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Graveyard Book

by Neil Gaiman
Paperback, 2010
Tags
death, fantasy, ghosts, Newbery
Collection
YA
Status
Available

The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread

by Kate DiCamillo
Hardcover, 2003
Tags
Newbery, mouse, mice, princess, animals, bravery
Collection
chapter books
Status
Available

Esperanza rising

by Pam Muñoz Ryan
Paperback, 2000
Tags
historical fiction, Mexico, family, fiction, immigration, Great Depression, BIPOC central character(s)
Collection
chapter books
Status
Available

Bud, Not Buddy: (Newbery Medal Winner)

by Christopher Paul Curtis
Paperback, 2002
Tags
Newbery, family, Black central character, historical fiction, Great Depression, jazz, music
Collection
chapter books
Status
Available

The invention of Hugo Cabret : a novel in words and pictures

by Brian Selznick
Hardcover, 2007
Tags
grief, orphan, cinema, trains
Collection
chapter books
Status
Available

The One and Only Ivan

by Katherine Applegate
Paperback, 2015
Tags
friendship, Newbery, elephants, gorillas, zoo
Collection
chapter books
Series
The One and Only Ivan (1)
Status
Available

The day the crayons quit

by Drew Daywalt
Hardcover, 2013
Tags
crayons, writing, feelings
Collection
Picture books
Series
The Crayons (1)
Status
Available

Olivia

by Ian Falconer
Board book, 2004
Tags
animals, creativity
Collection
Board books
Series
Olivia (1)
Status
Available

Single Shard (01) by Park, Linda Sue [Hardcover (2001)]

by LindaSuePark
Hardcover, 2001
Tags
Newbery, AAPI central character, historical fiction, Korea
Collection
chapter books
Status
Available

Last stop on Market Street

by Matt de la Peña
Hardcover, 2015
Tags
bus, poverty, socioeconomics, community, neighbors, Newbery, Caldecott
Collection
Picture books
Status
Available

How do dinosaurs say goodnight?

by Jane Yolen
Hardcover, 2000
Tags
dinosaurs, bedtime, rhyming
Collection
Picture books
Series
How Do Dinosaurs...?
Status
Available

Brown Girl Dreaming

by Jacqueline Woodson
Paperback, 2016
Tags
Poetry, memoir, Ohio, Newbery, autobiography, Black central character, Black history, BIPOC central character(s)
Collections
YA, Favorites
Status
Available

Henry's freedom box

by Ellen Levine
Hardcover, 2007
Tags
slavery, Underground Railroad, freedom, historical fiction, Black history, biography, civil rights, social justice
Collection
Picture books
Status
Available

Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures

by Kate DiCamillo
Hardcover, 2013
Tags
Newbery, animals, squirrels, friendship, divorce, fantasy
Collection
chapter books
Status
Available

Flotsam

by David Wiesner
Hardcover, 2006
Tags
wordless, fantasy, water, ocean, sea, photography
Collection
Picture books
Status
Available

Press here

by Herv Tullet
Hardcover, 2011
Tags
interactive
Collection
Picture books
Status
Available

Goodnight, goodnight, construction site

by Sherri Duskey Rinker
Hardcover, 2011
Tags
construction, vehicles, bedtime, rhyming
Collection
Picture books
Series
Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site (1)
Status
Available

Counting by 7s

by Holly Goldberg Sloan
Paperback, 2014
Tags
neurodivergence, orphans
Collection
chapter books
Status
Available

A Sick Day for Amos McGee

by Philip C. Stead
Board book, 2018
Tags
sick, ilness, zoo, friends, Caldecott
Collection
Board books
Status
Available

Mercy Watson to the rescue

by Kate DiCamillo
Paperback, 2005
Tags
pigs, pets, chapter book
Collection
chapter books
Series
Mercy Watson (1)
Status
Available

And Tango Makes Three

by Justin Richardson
Hardcover, 2005
Tags
LGBTQIA2S+, family, parents, penguins, adoption, zoo
Collection
Picture books
Status
Available

Pax

by Sara Pennypacker
Paperback, 2019
Tags
war, peace, adventure, foxes
Collection
chapter books
Series
Pax (1)
Status
Available

The three pigs

by David Wiesner
Hardcover, 2001
Tags
fairytales, wolf, pigs, Three Little Pigs
Collection
Picture books
Status
Available

Extra Yarn

by Mac Barnett
Hardcover, 2012
Tags
creativity, knitting, kindness, generosity, sharing, Caldecott
Collection
Picture books
Status
Available

New Kid

by Jerry Craft
Paperback, 2019
Tags
Black central character, friendship, graphic novel, Newbery, school, middle school
Collections
chapter books, graphic novels
Series
New Kid (1)
Status
Available

