![Ritu Weds Chandni](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/rita-weds-chandni.jpeg?itok=eFQ8VPqz)
Ayesha is excited to attend her cousin Ritu’s wedding. She can’t wait to dance at the baraat ceremony! But not everyone is happy that Ritu is marrying her girlfriend Chandni. Some have even vowed to stop the celebrations. Will Ayesha be able to save her cousin’s big day? Centering Ayesha’s love for her cousin as much as it showcases Ritu and Chandni’s love for each other, this story celebrates the power of young voices to stand up against prejudice and bigotry.
Ritu Weds Chandni
![Love Is Love](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/love-is-love_0.jpg?itok=LpvDXPbk)
When a boy confides in his friend about bullies saying he doesn’t have a real family, he discovers that his friend’s parents ― a mom and a dad ― and his two dads are actually very much alike. This book is a great way to gently discuss discrimination with kids. This sweet and straightforward story shows that gay families and straight families and everything in between are all different kinds of normal. What makes a family real is the love that is shared.
Love Is Love
![Harriet Gets Carried Away](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/harriet-gets-carried-away.jpeg?itok=5A4_yJjx)
A young girl in a penguin costume sets off to pick out some birthday hats and gets a little carried away. Harriet lives in the big city with her two dads. On the day of her birthday party, Harriet puts on her special errand-running Penguin costume, and she and her dads head to the store to pick up party supplies. But when she encounters a group of real penguins Harriet gets a little carried away, and before she realizes her mistake she’s on a hot air balloon heading to Antarctica.
Harriet Gets Carried Away
![A Plan for Pops](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/plan-for-pops.jpeg?itok=jpsrVrmJ)
A positive and realistic story about familiy, community, and dealing with a disability, that features an elderly, interracial gay male couple. Lou spends every Saturday with Grandad and Pops. They walk to the library hand in hand, like a chain of paper dolls. But everything changes one Saturday when Pops has a fall and learns that he will need to use a wheelchair, not just for now, but for always. Lou comes up with a loving plan to help Pops cope with his new life.
A Plan for Pops
![Stonewall: A Building. An Uprising. A Revolution](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/stonewall.jpeg?itok=3CF5spnM)
A powerful true story that introduces young readers to the history of the Stonewall Inn and its role in the LGBTQ+ civil rights movement. The 1969 raid of the inn empowered members of the LGBTQ+ community to protest and demand their equal rights as citizens of the United States.
Stonewall: A Building. An Uprising. A Revolution
![Planting a Rainbow](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/planting-a-rainbow.jpg?itok=YNboqtu3)
If you plant bulbs and seeds and nurture their growth, you can grow a rainbow! Bright collage illustrations of flowers introduce young children to nature’s cycle and the colors of the rainbow.
Planting a Rainbow
![Latinitas: Celebrating 40 Big Dreamers](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/Latinitas-Celebrating%2040%20Big%20Dreamers.jpeg?itok=Nav-EmX3)
Discover how 40 influential Latinas became the women we celebrate today in this collection of short biographies from all over Latin America and the U.S. From Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor to singer Selena Quintanilla to NASA’s first virtual reality engineer, Evelyn Miralles, this is a book for aspiring artists, scientists, activists, and more.
Latinitas: Celebrating 40 Big Dreamers
![The World Is Not a Rectangle: A Portrait of Architect Zaha Hadid](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/the-world-is-not-a-rectangle.jpeg?itok=oIyzgp09)
Zaha Hadid grew up in Baghdad, Iraq, and dreamed of designing her own cities. After studying architecture in London, she opened her own studio and started designing buildings. But as a Muslim woman, Hadid faced many obstacles. Determined to succeed, she worked hard for many years, and achieved her goals — and now you can see the buildings Hadid has designed all over the world.
The World Is Not a Rectangle: A Portrait of Architect Zaha Hadid
![Ida B. Wells, Voice of Truth](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/ida-b-wells-voice-of-truth.jpg?itok=WDRHRWCl)
Ida B. Wells was an educator, journalist, feminist, businesswoman, newspaper owner, public speaker, suffragist, civil rights activist, and women’s club leader. She was a founder of the NAACP, the National Association of Colored Women’s Clubs, the Alpha Suffrage Club, and the Negro Fellowship League. She wrote, spoke, and traveled, challenging the racist and sexist norms of her time.
Ida B. Wells, Voice of Truth
![The Art and Science of Teaching Primary Reading](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/the-art-and-science-of-teaching-primary-reading.jpeg?itok=iOFlH3S4)
A guide to the science behind reading and its practical implications for classroom teaching in primary schools. The book explores the key technical and practical aspects of how children read with strong links to theory and how to translate this into the classroom. Bite-size chapters offer accessible research-informed ideas across all major key topics including phonics, comprehension, teaching children with reading difficulties and strategies for the classroom.
The Art and Science of Teaching Primary Reading
![Fastest Woman on Earth: The Story of Tatyana McFadden](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/fastest-woman-on-earth.jpeg?itok=y_YykeTX)
This is the story of 17-time Paralympic medalist Tatyana McFadden. Born with spina bifida in Russia, Tatyana was raised in an orphanage where she walked on her hands for the first six years of her life. In 1994, she was adopted and moved to the .S., where she started racing and breaking records; and is now considered the best female wheelchair racer of all time, and the fastest woman on Earth. This is the first book in the non-fiction Paralympians picture book series about 4 champions who do things their own way and are reinventing sport.
