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Themed Collections

Diverse Voices

African American / Black featuring STELLA KEEPS THE SUN UP, EDEN'S EVERDARK, AND AIN'T BURNED ALL THE BRIGHT

Asian / Pacific Islander featuring AMY WU AND THE WARM WELCOME, NEW FROM HERE, and FOUL LADY FORTUNE

Hispanic / Latinx featuring GROWING AN ARTIST, CHARLIE HERNANDEZ AND THE LEAGUE OF SHADOWS, and HOW MOON FUENTES FEEL IN LOVE WITH THE UNIVERSE

LGBTQ+ Interest featuring FRANKIE & BUG, SHE GETS THE GIRL, and SO THIS IS EVER AFTER

Jewish Interest featuring GITTY AND KVETCH, NAOMI TEITELBAUM ENDS THE WORLD, and SEE YOU YESTERDAY

People with disabilities featuring ASTRID THE ASTRONAUT, OUT OF MY MIND, and MICHAEL VEY

Women's Interest featuring ON HER WINGS, ANNETTE FEELS FREE, and LET ME PLAY

Denene Millner Books featuring WHEN LANGSTON DANCES, IF DOMINICAN WERE A COLOR, OTHER SIDE OF THE TRACKS

Salaam Reads featuring NOOR NEEDS TO KNOW, DRAWING DEENA, UNBECMOIGN

Neurodivergent featuring BITSY BAT SCHOOL STAR, THE DEGENERATES, ALL THE NOISE AT ONCE

Native American Stories featuring ALL THE STARS IN THE SKY, STORIES AT THE HEART OF THE WORLD, and MY LIFE: GROWING UP NATIVE IN AMERICA

Conversation Starters

Tough topics for Middle Grade Readers featuring AMINA'S SONG, CARRY ME HOMEE, and REPAIRING THE WORLD

Managing anxiety featuring SUMMER OF JUNE, STUNTBOY, IN THE MEANTIME, and THE CLACKITY

Mental Health Awareness featuring I'M WORRIED, HAZARD, EXACTLY WHERE YOU NEED TO BE

Bullying prevention featuring STRICTLY NO ELEPHANTS, SUPER MANNY STANDS UP, and THE MISFITS

Banned & challenged books featuring TANGO MAKES THREE, ARE YOU THERE GOD, IT'S ME MARGARET, ALL AMERICAN BOYS

New & first experiences featuring SWIM, JIM, THE TALK, and ISLA TO ISLAND

Adoption featuring JUST LIKE A MAMA, EVERYTHING I KNOW ABOUT YOU, and THE JASMINE PROJECT

Managing Grief, featuring REMEMBERING, REPAIRING THE WORLD, FOUR FOR THE ROAD

Kindness, featuring THE TOGETHER TREE, WE ARE GOING TO BE PALS, THERE'S ROOM FOR EVERYONE

Curriculum Connections

Nonfiction featuring OUR LITTLE MUSHROOM, BRAVER THAN I THOUGHT, WHAT THE FACT?

STEM/STEAM featuring HAPPY SLOTH DAY!, HAVEN JACOBS SAVES THE PLANET, SIR FIG NEWTON AND THE SCIENCE OF PERSISTENCE

Social emotional learning featuring NOT QUITE NARWHAL, WALTER HAD A BEST FRIEND, NOODLE AND THE NO BONES DAY

Spanish Language featuring CULTIVADO EN HARLEM, VIVI EN EL CERRO MARIPOSA, LA REBELLION DE RIMA MARIN

Poetry featuring ZOOBILATIONS, DELICIOUS, and ALONE

Environmental featuring KIDS WHO ARE CHANGING THE WORLD, THE ISLANDERS, HOW TO CHANGE EVERYTHING

Young readers editions featuring CODE BREAKER, ONCE I WAS YOU, WE'RE IN THIS TOGETHER

Historical fiction featuring DO YOU KNOW THEM, FAREWELL CUBA MI ISLA, A SUFFRAGISTS GUIDE TO ANTARTICA

For Reluctant Readers

Graphic novels featuring DRAGON KINGDOM OF WRENLY, SPY SCHOOL THE GRAPHIC NOVEL, BARB THE LAST BERZERKER

Fantasy featuring ZACHARY YING AND THE DRAGON EMPEROR, ONYEKA AND THE ACADEMY OF THE SUN, LEGENDBORN

Music featuring RESPECT, JAZZ FOR LUNCH, HOLDING ON

Sports featuring GRAND SLAM, HOOPS, FANS IN THE STANDS

Great Read Alouds featuring CHICKA CHICKA BOOM BOOM, THIS BOOK IS MY BEST FRIEND, and SULWE

Wordless Picture Books featuring RED SLED, IMAGINE, ISLA TO ISLAND

Holidays & Celebrations

Martin Luther King Jr. Day featuring MY BROTHER, MARTIN, LOVE WILL SEE YOU THROUGH, and MARTIN'S DREAM

Valentine's Day featuring CLICK, CLACK, MOO, I LOVE YOU, SLUG IN LOVE, THE DO-OVER

President's Day featuring THIS LITTLE PRESIDENT, DUCK FOR PRESIDENT, THE PRESIDENTS

Graduation featuring WHEN YOU TAKE A STEP, EVEN THE SMALLEST WILL GROW, FOR EVERY ONE

St. Patrick's Day featuring FIVE LITTLE LEPRECHAUNS, FRANKIE SPARKS AND THE LUCKY CHARM, LOVE & LUCK

Teacher appreciation featuring RESCUING MRS. BIRDLEY, BLENDED, LOOK BOTH WAYS

Easter featuring HAPPY EASTER, LITTLE POOKIE, PETER EASTER FROP, TAKING CARE OF MAMA RABBIT

Earth Day featuring LITTLE SEED, WHEN THE SKY GLOWS, THIS PRETTY PLANET

Mother's Day featuring IN MY HEART, ME & MAMA, THROUGH YOUR EYES

Father's Day featuring DADDY HUGS 1 2 3, JUST LIKE DADDY, WHEN A DAD SAYS I LOVE YOU

Fourth of July featuring OUR FLAG WAS STILL THERE, OUR FOUNDING FATHERS, LONG MAY SHE WAVE

Back to school featuring CREEPY CRAYON, RICK THE ROCK OF ROOM 214, GERALDINE PU AND HER LUCKY PENCIL TOO

Halloween featuring BOO, BAA, LA LA LA, CREEPY PAIR OF UNDERWEAR, TRUTH OR DARE . . .

2024 Election Year Titles featuring CHESTER BARKINGHAM SAVES THE COUNTRY, ROBIN HILL SCHOOL ELECTION DAY, and EQUALITY’S CALL

Thanksgiving featuring THANKFUL, WE GIVE THANKS, BEAR SAYS THANKS

CHANUKAH featuring ITSY BITSY DREIDEL, THE HANNUKAH HOP!, IT'S A MIRACLE!

Christmas featuring PLUM, BROEKN ORNAMENT, TALK SANTA TO ME

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