Awards search:Evanston Public Library 101 Great Books for Kids

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

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

Aru Shah and the End of Time (A Pandava Novel Book 1) (Pandava Series, 1)

by Roshani Chokshi
Paperback, 2019
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, MIDDLE GRADES, 8 - 12 years, India, ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, RELIGION, Hinduism
Series
The Pandava Quintet (1)
Barcode
1278
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

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

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

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

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

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

I Can Make This Promise

by Christine Day
Hardcover, 2019
Tags
CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, WOMEN AND GIRLS, grades 3 - 7, 8 - 12 years, Native American, NATIVE NATIONS AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, Native author, own voices, Upper Skagit, adoption, JUVENILE — 2 more, FICTION, MIDDLE GRADES
Barcode
1056
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

The Cardboard Kingdom

by Chad Sell
Paperback, 2018
Tags
DIVERSITY, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, FAMILIES, LATINX, GENDER, WOMEN AND GIRLS, graphic novel, MIDDLE GRADES, grades 4 - 7
Series
The Cardboard Kingdom (1)
Barcode
993
Status
Available
Call number
741.5

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 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

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

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 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

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

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

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

A Good Kind of Trouble

by Lisa Moore Ramée
Hardcover, 2019
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, JUSTICE, MIDDLE GRADES, 8 - 12 years, black lives matter
Barcode
1154
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

Guts

by Raina Telgemeier
Paperback, 2019
Tags
BODIES AND ABILITIES, WOMEN AND GIRLS, MIDDLE GRADES, 8 - 12 years, graphic memoir, anxiety, irritable bowel syndrome
Series
Smile (3)
Barcode
1103
Status
Available
Call number
155.4

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

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
Barcode
613
Status
Available
Call number
813.54

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

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

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

Illegal

by Eoin Colfer
Paperback, 2018
Tags
REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, graphic novel, Africa, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, MIDDLE GRADES, TEEN
Barcode
621
Status
Available
Call number
741.5

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

Ivy Aberdeen's Letter to the World

by Ashley Herring Blake
Paperback, 2019
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, LGBTQIA, MIDDLE GRADES, 10 - 13 years, grades 3 - 7
Barcode
1064
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Jabari Jumps

by Gaia Cornwall
Hardcover, 2017
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, PICTURE BOOK, 4 - 8 years, swimming
Series
Jabari (1)
Barcode
969
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

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

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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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

Merci Suárez Changes Gears

by Meg Medina
Hardcover, 2018
Tags
LATINX, WOMEN AND GIRLS, FAMILIES, grandparents, grades 4 - 7, FICTION, MIDDLE GRADES
Series
Merci Suárez (1)
Barcode
741
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

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

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

More to the Story

by Hena Khan
Paperback, 2020
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, RELIGION, MIDDLE GRADES, 8 - 12 years, Islam, Muslim, Pakistani-American, ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER
Barcode
1363
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
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