Book Curation To Engage Young Readers
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Environmental Narratives | 
Black & Indigenous | 
Disability Representation | 
Global Awareness & History | 
Multilingual & Multicultural | 
Food & Culture | 
Social Change | 
Queer & LGBTQ Narrative | 
Coming of Age | 
Action & Adventure
Mental Health & Wellness | 
Environmental Narratives | 
Black & Indigenous | 
Disability Representation | 
Global Awareness & History | 
Multilingual & Multicultural | 
Food & Culture | 
Social Change | 
Queer & LGBTQ Narrative | 
Coming of Age | 
Action & Adventure

Books We Love This Month

Elementary
Middle
Young Adult
Sulwe
Lupita Nyong'o
How to Write a Poem
Deanna Nikaido, Kwame Alexander
Book titled Brown Girl Dreaming
Brown Girl Dreaming
Jacqueline Woodson
The Door of No Return
Kwame Alexander
Chlorine Sky
Mahogany L. Browne
The Davenports
Krystal Marquis
Elementary
Sulwe
Lupita Nyong'o
How to Write a Poem
Deanna Nikaido, Kwame Alexander
Middle
Book titled Brown Girl Dreaming
Brown Girl Dreaming
Jacqueline Woodson
The Door of No Return
Kwame Alexander
Young Adult
Chlorine Sky
Mahogany L. Browne
The Davenports
Krystal Marquis

Mental Health & Wellness

Elementary
Middle
Young Adult
The Invisible String
Patrice Karst
In My Heart: A Book of Feelings
Jo Witek
The Seventh Most Important Thing
Shelley Pearsall
Before the Ever After
Jacqueline Woodson
The Art of Insanity
Christine Webb
The Beasts In Your Brain
Katherine Speller
Elementary
The Invisible String
Patrice Karst
In My Heart: A Book of Feelings
Jo Witek
Middle
The Seventh Most Important Thing
Shelley Pearsall
Before the Ever After
Jacqueline Woodson
Young Adult
The Art of Insanity
Christine Webb
The Beasts in Your Brain
Katherine Speller

Environmental Narratives

Elementary
Middle
Young Adult
The Ocean Gardener
Ian Eagleton, Clara Anganuzzi
We Planted a Tree
Diane Muldrow
Everything Blue
Joanne Rossmassler Fritz
Fuzzy Mud
Louis Sachar
Climate Action for Busy People
Cate Mingoya-Lafortune
Taking on the Plastics Crisis
Hannah Testa
Elementary
The Ocean Gardener
Clara Anganuzzi
We Planted a Tree
Diane Muldrow
Middle
Everywhere Blue
Joanne Rossmassler Fritz
Fuzzy Mud
Louis Sachar
Young Adult
Climate Action for Busy People
Cate Mingoya-Lafortune
Taking on the Plastics Crisis
Hannah Testa

Black & Indigenous

Elementary
Middle
Young Adult
Kamau & Zuzu Find A Way
Aracelis Girmay
Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story
Kevin Noble Maillard
Jax Freeman and the Phantom Shriek
Kwame Mbalia
Weird Rules to Follow
Kim Spencer
Chlorine Sky
Mahogany L. Browne
Like Home
Louisa Onomé
Elementary
Kamau & ZuZu Find a Way
Aracelis Girmay
Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story
Kevin Noble Maillard
Middle
Jax Freeman and the Phantom Shriek
Kwame Mbalia
Weird Rules to Follow
Kim Spencer
Young Adult
Chlorine Sky
Mahogany Browne
Like Home
Louisa Onomé

Disability Representation

Elementary
Middle
Young Adult
Everything Blue
Kelly Fritsch, Anne McGuire, Eduardo Trejos
Emmanuel's Dream: The True Story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah
Laurie Ann Thompson
Roll With It
Jamie Sumner
Wink
Rob Harell
Everything Blue
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Everything Blue
Joanne Rossmassler Fritz
Elementary
We Move Together
Kelly Fritsch, Anne McGuire, Eduardo Trejos
Emmanuel's Dream: The True Story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah
Laurie Ann Thompson
Middle
Roll With It
Jamie Sumner
Wink
Rob Harell
Young Adult
Mis(h)adra
Isamin Omar Ata
Everything, Everything
Nicola Yoon

