Posted on July 29, 2020
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Category: Art/Artists, Community Involvement, Global Community, Historical Figures, Own Voices, Self Expression, UncategorizedTags: AIDS, artist, Death, interracial love, Josh Cochran, Keith Haring, LGBTQ, Matthew Burgess
Posted on April 17, 2020
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Written by: Loretta Garbutt Illustrated by: Carmen Mok For ages: 4-8 years Language: English Topics Covered: Family, Loss, Grief, Death, Intergenerational Relationships, Grandparents, Social-Emotional Learning. Summary: A Stopwatch from Grampa begins right as our main character’s grandfather has passed away, leaving them his stopwatch. Grampa used to time all… Continue Reading “A Stopwatch from Grampa”
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Category: Family, Global Community, mindfulness, Social-Emotional LearningTags: Carmen Mok, Death, Family, grandparents, grief, grieving, intergenerational relationships, Loretta Garbutt, loss, social-emotional development, Social-Emotional Learning
Posted on December 26, 2019
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Written by: Jason Reynolds Cover Art by: Vanessa Brantley-Newton For ages: YA Middle Grades Language: English Topics Covered: POC-Centric Narratives, Family, Grief, Death, Social-Emotional Growth, Sports, Women in Sports, Growing Up, Coping, Friendship, Black Culture & Identity. Summary: Patina is just trying to do her best at a new school and on… Continue Reading “Patina”
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Category: BIPOC, Black Culture and Identity, friendship, Own Voices, poc-centric narratives, Social-Emotional Learning, SportsTags: african-american culture & traditions, african-american family, Black Culture and Identity, coping, Death, Family, family dynamics, grief, growing up, Jason Reynolds, Own Voices, poc-centric narratives, Social-Emotional Learning, Sports, Vanessa Brantley-Newton, women in sports
Posted on November 28, 2019
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Written & Illustrated by: Sang Miao For ages: 5-8 years Language: English Topics Covered: Family, Grief, Loss, Love, Social-Emotional Growth & Development, Death. Summary: This is a beautiful book in both storyline and artwork. Our main character is a small boy who is told about a jellyfish that… Continue Reading “The Immortal Jellyfish”
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Category: Culture & Traditions, Family, friendship, Independent Thought, Social-Emotional LearningTags: Death, Family, grief, grieving, loss, love, Sang Miao, social-emotional development, Social-Emotional Learning
Posted on October 22, 2019
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Written by: Mikki Kendall Illustrated by: A. D’Amico For ages: YA older teens (mature topics-violence, assault, enslavement, death) Language: English Topics Covered: Activism, Historic Figures, Historical Fiction, Enslavement, Women’s Rights, Suffrage, Women in Politics, Women in Leadership, Assault, Death, Indigenous Voices, POC-Centric Narratives, Marginalized Populations, Modern Black Freedom Struggle, LGBTQ,… Continue Reading “Amazons, Abolitionists, and Activists”
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Category: activism, BIPOC, Black Culture and Identity, Community Involvement, enslavement, Environmental Activism, feminism, Gender Identity, Global Community, graphic novel, Historical Fiction, Historical Figures, Independent Thought, Indigenous Voices, Own Voices, poc-centric narratives, women in leadershipTags: activism, activist, assault, Black Culture and Identity, Black Feminist Thought, Death, enslaved people, enslavement, graphic novel, historic narratives, historical events, Historical Fiction, Historical Figures, history, Indigenous Voices, LGBTQ, LGBTQ Community, Modern Black Freedom Struggle, poc-centric narratives, women in leadership, women's suffrage, ya graphic novel, ya literature
Posted on September 26, 2019
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Written by: Kacen Callender Cover Art by: Tonya Engel For ages: YA Language: English Topics Covered: POC-Centric Narratives, Family, LGBTQ, Death, Relationships, Friendship. Summary: We got this book from a friend who received a pre-release copy from the ALA Conference! We are so excited to have been able to both… Continue Reading “King and the Dragonflies”
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Category: BIPOC, Black Culture and Identity, Community Involvement, friendship, Independent Thought, LGBT, Own Voices, poc-centric narratives, Self ExpressionTags: african-american family, Black Culture and Identity, coming out, Death, Family, friendship, grief, homophobia, Independent Thought, Kacen Callender, LGBTQ, LGBTQ Community, lgbtq relationships, lgbtq youth, poc-centric narratives, relationships, self-expression, Tonya Engel
