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Books for Kids

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Before the Ever After

Jacqueline Woodson

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Big Papa and the Time Machine

Daniel Bernstrom

Dictionary For a Better World: Poems, Quotes, and Anecdotes from A to Z Cover Image

Dictionary For a Better World: Poems, Quotes, and Anecdotes from A to Z

Irene Latham

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Cozi Cabrera

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My Rainy Day Rocket Ship

Markette Sheppard

A Place Inside of Me: A Poem To Heal the Heart Cover Image

A Place Inside of Me: A Poem To Heal the Heart

Zetta Elliott

Books for Teens

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Tiffany D. Jackson

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Deathless Divide

Justina Ireland

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The Invincible Summer of Juniper Jones

Daven McQueen

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The Sound of Stars

Alechia Dow

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Zetta Elliott

Home Home Cover Image

Lisa Allen-Agostini

Staff Picks

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Children's Services

Black Joy, Positive Racial Identity and Storytelling

This list shares stories, tales, and a title with games and songs as well! With a focus on Black authors and artists, these titles give a chance to begin or to carry on storytelling traditions.

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Tessa East Liberty

If You Liked "Tiny Pretty Things," Explore Dance in YA Fiction

If you’ve watched the Netflix series "Tiny Pretty Things," about social drama at an elite ballet school, and now want more stories of teenagers devoted to dance, this is the booklist for you.

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