Tag search:Kirkus starred review

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

The Moon Within

by Aida Salazar
Paperback, 2020
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, LATINX, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, GENDER, LGBTQIA, MIDDLE GRADES, FICTION, puberty, ritual, coming of age, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1842
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Moonwalking

by Zetta Elliott
Hardcover, 2022
Tags
DIVERSITY, BODIES AND ABILITIES, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, LATINX, MIDDLE GRADES, TEEN, FICTION, Kirkus Starred Review, Polish, Congolese, Puerto Rican — 3 more, autism, mental illness, poetry
Barcode
1672
Status
Available
Call number
813.00

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

My Rainbow

by DeShanna Neal
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
LGBTQIA, GENDER, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, BODIES AND ABILITIES, own voices, PICTURE BOOK, 4 - 8 years, transgender, autism, hair, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1265
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

My Two Border Towns

by David Bowles
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, LATINX, JUSTICE, PICTURE BOOK, Kirkus Starred Review, sharing, caring, helping, bilingual
Barcode
1712
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

No More Police: A Case for Abolition

by Mariame Kaba
Hardcover, 2022
Tags
JUSTICE, ADULT, police reform, police abolition, Kirkus Starred Review, NONFICTION
Barcode
2150
Status
Available
Call number
363.20973

No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference

by Greta Thunberg
Paperback, 2019
Tags
JUSTICE, WOMEN AND GIRLS, climate, environmental justice, Activism, TEEN, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1107
Status
Available
Call number
363.7

No Safe Place

by Deborah Ellis
Paperback, 2011
Tags
REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, TEEN, Iraq, Russia, Kurd, Romani, War, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1636
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

No Voice Too Small: Fourteen Young Americans Making History

by Lindsay H. Metcalf Editor
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, LGBTQIA, GENDER, JUSTICE, REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, BODIES AND ABILITIES, LATINX, ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, NATIVE NATIONS AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, DIVERSITY — 13 more, JUVENILE, NON-FICTION, poetry, Activism, climate change, speaking out, water rights, Deportation, transgender, gay parents, equality, bullying, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1972
Status
Available
Call number
811.608

Okra Stew: A Gullah Geechee Family Celebration

by Natalie Daise
Hardcover, 2023
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, FAMILIES, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, PICTURE BOOK, cooking, food, Gullah Geechee, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
2073
Status
Available

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

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

One Leaf Rides the Wind

by Celeste Davidson Mannis
Hardcover, 2002
Tags
ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, WOMEN AND GIRLS, PICTURE BOOK, Japanese culture, Japan, counting, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
2027
Status
Available
Call number
811.6

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

The Other Talk: Reckoning with Our White Privilege

by Brendan Kiely
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
JUSTICE, TEEN, NONFICTION, racism, prejudice, whiteness, white privilege, white supremacy, history, American History, race — 2 more, anti-racism, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1886
Status
Available
Call number
305.809

Other Words for Home

by Jasmine Warga
Hardcover, 2019
Tags
REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, WOMEN AND GIRLS, MIDDLE GRADES, verse, Syria, 8 - 12 years, grades 3 - 7, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1144
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

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

Our Skin: A First Conversation About Race (First Conversations)

by Megan Madison
Board book, 2021
Tags
JUSTICE, DIVERSITY, BOARD BOOK, racism, skin color, anti-racism, Kirkus Starred Review
Series
First Conversations
Barcode
1756
Status
Available
Call number
305.8

Our Skin: A First Conversation About Race (First Conversations)

by Megan Madison
Board book, 2021
Tags
JUSTICE, DIVERSITY, BOARD BOOK, racism, skin color, anti-racism, Kirkus Starred Review
Series
First Conversations
Barcode
1637
Status
Available
Call number
305.8

Outwitting History: The Amazing Adventures of a Man Who Rescued a Million Yiddish Books

by Aaron Lansky
Paperback, 2005
Tags
ADULT, RELIGION, history, language, Yiddish, libraries, Judaism, books, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1440
Status
Available
Call number
002.075

Overground Railroad (The Young Adult Adaptation): The Green Book and the Roots of Black Travel in America

by Candacy Taylor
Hardcover, 2022
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, JUSTICE, TEEN, history, civil rights, NON-FICTION, Segregation, travel, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1586
Status
Available
Call number
305.800973

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

The Passover Mouse

by Joy Nelkin Wieder
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
RELIGION, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, PICTURE BOOK, Judaism, Passover, holidays, Jewish, community, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1855
Status
Available
Call number
267

The People Remember

by Ibi Zoboi
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
JUVENILE, ages 7 and up, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, RELIGION, Kwanzaa, black history, African diaspora, Kirkus Starred Review, holidays, winter holidays — 1 more, PICTURE BOOK
Barcode
1459
Status
Available
Call number
973.0496073

