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~ Collated by Auntie Anne, Tāmaki Makaurau Aotearoa. Hi Colleagues! Congratulations to all my colleagues in the Northern Hemisphere! We did it! We made summer reading magic happen. For many…
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…of Stefanie’s greatest passions is mental health in children’s literature. The more children read about those different from themselves the more empathetic and kind they become towards others. LGBTQI2S+ youth…
A New Kind of Wild
Written and illustrated by: Zara Gonzalez Hoang. This sweet author-illustrator debut celebrates imagination, the magic of friendship, and all the different ways we make a new place feel like home….
Big Papa and the Time Machine
…a touching dialogue between two family members from different generations, and emerges as a voice that shares history and asks questions about one family’s experience in 20th-century black America. (From…
Double Bass Blues
Written by: Andrea J. Loney. Illustrated by: Rudy Gutierrez. Nic is an aspiring musician whose life spans two different worlds — his suburban school where he wows his friends in…
Beyond Words
…challenge to “get the words out”. It explains some of the frustrations of a child with apraxia and how to listen in a different way when they are your friend….
Mermaid Swim Meet
…can share get snacks from a big buffet! There’s lots of different folks to see and wonderful games to play! Beneath the waves, where the lifeguards gaze, They’re having fun…
Happy Hair
…different shades and hair types all while being fun and fashionable! This book is the foundation to building HAPPY HAIR. (From GoodReads.) Credit: Shamekia LaShonda (Storytime Solidarity member). View on…
Home is in Between
…apartment feels like a village: Mama cooking luchi, funny stories in Bangla, and Baba’s big laugh. But outside, everything is different – trick-or-treating, ballet class, and English books. Back and…
I Love Saturdays y Domingos
…come from a European-American background, and on Sundays — los domingos — she visits Abuelito y Abuelita, who are Mexican-American. While the two sets of grandparents are different in many…