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Lee & Low RIF Collection

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  • A Full Moon is Rising
    By Marilyn Singer, Julia Cairns
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    A Full Moon is Rising

    A Full Moon is Rising

    By Marilyn Singer, Julia Cairns
    A children's book takes readers on a whirlwind tour of the world to discover an amazing collection of full moon celebrations, beliefs, customs, and facts. We'll visit India, Israel, Morocco, China, Australia, and many more places.

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  • A Shelter in Our Car
    By Monica Gunning, Elaine Pedlar
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    A Shelter in Our Car

    A Shelter in Our Car

    By Monica Gunning, Elaine Pedlar
    Zettie and her Mama left their warm and comfortable home in Jamaica for an uncertain life in the United Sates, and they are forced to live in Mama's car.

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  • Amazing Faces
    By Lee Bennett Hopkins, Chris Soentpiet
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    Amazing Faces

    Amazing Faces

    By Lee Bennett Hopkins, Chris Soentpiet
    An anthology of universal poems focusing on the human experience--emotions, perceptions, and understandings--as expressed by poets of diverse heritage and reflected in illustrations featuring people of all ages and backgrounds.

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  • As Fast As Words Could Fly
    By Pamela M. Tuck, Eric Velasquez
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    As Fast As Words Could Fly

    As Fast As Words Could Fly

    By Pamela M. Tuck, Eric Velasquez
    The story of Mason Steele, an African American boy in 1960s Greenville, North Carolina, who relies on his inner strength and his typing skills to break racial barriers after he begins attending a "whites-only" high school.

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  • Baseball Saved Us: 25th Anniversary Edition
    By Ken Mochizuki, Dom Lee
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    Baseball Saved Us: 25th Anniversary Edition

    Baseball Saved Us: 25th Anniversary Edition

    By Ken Mochizuki, Dom Lee
    Twenty-five years ago, Baseball Saved Us changed the picture-book landscape with its honest story of a Japanese American boy in an internment camp during World War II. This anniversary edition will introduce new readers to this modern-day classic.

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  • Bein' with You This Way
    By William Nikola, Michael Bryant
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    Bein' with You This Way

    Bein' with You This Way

    By William Nikola, Michael Bryant
    An African American girl and her friends play together and learn that despite their physical differences, they are all really the same.

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  • Benji, the Bad Day, and Me
    By Sally J. Pla, Ken Min
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    Benji, the Bad Day, and Me

    Benji, the Bad Day, and Me

    By Sally J. Pla, Ken Min
    Sammy is having the absolute rottenest, worst day ever. His little brother, Benji, knows exactly what that's like.

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  • Bird
    By Kristin Rosetta Elliott Hood, Shadra Strickland
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    Bird

    Bird

    By Kristin Rosetta Elliott Hood, Shadra Strickland
    In this gentle, award-winning picture book, an African American boy nicknamed Bird uses drawing as a creative outlet as he struggles to make sense of his grandfather's death and his brother's drug addiction.

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      Black All Around
      By Patricia Hubbell, Don Tate
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      Black All Around

      Black All Around

      By Patricia Hubbell, Don Tate
      A young girl discovers all the wonderful and beautiful things around her that are black.

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    • Celebrate! Connections Among Cultures
      By Jan Reynolds
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      Celebrate! Connections Among Cultures

      Celebrate! Connections Among Cultures

      By Jan Reynolds
      A photographic exploration comparing celebrations in seven indigenous world cultures and the United States, highlighting common rituals such as body decoration, music, and dance.

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    • Dreaming Up
      A Celebration of Building
      By Christy Hale
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      Dreaming Up

      Dreaming Up

      A Celebration of Building
      By Christy Hale
      A picture book that connects great works of architecture to the ways children build and play.

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    • Front cover for Drumbeat in Our Feet by Patricia Keeler; Júlio Leitão and Patricia Keeler
        Drumbeat in Our Feet
        By Patricia Keeler, Júlio Leitão
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        Drumbeat in Our Feet

        Drumbeat in Our Feet

        By Patricia Keeler, Júlio Leitão
        A journey into the deep-rooted traditions, artistry, and energetic spirit that make up the world of African dance, past and present.

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      • Giving Thanks
        A Native American Good Morning Message
        By Chief Jake Swamp, Erwin Printup Jr.
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        Giving Thanks

        Giving Thanks

        A Native American Good Morning Message
        By Chief Jake Swamp, Erwin Printup Jr.
        A traditional Iroquois celebration of the beauty and spirit of Mother Earth, as told by a contemporary Mohawk chief.

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      • Grandma and Me at the Flea / Los Meros Meros Remateros
        By Juan Felipe Herrera, Anita De Lucio-Brock
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        Grandma and Me at the Flea / Los Meros Meros Remateros

        Grandma and Me at the Flea / Los Meros Meros Remateros

        By Juan Felipe Herrera, Anita De Lucio-Brock
        Bilingual English/Spanish. Every Sunday, Juanito helps his grandmother sell old clothes beneath the rainbow-colored tents at the remate, the flea market.

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      • It Jes' Happened
        When Bill Traylor Started to Draw
        By Don Tate, R. Gregory Christie
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        It Jes' Happened

        It Jes' Happened

        When Bill Traylor Started to Draw
        By Don Tate, R. Gregory Christie
        The inspiring biography of self-taught (outsider) artist Bill Traylor, a former slave who at the age of eighty-five began to draw pictures based on his memories and observations of rural and urban life in Alabama.

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      • King for a Day
        By Rukhsana Khan, Christiane Krömer
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        King for a Day

        King for a Day

        By Rukhsana Khan, Christiane Krömer
        Malik, a Pakistani boy who uses a wheelchair, is excited to compete in the annual kite-flying festival of Basant. Can his kite defeat the bully's and make him "King" of the festival?

