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Two Mrs. Gibsons
By Toyomi Igus, Daryl Wells
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By Toyomi Igus, Daryl Wells
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Two Mrs. Gibsons is author Toyomi Igus's tender and touching tribute to the two most important women in her life--her Japanese mother and her African American grandmother.

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Where Fireflies Dance / Ahi, donde bailan las luciérnagas
By Lucha Corpi, Mira Reisberg
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Where Fireflies Dance / Ahi, donde bailan las luciérnagas
By Lucha Corpi, Mira Reisberg
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Bilingual English/Spanish. In her first book for children, award-winning author Lucha Corpi remembers her childhood growing up in Jáltipan, Mexico, where the moon hung low and the fireflies flickered in the night air.

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Love Twelve Miles Long
By Glenda Armand, Colin Bootman
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Love Twelve Miles Long
By Glenda Armand, Colin Bootman
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A moving story about young Frederick Douglass and his mother, who walks twelve miles at night from a nearby plantation to visit him.

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How Far Do You Love Me?
By Lulu Delacre
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How Far Do You Love Me?
By Lulu Delacre
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This unique bedtime book by award-winning author-illustrator Lulu Delacre features a game that highlights the universal love between caregivers and children while taking readers on a journey across the seven continents of Earth.

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Etched in Clay
The Life of Dave, Enslaved Potter and Poet
By Andrea Cheng
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The Life of Dave, Enslaved Potter and Poet
By Andrea Cheng
The acclaimed biography-in-verse about the life and times of Dave, an enslaved potter who inscribed his works with short poems during the years leading up to the Civil War.

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The East-West House
Noguchi's Childhood in Japan
By Christy Hale
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Noguchi's Childhood in Japan
By Christy Hale
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A biography of biracial sculptor/designer/landscape architect Isamu Noguchi, focusing on his childhood in Japan and the building of an "east-west" house that gave shape to his lifelong creative approach.

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The Great Voyages of Zheng He
By Demi
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The Great Voyages of Zheng He
By Demi
Paperback available August 19, 2025

Sail the world with Chinese admiral Zheng He, one of the greatest explorers in world history. What wonders will you discover on his quest to befriend nations?

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Silent Star
The Story of Deaf Major Leaguer William Hoy
By William Wise, Adam Gustavson
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The Story of Deaf Major Leaguer William Hoy
By William Wise, Adam Gustavson
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The biography of William Ellsworth Hoy, the first deaf player to have a successful career in professional and Major League baseball.

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It Jes' Happened
When Bill Traylor Started to Draw
By Don Tate, R. Gregory Christie
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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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Baby Flo
Florence Mills Lights Up the Stage
By Alan Schroeder, Cornelius Van Wright, Ying-Hwa Hu
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Florence Mills Lights Up the Stage
By Alan Schroeder, Cornelius Van Wright, Ying-Hwa Hu
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This spirited biography introduces young readers to the early life of Florence "Baby Flo" Mills, an internationally renowned entertainer of the Harlem Renaissance era who began her career as a child.

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Irena's Jars of Secrets
By Marcia Vaughan Crews, Ron Mazellan
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Irena's Jars of Secrets
By Marcia Vaughan Crews, Ron Mazellan
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A picture book biography of Irena Sendler, a Polish Catholic social worker who helped save nearly 2500 Jewish children during the Nazi occupation of Poland during World War II.

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The Mangrove Tree
Planting Trees to Feed Families
By Susan L. Roth, Cindy Trumbore
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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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Game, Set, Match Champion Arthur Ashe
By Crystal Hubbard, Kevin Belford
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Game, Set, Match Champion Arthur Ashe
By Crystal Hubbard, Kevin Belford
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A picture book biography of tennis player Arthur Ashe, who began his career playing tennis as a child on the segregated courts as a child in Virginia and went on to become the top tennis player in the world.

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Yummy
The Last Days of a Southside Shorty
By G. Neri, Randy Duburke
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The Last Days of a Southside Shorty
By G. Neri, Randy Duburke
A graphic novel based on the life and death of Robert "Yummy" Sandifer, an eleven-year-old gang member from Chicago's Southside who was killed by his own gang members.

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Seeds of Change
Planting a Path to Peace
By Jen Cullerton Johnson, Sonia Lynn Sadler
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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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Howard Thurman's Great Hope
By Kai Issa, Arthur L. Dawson
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Howard Thurman's Great Hope
By Kai Issa, Arthur L. Dawson
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Born in segregated Daytona, Florida, in 1899, Howard Thurman grew up dreaming of a better life--a life where his mother and grandmother would not have to cook and clean for other people; a life where he could become a college man, honoring his late father's wishes and his own dreams.

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Chinese History Stories Volume 1
Stories from the Zhou Dynasty
By Renee Ting
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Chinese History Stories Volume 1
Stories from the Zhou Dynasty
By Renee Ting
For thousands of years, the people of China have been enthralled and entertained by stories of real historical figures and events of the past, and have retold the stories until they have become legendary.

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Tofu Quilt
By Ching Yeung Russell
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By Ching Yeung Russell
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A collection of poems telling the story of Yeung Ying, a young girl in Hong Kong in the 1960s who, against the conventions of society and family members, aspires to become a writer

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In Her Hands
The Story of Sculptor Augusta Savage
By Alan Schroeder, JaeMe Bereal
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The Story of Sculptor Augusta Savage
By Alan Schroeder, JaeMe Bereal
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A recreation of events from the childhood and early career of Augusta Savage, a pioneering female sculptor and major figure of the Harlem Renaissance.

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Shining Star
The Anna May Wong Story
By Paula Yoo, Lin Wang
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The Anna May Wong Story
By Paula Yoo, Lin Wang
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The true story of Chinese American film star Anna May Wong, whose trail-blazing career in Hollywood in the 1930s and 1940s broke new ground for future generations of Asian American actors.

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