Updated for 2021 About This Catalog Topics and Themes There’s nothing more powerful than a story to Included in each title listing are color dots connect us, to help us understand ourselves that indicate topics and themes from the and each other, and to build empathy. With book—the tags are identified at the bottom this catalog, we aim to highlight and uplift of each page, but please see below for a full books featuring characters and stories from definition of each topic and theme. groups whose identities and lived experiences RACE AND ETHNICITY have been suppressed and excluded from Portrayals of racial and ethnic groups that have mainstream narratives. Sharing these books been excluded from mainstream narratives in images with young people shows them that everyone’s and/or text story deserves to be told and will help them SOCIAL JUSTICE understand and expand their world. Civil disobedience, advocacy, and attempts to seek justice for oppressed groups of people Use this catalog to amplify these voices and build more equitable bookshelves. IMMIGRATION Immigrant and emigrant experiences For a full listing of available Spanish language LGBTQIA+ titles, please visit our Scholastic en español Featuring characters who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, catalog at Scholastic.com/SpanishCatalog. transgender, queer, intersex, asexual, or any identification within the LGBTQIA+ spectrum Table of Contents CULTURE, FOLKTALES, RELIGION, AND MYTHS PreK–Grade 3 ................................... 1 Stories from and about various cultures, religions, and countries around the world Grades 3–7 ........................................9 NEURODIVERSITY AND NEURODIVERGENCE Grades 7 & Up .................................20 Featuring characters who have neurological variances and differences, such as autism, dyslexia, and ADHD Grades 9 & Up ................................25 PHYSICAL DISABILITY Index ................................................28 Featuring characters with limited physical functioning of all types affecting all ages Resources .............inside back cover MENTAL HEALTH Featuring characters with temporary, cyclical, or Scholastic books are available episodic mental illnesses that impact or influence thought wherever books are sold! process and perception and other mental health struggles Trade, School & Library, Specialty, and International accounts FICTION can order through your existing Scholastic Trade sales rep or usual ordering channel. NONFICTION PreK–Grade 3 PreK–Grade MAYBE TOMORROW? FUTURE DOCTOR FUTURE PRESIDENT THE CASE FOR LOVING: THE FIGHT By Charlotte Agell (FUTURE BABY SERIES) (FUTURE BABY SERIES) FOR INTERRACIAL MARRIAGE Illustrated by Ana Ramírez González By Lori Alexander By Lori Alexander By Selina Alko This tender exploration of loss illuminates Illustrated by Allison Black Illustrated by Allison Black Illustrated by Sean Qualls and Selina Alko how kindness, empathy, and friendship can Doctors help people in need. Baby is When Baby speaks, people listen. Could Baby The Lovings refused to allow their children lift our spirits and see us through many ready to lend a hand! An aspirational, be president? Find out in this leadership- to get the message that their parents’ tomorrows. It will resonate with anyone inspirational celebration of future careers themed addition to the Future Baby series! love was wrong, and so they fought who has experienced hardship or grief. for babies who can be ANYTHING! Board Book • 978-1-338-31224-9 the unfair law prohibiting interracial Hardcover • 978-1-338-21488-8 Board Book • 978-1-338-31225-6 Ages: 0–3 • 24 pages marriage, taking their case all the way Ages: 4–8 • 40 pages Ages: 0–3 • 24 pages to the Supreme Court—and won! Hardcover • 978-0-545-47853-3 Ages: 4–8 • 40 pages MY DADDY AND ME MY GRANDFATHER’S COAT RUBY FLIPS FOR ATTENTION By Linda Ashman By Jim Aylesworth (RUBY AND THE BOOKER BOYS #4) MEET A LIBRARIAN! Illustrated by Jane Massey Illustrated by Barbara McClintock By AnnMarie Anderson By Derrick Barnes Illustrated by Lisa Hunt Discover a poignant, heartfelt ode to the A rollicking, rhyming, fun rendition of Illustrated by Vanessa Brantley Newton special love between father and child. From a favorite folksong about the Jewish Two best friends meet a variety of Eight-year-old ultra-fabulous Ruby sharing a quiet moment over the comics immigrant experience of the early 20th Marigold Booker returns in this reissue community helpers and learn the ins- section at breakfast, to playing at bathtime century and a many-times recycled coat. and-outs of their very important jobs. of the Ruby and the Booker Boys series before tucking into bed, this book celebrates Hardcover • 978-0-439-92545-7 by Newbery Honor and Coretta Scott Informational sidebars, a Q&A, and back the day-to-day joys of fatherhood. matter provide learning opportunities Ages: 4–8 • 32 pages King Honor author Derrick Barnes! throughout the book and series. Board Book • 978-1-338-35976-3 