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      • Lend a Hand
        Poems About Giving
        By John Frank, London Ladd
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        Lend a Hand

        Lend a Hand

        Poems About Giving
        By John Frank, London Ladd
        A collection of original poems centered on giving and spontaneous acts of kindness, which also incorporate larger themes of community, intergenerational relationships, young mentors, and care for the environment.

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      • Little Melba and Her Big Trombone
        By Katheryn Russell-Brown, Frank Morrison
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        Little Melba and Her Big Trombone

        Little Melba and Her Big Trombone

        By Katheryn Russell-Brown, Frank Morrison
        A biography of African American jazz virtuoso Melba Doretta Liston, a pioneering twentieth-century trombone player, composer, and music arranger at a time when few women, of any race, played brass instruments and were part of the jazz scene.

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      • Midnight Teacher
        Lilly Ann Granderson and Her Secret School
        By Janet Halfmann, London Ladd
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        Midnight Teacher

        Midnight Teacher

        Lilly Ann Granderson and Her Secret School
        By Janet Halfmann, London Ladd
        This historical fiction picture book reveals the unknown story of Lilly Ann Granderson, an African-American teacher who risked her life to teach others during slavery.

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      • Seeds of Change
        Planting a Path to Peace
        By Jen Cullerton Johnson, Sonia Lynn Sadler
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        Seeds of Change

        Seeds of Change

        Planting a Path to Peace
        By Jen Cullerton Johnson, Sonia Lynn Sadler
        A picture book biography of scientist Wangari Maathai, the first African woman--and first environmentalist--to win a Nobel Peace Prize (in 2004) for her work planting trees in her native Kenya.

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      • Seven Golden Rings
        A Tale of Music and Math
        By Rajani LaRocca, Archana Sreenivasan
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        Seven Golden Rings

        Seven Golden Rings

        A Tale of Music and Math
        By Rajani LaRocca, Archana Sreenivasan
        In this clever, convivial picture book, an Indian boy untangles a mathematical conundrum to win a place at the Rajah's court.

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      • Still Dreaming / Seguimos soñando
        By Claudia Guadalupe Martínez, Magdalena Mora, Luis Humberto Crosthwaite
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        Still Dreaming / Seguimos soñando

        Still Dreaming / Seguimos soñando

        By Claudia Guadalupe Martínez, Magdalena Mora, Luis Humberto Crosthwaite
        A 2023 Pura Belpré Illustrator Award Honor

        In the first children's book to describe the long-forgotten chapter of US history known as Mexican Repatriation, a boy and his family leave their beloved home to avoid being separated by the government.

        En el primer libro infantil que describe el capítulo olvidado de la historia de los Estados Unidos conocido como la Repatriación Mexicana, un niño y su familia dejan su amado hogar para evitar ser separados por el gobierno.

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      • Front cover for Summer Sun Risin' by W. Nikola-Lisa and Don Tate
          Summer Sun Risin'
          By William Nikola, Don Tate
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          Summer Sun Risin'

          Summer Sun Risin'

          By William Nikola, Don Tate
          From sunrise to sunset, an African American boy spends an activity-filled summer day helping his family on their farm.

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        • Sumo Joe
          By Mia Wenjen, Nat Iwata
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          Sumo Joe

          Sumo Joe

          By Mia Wenjen, Nat Iwata
          In this sweet and funny story, Sumo Joe and his friends enjoy pretending to be sumo wrestlers. But when his little sister wants to join their boy-only game, what should Sumo Joe do?

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        • Sweet Music in Harlem
          By Debbie Taylor, Frank Morrison
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          Sweet Music in Harlem

          Sweet Music in Harlem

          By Debbie Taylor, Frank Morrison
          Searching his Harlem neighborhood for his uncle's missing hat, an energetic African American boy unintentionally creates an exuberant gathering of the neighborhood's jazz musicians for a magazine photograph; a fictional story inspired by Art Kane's historic photograph of jazz greats, Harlem 1958.

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        • Tashi and the Tibetan Flower Cure
          By Naomi C. Rose
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          Tashi and the Tibetan Flower Cure

          Tashi and the Tibetan Flower Cure

          By Naomi C. Rose
          A Tibetan American girl helps her grandfather recover from an illness through the use of a traditional cure that focuses on friendship and compassion as partners in physical recovery.

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        • The Birthday Swap
          By Loretta Lopez
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          The Birthday Swap

          The Birthday Swap

          By Loretta Lopez
          A Mexican American girl looks for the perfect birthday gift for her sister and ends up with a big surprise of her own.

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        • The Hula-Hoopin' Queen
          By Thelma Lynne Godin, Vanessa Brantley-Newton
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          The Hula-Hoopin' Queen

          The Hula-Hoopin' Queen

          By Thelma Lynne Godin, Vanessa Brantley-Newton
          A spunky African American girl has a hula-hooping competition with her friends in Harlem, and soon everyone in the neighborhood--young and old alike--joins in on the fun.

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        • The Mangrove Tree
          Planting Trees to Feed Families
          By Susan L. Roth, Cindy Trumbore
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          The Mangrove Tree

          The Mangrove Tree

          Planting Trees to Feed Families
          By Susan L. Roth, Cindy Trumbore
          The fascinating story of Dr. Gordon Sato, who helped a small African village become self-sustaining by planting a forest of mangrove trees to reshape the community's ecosystem.

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        • The Three Lucys
          By Hayan Charara, Sara Kahn
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          The Three Lucys

          The Three Lucys

          By Hayan Charara, Sara Kahn
          After a young Lebanese boy loses one of his beloved cats when his village comes under attack, he must learn to cope with loss and hope for a peaceful future.

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