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Our Class is a Family by Shannon Olsen
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratings“Family isn’t always your relatives. It’s the ones who accept you for who you are. The ones who would do anything to see you smile, and who love you no matter what.”Teachers do so much more than just teach academics. They build a sense of community within their classrooms, creating a home away from home where they make their students feel safe, included, and loved... -
One by Kathryn Otoshi
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsUsing only colors and numbers, author Kathryn Otoshi puts a subtle voice to a lesson about courage against bullying. Red likes to pick on Blue. But other colors don't know what to do until One stands up. "Red can be really HOT,' but "Blue can be super COOL" Excellent book about accepting yourself... -
His Love Is More Than Enough : Kalypso and Bellatrix by Mel Dau
Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA father’s love is an amazing thing but is it enough to love what others deemed flawed? For Kalypso (Kal) Jenkins, life has taken many turns but as his, Mama Jillie says, “It’s all a part of his life Story”. When his life story determines he will be a single father to his autistic son, Kalypso Junior (KJ), he makes the decision to be the best father he can be to KJ... -
His Love Is More Than Enough : Harlem and Constance by Mel Dau
Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHarlem Samuel LaCroix is a self-made man who moves how he pleases. He’s a street dude but doesn’t do street dude things but the one night he is forced to show his hand is the night that changes his life. “She’s a diamond in the rough like a baby in the trash”, becomes a literal statement when his discovers an abandoned baby in the trash of his trap house... -
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Magnus by Tina Martin
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMagnus St. Claire is one of the most handsome men I’ve seen. He’s handsome, but a complicated mess. Rich, but the billions don’t mean a thing. He’s broken, but he hides it well. In need, but not for anything money can buy. He makes me an offer – one I refuse to his chagrin. He’s never been one to take no for an answer, and he definitely won’t in my case. He wants to leave behind a legacy. A child... -
The Big Orange Splot by Daniel Pinkwater
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA beautiful lyrical story that introduces the concept of individuality, accepting of others differences, and respect for those around us.This is a tale about conformism and individualism, as Mr. Plumbean's expression of creativity and individuality challenges his neighbor's ideas about the importance of having a “neat street.” By repainting his house to reflect his colorful dreams, Mr... -
Me and My Fear by Francesca Sanna
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhen a young girl has to move countries and start at a new school, her fear tells her to be alone and afraid. How can she hope to make friends if she doesn't understand anyone? Surely no one else feels the same way...From the award-winning author and illustrator of The Journey, this insightful and delicately told story shows that we can all find friendship and comfort when we share our fears... -
Heidi by Lisa Church, Johanna Spyri
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhen Heidi’s Aunt Dete brings the orphaned girl to live with her grandfather, no one can imagine the bitter, solitary old man caring for a child. But, to everyone’s surprise, the two grow to love each other—and Heidi blossoms in her new home. Johanna Spyri’s charming story—and spirited heroine—have won children’s hearts for more than a century...Categorized as:
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Mixed: A Colorful Story by Arree Chung
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe reds, the yellows, and the blues all think they're the best in this vibrant, thought-provoking picture book with a message of acceptance and unity. In the beginning, there were three colors . . .Reds,Yellows,and Blues.All special in their own ways, all living in harmony--until one day, a Red says "Reds are the best!" and starts a color kerfuffle... -
Major by Tina Martin
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMajor St. Claire had his eyes set on Selah Winston almost immediately. Since meeting her at his brother’s wedding, he felt the sparks that jumpstarted his dormant heart. The connection was instant and undeniable. Whenever he’s near Selah, he feels a sense of home and security... -
Regal by Tina Martin
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHis eyes would always follow her signature strut with her tall heels and fitted dresses. He always had something witty to say with her because he just HAD to say something. But the small talk was no longer cutting it. He wanted to know the real Felicity James. Regal St. Claire isn’t single because someone broke his heart. He never desired marriage because he didn’t think it fit him... -
