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Inventive Memoirs
By:
PennHillsAdult
PennHillsAdult
Created on:
Aug 06, 2025
30 items
I’m constantly drawn to memoirs that are always inventing, reinventing, creating, and destroying whatever I think a memoir shou...
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Tough Stuff (Dealing with difficult topics) Kindergarten to Grade 6
Created on:
Feb 04, 2022
48 items
From feeling uprooted after a move or asking permission before touching someone else's hair to police shootings and sexual assa...
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Picture books by #ownvoices authors and illustrators
Created on:
Feb 25, 2021
98 items
“Books are sometimes windows, offering views of worlds that may be real or imagined, familiar or strange. These windows are als...
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Picture Books: Celebrating Black Lives
By:
NVDPL Children's Librarians
Created on:
Jan 30, 2015
100 items
This is a list of picture books and biographies. We also have picture book lists of Canadian Indigenous authors and illustrator...
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Emancipation Day
Created on:
Jul 24, 2024
28 items
A companion list to "AUGUST - Emancipation Day in Canada" these annotations describe even more good books that explor...
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Slice of Life: Realistic Graphic Novels for Middle Grade Readers
By:
LibrarianPatty
LibrarianPatty
Created on:
Sep 06, 2022
73 items
Fantastical, supernatural, or science fiction stories? Not these graphic novels! These titles feature kids in realistic situati...
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Talking About Racial Equity
By:
APLKids
APLKids
Created on:
Jul 05, 2022
87 items
This list is to help parents and teachers discuss racial equity with children and young adults, as well as books for adults on ...
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Poetry or Written in Verse
Created on:
Feb 04, 2022
37 items
A collection of all the books in the guide which include poetry, books, or novels written in verse. This list includes both fic...
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Award Winner, Nominee, or Finalist - K to Grade 6
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Jan 28, 2022
83 items
A sampling of award winners, award nominees or finalists for Kindergarten to Grade 6 students, there is a second list of Award ...
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Past Social Justice Begins With Me Books
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GRPL_Kids
GRPL_Kids
Created on:
Sep 03, 2021
95 items
These books examine different social justice topics, including gender equity, immigration, ageism, poverty, and racial justice....
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Matthew Landis: Read-Alikes
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OPLTEENBOOKLISTS
OPLTEENBOOKLISTS
Created on:
Sep 01, 2021
100 items
Exploring topics found in Matthew Landis' It's the End of the World as I Know It, these books include themes of opposite-attrac...
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DPL Ericka: Picture Books Embracing Culture and Identity
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DPLEricka
DPLEricka
Created on:
May 04, 2021
64 items
Updated: December 2023
Newer picture books that share unique perspectives and themes surrounding culture, identity, heritage an...
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Celebrate Black History Month: Celebrate Black Voices All Year
By:
Elizabeth Blake
Elizabeth Blake
Created on:
Feb 01, 2021
30 items
Honor Black voices all year long with these 30 titles.
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Olathe Middle School Trail Challenge 2020-2021 List
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OPLTEENBOOKLISTS
OPLTEENBOOKLISTS
Created on:
Sep 10, 2020
45 items
Join with other Olathe middle school students across the Olathe School District and read one of the Trail Challenge titles and ...
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Angela's January 2019 Middle School Picks
Created on:
Jan 07, 2019
22 items
These are the books that I'm recommending to middle school students in January 2019. This list includes fiction, non-fiction, a...
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Back to School Teen Reads
By:
PPLTeen
Created on:
Aug 30, 2018
96 items
Whether it's middle school, high school or your first year in college, we've picked some of our favorite school stories to help...
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Verse & Voice: YA Stories Told in Poetry
By:
cmlibrary_areid
cmlibrary_areid
Created on:
Jun 26, 2025
60 items
These young adult novels trade chapters for stanzas, telling powerful stories through verse. With lyrical lines and emotional d...
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Dog Man & More: Books for Boys (8-11)
Created on:
May 13, 2020
29 items
Have you read all of the DOG MAN books and need something that'll tickle that same funny bone? Do you like adrenaline-filled ac...
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YA Poetry TBR
By:
p
penelopegomez
Created on:
Sep 05, 2019
81 items
To be honest I haven't read a lot of poetry books, or books written in short verse.
It was just recently that I discovered a b...
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Coretta Scott King Award Winners for Middle Grade Readers
Created on:
Feb 25, 2026
25 items
The Coretta Scott King Award was created to honor Mrs. King, wife of Martin Luther King Jr. The award goes to honor African Ame...
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HERstory: Children's Historical Fiction that Celebrates Women's History Month
Created on:
Jan 11, 2026
24 items
HERstory at SFPL celebrates Women’s History Month through programs and reading selections that honor women’s voices, spark refl...
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Teen Historical Fiction
Created on:
Dec 07, 2025
92 items
A wide-ranging list of historical fiction for teens.
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Color Your World Challenge Week 3: A Thousand Words
Created on:
Jun 17, 2025
55 items
For this week's challenge, get meta! Read a book about reading, writing, bookstores, libraries, writing tools, story illustrati...
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Realistic Fiction for Middle Graders
By:
cmlibrary_bkutz
cmlibrary_bkutz
Created on:
May 28, 2025
52 items
Fun realistic fiction for Grades 4-8.
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Sports Mania! - Sports Books for Children
Created on:
May 25, 2025
86 items
Sports are for everyone! From early readers to middle school tweens, here's a collection of titles for sports enthusiasts of al...