Fastest Woman on Earth: The Story of Tatyana McFadden
![The Perfect Seat](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/the-perfect-seat.jpg?itok=9B7lUgbk)
This child and their parent are almost ready for story time – but first, they must find the perfect seat! This cozy picture book takes readers through various opposites (“Too rough! Too slippery!”) as characters search for just the right spot.
The Perfect Seat
![Red, White, and Whole](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/006304742X.jpg?itok=7hyNCY8F)
Indian American middle schooler Reha navigates growth and loss in this 1980s coming-of-age novel in verse. Thirteen-year-old Reha deals with ordinary concerns; she tries to stay true to her Indian culture while growing up with in the United States, and she grapples with a crush on a classmate. When her mother suddenly gets sick with leukemia, Reha’s ordinary everyday concerns fade away and are replaced with the belief that if she is as virtuous as possible, she will save her mother’s life.
Red, White, and Whole
![My Two Border Towns](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0593111044.jpg?itok=TgSJjAW-)
The loving story of a boy’s life on the U.S.-Mexico border, visiting his favorite places on The Other Side / El Otro Lado with his father, spending time with family and friends, and sharing in the responsibility of community care. Also see the book in Spanish: Mis dos pueblos fronterizos (opens in a new window).
My Two Border Towns
![Root Magic](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0062899570.jpg?itok=JTmmJOLq)
Jez and Jay have always been fascinated by the African American folk magic that has been the legacy of their family for generations — especially the curious potions and powders Doc and Gran would make for the people on their island. But Jez soon finds out that her family’s true power goes far beyond small charms and elixirs. The bookblends mystical elements with historical ones for a novel that explores Gullah culture as well as the social upheavals of the 1960s.
Root Magic
![Sharuko: El Arqueólogo Peruano Julio C. Tello / Peruvian Archaeologist Julio C. Tello](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0892394234.jpg?itok=7XNxz2so)
A fascinating bilingual picture book biography of Peruvian archaeologist and national icon Julio C. Tello, who unearthed Peru’s ancient cultures and fostered pride in the country’s Indigenous history.
Sharuko: El Arqueólogo Peruano Julio C. Tello / Peruvian Archaeologist Julio C. Tello
![Octopus Stew](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/082343754X.jpg?itok=a9ASPzGh)
What do you do when an octopus captures Grandma? Put on your superhero cape and rescue her! This clever picture book tells two stories in one.
Octopus Stew
![Northwind](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0374314209.jpg?itok=Iaw3OCJw)
When a deadly plague reaches the small fish camp where he lives, an orphan named Leif is forced to take to the water in a cedar canoe. He flees northward, following a wild, fjord-riven shore, navigating from one danger to the next, unsure of his destination. Yet the deeper into his journey he paddles, the closer he comes to his truest self as he connects to “the heartbeat of the ocean … the pulse of the sea.”
Northwind
![Green Lantern: Legacy](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1779503679.jpg?itok=LlQNVZRF)
When 13-year-old Tai Pham inherits his grandmother’s jade ring, he soon finds out it’s more than it appears. Suddenly he’s being inducted into a group of space cops known as the Green Lanterns, his neighborhood is being overrun by some racist bullies, and every time he puts pen to paper, he’s forced to confront that he might not be creative enough or strong enough to uphold his ba’s legacy.
Green Lantern: Legacy
![Let Me Finish!](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/148472173X.jpg?itok=MHcuLcxW)
The sheer bliss of settling into a good book without being interrupted by spoilers! A boy is so excited and filled with anticipation to read a good book, yet each time he begins a new one, lively animals share their favorite parts and ruin the story for him. From birds to bears to giraffes, everyone has an opinion they want to share with him about the book he is reading.
Let Me Finish!
![Lift](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1368036929.jpg?itok=8AgSANUY)
Iris loves to push the elevator buttons in her apartment building, except when it’s time to share the fun with her baby brother. That is, until the sudden appearance of a mysterious new button that opens up imaginary places where she can escape and explore on her own.
Lift
![The Rock and the River](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1416975829.jpg?itok=EVYYj0GN)
A young Black boy wrestles with conflicting notions of revolution and family loyalty as he becomes involved with the Black Panthers in 1968 Chicago. Thirteen-year-old Sam Childs finds himself caught between his father (a well-known civil rights leader) and his older brother, Stick, who joins the Black Panther Party. When escalating racial tensions throw Sam’s community into turmoil, he faces a difficult decision. Will Sam choose to follow his father, or his brother? His mind, or his heart? The rock, or the river? (For middle grade readers and older.)
The Rock and the River
![X: A Novel](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/763669679.jpg?itok=tRYWs1eX)
Cowritten by Malcolm X’s daughter, this fictionalized biography follows the formative years of Malcolm X, from his childhood to his imprisonment for theft at age twenty, when he found the faith that would lead him to forge a new path and command a voice that still resonates today.
X: A Novel
![How It Went Down](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0805098690.jpg?itok=veQb_Jhu)
When 16-year-old Tariq Johnson dies from two gunshot wounds, his community is thrown into an uproar. Tariq was black. The shooter, Jack Franklin, is white. In the aftermath of Tariq’s death, everyone has something to say, but no two accounts of the events line up. By the day, new twists and turns further obscure the truth. Tariq’s friends family and community struggle to make sense of the tragedy, and of the hole left behind when a life is cut short. In their own words, they grapple for a way to say with certainty: This is how it went down.