Official Girl by Charmanie Saquea
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsReneice “Neicey” Peake is a hardworking 18 year old that goes to school and works a 9 to 5. Losing her mother at a young age and never knowing who her father was forced her to be raised by her older brother, Ramone. Ramone did the best he could to keep his sister on the straight and narrow but, when he gets locked up, he leaves his sister to fend for herself... -
Eyes That Weave the World's Wonders by Joanna Ho, Liz Kleinrock
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom New York Times bestselling Joanna Ho, of Eyes that Kiss in the Corners, and award-winning educator Liz Kleinrock, comes a powerful companion picture book about adoption and family. A young girl who is a transracial adoptee learns to love her Asian eyes and finds familial connection and meaning through them, even though they look different from her parents’... -
What a Wonderful World by Bob Thiele, George David Weiss
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFirst recorded in 1967 by Louis Armstrong, and with sales of over one million copies, "What a Wonderful World" has become a poignant message of hope for people everywhere. Sweet and positive in its message, with bright, beautiful art, this book is sure to be a hit... -
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Love Makes a Family by Sophie Beer
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhether you have two mums, two dads, one parent, or one of each, there's one thing that makes a family a family... and that's love. A book for EVERY family by dazzling illustrator Sophie Beer... -
Home is in Between by Mitali Perkins
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsShanti misses the warm monsoon rains in India. Now in America, she watches fall leaves fly past her feet. Still, her family’s apartment feels like a village: Mama cooking luchi, funny stories in Bangla, and Baba’s big laugh. But outside, everything is different – trick-or-treating, ballet class, and English books.Back and forth, Shanti trudges between her two worlds... -
The Colors of Us by Karen Katz
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA positive and affirming look at skin color, from an artist's perspective. Seven-year-old Lena is going to paint a picture of herself. She wants to use brown paint for her skin. But when she and her mother take a walk through the neighborhood, Lena learns that brown comes in many different shades... -
How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World by Marjorie Priceman
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIllus. in full color. An apple pie is easy to make...if the market is open. But if the market is closed, the world becomes your grocery store. This deliciously silly recipe for apple pie takes readers around the globe to gather ingredients. First hop a steamboat to Italy for the finest semolina wheat. Then hitch a ride to England and hijack a cow for the freshest possible milk... -
Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes by Mem Fox
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsAs everyone knows, nothing is sweeter than tiny baby fingers and chubby baby toes. . . -
Night Train at Deoli and Other Stories (India) by Ruskin Bond
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsAn enchanting collection of stories from the heartland of IndiaRuskin Bond’s simple characters, living amidst the lush forests of the Himalayan foothills, are remarkable for their quiet heroism, courage and grace, and age-old values of honesty and fidelity...Categorized as:
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Little Girl Lost: The Return of Johnnie Wise by Keith Lee Johnson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWith the smell of burning wood and bricks lingering in the cool morning breeze, Johnnie Wise left New Orleans while her home was still smoldering. She had just been acquitted of murdering Sharon Trudeau, one of her former stocker brokers who had stolen a substantial amount of her nestegg. Broke with nothing but the clothes on her back and the shoes on her feet, Johnnie heads to East St... -
Ramsey by Tina Martin
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRamsey St. Claire juggles his new role as husband to Gianna while at the same time running a million-dollar empire – St. Claire Architects. While work is important, everyone who knows Ramsey knows Gianna is his number one priority. She’s his second chance at happiness, a chance he wasn’t expecting but one he’s grateful for. He loves her. More than life. More than anything... -
Romulus by Tina Martin
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRomulus St. Claire operates under the guise that he’ll never marry. In the back of his mind, he knows it’s a lie. He would marry if the woman was special enough – someone like his best friend, Siderra Monroe. He’s in no hurry to make her his. He’s still in limbo with his feelings and he doesn’t believe he’s ready for a woman like her, even though he has a feeling she’s in love with him... -
Take it Off by AshleyNicole, Erin B.
