by Alice Schertle ; illustrated by John Joseph ‧ RELEASE DATE: Dec. 8, 2020 Little Blue Truck feels, well, blue when he delivers valentine after valentine but receives nary a one. His bed overflowing with cards, Blue sets out to deliver a yellow card with purple polka dots and a shiny purple heart to Hen,
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Suburban women are a force. Following the 2016 election, it became clear that the contingent of white suburban women could sway the power in the country. But in the months following, other suburban women knew it was time to step up, and in 2018, a group banded together to mobilize this demographic for good. Red
Legendborn by Tracy Deonn is a YA fantasy novel, the first in a trilogy, that came out in 2020. It spent nine weeks on the New York Times bestseller list and won a Coretta Scott King Award/John Steptoe Award for New Talent award, among other accolades. The book follows Bree, a young Black woman whose
by Craig Smith ; illustrated by Katz Cowley ‧ RELEASE DATE: May 1, 2010 The print version of a knee-slapping cumulative ditty. In the song, Smith meets a donkey on the road. It is three-legged, and so a “wonky donkey” that, on further examination, has but one eye and so is a “winky wonky donkey”
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by Carin Bramsen & illustrated by Carin Bramsen ‧ RELEASE DATE: Jan. 22, 2013 A clueless duckling tries to make a new friend. He is confused by this peculiar-looking duck, who has a long tail, doesn’t waddle and likes to be alone. No matter how explicitly the creature denies he is a duck and announces
When 8-year-old Dillon Helbig of Boise, Idaho finished writing and drawing his 81 page storybook called The Adventures of Dillon Helbig’s Crismis (by Dillon His Self), he knew exactly where to go to share it. A fan of the library, he slipped away from his grandmother while there and snuck his book onto the picture
by Colleen Hoover ‧ RELEASE DATE: Jan. 18, 2022 After being released from prison, a young woman tries to reconnect with her 5-year-old daughter despite having killed the girl’s father. Kenna didn’t even know she was pregnant until after she was sent to prison for murdering her boyfriend, Scotty. When her baby girl, Diem, was
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On January 25th, Granbury Independent School District in Texas pulled 100 books for review based on Matt Krause’s list of 850 books he wants banned from school libraries. Five books were pulled from shelves. Students spoke out at the board meeting, saying, We want to learn about things that may not be the prettiest or
by Joanna Rzezak ; illustrated by Joanna Rzezak ‧ RELEASE DATE: May 18, 2021 This book is buzzing with trivia. Follow a swarm of bees as they leave a beekeeper’s apiary in search of a new home. As the scout bees traverse the fields, readers are provided with a potpourri of facts and statements about
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We as a society believe mothers to be the patron saints of love and care, a demographic that can never be in the wrong. But aren’t mothers too complex to be boxed into outdated models of femininity glorified by popular culture? Are they truly the wondrous collective that sacrifices themselves for the greater good of
From the Arc of a Scythe series , Vol. 1 by Neal Shusterman ‧ RELEASE DATE: Nov. 29, 2016 Two teens train to be society-sanctioned killers in an otherwise immortal world. On post-mortal Earth, humans live long (if not particularly passionate) lives without fear of disease, aging, or accidents. Operating independently of the governing AI
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If you’ve spent any time reading through book challenges over the last year, one of the groups you’ve likely encountered by name numerous times — and will encounter in the links below — is Moms for Liberty. But who or what exactly is the Moms for Liberty movement? Established in January 2021, the conservative nonprofit
by Jodi Picoult ‧ RELEASE DATE: Nov. 30, 2021 A young woman finds herself at a Covid-induced crossroads in Picoult’s latest ultratopical novel. Sotheby’s associate Diana O’Toole, age 29, and her surgical resident boyfriend, Finn, are planning a trip to the Galapagos in March 2020. But as New York City shuts down, Finn is called
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Young readers who love to paint, sing or write—or just enjoy reading about the fascinating lives of creative people—will find plenty of inspiration in these three biographical books about Black women who made their marks in the fields of visual arts, music and literature. Ablaze With Color Author Jeanne Walker Harvey was inspired to write
We shared the news earlier this week that the Ridgeland, Mississippi, mayor Gene McGee was choosing to withhold $110,000 in funds to the public library until they removed all “homosexual materials.” The library is fighting back, reminding the mayor the library serves all residents, not just those with the same beliefs he holds. The Friends