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CHILDRENS BOOKS, WEEK OF 9-19-2022

Alaina and the great play / written by Eloise Greenfield ; illustrated by Colin Bootman.
Amira’s picture day / by Reem Faruqi ; illustrated by Fahmida Azim.
Areli is a dreamer : a true story / by Areli Morales, a DACA recipient ; illustrations by Luisa Uribe.
The big bad wolf in my house / Valâerie Fontaine ; [illustrated by] Nathalie Dion ; translated by Shelley Tanaka.
The big bath house / written by Kyo Maclear ; illustrated by Gracey Zhang.
Blancaflor : the hero with secret powers : a folktale from Latin America / Nadja Spiegelman & Sergio Garcâia Sâanchez ; [with an introduction by F. Isabel Campoy].
Boogie boogie, y’all / by C.G. Esperanza aka ChalaRanza.
The book of secrets / Mat Tonti.
A boy named Isamu : a story of Isamu Noguchi / James Yang.
Bright star / Yuyi Morales.
Bubbles…up! / by Jacqueline Davies ; illustrated by Sonia Sâanchez.
Call and response : the story of Black Lives Matter / by Veronica Chambers with Jennifer Harlan.
Child of the flower-song people : Luz Jimâenez, daughter of the Nahua / written by Gloria Amescua ; illustrated by Duncan Tonatiuh.
Clovis keeps his cool / Katelyn Aronson ; illustrated by Eve Farb.
Coffee, rabbit, snowdrop, lost / Betina Birkjµr ; illustrated by Anna Margrethe Kjµrgaard ; translated from Danish by Sinâead Quirke K²ngerskov.
Coquâi in the city / Nomar Perez.
The Corinthian girl : champion athlete of ancient Olympia / Christina Balit.
The cot in the living room / Hilda Eunice Burgos ; illustrated by Gaby D’Alessandro.
A day for rememberin’ : inspired by the true events of the first Memorial Day / written by Leah Henderson ; illustrated by Floyd Cooper.
De aquâi como el coquâi / Nomar Perez ; traducido por Farah Perez.
Dear Little One / Nina Laden ; Melissa Castrillon.
Dear Mr. Dickens / Nancy Churnin ; illustrated by Bethany Stancliffe.
Dream Street / written by Tricia Elam Walker ; collages by Ekua Holmes.
The Eagle Mother / by Hetxw’ms Gyetxw (Brett D. Huson) ; illustrated by Natasha Donovan.
Everybody in the red brick building / written by Anne Wynter ; illustrated by Oge Mora.
Except Antarctica! / Todd Sturgell.
Eyes that kiss in the corners / by Joanna Ho ; illustrated by Dung Ho.
Fearless world traveler : adventures of Marianne North, botanical artist / by Laurie Lawlor ; illustrated by Becca Stadtlander.
The first blade of sweetgrass : a Native American story / story by Suzanne Greenlaw and Gabriel Frey ; illustrations by Nancy Baker.
Fossils from lost worlds / Hâeláene Rajcak, Damien Laverdunt ; translated by Daniel Hahn.
Fox : a circle of life story / Isabel Thomas ; [illustrated by] Daniel Egnâeus.
From the tops of the trees / Kao Kalia Yang ; illustrated by Rachel Wada.
Grandpa Cacao : a tale of chocolate, from farm to family / written and illustrated by Elizabeth Zunon.
The great stink : how Joseph Bazalgette solved London’s poop pollution problem / Colleen Paeff ; illustrated by Nancy Carpenter.
Hear my voice : the testimonies of children detained at the southern border of the United States / compiled by Warren Binford for Project Amplify ; foreword by Michael Garcia Bochenek of Human Rights Watch = Escucha mi voz : los testimonios
Horse power : how horses changed the world / Jennifer Thermes.
I am smoke / written by Henry Herz ; illustrated by Mercáe Lâopez.
I am the subway / words & illustrations by Kim Hyo-eun ; translated by Deborah Smith.
If the world were 100 people : a visual guide to our global village / written by Jackie McCann, illustrated by Aaron Cushley.
If you lived during the Plimoth Thanksgiving / written by Chris Newell ; illustrated by Winona Nelson.
Inside animals / Barbara Taylor, Margaux Carpentier.
Keeping the city going / Brian Floca.
King of ragtime : the story of Scott Joplin / Stephen Costanza.
A life electric : the story of Nikola Tesla / Azadeh Westergaard ; illustrated by Jâulia Sardáa.
Linked / Gordon Korman.
Little Red and the cat who loved cake / Barbara Lehman.
Little Witch Hazel : a year in the forest / by Phoebe Wahl.
The little wooden robot and the log princess / Tom Gauld.
Looking for a jumbie / written by Tracey Baptiste ; illustrated by Amber Ren.