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThyri and Mar have been sampling each other's goodies for a long time. Distance and time have made it easy to keep it from being more. Now, they’re in the same zip code, and things are changing— much to Thyri's chagrin.She's kept him at bay for all these years, but it’s not so easy when she’s in his bed every night... -
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Tell Me: The Prelude by Tina Martin
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI never wanted to fall in love. At thirty-eight years of age, I haven’t taken the plunge, nor do I plan to. I’ve seen the damage love can do. It pretends to care, but then it tears a person down. It’s manipulative. Damaging. It lies. It hurts. It makes one weak. I know that all too well after seeing what it did to my dear mother... -
Some Soul to Keep by J. California Cooper
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsExuberant and heart-warming, J. California Cooper is the embodiment of the simple folk tradition in black writing associated most often with Zora Neale Hurston and Langston Hughes. The author of seventeen plays and two novels, it is her stories of black family life in rural and small town America that have achieved the most acclaim and the broadest audience... -
Royal by Tina Martin
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRoyal St. Claire was drawn to Gemma Jacobsen from the start. It was an instant connection that he’d never had with another woman. When she was on her sickbed, he stayed by her side, helped to nurse her back to health and the two became the best of friends. Then that friendship grew into something deeper. Something Royal, the picky bachelor, couldn’t deny. Something he didn’t want to deny... -
Rainbow Weaver / Tejedora del Arcoiris by Linda Elovitz Marshall
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA young Mayan girl isn't allowed to use her mother's thread to weave, so with a little ingenuity she discovers how to repurpose plastic bags to create colorful weavings. Based on an actual recycling movement in Guatemala... -
Anni Dreams of Biryani by Namita Moolani Mehra
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAnni’s on a mission to YUM!The café across the street from Anni’s home in Little India makes the best biryani in the world. Fluffy and fragrant, spicy and succulent—Anni could eat it every day. In fact, Anni loves that biryani so much that she’s determined to uncover the secret to the recipe. She has so many questions for Uncle, the grumpy chef and owner of the café... -
La Edad de Oro by José Martí, Lorenzo Amengual
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThis anthology is a thorough introduction to classic literature for those who have not yet experienced these literary masterworks. For those who have known and loved these works in the past, this is an invitation to reunite with old friends in a fresh new format...Categorized as:
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Our Song: The Wilder Books #1 by Savannah Kade
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsJD Hewlitt gave up the good life. He quit his high-stress job, sold his high-rise condo, and left his high-maintenance girlfriend behind to start over in Nashville. Three years later, his band Wilder is still struggling for the recognition they deserve and his hopes aren’t what they used to be... -
Little You by Richard Van Camp
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsRichard Van Camp, internationally renowned storyteller and bestselling author of the hugely successful Welcome Song for Baby: A Lullaby for Newborns, has partnered with talented illustrator Julie Flett to create a tender board book for babies and toddlers that honors the child in everyone... -
OUR TREES STILL GROW IN DEHRA by Ruskin Bond
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFourteen engaging stories from one of India's master story-tellers Semi-autobiographical in nature, these stories span the period from the author's childhood to the present. We are introduced, in a series of beautifully imagined and crafted cameos, to the author's family, friends, and various other people who left a lasting impression on him...Categorized as:
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Please, Baby, Please by Kadir Nelson, Spike Lee
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsVivid illustrations from celebrated artist Kadir Nelson evoke toddlerhood from sandbox to high chair to crib, and families everywhere will delight in sharing these exuberant moments again and again... -
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Thunder Boy Jr. by Sherman Alexie
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsFrom New York Times bestselling author Sherman Alexie and Caldecott Honor winning Yuyi Morales comes a striking and beautifully illustrated picture book celebrating the special relationship between father and son. 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... -
Mama Says: A Book of Love for Mothers and Sons by Rob D. Walker
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTwo-time Caldecott Medalist Leo and Diane Dillon bring to life words of wisdom about living life with compassion and courage written by Author and Actor Rob D. Walker. This is a must have for every family. Gentle, powerful lessons spoken to child, delivered with a mother's immutable love. Stunning illustration will leave readers breathless and deeply moved... -
We're going to be friends by Jack White
