Tag search:Kirkus starred review

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

Freedom's a-Callin Me

by Ntozake Shange
Hardcover, 2012
Tags
MIDDLE GRADES, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, JUSTICE, slavery, poetry, art, verse, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1550
Status
Available
Call number
811.54

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

Holi Colors

by Rina Singh
Hardcover, 2018
Tags
CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, RELIGION, BOARD BOOK, Hinduism, holidays, India, ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1510
Status
Available
Call number
294.5

Unsettled

by Reem Faruqi
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
Refugees & immigrants, RELIGION, women & girls, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, MIDDLE GRADES, Own Voices, Islam, Pakistan, ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, bullying, coming of age — 1 more, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1525
Status
Available

And Tango Makes Three (Classic Board Books)

by Justin Richardson
Board book, 2015
Tags
LGBTQIA, BOARD BOOK, 4 - 8 years, FAMILIES, Voices for Trans Youth, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1522
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

Stella by Starlight

by Sharon M. Draper
Paperback, 2016
Tags
MIDDLE GRADES, WOMEN AND GIRLS, JUSTICE, Jim Crow, Ku Klux Klan, Kirkus Starred Review, racism, community, hope, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN
Barcode
1521
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

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

Sulwe

by Lupita Nyong'o
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, PICTURE BOOK, colorism, skin color, self-esteem, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1492
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

You Matter

by Christian Robinson
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
DIVERSITY, PICTURE BOOK, self-esteem, worth, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1483
Status
Available
Call number
158.1

Caste (Oprah's Book Club): The Origins of Our Discontents

by Isabel Wilkerson
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
ADULT, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, history, class, class structure, social order, Kirkus Starred Review, JUSTICE
Barcode
1480
Status
Available
Call number
305.5

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

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

Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents

by Isabel Wilkerson
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
ADULT, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, history, class, class structure, social order, Kirkus Starred Review, JUSTICE
Barcode
1453
Status
Available
Call number
305.5

Everything Sad Is Untrue: (a true story)

by Daniel Nayeri
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
TEEN, Iran, ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, memoir, Persian, Kirkus Starred Review, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS
Barcode
1458
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

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

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

Summer Bird Blue

by Akemi Dawn Bowman
Paperback, 2020
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, FAMILIES, LGBTQIA, TEEN, loss, loss of sibling, grief, Asexual, ASIAN, ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER — 4 more, Hawaiian, Pacific-Islander, hapa, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1396
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Just Mercy: A True Story of the Fight for Justice (adapted for young adults)

by Bryan Stevenson
Paperback, 2019
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, JUSTICE, TEEN, ages 13 - 18, incarceration, human rights, Kirkus Starred Review, law
Barcode
1444
Status
Available
Call number
340.092

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

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

When Lola Visits

by Michelle Sterling
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, FAMILIES, WOMEN AND GIRLS, ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, Tagalog, Ilocano, Filipino, grandparents, grandmother, own voices, PICTURE BOOK — 1 more, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1438
Status
Available
Call number
813.00

Where the Mountain Meets the Moon

by Grace Lin
Paperback, 2019
Tags
CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, Chinese, own voices, MIDDLE GRADES, 8 - 12 years, WOMEN AND GIRLS, JUVENILE, fantasy, folklore, series — 2 more, Book 1, Kirkus Starred Review
Series
Where The Mountain Meets the Moon (Book 1)
Barcode
1433
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

Beautifully Me

by Nabela Noor
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
BODIES AND ABILITIES, WOMEN AND GIRLS, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, DIVERSITY, PICTURE BOOK, 3 - 7 years, body positivity, Muslim, Bangladeshi-American, Bengali, own voices — 2 more, Kirkus Starred Review, ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER
Barcode
1426
Status
Available

March: Book One

by John Lewis
Paperback, 2013
Tags
TEEN, civil rights, JUSTICE, John Lewis, Segregation, Martin Luther King Jr., graphic novel, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, Kirkus Starred Review, ADULT
Series
March (1)
Barcode
1324
Status
Available
Call number
741.5