Paperback • 978-0-545-01763-3 Hardcover Reinforced Library Binding Ages: 3–5 • 20 pages Ages: 7–10 • 144 pages 978-0-531-13681-2 SERIES: Books 1–4 available Paperback • 978-0-531-13687-4 Ages: 5–7 • 32 pages SERIES: Additional books available RUBY BRIDGES GOES TO WHY AM I ME? ALL BECAUSE YOU MATTER OH SO KIND! SCHOOL: MY TRUE STORY By Paige Britt By Tami Charles By Joy Cho By Ruby Bridges Illustrated by Selina Alko and Sean Qualls Illustrated by Bryan Collier Illustrated by Angie Stalker The story of national civil rights icon This beautiful celebration of our A lyrical, heart-lifting love letter to Follow little llama, who is depicted in a Ruby Bridges is now an early reader with humanity and diversity invites readers Black and brown children everywhere: wheelchair, and friends on their adventures. simple text and historical photographs! of all ages to imagine a world where reminding them how much they matter, Interactive lift-the-flaps will engage readers Explore an amazing moment in history there is no you or me, only we. that they have always mattered, and in this big-hearted book about being a good and the courage of a young girl who Hardcover • 978-1-338-05314-2 they always will, from powerhouse rising friend, neighbor, and family member! stayed strong in the face of racism. Ages: 4–8 • 40 pages star author Tami Charles and esteemed, Novelty • 978-1-338-35635-9 award-winning illustrator Bryan Collier. Paperback • 978-0-545-10855-3 Spanish Edition Available Ages: 0–3 • 16 pages Ages 4–8 • 32 pages Hardcover • 978-1-338-57485-2 Ages: 4–8 • 40 pages KEY: FICTION NONFICTION RACE AND ETHNICITY SOCIAL JUSTICE IMMIGRATION LGBTQIA+ CULTURE, FOLKTALES, RELIGION, AND MYTHS 1 NEURODIVERSITY AND NEURODIVERGENCE PHYSICAL DISABILITY MENTAL HEALTH For more virtual events, resources, and more, visit Scholastic.com/PowerOfStory PreK–Grade 3 PreK–Grade UNSPOKEN: A STORY FROM THE THE STORY OF RUBY BRIDGES EIGHT DAYS: A STORY OF HAITI UNDERGROUND RAILROAD By Robert Coles By Edwidge Danticat STANDING ON HER SHOULDERS Illustrated by George Ford Illustrated by Alix Delinois By Monica Clark-Robinson Written and illustrated by Henry Cole Illustrated by Laura Freeman When a farm girl discovers a runaway Learn about national civil rights icon A brilliantly crafted story of hope slave hiding in the barn, she is at once Ruby Bridges, the first African American and imagination—set in the wake A stunning love letter to the important child to integrate a New Orleans school. of a major earthquake in Haiti, this women who shape us—from our startled and frightened. Henry Cole’s unusual and original rendering of the Hardcover Reinforced Library Binding picture book paints a powerful and own mothers and grandmothers to beautiful picture of life in Haiti. the legends who paved the way for Underground Railroad speaks directly 978-0-590-57281-1 girls and women everywhere. to our deepest sense of compassion. Paperback • 978-0-439-47226-5 Hardcover • 978-0-545-27849-2 Hardcover • 978-1-338-35800-1 Hardcover • 978-0-545-39997-5 Ages: 4–8 • 32 pages Ages: 4–7 • 32 pages Ages: 4–8 • 40 pages Ages: 3–7 • 40 pages Spanish Version Available RITA AND RALPH’S ROTTEN DAY THE ROOSTER WHO WOULD I CAN BE ANYTHING! DON’T IF KIDS RAN THE WORLD By Carmen Agra Deedy NOT BE QUIET! TELL ME I CAN’T Written and illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon Illustrated by Pete Oswald By Carmen Agra Deedy Written and illustrated by Diane Dillon Two-time Caldecott Medalists Leo and Every day Rita and Ralph meet to play Illustrated by Eugene Yelchin Girl power! Two-time Caldecott Medalist Diane Dillon show children playfully beneath the apple tree. It’s always Pura Belpré Honoree and Cuban American Diane Dillon sends tigers and dinosaurs creating a more generous, peaceful world fun and games—until one roundly author Carmen Agra Deedy and illustrator leaping off the pages as Zoe declares where everyone shares with others. rotten day when a new game means Eugene Yelchin celebrate the spirit of she can be anything: an archaeologist, Hardcover • 978-0-545-44196-4 someone ends up crying. Who knew it freedom—and the courage to sing! vet, US president, and more. could be so hard to say “I’m sorry”? Ages: All ages • 32 pages Hardcover • 978-0-545-72288-9 Hardcover • 978-1-338-16690-3 Hardcover • 978-1-338-21638-7 Ages: 4–8 • 48 pages Ages: 4–8 • 32 pages Ages: 4–8 • 48 pages Spanish/English Bilingual Edition Available Spanish Version Available LOVE AND THE ROCKING CHAIR RAP A TAP TAP: HERE’S Written and illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon BOJANGLES—THINK OF THAT! FROM NERD TO NINJA! Two-time Caldecott Medalists Leo and Diane Written and illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon Dillon celebrate the love we feel for our (NINJA KID SERIES) With bold paintings and a simple, Written and illustrated by Anh Do children in this touching, multigenerational rhyming text, this is a rap a tap tap story about the lasting power of family.