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"Possibly the greatest-ever song about childhood BFFs.” — Entertainment Weekly"We're Going to be Friends" is one of The White Stripes most enduring and loved songs. With the help of illustrator Elinor Blake, the perennial favorite feels right at home on the page as a children's book. Join Suzy Lee as she goes to school with her books and pens, looks for bugs, shows and tells, and finds a friend... -
Kisses Don't Lie by Tamika Newhouse
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTheres Dean her first love and then theres Keith Mr. Right Now. Kyla struggles with her desires and her past when she makes a rare trip back home to Fort Worth. After leaving ten years ago Kyla comes to terms with the one who got away; Dean and their short lived romance comes into full swing... -
Skin Like Mine by LaTashia M. Perry
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom the Creators of Hair Like Mine, Skin Like Mine, the second book in the Kids Like Mine Series, is a fun, easy-to- read for beginners as well as advanced readers. An entertaining yet creative way to address and celebrate diversity among young children. Guaranteed to make you smile and a bit hungry... -
Let's Dance! by Valerie Bolling
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis rhythmic showcase of dances from all over the world features children of diverse backgrounds and abilities tapping, spinning, and boogying away!Tap, twirl, twist, spin! With musical, rhyming text, author Valerie Bolling shines a spotlight on dances from across the globe, while energetic art from Maine Diaz shows off all the moves and the diverse people who do them... -
The Jolly Mon: Book and Musical CD by Jimmy Buffett, Savannah Jane Buffett
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOn a remote island called Bananaland, the Jolly Mon uses his beautiful voice and an enchanted guitar to lure fish from the ocean and bring happiness to all. But these gifts can't save him from treacherous pirates. For that, he will need the help of a very special dolphin... -
Little Black, a Pony: Liishzhiin Yazhi [With CD] by Walter Farley
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFor many years, The Black Stallion books by Walter Farley have been among the most popular books with young readers on the Navajo Nation. With this in mind, Salina Bookshelf, working in conjunction with the Black Stallion Literacy Project, offers a new edition of the 1961 children's classic Little Black, A Pony. Translated into Navajo and completely re-illustrated by Baje Whitethorne, Sr... -
Besos for Baby: A Little Book of Kisses by Jen Arena, Blanca Gómez
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAn adorable English/Spanish bilingual eBook that proves that love is the same in every language.Features:Read-Aloud functionality [where available]Book Description:Everyone has kisses for Baby, from Mami and Papi to perro and gato... -
Archie Snufflekins Oliver Valentine Cupcake Tiberius Cat by Katie Harnett
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe cat who lives on Blossom Street is called something different by everyone, and loved by all. But there is one house on the street that he hasn't visited yet...From a wonderful new picture book talent comes a sweet and memorable tale about communities, friendship, and not forgetting those around us... -
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It's Fall! by Renee Kurilla
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAn homage to the joys of the season—from jumping into piles of leaves, to trick-or-treating, to baking tasty meals—written in sweet and simple verse.Colors bursting, shadows tall. There’s lots to celebrate—it’s fall!Break out your fuzzy socks and cozy scarves! Bring on the doughnuts, cider, and pies! It’s time for corn mazes, trick-or-treating, and all the Thanksgiving food you can eat... -
Breaking Ice: An Anthology of Contemporary African-American Fiction by Terry McMillan, John Edgar Wideman
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA striking collection of works from authors both established and emerging, this is the first original anthology of African-American writing in over a decade.Other contributors are:- Ellease Southerland- Barbara Summers- Cliff Thompson- Alice Walker- John A... -
Honeysmoke: A Story of Finding Your Color by Monique Fields
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA young biracial girl looks around her world for her color. She finally chooses her own, and creates a new word for herself—honeysmoke.For multiracial children, and all children everywhere, this picture book offers a universal message that empowers young people to create their own self-identity...Categorized as:
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B Is for Baby by Atinuke
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsB is for Baby. B is for Brother. B is for going to see Baba! Baby’s brother is getting ready to take a basket of bananas all the way to Baba’s bungalow in the next village. He will have to go along the bumpy road, past the baobab trees, birds and butterflies, and all the way over the bridge... -
Gibberish by Young Vo
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIt's Dat's first day of school in a new country! Dat and his Mah made a long journey to get here, and Dat doesn't know the language. To Dat, everything everybody says – from the school bus driver to his new classmates – sounds like gibberish... -
Lola at the Library by Anna McQuinn
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsLola has a big smile on her face. Why? Because it's Tuesday--and on Tuesdays, Lola and her mommy go to the library. Join Lola in this cozy celebration of books and the people who love them...
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