Drawn Together

by Minh Lê
Hardcover, 2018
Tags
FAMILIES, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, PICTURE BOOK, 4 - 8 years, own voices, Vietnamese, art, artist, illustration, grandparents — 2 more, connection, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1275
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

What If...

by Samantha Berger
Hardcover, 2018
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, WOMEN AND GIRLS, PICTURE BOOK, 4 - 8 years, imagination, creativity, art, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1272
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

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

Your Name Is a Song

by Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, WOMEN AND GIRLS, DIVERSITY, PICTURE BOOK, 4 - 8 years, names, own voices, Kirkus Starred Review, Muslim family
Barcode
1248
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

We Are Water Protectors

by Carole Lindstrom
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, JUSTICE, PICTURE BOOK, 4 - 8 years, Native American, NATIVE NATIONS AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, Native author, own voices, environmentalism, environmental justice, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1249
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

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

A Big Mooncake for Little Star

by Grace Lin
Hardcover, 2018
Tags
CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, holidays, Chinese, Moon Festival, own voices, WOMEN AND GIRLS, Kirkus Starred Review, PICTURE BOOK
Barcode
1231
Status
Available
Call number
813

Vote for Our Future!

by Margaret McNamara
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
JUSTICE, DIVERSITY, PICTURE BOOK, 4 - 8 years, voting, rights, government, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1230
Status
Available
Call number
324.60973

Bilal Cooks Daal

by Aisha Saeed
Hardcover, 2019
Tags
CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, DIVERSITY, PICTURE BOOK, ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, 4 - 8 years, Kirkus Starred Review, food, cooking, South Asian
Barcode
1174
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

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

Layla's Happiness

by Mariahadessa Ekere Tallie
Hardcover, 2019
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, WOMEN AND GIRLS, PICTURE BOOK, 4 - 8 years, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1129
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Frankly in Love

by David Yoon
Hardcover, 2019
Tags
CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, TEEN, coming of age, Korean, Kirkus Starred Review, love, romance
Barcode
1145
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

The Librarian of Auschwitz

by Antonio Iturbe
Hardcover, 2017
Tags
RELIGION, JUSTICE, WOMEN AND GIRLS, TEEN, grade 9 and up, Judaism, Holocaust, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1139
Status
Available
Call number
863.7

The Undefeated

by Kwame Alexander
Hardcover, 2019
Tags
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, JUSTICE, PICTURE BOOK, 6 - 12 years, poetry, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1120
Status
Available
Call number
811.6

A Voice Named Aretha

by Katheryn Russell-Brown
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, JUSTICE, PICTURE BOOK, music, civil rights, 4 - 8 years, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1118
Status
Available
Call number
782.421644092

The Book Rescuer: How a Mensch from Massachusetts Saved Yiddish Literature for Generations to Come

by Sue Macy
Hardcover, 2019
Tags
CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, RELIGION, PICTURE BOOK, 5 - 8 years, grades k - 3, Judaism, Yiddish, Kirkus Starred Review, books, biography
Barcode
1088
Status
Available
Call number
020.75

Maybe Something Beautiful: How Art Transformed a Neighborhood

by F. Isabel Campoy
Hardcover, 2016
Tags
LATINX, WOMEN AND GIRLS, PICTURE BOOK, painting, murals, city, 4 - 7 years, art, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
1041
Status
Available
Call number
791.43

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

Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption

by Bryan Stevenson
Paperback, 2015
Tags
JUSTICE, ADULT, incarceration, Kirkus Starred Review
Barcode
894
Status
Available
Call number
353.4

Pride Colors

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

The Authentics

by Abdi Nazemian
Hardcover, 2017
Tags
WOMEN AND GIRLS, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, Iranian-american, TEEN, FICTION, LGBTQIA, Kirkus Starred Review, identity, ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER
Barcode
434
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

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
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