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Jonathan Hunt Coordinator, Library Media EDITOR’S NOTE: These 100 titles feature strong connections to equity, diversity, inclusion, and social justice. They represent a sampling of the best books published in 2018 across a range of audiences, formats, and genres. While recommended grade levels are provided, they are suggestions only and should be modified depending on specific populations of students. Primary Grades (K-3) BOWWOW POWWOW THE ALL-OF-A-KIND FAMILY ( ) HANNUKAH Windy Girl is blessed with a vivid imagination. From Uncle, she gathers stories ( ) of long-ago traditions, about dances and In 1912 New York, Gertie feels left out while sharing and gratitude. Windy can tell such Mama and her four older sisters cook stories herself—about her dog, Itchy Boy, and Hanukkah dinner, but Papa comes home and the way he dances. asks her help with an important task. CRESCENT MOONS AND POINTED ALMA AND HOW SHE GOT HER MINARETS: A MUSLIM BOOK OF NAME SHAPES ( ) When Alma Sofia Esperanza José Pura ( ) Candela asks her father why she has so many In simple rhyming text a young Muslim girl names, she hears the story of her name and guides the reader through the traditions and learns about her grandparents. shapes of Islam. Follow-up to Golden Domes and Silver Lanterns: A Muslim Book of Colors. AUNTIE LUCE’S TALKING PAINTINGS THE DAY YOU BEGIN ( ) Every winter, a young girl flies to Haiti to visit ó( ) her Auntie Luce, a painter. The moment she Other students laugh when Rigoberto, an steps off the plane, she feels a wall of heat, and immigrant from Venezuela, introduces himself familiar sights soon follow. but later, he meets Angelina and discovers that he is not the only one who feels like an A BIG MOONCAKE outsider. FOR LITTLE STAR ( ) DON’T TOUCH MY When Little Star's HAIR! mother bakes a ( ) delicious-looking Aria loves her soft and mooncake, she leaves it bouncy hair but must go to in the night sky to cool. extremes to avoid people who But it looks so tasty that touch it without permission Little Star can't wait, until, finally, she speaks up. and every night she must take a little nibble of the perfectly round confection. DREAMERS ( ) HOW RAVEN GOT HIS An illustrated picture book CROOKED NOSE autobiography in which Morales tells her own ( ) immigration story, Chulyen the trickster raven loses his nose Dreamers is a story that is one day, but vows to get it back. A modern both topical and timeless, retelling of a traditional Native American reminding us of the fable, this beautifully illustrated story importance of family, teaches an important lesson to children home, and aspirations. through Dena'ina mythology. DRAWN TOGETHER I WALK WITH VANESSA: A STORY ( ) When a young boy visits his grandfather, their ABOUT A SIMPLE ACT OF lack of a common language leads to confusion, KINDNESS ( ) frustration, and silence. But as they sit down to An elementary school girl witnesses the draw together, something magical happens as bullying of another girl, but she is not sure they form a bond around a shared love of art how to help. With themes of acceptance, and storytelling. kindness, and strength in numbers, this THE FIELD timeless story will resonate with readers young and old. ( ) The world's most popular sport has found its IMAGINE spirited, poetic, and authentic voice in Baptiste Paul's debut picture book—highlighting the ( ) joys of the game along with its universal When Juan Felipe Herrera was very young, themes: teamwork, leadership, diversity, and he picked flowers, helped his mama feed the acceptance. chickens, slept under the starry sky, and learned to say goodbye to his amiguitos each HIDDEN FIGURES: THE TRUE time his migrant family moved on. STORY OF FOUR BLACK WOMEN JULIÁN IS A MERMAID AND THE SPACE RACE ( ) ( ) While riding the subway home from the pool A group of dedicated female mathematicians with his abuela one day, Julián notices three used pencils, slide rules, and adding machines women spectacularly dressed up as to calculate the numbers that would launch mermaids, inspiring his own fabulous rockets, and astronauts, into space. mermaid costume: a butter-yellow curtain for his tail and the fronds of a potted fern for his HOLI COLORS headdress. ( ) Experience Holi with every color ISLANDBORN í of the rainbow! This Hindu ( ) celebration known as the festival Lola was just a baby when her of colors and the festival of love family left the Island, so when she signifies the end of winter, the has to draw it for a school assign- arrival of spring and the victory ment, she asks her family, friends, of good over evil. and neighbors