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It’s the summer of 1959 at the foot of Bakers Mountain in western North Carolina when 13-year-old Jackie Honeycutt first bumps into Thomas Freeman fishing on the riverbank. They hit it off, and Jackie hopes the two of them can be friends. But Jackie is white, and Thomas is Black—and Jackie quickly learns their growing friendship won’t be easy.

For nine-year-old Lorraine Jackson, the Sanitation Strike of 1968 hit close to home. Lorraine marched with her daddy and other sanitation workers through the streets of Memphis fighting for equal rights and safer working conditions. With her mother, she boycotted stores. Lorraine’s life was forever changed when she heard Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. preach his famous sermon “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop” to the tired and frustrated strikers. Dr. King was tragically killed the next day, and hope seemed shattered.

Caleb Morales was no stranger to being bullied in his White-dominated school. Spending his school days dreading facing kids that hated him for his skin color, he was willing to do anything just to leave his school. He entered sixth grade, expecting the school year to be the same as every year. Except that he found two friends, one that shared with him the struggles of being a Black kid in a White school, and the other one who was courageous enough to fight back for her new friends, giving them a present that could change their young lives forever.

In this story based on the author's childhood, a young Black boy confronts his first experience of overt racism. In recounting the events to his grandfather, the young narrator asks: “How can she hate me when she doesn’t know me?” Grandpa offers wisdom and encouragement to the child, reminding him that another person’s hate does not change the fact that he is loved and that he matters. Tyler Merritt presents a message of love and acceptance that will resonate with young listeners and offer a starting point for conversations about racial equality between parent and child.

Lotus Bloom just wants to express herself—with her violin, her retro style, and her peaceful vibe, not to mention her fabulous hair. Lotus is taking her talent to the seventh grade at a new school of the arts. The one where she just might get to play under a famous maestro. But Lotus's best friend thinks she should stay at their school. Rebel wants Lotus to help her protest, but Lotus isn't sure. If she's going to be in the spotlight, she'd rather it be for her music. When boys throw paper wads and airplanes into Lotus's afro, she finds herself in trouble for a dress code violation.

Un livre pour enfant inspirant sur l'entraide, le courage, la persévérance, la confiance en soi et la tolérance Catastrophe! Cookie le Bichon s'est fait voler le doudou de son maitre par les mouettes! Il doit retrouver le doudou de son petit maître avant qu'il aille au lit! Charlie la gentille tortue vient à son aide. Mais arrivera t-elle à retrouver le doudou avant la nuit? Pour ça, elle va devoir affronter ses peurs et ses préjugés et faire preuve de persévérance et de courage! Va-t-elle y arriver?

Shoham wears a golden bangle on her wrist, just like her Nana Aziza. Their bangles jingle when they cook, and glitter in the sun. When Shoham and her family must leave Iraq, they are allowed to take only one suitcase each. They may take no jewelry. Shoham has the important job of carrying Nana’s homemade pita bread, which Nana says they will eat when they get to Israel. But when they finally arrive and it is time to eat, Shoham bites into something hard inside the pita bread.

Follow kind and confident Orion through his first day of school as he befriends all the kids who might be different from him. Young listeners will learn about different ways to be kind, to make new friends, and that it is safe to be themselves.This is the story of Orion—a happy and loving young boy.

Brandon the blackberry is no less than a unique and extra caring kid. What makes him sensitive is the remarks and taunts directed at him by some kids. Brandon is regularly bullied by those he wants to befriend, and this situation crushes him and creates confusion in his mind. He is stuck between the nice words he receives from his parents, who constantly remind him that a kid must be good to others, and the bullying he experiences every day. Brandon spends time figuring out how to make friends and be accepted.

Davy and Jo Michaud have been recently orphaned. Taken in by a distant relative-a famous aviator-they are now working with a group of stunt pilots who spend their time wing walking, leaping from plane to plane, and flying through fireworks! But though the stunts are dangerous, the real threat is building behind the scenes.

This joyful poem celebrates the wonderful and complex identity of children of immigrants and refugees, embracing all that they are—a dancer, a shining light, a K-pop song—and promising what they will never be: invisible.

Pinki never expected to be the leader of the resistance -- in fact, she's gone on record spitting at the idea. But as domination and persecution of rakkosh continues, she summons her courage for a triumphant return to reluctant leadership in this thrilling sequel.

‘Deadly, unna?’ He was always saying that. All the Nungas did, but Dumby more than any of them. Dumby Red and Blacky don't have a lot in common. Dumby's the star of the footy team, he's got a killer smile and the knack with girls, and he's a Nunga. Blacky's a gutless wonder, needs braces, never knows what to say, and he's white. But they're friends...and it could be deadly, unna?

Biscuit the dog is adopted from the shelter and loves his new home and his new human family. The dad, especially, takes good care of Biscuit and is the person who walks him the most But Biscuit soon realizes that not everyone shares his feelings about his human. His human is Black, and some people in the neighborhood are scared by that. Some people hold their purses closer, or tighten their grip on their children’s hands. With honest, age-appropriate storytelling, Doyin Richards starts a conversation about racism that is more important than ever.

Cicci ha tutto ciò che una ragazza possa desiderare: una vita bella e agiata, una famiglia che le vuole bene, tanti amici e una grande passione per la musica. Ma dal giorno in cui vengono emanate le leggi razziali in Italia, poco alla volta tutto ciò che ama le viene sottratto. Non le rimarrà che il suo violino, da cui non si separerà a nessun costo. Sarà proprio lui a raccontare, dopo un lungo silenzio, la lenta discesa di Cicci verso l'inferno di Auschwitz, dove sarà costretta a suonare per le SS.

Twelve-year-old Haven Jacobs can’t stop thinking about the climate crisis. In fact, her anxiety about the state of the planet is starting to interfere with her schoolwork, her friendships, even her sleep. She can’t stop wondering why grownups aren’t even trying to solve the earth’s problem—and if there’s anything meaningful that she, as a seventh grader, can contribute.

Black hands in Fayette County, Tennessee, were free to pick cotton and corn but were barred from casting ballots. A whirlwind of change blew through the county when Black landowners like John McFerren and Harpman Jameson organized registration drives to help Black citizens vote—but not without violent attempts to stop it. White farmers evicted Black sharecroppers off their land, leaving families stranded and forced to live in tents. White shopkeepers also refused to sell to them. But the voiceless did finally speak. In 1965 the Voting Rights Act legally ended voter discrimination.

Roberto Alvarez’s world changed the day he could no longer attend Lemon Grove Grammar School in the small, rural community where he lived near San Diego, California. He and the other Mexican American students were told they had to go to a new, separate school on Olive Street. A school just for them. A school where they would not hold back the other students. But Roberto and the Mexican American students and their families believed the new school’s real purpose was to segregate, to separate. They didn’t think that was right, or just, or legal.

Life in Oakroy, Pennsylvania is about as far and away from Pittsburgh and Philadelphia as a cactus is the ocean. But when you're the single daughter to Malcolm O'Malley, a large man who's about as stuck in the 1980s as a hand is stuck in a peanut butter jar, things aren't always easy. Rachel's 15 going on 16, and with her mother passed away at age six, she's going to have to deal with her father's conservative politics, his new dates, his Catholic faith, and his very vocal politics. Is Rachel going to make it out of high school without tearing her hair out? Find out and see!

In Mixed City, when colors care for each other, they decide to mix. They create families that come in every combination of colors, shapes, and sizes. But sometimes those sizes, shapes, and colors can change. And change isn't always easy. It might be hard to get used to. It might make some colors feel worried, or sad.