Awards search:Evanston Public Library 101 Great Books for Kids

This Is Just a Test

by Madelyn Rosenberg
Paperback, 2017
Tags
RELIGION, Jewish, Judaism, JUVENILE, 8 - 12 years, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, grades 3 - 7, Chinese-American, FICTION, MIDDLE GRADES, ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER
Barcode
1060
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

My Family Divided: One Girl's Journey of Home, Loss, and Hope

by Diane Guerrero
Hardcover, 2018
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, JUSTICE, TEEN, 12 - 18 years
Barcode
268
Status
Available
Call number
791.4302

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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

Marley Dias Gets It Done: And So Can You!

by Marley Dias
Paperback, 2018
Tags
JUSTICE, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, NON-FICTION, Grade 5 and up, MIDDLE GRADES
Barcode
482
Status
Available
Call number
305.23089

The Ring Bearer

by Floyd Cooper
Hardcover, 2017
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, PICTURE BOOK, FAMILIES, DIVERSITY
Barcode
280
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

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

The Youngest Marcher: The Story of Audrey Faye Hendricks, a Young Civil Rights Activist

by Cynthia Levinson
Hardcover, 2017
Tags
JUSTICE, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, PICTURE BOOK
Barcode
41
Status
Available
Call number
323.092

Front Desk

by Kelly Yang
Hardcover, 2018
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, JUVENILE, grades 3 - 7, FICTION, MIDDLE GRADES
Series
Front Desk (1)
Barcode
617
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Ghost Boys

by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Hardcover, 2018
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, MIDDLE GRADES, JUSTICE, FICTION, racism, police brutality
Barcode
555
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Her Right Foot

by Dave Eggers
Hardcover, 2017
Tags
REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, PICTURE BOOK, NON-FICTION, 6 - 9 years
Barcode
408
Status
Available
Call number
973

Julián Is a Mermaid

by Jessica Love
Hardcover, 2018
Tags
gender roles, LATINX, PICTURE BOOK, 4 - 8 years, GENDER, Voices for Trans Youth
Series
Julián (1)
Barcode
580
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Dreamers

by Yuyi Morales
CD audiobook, 2018
Tags
REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, LATINX, PICTURE BOOK, 4 - 8 years
Barcode
409
Status
Available
Call number
818.603

The Day You Begin

by Jacqueline Woodson
Hardcover, 2018
Tags
DIVERSITY, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, PICTURE BOOK, 5 - 8 years
Barcode
382
Status
Available
Call number
813

Mango Delight

by Fracaswell Hyman
Hardcover, 2017
Tags
FICTION, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, WOMEN AND GIRLS, Friendship, 9 and up, bullying, MIDDLE GRADES
Barcode
1543
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Can I Touch Your Hair?: Poems of Race, Mistakes, and Friendship

by Irene Latham
Hardcover, 2018
Tags
DIVERSITY, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, PICTURE BOOK, poetry, JUVENILE, MIDDLE GRADES, grades 4 - 7, 8 - 12 years
Barcode
173
Status
Available
Call number
811.6

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

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

Lucky Broken Girl

by Ruth Behar
Hardcover, 2017
Tags
LATINX, Jewish, Judaism, Cuba, REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, injury, strong girl, WOMEN AND GIRLS, MIDDLE GRADES, ages 10 - 13
Barcode
614
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

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

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

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

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

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

Each Tiny Spark

by Pablo Cartaya
Paperback, 2019
Tags
LATINX, WOMEN AND GIRLS, BODIES AND ABILITIES, FAMILIES, MIDDLE GRADES, 10 - 13 years, grades 5-6, IMMIGRANTS, Cuban-American, mental health, military family — 2 more, deployment, ADHD
Barcode
1155
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

The Girl and the Wolf

by Katherena Vermette
Hardcover, 2019
Tags
CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, WOMEN AND GIRLS, PICTURE BOOK, 4 - 8 years, Native American, NATIVE NATIONS AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, Native author, First Nations, Cree-Metis, fairy tales, fiction
Barcode
1003
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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Nothing Stopped Sophie: The story of unshakable mathematician Sophie Germain

by Cheryl Bardoe
Hardcover, 2018
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, PICTURE BOOK, biography, 6 - 9 years
Barcode
984
Status
Available
Call number
510.92

Not My Idea: A Book About Whiteness

by Anastasia Higginbotham
Hardcover, 2018
Tags
JUSTICE, social justice, racism, whiteness, PICTURE BOOK, 8 - 12 years
Series
Ordinary Terrible Things
Barcode
556
Status
Available
Call number
305.8009

The Proudest Blue: A Story of Hijab and Family

by Ibtihaj Muhammad
Hardcover, 2019
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, RELIGION, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, PICTURE BOOK, 4 - 8 years, Muslim, Islam, hijab
Series
The Proudest Blue (1)
Barcode
996
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

The First Rule of Punk

by Celia C. Perez
Hardcover, 2017
Tags
LATINX, social protest, rock, punk rock, skateboarding, non-conformity, WOMEN AND GIRLS, 9 - 13 years, MIDDLE GRADES
Barcode
736
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Patina (Track)

by Jason Reynolds
Paperback, 2017
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, middle school, WOMEN AND GIRLS, 10 and up, Diverse characters, MIDDLE GRADES
Series
Track Series (2)
Barcode
1452
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Jasmine Toguchi, Mochi Queen

by Debbi Michiko Florence
Paperback, 2017
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, JUVENILE, chapter book, series, Japanese American, ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, 6 - 9 years, FICTION
Series
Jasmine Toguchi (1)
Barcode
737
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Stef Soto, Taco Queen

by Jennifer Torres
Paperback, 2018
Tags
LATINX, WOMEN AND GIRLS, REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, JUVENILE, MIDDLE GRADES, 8 - 12 years, FICTION
Barcode
1062
Status
Available
Call number
813.6
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