mexikid: (Newbery Honor Award Winner)

by Pedro Martin
Paperback, 2023
Tags
LATINX, REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, FAMILIES, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, Mexican American, grandmother, identity, graphic memoir, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
2102
Status
Available
Call number
741.5

Holding Her Own: The Exceptional Life of Jackie Ormes

by Traci N. Todd
Hardcover, 2023
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, WOMEN AND GIRLS, JUSTICE, PICTURE BOOK, JUVENILE, biography, cartoonist, women's rights, civil rights, history, American History — 4 more, black history, artist, art, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
2169
Status
Available
Call number
741.5

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

by Jason Reynolds
Hardcover, 2023
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, JUSTICE, PICTURE BOOK, black joy, black history, American History, history, poetry, dance, biography, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
2170
Status
Available
Call number
818.5209

Big (Caldecott Medal Winner & Coretta Scott King Honor Title)

by Vashti Harrison
Hardcover, 2023
Tags
BODIES AND ABILITIES, WOMEN AND GIRLS, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, PICTURE BOOK, body positivity, body image, labels, self-esteem, self-acceptance, embodied joy, Caldecott — 1 more, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
2165
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

We Wait for the Sun

by Katie McCabe
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, WOMEN AND GIRLS, PICTURE BOOK, memoir, FAMILIES, grandmother, fruit, outdoors, history, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
2166
Status
Available
Call number
340.092

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

Jo Jo Makoons: The Used-to-Be Best Friend: 1 (Jo Jo, 1)

by Dawn Quigley
Paperback, 2021
Tags
NATIVE NATIONS AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, WOMEN AND GIRLS, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, JUVENILE, FICTION, chapter book, Ojibwe, Friendship, Native author, Michif, Kirkus Starred Review
Series
Jo Jo (1)
Barcode
2072
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

If You’re a Kid Like Gavin: The True Story of a Young Trans Activist

by Gavin Grimm
Hardcover, 2022
Tags
GENDER, LGBTQIA, JUSTICE, PICTURE BOOK, JUVENILE, biography, NONFICTION, transgender, school, Activism, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
2058
Status
Available
Call number
306.76

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 Pants Project

by Cat Clarke
Paperback, 2019
Tags
GENDER, LGBTQIA, MIDDLE GRADES, activism, gender identity, transgender, gay parents, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1980
Status
Available
Call number
823.92

Two Grooms on a Cake: The Story of America's First Gay Wedding

by Rob Sanders
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
LGBTQIA, JUSTICE, PICTURE BOOK, Kirkus Starred Review, marriage, gay rights, wedding, baking, cake
Barcode
1969
Status
Available
Call number
306.7662

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

The Green Piano: How Little Me Found Music

by Roberta Flack
Hardcover, 2023
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, WOMEN AND GIRLS, PICTURE BOOK, music, piano, biography
Barcode
1999
Status
Available
Call number
782.42164092

The Roots of Rap: 16 Bars on the 4 Pillars of Hip-Hop

by Carole Boston Weatherford
Board book, 2022
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, BOARD BOOK, history, American History, black history, music
Barcode
1956
Status
Available
Call number
782.42164909

Mama Shamsi at the Bazaar

by Mojdeh Hassani
Hardcover, 2023
Tags
CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, FAMILIES, WOMEN AND GIRLS, PICTURE BOOK, Iran, chador, grandmother
Barcode
1929
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

The Me I Choose To Be

by Natasha Anastasia Tarpley
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
PICTURE BOOK, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, identity, self esteem, dreams, exploration, imagination
Barcode
1896
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

The Kaya Girl

by Mamle Wolo
Hardcover, 2022
Tags
MIDDLE GRADES, TEEN, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, WOMEN AND GIRLS, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, Ghana, classism, friendship, social class, class, social stigma — 3 more, prejudice, coming of age, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1895
Status
Available

Maya Lin: Artist-Architect of Light and Lines

by Jeanne Walker Harvey
Hardcover, 2017
Tags
ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, WOMEN AND GIRLS, REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, PICTURE BOOK, biography, Chinese-American, architect, art, design, memorial, Vietnam War
Barcode
1875
Status
Available
Call number
720.92

My Year in the Middle

by Lila Quintero Weaver
Paperback, 2020
Tags
LATINX, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, JUSTICE, WOMEN AND GIRLS, REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, MIDDLE GRADES, FICTION, running, racism, activism, Argentina
Barcode
1848
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

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

Black Boy Joy: 17 Stories Celebrating Black Boyhood

by Kwame Mbalia Editor
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, MIDDLE GRADES, Short stories, boyhood, masculinity, self-esteem, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1640
Status
Available
Call number
813.0080896073