about their memories of her homeland . and comes up with a new way of understanding her own heritage. Library Media Services I AM A CAT MUSTAFA ( ) ( ) Simon the housecat points out the he may not After leaving his war-torn country with his roar like a lion or run fast like a cheetah, but family, Mustafa visits a park near his new he has many other things in common with home and finds beautiful flowers, lady bugs, big cats. fall leaves, and finally, a friend. LA FRONTERA: MY JOURNEY THE PATCHWORK BIKE WITH PAPA ( ) ( ) When you live in a village at the edge of the Alfredo and his father must cross la frontera, no-go desert, you need to make your own the border, on their difficult journey from fun. That's when you and your brothers get Mexico to the U.S. Will they find the new inventive and build a bike from scratch, home their searching for on the other side? using everyday items like an old milk pot and a used flour sack. LOVE ñ PIE IS FOR SHARING ( ) This heartfelt celebration of love depicts the ( ) many ways we experience this universal Pie is for sharing. It starts off round, and bond, which carries us from the day we are you can slice it into as many pieces as you born throughout the years of our childhood want. What else can be shared? Through the and beyond. course of one memorable Fourth of July picnic, young readers experience the ups MARWAN’S JOURNEY and downs of sharing. ( ) THE REMEMBER BALLOONS Marwan is a young boy on a journey he never intended to take, bound for a place he ( ) doesn’t know. On his journey, he relies on James has a bunch of balloons, each of courage and memories of his faraway which holds a special memory, but as his homeland to buoy him. grandfather ages and loses his own balloons, James discovers that he is gaining MEET YASMIN! RESCUE AND JESSICA: ( ) In this compilation of four A LIFE-CHANGING separately published books, FRIENDSHIP Pakistani American second When he is paired with a girl grader Yasmin learns to who has lost her legs, Rescue cope with the small worries that he isn’t up to the problems of school and task of being her service dog. home, while gaining confidence in her own skills and creative abilities. MOMMY’S KHIMAR ( ) A young Muslim girl puts on a head scarf and not only feels closer to her mother, she also imagines herself as a queen, the sun, a superhero, and more. 2019 Equity Booklist THANK YOU, DRAGONS IN A BAG ( ) OMU! ( ) In Brooklyn, 9-year-old Jax joins Ma, a curmudgeonly witch who lives in his When the aroma of building, on a quest to deliver three Omu's homemade stew baby dragons to a magical world, and fills the air, her along the way discovers his true neighbors arrive, one by calling. one, for a taste, until all is gone except for her generous spirit. THE WALL IN THE MIDDLE OF FINDING THE BOOK LANGSTON ( ) A knight who feels secure on his side of the ( ) wall that divides his book discovers that his Discovering a book of side is not as safe as he thought, and the Langston Hughes' other side is not as threatening. poetry in the library helps Langston cope with the loss of his mother, relocating from Alabama to Chicago WE ARE GRATEFUL: as part of the Great Migration, and being OTSALIHELIGA bullied. é ( ) FRONT DESK The word otsaliheliga ( ) (oh-jah-LEE-hay-lee-gah) is used by Recent immigrants from China, desperate members of the Cherokee Nation to express for money, 10-year-old Mia Tang's parents gratitude. Beginning in the fall with the new take a job managing a rundown Southern year and ending in summer, follow a full California motel for skinflint Mr. Yao, Cherokee year of celebrations and whose son is the only other Chinese experiences. American in Mia's class. HURRICANE CHILD Intermediate Grades (3-6) ( ) Born on Water Island in the Virgin Islands ARUH SHAH AND THE END OF during a hurricane, which is considered bad TIME luck, 12-year-old Caroline falls in love with ( ) another girl—and together they set out in a Twelve-year-old Aru stretches the truth to fit hurricane to find Caroline's missing mother. in at her private school, but when she is dared to prove an ancient lamp is cursed, she MARLEY DIAS GETS IT DONE inadvertently frees an ancient demon. ( ) Marley explores activism, social justice, A DASH OF TROUBLE volunteerism, equity, inclusion, and using ( ) social media for good. She offers practical Leonora Logroño discovers her sisters and tools for galvanizing kids' strengths in their mother are not just bakers but also witches homes, communities, schools, and libraries, and tries to prove herself as good as them by while getting support from adults.

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