All the world

by Elizabeth Garton Scanlon
Hardcover, 2009
Tags
family, nature, Caldecott
Collections
Picture books, Favorites
Status
Available

Hello, Universe

by Erin Entrada Kelly
Paperback, 2020
Tags
Newbery, AAPI central character, Filipino central character, deaf, deafness
Collection
chapter books
Status
Available

The most magnificent thing

by Ashley Spires
Hardcover, 2014
Tags
STEM, persistence, creativity, inventions
Collection
Picture books
Status
Available

After the fall (how Humpty Dumpty got back up again)

by Dan Santat
Hardcover, 2017
Tags
Humpty Dumpty, courage, nursery rhymes, fear, bravery, determination, perseverance, anxiety
Collection
Picture books
Status
Available

Sam and Dave Dig a Hole (Irma S and James H Black Award for Excellence in Children's Literature (Awards))

by Mac Barnett
Hardcover, 2014
Tags
nature, digging, friends, dogs, observation
Collection
Picture books
Status
Available

Art and Max

by David Wiesner
Hardcover, 2010
Tags
art, lizards, creativity, friends
Collection
Picture books
Status
Available

Sector 7

by David Wiesner
Hardcover, 1996
Tags
clouds, wordless, fantasy
Collection
Picture books
Status
Available

The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street

by Karina Yan Glaser
Paperback, 2017
Tags
siblings, community, neighbors, biracial, mystery, romance, BIPOC central character(s)
Collection
YA
Series
Vanderbeekers (1)
Status
Available

Julian is a mermaid

by Jessica Love
Hardcover, 2018
Tags
grandparents, gender nonconforming, BIPOC central character(s), LGBTQIA2S+
Collection
Picture books
Series
Julián (1)
Status
Checked out

They all saw a cat

by Brendan Wenzel
Hardcover, 2016
Tags
perspective, cats, nature, Caldecott
Collection
Picture books
Status
Available

Mr. Wuffles!

by David Wiesner
Hardcover, 2013
Tags
aliens, wordless, cats, fantasy
Collection
Picture books
Status
Available

A child's calendar

by John Updike
Hardcover, 1999
Tags
poetry, seasons, seasonal, Caldecott
Collection
Picture books
Status
Available

Fry bread : a native American family story

by Noble Maillard
Hardcover, 2019
Tags
family, food, Indigenous, baking, tradition, recipes, trauma
Collection
Picture books
Status
Available

The Water Princess

by Susan Verde
Hardcover, 2016
Tags
water, clean water, Africa, girls, princess, Black central character
Collection
Picture books
Status
Available

Merci Suárez Changes Gears

by Meg Medina
Hardcover, 2018
Tags
Newbery, Cuba, middle school, school, Alzheimer's, Latinx central character, Latinx
Collection
chapter books
Series
Merci Suárez (1)
Status
Available

I dissent : Ruth Bader Ginsburg made her mark

by Debbie Levy
Hardcover, 2016
Tags
biography, non-fiction, Supreme Court, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, law, women, history, feminism, women's rights, civil rights, social justice
Collection
Picture books
Status
Available

Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans

by Kadir Nelson
Hardcover, 2013
Tags
Black history, civil rights, social justice, slavery
Collection
Picture books
Status
Available

Freedom on the Menu: The Greensboro Sit-Ins

by Carole Boston Weatherford
Paperback, 2007
Tags
civil rights, racism, Black history, social justice
Collection
Picture books
Status
Available

Gossie

by Olivier Dunrea
Hardcover, 2002
Tags
birds, friends
Collection
Picture books
Series
Gossie & Friends, Green Light Readers (Level 1)
Status
Available

Thank you, Omu!

by Oge Mora
Hardcover, 2017
Tags
community
Collection
Picture books
Status
Available

School's First Day of School

by Adam Rex
Hardcover, 2016
Tags
feelings, perspective, POV, school, first day of school, starting school, nervous
Collection
Picture books
Status
Available

Antiracist Baby

by Ibram X Kendi
Board book, 2020
Tags
racism, anti-racism
Collection
Board books
Status
Available

The Red Pencil

by Andrea Davis Pinkney
Hardcover, 2014
Tags
Black central character, refugees, refugee story
Collection
chapter books
Status
Available

Song for a Whale

by Lynne Kelly
Paperback, 2019
Tags
whales, deaf, deafness, disability, friendship, animals, chapter book, grief, communication
Collection
chapter books
Status
Available

The Night Gardener

by Terry Fan
Hardcover, 2016
Tags
night, imagination, gardening
Collection
Picture books
Status
Available
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