May your life be deliciosa / Michael Genhart ; Loris Lora.
Memory jars / Vera Brosgol.
The message : the extraordinary journey of an ordinary text message / Michael Emberley.
The midnight fair / Gideon Sterer ; illustrated by Mariachiara Di Giorgio.
Milo imagines the world / words by Matt de la Peäna ; pictures by Christian Robinson.
The most beautiful story / Brynjulf Jung Tj²nn & ¢yvind Torseter ; translated from Norwegian by Kari Dickson.
My two border towns / by David Bowles ; illustrated by Erika Meza.
Nano : the spectacular science of the very (very) small / Dr. Jess Wade ; illustrated by Melissa Castrillâon.
The night walk / Marie Dorlâeans ; translated by Polly Lawson.
Nina : a story of Nina Simone / words by Traci N. Todd ; pictures by Christian Robinson.
North and South : a tale of two hemispheres / written and illustrated by Sandra Morris.
Nosotros means us : un cuento bilingèue = a bilingual story / Paloma Valdivia.
Off-limits / Helen Yoon.
On the trapline / written by David A. Robertson ; illustrated by Julie Flett.
Osnat and her dove : the true story of the world’s first female rabbi / written by Sigal Samuel ; illustrated by Vali Mintzi.
Our skin : a first conversation about race / words by Megan Madison & Jessica Ralli ; art by Isabel Roxas.
Out into the big wide lake / written by Paul Harbridge ; illustrated by Josâee Bisaillon.
Pando : a living wonder of trees / by Kate Allen Fox ; illustrated by Turine Tran.
The people’s painter : how Ben Shahn fought for justice with art / by Cynthia Levinson ; pictures by Evan Turk.
A plan for the people : Nelson Mandela’s hope for his nation / written by Lindsey McDivitt ; illustrated by Charly Palmer.
The power of style : how fashion and beauty are being used to reclaim cultures / Christian Allaire.
The ramble shamble children / Christina Soontornvat ; illustrated by Lauren Castillo.
Red and green and blue and white : inspired by a true story / words by Lee Wind ; pictures by Paul O. Zelinsky.
Sakamoto’s swim club : how a teacher led an unlikely team to victory / written by Julie Abery ; illustrated by Chris Sasaki.
Sato the rabbit / Yuki Ainoya ; translated from Japanese by Michael Blaskowsky.
Saving Sorya : Chang and the sun bear / written by Trang Nguyen ; illustrated by Jeet Zdung.
The secret life of the sloth / Laurence Pringle ; illustrated by Kate Garchinsky
The secret of the magic pearl / written by Elisa Sabatinelli ; illustrated by Iacopo Bruno ; translated by Christopher Turner.
Sharice’s big voice : a native kid becomes a congresswoman / by Sharice Davids with Nancy K. Mays ; illustrations by Joshua Mangeshig Pawis-Steckley.
Sheepish : (wolf under cover) / Helen Yoon.
Summertime sleepers : animals that estivate / Melissa Stewart ; illustrated by Sarah S. Brannen.
Sun flower lion / Kevin Henkes.
Survivor tree / written by Marcie Colleen ; illustrated by Aaron Becker.
This is your brain on stereotypes : how science is tackling unconscious bias / Tanya Lloyd Kyi ; [illustrated by] Drew Shannon.
This magical, musical night / words by Rhonda Gowler Greene ; pictures by James Rey Sanchez.
This very tree : a story of 9/11, resilience, and regrowth / Sean Rubin ; [illustrated by Sean Rubin].
Time for bed, old house / Janet Costa Bates ; illustrated by AG Ford.
Time for Kenny / Brian Pinkney.
Time is a flower / Julie Morstad.
Tiny tales : shell quest / by Steph Waldo.
A true wonder : the comic book hero who changed everything / Kristen W. Larson ; illustrated by Katy Wu.
Unbound : the life + art of Judith Scott / Joyce Scott, with Brie Spangler and Melissa Sweet ; art by Melissa Sweet.
A walk in the words / by Hudson Talbott.
We all play = Kimãetawãanaw / Julie Flett.
We are still here! : Native American truths everyone should know / Traci Sorell ; illustrated by Franâe Lessac.
What beauty there is / Cory Anderson.
What I am / Divya Srinivasan.
When Lola visits / story by Michelle Sterling ; art by Aaron Asis.
Wildflowers / a Toon book by Liniers.
Wishes / by Míuíòon Thòi Væan ; illustrations by Victo Ngai.
The words in my hands / by Asphyxia.
Your legacy : a bold reclaiming of our enslaved history / written by Schele Williams ; illustrated by Tonya Engel.
Your mama / NoNieqa Ramos ; illustrated by Jacqueline Alcâantara.