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Description

After generations of short hair in her family, a little girl celebrates growing her hair long to connect to her culture and honor the strength and resilience of those who came before her.

2) This old dog

Author

Brockenbrough, Martha

Pub. Date

2020.

Formats

Description

Green Light readers. Level 3

A baby comes into the house and leaves the old dog feeling kind of lonely and left out, but when the girl starts learning to walk, he has a companion who likes to explore the world at his pace.

3) Buster the very shy dog in the great bone game

Author

Bechtold, Lisze

Series

Pub. Date

2016.

Physical Desc

30 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.

Description

Food group series
Bad Seed

"When Buster comes to live at Roger's house as a shy puppy, he has a lot to learn. It's a good thing Phoebe is there to teach him a few tricks. Or is it?"

4) The cool bean

Author

John, Jory

Series

Pub. Date

2019.

Formats

Description

Everyone knows the cool beans. They're sooooo cool. And then there's the uncool has-bean ... Always on the sidelines, one bean unsuccessfully tries everything he can to fit in with the crowd--until one day the cool beans show him how it's done.

5) A very cranky book

Author

DiTerlizzi, Angela

Pub. Date

[2023]

Physical Desc

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm.

Description

A snarky tale of a very cranky book that might not be so cranky after all.

6) Life on Mars

Author

Agee, Jon

Formats

Description

"A young astronaut is trying to find life on Mars, but he's made a very big oversight"--

7) Ban this book: a novel

Author

Gratz, Alan

Pub. Date

2017.

Formats

Description

A fourth grader fights back when From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E. L. Konigsburg is challenged by a well-meaning parent and taken off the shelves of her school library. Amy Anne is shy and soft-spoken, but don't mess with her when it comes to her favorite book in the whole world. Amy Anne and her lieutenants wage a battle for the books as they start a secret banned books locker library, make up ridiculous reasons to ban every...

8) ABC-Deconstructing gender

Author

Molesso, Ashley

Pub. Date

2023.

Physical Desc

32 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm

Description

Illustrations and simple text demonstrate that words can be neutral and not tied to a specific gender.

9) Alphabuddies: G is first!

Author

Bacon, Beth

Pub. Date

[2023]

Physical Desc

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 21 x 26 cm.

Description

When G wants to be first in the alphabet, A refuses, declaring that reading will be destroyed, but G is willing to take that risk.

10) My heart fills with happiness

Author

Gray Smith, Monique

Formats

Board Book, eBook

Description

A board book that celebrates happiness and invites children to reflect on the little things in life that bring them joy. International speaker and award-winning author Monique Gray Smith wrote My Heart Fills with Happiness to support the wellness of Indigenous children and families, and to encourage young children to reflect on what makes them happy.

11) We found a hat

Author

Klassen, Jon

Series

Hat trilogy (Jon Klassen) volume 3

Formats

Description

Immigrant Heritage Month June 2024

Two turtles find a hat that looks good on both of them, but, with fairness in mind, they decide to leave it be, until night falls and one of the turtles changes its mind.

12) My friends make me happy!

Author

Series

Formats

Description

Invites readers to guess, along with Sheep's friends, the mysterious thing that starts with the letter F that makes Sheep happy.

13) Maribel's year

Author

Sterling, Michelle

Pub. Date

[2023]

Physical Desc

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm

Appears on list

Description

"New country, new school, new friends. A lot can happen in a single year. But one thing's for certain: Maribel won't forget her Papa, even when he's 8,000 miles away in the Philippines"--

14) If I built a school

Author

Van Dusen, Chris

Series

If I Built

Pub. Date

2019.

Formats

Description

Imaginative Jack describes the kind of school he would build--one full of animals, with tubes to transport students directly to their classrooms, and library books that come alive.

15) Stepping stones: a refugee family's journey

Author

Ruurs, Margriet

Formats

Book, eBook

Description

"In this picture book, a young girl and her family are forced to flee their village to escape the civil war that has engulfed Syria and make their way toward freedom in Europe"--

16) You go first

Author

Appears on list

Formats

Description

Cat learns that being a good friend means trying new things and putting others first.

17) The ice cream vanishes

Author

Sarcone-Roach, Julia

Pub. Date

[2023]

Physical Desc

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 29 cm

Description

Squirrel introduces themself at the start as an expert in making snacks disappear by eating or hiding them. What Squirrel really wants to do, though, is use magic to make the food vanish entirely. When a stray ice cream cone is discovered, Squirrel seeks out the help of friend Bear. But what's this? After being left out in the sun, the ice cream is gone! Drunk with power, Squirrel locates an empty ice cream truck and holds a magic show for a plethora...

18) My moms love me

Author

Membrino, Anna

Pub. Date

2022.

Physical Desc

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm

Description

Perfect for reading aloud with its rhyming, rhythmic text, this picture book finds two mommies sharing a perfect day with their little one, from visiting animals on a farm to bedtime snuggles.

19) The brand-new, never-used, perfect crayons

Author

Hatch, Leanne

Formats

Description

"When Violet gets a super big box of crayons she can't bring herself to use them because they are so perfect" --

20) The most magnificent maker's A to Z

Author

Spires, Ashley

Pub. Date

[2023]

Physical Desc

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm

Description