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• A Family Is a Family Is a Family

  O'Leary, Sara,

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  ""When a teacher asks the children in her class to think about what makes their families special, the answers are all different in many ways but the same in the one way that matters most of all." Recommended for Grades PreS-2 || AR -- || Lexile --…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Sing, Don't Cry

  Dominguez, Angela

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  "Once a year, Abuelo comes from Mexico to visit his family. He brings his guitar, his music--and his memories. In this story inspired by the life of Apolinar Navarrete Diaz--author Angela Dominguez's grandfather and a successful mariachi…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• No Kimchi for Me

  Kim, Aram,

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  "Yoomi hates stinky spicy kimchi--until Grandma makes kimchi pancakes for her!" Recommended for Grades PreS-2 || AR 1.3 || Lexile AD310 || Reading Level J.

• Maybe Something Beautiful

  Campoy, F. Isabel,

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  "Mira lives in a gray and hopeless urban community until a muralist arrives and, along with his paints and brushes, brings color, joy, and togetherness to Mira and her neighbors." Recommended for Grades PreS-2 || AR 2.8 || Lexile AD580 || Reading…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Festival of Colors

  Sehgal, Kabir,

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  "Sibilings Chintoo and Mintoo collect flowers and press the petals into a fine powder as they prepare for Holi, the Indian springtime Festival of Colors." Recommended for Grades PreS-3 || AR -- || Lexile AD250L || Reading Level H.

• Hey Black Child

  Perkins, Useni Eugene,

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  "A lyrical, empowering poem that celebrates black children and seeks to inspire all young ones to dream big and achieve their goals." Recommended for Grades PreS-3 || AR -- || Lexile -- || Reading Level --.

• Crown

  An Ode to the Fresh Cut

  Barnes, Derrick D.,

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  "Celebrates the magnificent feeling that comes from walking out of a barber shop with newly-cut hair." Recommended for Grades K-3 || AR -- || Lexile -- || Reading Level --.

• Thunder Boy Jr.

  Alexie, Sherman, 1966-

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  "Thunder Boy Jr. wants a normal name ... one that's all his own. Dad is known as Big Thunder, but Little Thunder doesn't want to share a name." Recommended for Grades K-4 || AR 2.5 || Lexile AD420 || Reading Level L.

• My Family Adventure

  Jules, Jacqueline, 1956-

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  "In this compilation of three separately published books, Sofia Martinez, her sisters, and her cousins cope with the everyday problems of a happy Hispanic American family." Series. Recommended for Grades 1-2 || AR -- || Lexile 520 || Reading Level N.

• Jasmine Toguchi, Mochi Queen

  Florence, Debbi Michiko,

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  "Eager to do something her big sister has not done first, Jasmine Toguchi, eight, decides to pound mochi with the men and boys when her family gets together for New Year's." Book #1 of the Jasmine Toguchi chapter book series. Recommended for Grades…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Anna Hibiscus

  Atinuke

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  "Anna Hibiscus lives in Africa with her whole family in a wonderful house, but more than anything else in the world, Anna would love to see snow." Series. Recommended for Grades 1-3 || AR 4.1 || Lexile 670 || Reading Level P.

• Book Uncle and Me

  Krishnaswami, Uma, 1956-

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  "Every day, nine-year-old Yasmin borrows a book from Book Uncle, a retired teacher who has set up a free lending library next to her apartment building. But when the mayor tries to shut down the rickety bookstand, Yasmin has to take her nose out of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Stella Diaz Has Something to Say

  Dominguez, Angela,

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  "Stella Diaz wants to be friends with the new boy in class, but sometimes she accidentally speaks Spanish instead of English and pronounces words wrong, which makes her turn roja. In addition, she has to get over her fear of speaking in front of the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Spirit Week Showdown

  Allen, Crystal

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  "Nine-year-old Mya is excited about participating in School Spirit Week, even making a pinky promise with her best friend Naomi to be her partner, but when she accidentally gets paired with the biggest bully in school, Mean Connie, Naomi is mad at…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Hello, Universe

  Kelly, Erin Entrada,

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  "Virgil feels out of place in his crazy-about-sports family. Valencia is deaf, smart, and loves everything about nature. Kaori is a self-proclaimed psychic, whose little sister, Gen, is always following her around. And Chet wishes the weird kids…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Pants Project

  Clarke, Cat,

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  "Eleven-year-old Liv fights to change the middle school dress code requiring girls to wear a skirt and, along the way, finds the courage to tell his moms he is meant to be a boy." Recommended for Grades 3-6 || AR 4.8 || Lexile -- || Reading Level --.

• The First Rule of Punk

  Pérez, Celia C., 1972-

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  "Twelve-year-old María Luisa O'Neill-Morales (who really prefers to be called Malú) reluctantly moves with her Mexican-American mother to Chicago and starts seventh grade with a bang--violating the dress code with her punk rock aesthetic and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Dara Palmer's Major Drama

  Shevah, Emma,

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  "Dara Palmer dreams of being an actress, but when she does not get a part in the school play she wonders if it is because of her different looks as an adopted girl from Cambodia, so Dara becomes determined not to let prejudice stop her from being in…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Save Me a Seat

  Weeks, Sarah,

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  "Ravi has just moved to the United States from India and has always been at the top of his class; Joe has lived in the same town his whole life and has learning problems--but when their lives intersect in the first week of fifth grade they are…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Fish in a Tree

  Hunt, Lynda Mullaly,

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  "Ally's greatest fear is that everyone will find out she is as dumb as they think she is because she still doesn't know how to read." Recommended for Grades 4-6 || AR 3.7 || Lexile 550 || Reading Level N.