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Clayton feels most alive when he's with his grandfather, Cool Papa Byrd, and the band of Bluesmen - he can't wait to join them, just as soon as he has a blues song of his own. But then the unthinkable happens. Cool Papa Byrd dies, and Clayton's mother forbids Clayton from playing the blues. And Clayton knows that's no way to live. Armed with his grandfather's brown porkpie hat and his harmonica, he runs away from home in search of the Bluesmen, hoping he can join them on the road.

When Tai Choi leaves her home in the Zhejiang province of China, she believes she’ll be visiting her grandmother. But in truth, despite her mother’s opposition, her father has sold her to pay his gambling debts. Alone and afraid, Tai Choi is put on a ship headed for San Francisco, known among the Chinese as Gold Mountain. When she arrives, she is forced to go by the new name listed on her paper documents: Tien Fu Wu. Her new life as a servant at a gambling den is hard. And if she is to survive, Tien Fu must persevere, and learn who to trust.

When her dad loses his job as a security officer and takes a job interstate, Huda convinces her brother, Akeal, to help her sneak out each night. Huda wants to create mischief in the neighbourhood in the hope that with more crime, their dad will be reinstated as a security patroller. The dynamic duo begin their crime spree by pushing over bins the night before rubbish collection. They are chased by fluffy robe man, which is only the beginning of the hot water they end up in. As their activities escalate, will they be able to outsmart the authorities?

Petrus first published and performed this poem after the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri in 2014. With every subsequent police shooting, it has taken on new urgency, culminating in the 2020 murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer, blocks from Junauda's home.

When five ugly and dried up seeds are found, Elders and little ones wonder if they will grow anything at all. Some throw the seeds aside, while others hold out hope. An allegory rooted in the social despair of a time not too contrary to our own. With a tyrant ruler and unfair social class system, discover how a nation-building event in Sikh history harvested citizens of change.

Black Boy, Rise combines gorgeous, moving text filled with lyrical references to poets and writers whose voices have lifted and defined the Black experience, including Langston Hughes, Lucille Clifton, W. E. B. Du Bois, and James Weldon Johnson, that powerfully reflect the soul and gloriousness of Black boys in all their brilliance: the rich legacy of their past, the grit and grace of their present, and the divine promise of their future.

Reuben and his best friend think it's impossible to tell Esmé and Eunwoo apart! They both have the same dark hair, are both short, and they even wear the same school uniform. Except that once Reuben starts to think about it, of course he knows who is who. But the girls have a surprise in store for him. He and his best friend look more like than they realise! With the wry humour, child-centredness and friendship dynamics of Who's Your Real Mum?, Reuben's story will inspire listeners to really see people as individuals and inspire them to be better friends.

סיפור מעורר מחשבה לכל הגילאים על גזענות, על פחד מן הזר וכמה חשוב להכיר באמת את מי שהכי מפחיד אותנו – אולי נגלה שהוא בעצמו מפחד מאתנו ושבעצם אין לנו שום סיבה לחשוש... הגר אפק-לוי, כוכב העיר

If there's one thing Smiley, a young Pit bull, knows how to do, it's, well ... smile! She's had her infectious smile since she can remember, and it brings everyone around her—including herself!—joy. So when she's adopted by a lovely family in Boston, Smiley doesn't expect anyone to dislike her. But she quickly learns that, sadly, Pit bulls have a reputation for being mean, and even Smiley's characteristic smile won't be enough to make everyone love her, and her smile begins to fade.

Ülf ist ein Müfflon. Und Ülf hat einen Traum: Er wünscht sich nichts mehr, als so richtig schön zu stinken! So wie die anderen Müfflons. Jeden Morgen, wenn Ülf aufwacht, schnüffelt er an sich. An seinen Füßen, seinen Knien, seinem Bauch (was gar nicht so einfach ist). Aber jeden Morgen riecht er nur nach voll blöder Blumenwiese. So begibt er sich auf eine Reise zur größten Schlammpfütze der Welt, zu Stinktieren, Mistkäfern, Miefpflanzen, Müffel-Obst und dem großen Püpser. Und stellt fest: Er muss kein müffeliges Müfflon werden. Es reicht völlig, ein kleiner Ülf zu sein.

Amari setzt alles aufs Spiel – doch zu welchem Preis? Die übernatürliche Welt ist gespalten, und Amaris zwei größte Erzfeinde stehen sich in einem erbitterten Kampf gegenüber: Auf der einen Seite die Oberbehörde für Übernatürliches, in der sich Hass auf die Magierschaft ausbreitet. Auf der anderen Dylan van Helsing, der neu ernannte Anführer der Magierallianz und Amaris ehemaliger Partner. Er ist hinter einer zerstörerischen neuen Waffe her, mit der er unbesiegbar werden würde! Amari muss schnell einen Weg finden, den Kampf zu beenden.

Paul Fisher is eager to leave his rich-kid private school and get back to Tangerine Middle, where he’d found acceptance as the goalkeeper of the War Eagles, the toughest soccer team in the county. First, though, he must survive the summer at home, where lightning strikes spark underground fires that never go out and a tropical storm provides cover for criminals—including his own brother.

Derrick Barnes’s groundbreaking novel masterfully combines a modern-day allegory with classic-style tall tales to weave a compelling story of America’s strange obsession with the Black body, relegated to labor or entertainment. Spanning the 1800s to today, it shows how much has changed over centuries. . . and, at the same time, how little.

This story is about an all-black lion named Leo, who is born to an all-brown pride, and his cowardly dad, Lucas, is afraid of his attention. He could draw to the pride and force Leo to live with his uncle Dami. Word spreads throughout the jungle of Leo being born an all-black lion. Other lions are not too fond of him and wants him dead.