Global Awareness & History

Elementary
Middle
Young Adult
A Garden In My Hands
Meera Sriram
A Flicker of Hope: A Story of Migration
Cynthia Harmony
The Door of No Return
Kwame Alexander
When My Name Was Keoko
Linda Sue Park
The Davenports
Krystal Marquis
The Only Road
Alexandra Diaz
Elementary
A Garden in My Hands
Meera Sriram
A Flicker of Hope: A Story of Migration
Cynthia Harmony
Middle
The Door of No Return
Kwame Alexander
When My Name Was Keoko
Linda Sue Park
Young Adult
The Davenports
Krystal Marquis
The Only Road
Alexandra Diaz

Multilingual & Multicultural

Elementary
Middle
Young Adult
Anh's New Word
Hanh Bui
Sulwe
Lupita Nyong'o
Not Your All-American Girl
Madelyn Rosenberg
Mexikid
Pedro Martin
Home Is Not A Country
Safia Elhillo
Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning
Cathy Park Hong
Elementary
Ánh's New Word
Hanh Bui
Sulwe
Lupita Nyong'o
Middle
Mexikid
Pedro Martín
Not Your All-American Girl
Madelyn Rosenberg
Young Adult
Home is Not a Country
Safia Elhillo
Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning
Cathy Park Hong

Food & Culture

Elementary
Middle
Young Adult
Sankofa: A Culinary Story of Food and Resistance
Eric Adjepong
These Olive Trees: A Palestinian Family's Story
Aya Ghanameh
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Sherman Alexie
The Antiracist Kitchen
Nadia L. Hohn
Somewhere Between Bitter and Sweet
Laeken Zea Kemp
A Pho Love Story
Loan Lee
Elementary
Sankofa: A Culinary Story of Food & Resistance
Eric Adjepong
These Olive Trees: A Palestinian Family's Story
Aya Ghanameh
Middle
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Sherman Alexie
The Antiracist Kitchen
Nadia L. Hohn
Young Adult
Somewhere Between Bitter and Sweet
Laeken Zea Kemp
A Pho Love Story
Loan Lee

Social Change

Elementary
Middle
Young Adult
How to Write a Poem
Deanna Nikaido, Kwame Alexander
Say Something!
Peter H. Reynolds
Black Star
Kwame Alexander
New Kid
Jerry Craft
Bitter
Akwaeke Emezi
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You
Jason Reynolds, Ibram X. Kendi
Elementary
How to Write a Poem
Deanna Nikaido, Kwame Alexander
Say Something!
Peter H. Reynolds
Middle
Black Star
Kwame Alexander
New Kid
Jerry Craft
Young Adult
Bitter
Akwaeke Emezi
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You
Jason Reynolds, Ibram X. Kendi

Queer & LGBTQ Narrative

Elementary
Middle
Young Adult
Julián Is a Mermaid
Jessica Love
Love Makes a Family
Sophie Beer
Drama
Raina Telgemeier
Melissa
Alex Gino
All Boy Aren't Blue
George M. Johnson
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
Benjamin Alire Sáenz
Elementary
Julián Is a Mermaid
Jessica Love
Love Makes a Family
Sophie Beer
Middle
Drama
Raina Telgemeier
Melissa
Alex Gino
Young Adult
All Boys Aren't Blue
George M. Johnson
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
Benjamin Alire Sáenz

Coming of Age

Elementary
Middle
Young Adult
Jabari Jumps
Gaia Cornwall
The Day You Begin
Jacqueline Woodson, Rafael López
Chickenpox
Remy Lai
Planet Middle School
Nikki Grimes
Salt the Water
Candice Iloh
Punk Rock Karaoke
Bianca Xunise
Elementary
Jabari Jumps
Gaia Cornwall
The Day You Begin
Jacqueline Woodson
Middle
Chickenpox
Remy Lai
Planet Middle School
Nikki Grimes
Young Adult
Salt the Water
Candice Iloh
Punk Rock Karaoke
Bianca Xunise

Action & Adventure

Elementary
Middle
Young Adult
Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak
To See an Owl
Matthew Cordell
Treasure Island: Runaway Gold
Jewell Parker Rhodes
The Chainbreakers
Julian Randall
We Hunt the Flame
Hafsah Faizai
Into the Sunken City
Dinesh Thiru
Elementary
Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak
To See an Owl
Matthew Cordell
Middle
Treasure Island: Runaway Gold
Jewell Parker Rhodes
The Chainbreakers
Julian Randall
Young Adult
We Hunt the Flame
Hafsah Faizai
Into the Sunken City
Dinesh Thiru

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