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Honoring Our Ancestors
By Harriet Rohmer
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Honoring Our Ancestors
By Harriet Rohmer
Through stories, art, and photographs, Honoring Our Ancestors will inspire children and their families to gain strength from the past as they ask themselves, "Who do I honor?"

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Just Like Me
By Harriet Rohmer, Fourteen Artists
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Just Like Me
By Harriet Rohmer, Fourteen Artists
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Through stories, paintings, and childhood photographs, these fourteen artists open their hearts and invite us to enter into their worlds. With honesty and encouragement, they offer hope for aspiring young people who dream of becoming artists- just like them.

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It Doesn't Have To Be This Way / No tiene que ser así
A Barrio Story / Una historia del barrio
By Luis RodrÌguez, Daniel Galvez
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A Barrio Story / Una historia del barrio
By Luis RodrÌguez, Daniel Galvez
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Bilingual English/Spanish. Monchi likes to write poems, hang out with his cousin Dreamer, and tell stories to his uncle, Tío Rogelio, until one day, a member of the local gang tells him it's time to join up.

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Tan to Tamarind
Poems About the Color Brown
By Malathi Michelle Iyengar, Jamel Akib
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Poems About the Color Brown
By Malathi Michelle Iyengar, Jamel Akib
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A poetry collection that explores the spectrum of beautiful shades of brown.

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Uncle Nacho's Hat / El sombrero del Tío Nacho
By Harriet Rohmer, Mira Reisberg
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Uncle Nacho's Hat / El sombrero del Tío Nacho
By Harriet Rohmer, Mira Reisberg
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Bilingual English/Spanish. A classic Nicaraguan folktale: when Ambrosia gives her Uncle Nacho a new hat, he tries to get rid of his old one, but to no avail.

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The Closet Ghosts
By Uma Krishnaswami, Shiraaz Bhabha
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The Closet Ghosts
By Uma Krishnaswami, Shiraaz Bhabha
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When a young girl named Anu has trouble adjusting to her new home and school, she calls upon Hanuman, the Hindu monkey god, for help vanquishing the ghosts in her closet.

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Under the Mesquite
By Guadalupe García McCall
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Under the Mesquite
By Guadalupe García McCall
Lupita, a budding actor and poet in a close-knit Mexican American immigrant family, comes of age as she struggles with adult responsibilities during her mother's long illness.

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Dear Mrs. Parks
A Dialogue with Today's Youth
By Rosa Parks
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Dear Mrs. Parks
A Dialogue with Today's Youth
By Rosa Parks
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On a December day in 1955, Rosa Parks changed the course of history when she was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger on a Montgomery, Alabama bus.

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Flowers From Mariko
By Rick Noguchi, Deneen Jenks, Michelle Reiko Kumata
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Flowers From Mariko
By Rick Noguchi, Deneen Jenks, Michelle Reiko Kumata
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One girl's love and determination lift the spirits of her family after they are finally allowed to leave the internment camp they were placed in during WWII.

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Ghosts for Breakfast
By Stanley Todd Terasaki, Shelly Shinjo
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Ghosts for Breakfast
By Stanley Todd Terasaki, Shelly Shinjo
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When the Troublesome Triplets complain that they have seen ghosts in Farmer Tanaka's field, Papa sets off with his son to hunt the ghosts in this fun story set in 1920s California.

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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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¡Béisbol! Latino Baseball Pioneers and Legends
By Jonah Winter
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¡Béisbol! Latino Baseball Pioneers and Legends
By Jonah Winter
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In this fascinating and colorfully written collection of profiles, author/illustrator Jonah Winter gives us a guide to Latino heroes, including little known pioneers of the sport.

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Get Set! Swim!
By Jeannine Atkins, Hector Viveros Lee
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Get Set! Swim!
By Jeannine Atkins, Hector Viveros Lee
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The day of the big swim meet has finally arrived, and Jessenia is excited, but a bit worried too.

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Aani and the Tree Huggers
By Jeannine Atkins, Venantius Pinto
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Aani and the Tree Huggers
By Jeannine Atkins, Venantius Pinto
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A village girl in India inspires the women around her to save their beloved forest.

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Allie's Basketball Dream
By Barbara Barber, Darryl Ligasan
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Allie's Basketball Dream
By Barbara Barber, Darryl Ligasan
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Allie's story of self-determination is one that young athletes, both boys and girls, will recognize. Perfect for anyone who has experienced the ups and downs of practicing and playing hard, Allie's Basketball Dream is a spirited tribute to perseverance.

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Jay and Ben
By Lulu Delacre, Katharine Swanson
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Jay and Ben
By Lulu Delacre, Katharine Swanson

A child-friendly interactive book that can be used in a variety of ways to promote the educational progress and growth of children with a wide array of abilities.

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Seaside Dream
By Janet Costa Bates, Lambert Davis
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Seaside Dream
By Janet Costa Bates, Lambert Davis
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In this tender story of immigration, a young girl finds a way to give her grandmother the perfect present and the courage to plan a trip to her home country, Cape Verde.

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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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Diverse Energies
By Tobias Buckell, Joe Monti, 11 Speculative Fiction Authors
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Diverse Energies
By Tobias Buckell, Joe Monti, 11 Speculative Fiction Authors

A collection of dystopian short stories featuring diverse main characters and by authors of color.

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Summer of the Mariposas
By Guadalupe García McCall
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Summer of the Mariposas
By Guadalupe García McCall
In this young adult retelling of The Odyssey from award-winning author Guadalupe García McCall, Odilia and her four sisters journey to Mexico to return a dead man to his family and encounter magical creatures along the way.

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