We Were the Fire: Birmingham 1963

by Shelia P. Moses
Hardcover, 2022
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, JUSTICE, MIDDLE GRADES, historical fiction, civil rights, Activism, protest, Children's Crusade, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1835
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

My Fade Is Fresh

by Shauntay Grant
Hardcover, 2022
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, WOMEN AND GIRLS, PICTURE BOOK, BODIES AND ABILITIES, GENDER, autonomy, hair, gender expression, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1828
Status
Available
Call number
813.00

Harbor Me

by Jacqueline Woodson
Hardcover, 2018
Tags
REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, DIVERSITY, FAMILIES, incarcerated parent, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, LATINX, WOMEN AND GIRLS, 10 - 14 years, MIDDLE GRADES, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1824
Status
Available
Call number
813.54

Someone Builds the Dream

by Lisa Wheeler
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
PICTURE BOOK, DIVERSITY, labor, building, creation, working together, production, work, dignity, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1661
Status
Available
Call number
813.54

Root Magic

by Eden Royce
Paperback, 2022
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, FAMILIES, MIDDLE GRADES, Gullah, coming of age, Segregation, Kirkus Starred Review, twins
Barcode
1644
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

Your Mama

by NoNieqa Ramos
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
PICTURE BOOK, WOMEN AND GIRLS, LATINX, motherhood, Kirkus Starred Review, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN
Barcode
1623
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

We Are Wolves: New World War Two historical fiction for 2021, for children aged 9

by Katrina Nannestad
Paperback, 2021
Tags
MIDDLE GRADES, TEEN, JUSTICE, war, World War II, abandonment, survival, Kirkus Starred Review, Germany, WOMEN AND GIRLS
Barcode
1593
Status
Available
Call number
823.92

Nana Akua Goes to School

by Tricia Elam Walker
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, WOMEN AND GIRLS, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, FAMILIES, PICTURE BOOK, Ghana, Akua, adinkra, grandparents, grandmother, REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS — 2 more, Kirkus Starred Review, Africa
Barcode
1583
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Too Bright to See

by Kyle Lukoff
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
JUVENILE, LGBTQIA, GENDER, transgender, coming out, gender identity, Kirkus Starred Review, Stonewall Book Award, MIDDLE GRADES
Barcode
1587
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

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

The Last Cuentista

by Donna Barba Higuera
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
MIDDLE GRADES, TEEN, LATINX, WOMEN AND GIRLS, space travel, storytelling, science fiction, Newberry Award, Pura Belpre Award, Kirkus Starred Review, Mexico
Barcode
1571
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Other Boys

by Damian Alexander
Paperback, 2021
Tags
MIDDLE GRADES, TEEN, GENDER, LGBTQIA, graphic memoir, bullying, middle school, therapy, self-acceptance, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1549
Status
Available
Call number
373.1826

What's My Superpower?

by Aviaq Johnston
Hardcover, 2017
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, PICTURE BOOK, First Nations, Inuk, Inuit, self-esteem
Barcode
1514
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Once Upon an Eid: Stories of Hope and Joy by 15 Muslim Voices

by S. K. Ali Editor
Paperback, 2021
Tags
MIDDLE GRADES, RELIGION, Eid, Mulsim, Islam, joy, sharing, anthology, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1523
Status
Available
Call number
297.3

Saturday

by Oge Mora Artist
Hardcover, 2019
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, WOMEN AND GIRLS, FAMILIES, PICTURE BOOK, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1496
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
1477
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Not My Idea: A Book About Whiteness (Ordinary Terrible Things)

by Anastasia Higginbotham
Paperback, 2020
Tags
JUSTICE, social justice, racism, whiteness, PICTURE BOOK, 8 - 12 years, JUVENILE
Series
Ordinary Terrible Things
Barcode
1474
Status
Available
Call number
305.8009

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

Pie in the Sky

by Remy Lai
Paperback, 2019
Tags
FAMILIES, REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, Chinese, baking, cooking, loss, loss of parent, MIDDLE GRADES, Australia — 2 more, graphic novel, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1410
Status
Available
Call number
823.92

A Boy Called Bat (The Bat Series, 1)

by Elana K. Arnold
Paperback, 2018
Tags
BODIES AND ABILITIES, JUVENILE, 6 - 10 years, grades 1 - 5, autism, FICTION
Series
Boy called Bat (1)
Barcode
1439
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Bodies Are Cool

by Tyler Feder
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
BODIES AND ABILITIES, DIVERSITY, PICTURE BOOK, ages 3 - 10, body positivity, body differences, vitiglio, limb differences, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1437
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Ancestor Approved: Intertribal Stories for Kids

by Cynthia Leitich Smith
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, FAMILIES, MIDDLE GRADES, 10 - 14 years, First Nations, NATIVE NATIONS AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, Native author, own voices
Barcode
1431
Status
Available
Call number
398.20973

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
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