Kamal's class is going to the woods and Kamal has promised to track down the infamous BEAST OF CRIGGILY WOOD. He throws himself into the wilderness with nothing but his two best friends, his wits and the mysterious Cheat Book. The Cheat Book promises its reader lifehacks for literally any occasion . . . But can it help Kamal to track down the beast lurking in the shadows, dodge all the poison ivy and make it home in one piece?

Matthew Henson was simply an ordinary man. That was, until Commander Robert E. Peary entered his life, and offered him a chance at true adventure. Henson would become navigator, craftsman, translator, and right-hand man on a treacherous journey to the North Pole. Defying the odds and the many prejudices that faced him to become a true pioneer. This is his incredible and often untold story.

Amy has a hard time completing one of her school assignments when she’s tasked with creating a metaphor for herself. She struggles with her unique cultural heritage combination, so she must find a way to encompass both sides of her identity.

Everything is changing, and twelve-year-old Rowan Robinson hates it. She’s dreading having to spend her summer in New York City with her Aunt Monica, even though she used to love it. But things are just different after her father passed away. Without him, nothing about her world feels the same. Things start to get a little better when Rowan brings her dad’s old camera to Central Park to take pictures. But as she’s snapping photos, she notices a strange mirror-like shape floating in the air.

Tara is one of the lowest class, untouchable, and works as a maid in Kolkata, India. Her boss, a Brahmin, is the highest class, and Tara must accept her position in life inside India's caste system. After hearing encouraging words from her grandfather in his pottery shop, she learns to accept her reality. Will Tara accept the forgiveness from her boss for the prejudice during a deathly illness?

A Mississippi town in 1964 gets riled when tempers flare at the segregated public pool. As much as Gloriana June Hemphill, or Glory as everyone knows her, wants to turn 12, there are times when Glory wishes she could turn back the clock a year. Jesslyn, her sister and former confidante, no longer has the time of day for her now that she'll be entering high school. Then there's her best friend, Frankie. Things have always been so easy with Frankie, and now suddenly they aren't.

Kathy Kacer’s second book in her middle grade series about heroic rescues during WWII tells the tale of siblings Helen and Henry, and history’s most famous mime. Desperate to save them from the Nazis, Henry and Helen’s mother makes the harrowing decision to take her children from their home in 1940s Germany and leave them in the care of strangers in France. The brother and sister must hide their Jewish identity to pass for orphans being fostered at a convent in the foreign land.

Oliver Jeffers shares a history of humanity and his dreams for its future. Where are we going? Oliver starts at the dawn of humankind following people on their journey from then until now, and then offers the listener a challenge: where do we go from here? How can we think about the future of the human race more than our individual lives? How can we save ourselves? How can we change our story? Oliver Jeffers’s exploration of the state of the world today is insightful, moving and powerful.

Follow the story of a young girl with a big heart and an even bigger sense of compassion as she shares valuable, life-affirming lessons about acceptance, understanding, and loving one another not despite of our differences, but because our differences make us unique and deserving of love, kindness, and respect.

Bea a scuola è brava, ma non è la numero uno e questo la infastidisce. Così scrive di chi, come lei, è un'eterna seconda. Come Claudette Colvin, che negli anni Cinquanta si rifiutò di lasciare il posto sull'autobus a una donna bianca. Nove mesi dopo, Rosa Parks compì lo stesso gesto e divenne l'emblema del movimento per i diritti civili. Conoscere la storia di Claudette è l'occasione per Bea di fare pace con le classifiche.

Lamar can’t wait to start his filmmaking career like his idol Spike Lee. And leave behind his small town of Morton, Louisiana. But for now, Lamar has to learn how to be a filmmaker while getting to know his grandfather. When Gramps talks about his activism and Black history, Lamar doesn’t think much about it. Times have changed since the old Civil Rights days! Right? He has a white friend named Jeff who wants to be a filmmaker, too, even though Jeff’s parents never let him go to Lamar’s Black neighborhood. But there’s been progress in town. Right?

A year after a racial tragedy, a destructive group called Zero Supremacy marches against the officer involved as the trial approaches. Freshman Jace Kartchner conducts secret operations to undermine them. One of the operations goes wrong, and he must complete community service alongside one of the Zeroes.

Spanning over 500 years, Pura Belpré Award winner Ruth Behar's epic novel tells the stories of four girls from different generations of a Jewish family, many of them forced to leave their country and start a new life.

As a young teacher on Martha’s Vineyard, Mary Lambert feels restless and adrift. So when a league of missionaries invite her to travel abroad, she knows it’s a once in a lifetime opportunity. Paris is home to a pioneering deaf school where she could meet its visionary instructors Jean Massieu and Laurent Clerc—and even bring back their methods to help advance formal deaf education in America!

Aaliyah can’t wait for a concert by her favorite K-pop boy band, 3W. She isn’t too concerned with stories on the news about the rise of the far right until a terrorist attack at the concert changes everything. Local racists are emboldened and anti-Muslim rhetoric starts cropping up at school and on the street. In the face of bullying, Aaliyah has to do something to stand up to the hate. She decides that, instead of hiding who she is, she will begin wearing a hijab for the first time, to challenge how people in her community see Muslims.

When eighth grader and aspiring journalist Indigo breaks an important story, exposing an unfair school policy, she's suddenly popular for the first time. The friends who've recently drifted away from her want to hang out again. Then Indigo notices that the school's disciplinary policies seem to be enforced especially harshly with students of color, like her. She wants to keep investigating, but her friends insist she's imagining things.