A Phoenix First Must Burn: Sixteen Stories of Black Girl Magic, Resistance, and Hope

by Patrice Caldwell Editor
Paperback, 2021
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, WOMEN AND GIRLS, LGBTQIA, TEEN, FICTION, fantasy, science fiction, Short stories, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1723
Status
Available
Call number
813.010806

Picture Us In The Light

by Kelly Loy Gilbert
Hardcover, 2018
Tags
TEEN, FICTION, ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, LGBTQIA, REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, FAMILIES, adoption, 14 and up, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
507
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

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

Plenty of Hugs

by Fran Manushkin
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
LGBTQIA, FAMILIES, DIVERSITY, PICTURE BOOK, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1614
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

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

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

Pride Colors

by Robin Stevenson
Board book, 2019
Tags
LGBTQIA, BOARD BOOK, Pride, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
697
Status
Available
Call number
535.6

Pride Puppy!

by Robin Stevenson
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
LGBTQIA, FAMILIES, PICTURE BOOK, queer parents, pride, alphabet, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1960
Status
Available
Call number
421.1

Proud (Young Readers Edition): Living My American Dream

by Ibtihaj Muhammad
Hardcover, 2018
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, WOMEN AND GIRLS, RELIGION, GENDER, NON-FICTION, autobiography, biography, memoir, 10 - 13 years, MIDDLE GRADES, Muslim — 1 more, Kirkus Starred review
Barcode
922
Status
Available
Call number
796.862092

A Queer History of the United States (REVISIONING HISTORY)

by Michael Bronski
Paperback, 2012
Tags
LGBTQIA, GENDER, JUSTICE, ADULT, NONFICTION, history, American History, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1907
Status
Available
Call number
306.76

Rae's First Day: The First Story in The Capables Series

by Danny Jordan
Paperback, 2021
Tags
BODIES AND ABILITIES, WOMEN AND GIRLS, PICTURE BOOK, comic, limb differences, superheroes, school, Kirkus Starred Review, series
Barcode
1574
Status
Available

Redbone: The True Story of a Native American Rock Band

by Christian Staebler
Paperback, 2020
Tags
NATIVE NATIONS AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, Native American, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, JUSTICE, TEEN, graphic memoir, history, American Indian Movement, social justice, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1460
Status
Available
Call number
782.421660922

Rick Riordan Presents Aru Shah and the Tree of Wishes (A Pandava Novel Book 3) (Pandava Series, 3)

by Roshani Chokshi
Paperback, 2021
Tags
ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, WOMEN AND GIRLS, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, RELIGION, MIDDLE GRADES, India, series, fantasy, Kirkus Starred Review
Series
The Pandava Quintet (3)
Barcode
1685
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

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

Sacrifice (Serpentine)

by Cindy Pon
Paperback, 2016
Tags
ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, WOMEN AND GIRLS, TEEN, fantasy, Chinese, Kirkus Starred Review
Series
The Kingdom of Xia (4), Serpentine (2)
Barcode
1683
Status
Available

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

Saving American Beach: The Biography of African American Environmentalist MaVynee Betsch

by Heidi Tyline King
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
PICTURE BOOK, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, JUSTICE, Gullah Geechee, environmentalism, activism, Kirkus Starred Review, WOMEN AND GIRLS
Barcode
1535
Status
Available
Call number
333.72092

Saving H'Non: Chang and the Elephant

by Trang Nguyen
Paperback, 2023
Tags
ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, WOMEN AND GIRLS, JUSTICE, MIDDLE GRADES, graphic novel, Vietnam, Vietnamese, environmentalism, animals, animal rights, animal rescue — 4 more, wildlife, elephant, perseverance, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
2158
Status
Available
Call number
741.5

Seeds of Change: Wangari's Gift to the World

by Jen Cullerton Johnson
Hardcover, 2010
Tags
JUSTICE, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, WOMEN AND GIRLS, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, PICTURE BOOK, JUVENILE, biography, Wangari, environmentalism, environmental justice, trees — 4 more, forest, Kenya, science, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
2202
Status
Available
Call number
333.72092

Seven Spools of Thread: A Kwanzaa Story (Albert Whitman Prairie Paperback)

by Angela Shelf Medearis
Paperback, 2000
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, PICTURE BOOK, winter holidays, Kwanzaa, Ghana, Kirkus Starred Review, Africa
Barcode
1820
Status
Available
Call number
394.2

She Was the First!: The Trailblazing Life of Shirley Chisholm

by Katheryn Russell-Brown
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, WOMEN AND GIRLS, JUSTICE, PICTURE BOOK, JUVENILE, biography, Politics, history, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1752
Status
Available
Call number
328.73

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

Sisters of the Neversea

by Cynthia L Smith
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, NATIVE NATIONS AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, FAMILIES, MIDDLE GRADES, fantasy, Muscogee, Creek, GENDER, LGBTQIA, Two-Spirit, gender equity — 5 more, environmentalism, family separation, blended families, Kirkus Starred Review, Peter Pan
Barcode
2071
Status
Available
Call number
813.00
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