Children & Young Adult

It's 1941 and ten-year-old Norman Mineta is a carefree fourth grader in San Jose, California, who loves baseball, hot dogs, and Cub Scouts. But when Japanese forces attack Pearl Harbor, Norm's world is turned upside down. Corecipient of The Flora...

Beautifully Brown is a picture book celebrating brown skin in every shade. A collection of brightly colored images showing brown children in many different shades, from very light to very dark, affirming how beautiful their skin is. This book is intended...

Based on the true story of the author's biological mother and aunt, this middle-grade novel traces the long and frightening journey of two Kaska Dena sisters as they are taken from their home to attend residential school. When Maddy discovers an old...

As a new generation of activists demands an end to racism, A Place to Land reflects on Martin Luther King, Jr.'s I Have a Dream speech and the movement that it galvanized. Now available in paperback. Winner of the Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding...

Get ready to fight for what's right with Stacey Abrams in this exciting middle grade nonfiction biography. Perfect for fans of the Who Was and Little Leaders series, the books in the VIP series tell the true--and amazing--stories of some of history's...

The true story of the all-black high school basketball team that broke the color barrier in segregated 1950s Indiana, masterfully told by National Book Award winner Phil Hoose. An ALA Notable Book of 2019NYPL Best Book for Teens of 2018A 2018 Booklist...

A moving and inspiring nonfiction picture book about Jackie Robinson's court martial trial--an important lesser-known moment in his lifetime of fighting prejudice with strength and grace. Students who have been introduced to this American hero from such...

Rosa Parks was the courageous thinker and leader known as the Mother of the Civil Rights Movement. Long before the Montgomery Bus Boycott made her famous, she was a social justice activist and organizer. In honor of her work, she received a Congressional...

For African American women, the fight for the right to vote was only one battle. This Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book and National Book Award longlisted work tells the important, overlooked story of black women as a force in the suffrage...

How can you be a good global citizen? By understanding the world we live in and how we can effect change. This book explores the issues around diversity in modern life from the positives around multiculturalism to prejudice, racism and discrimination. It...

Gabriel, a twelve-year-old recently freed slave and talented jockey, is burning up the horse track--and stacking up wins for his former master, Mister Giles.When Mister Giles asks him to ride Aristo, a powerful but unpredictable horse, in the prestigious...

Frog Crush presents a scene from life in the African savanna and it follows the short journey of five animals in the midday sun, while they are trying to find something juicy and tasty to eat. The book opens with the sight of a Frog singing on a lily...