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CHILDREN’S BOOKS, WEEK OF 12-5-2022

1963 March on Washington / Joyce Markovics.
2020 Black Lives Matter marches / by Joyce Markovics.
Acoustic Rooster’s Barnyard Boogie starring Indigo Blume / Kwame Alexander ; illustrated by Tim Bowers.
African / song lyrics by Peter Tosh ; illustrations by Rachel Moss.
The all-together quilt / Lizzy Rockwell.
All the ways to be smart / Davina Bell & Allison Colpoys.
Ambitious girl / by Meena Harris ; illustrated by Marissa Valdez.
Are you eating candy without me? / by Draga Jenny Malesevic ; illustrated by Charlotte Bruijn.
Big Papa and the time machine / story by Daniel Bernstrom ; pictures by Shane W. Evans.
Black girl magic : a poem / by Mahogany L. Browne ; art by Jess X. Snow.
Bling Blaine : throw glitter, not shade / written by Rob Sanders ; illustrated by Letizia Rizzo.
A boy like you / by Frank Murphy and illustrated by Kayla Harren.
Brown sugar babe / by Charlotte Watson Sherman ; illustrated by Akem.
The buddy bench / written by Patty Brozo ; illustrated by Mike Deas.
Cannonball / words by Sacha Cotter ; pictures by Josh Morgan
Cece loves science and adventure / Kimberly Derting and Shelli R. Johannes ; illustrations by Vashti Harrison.
Count on me / Miguel Tanco.
A day so gray / by Marie Lamba ; art by Alea Marley.
Dress like a girl / written by Patricia Toht ; illustrated by Lorian Tu-Dean.
Ella : Queen of Jazz / Helen Hancocks.
The Evil Princess vs. the Brave Knight / Jennifer L. Holm vs. Matthew Holm
Fairy science : solid, liquid, gassy / Ashley Spires.
The faith of Elijah Cummings : the north star of equal justice / written by Carole Boston Weatherford ; illustrated by Laura Freeman.
Fresh Princess / written by Denene Millner ; illustrated by Gladys Jose.
From my window / written by Otâavio Jâunior ; illustrated by Vanina Starkoff ; translated by Beatriz C. Dias.
Get up, stand up / adapted by Cedella Marley ; illustrated by John Jay Cabuay.
Going up! / written by Sherry J. Lee ; illustrated by Charlene Chua.
A good trade / Alma Fullerton ; illustrations by Karen Patkau.
Goodbye brings hello / by Dianne White ; pictures by Daniel Wiseman.
The Greensboro lunch counter : what an artifact can tell us about the Civil Rights Movement / by Shawn Pryor.
Hair, it’s a family affair! / Mylo Freeman.
Happy right now / Julie Berry ; illustrated by Holly Hatam.
Here and now / words by Julia Denos ; illustrated by E. B. Goodale.
Here and there / written by Tamara Ellis Smith ; illustrated by Evelyn Daviddi.
Hiking day / by Anne Rockwell ; illustrated by Lizzy Rockwell.
Holes in the sky / Patricia Polacco ; [Patricia Lee Gauch, editor].
Hosea plays on / by Kathleen M. Blasi ; illustrated by Shane W. Evans.
How Barack Obama fought the War on Terrorism / John A. Torres.
How to be a T. Rex / Ryan North ; illustrated by Mike Lowery.
How to trick the Tooth Fairy / by Erin Danielle Russell ; illustrated by Jennifer Hansen Rolli.
I am a kindness hero / by Jennifer Adams ; illustrated by Carme Lemniscates.
I am famous / by Tara Luebbe and Becky Cattie ; pictures by Joanne Lew-Vriethoff.
I am human : a book of empathy / by Susan Verde ; art by Peter H. Reynolds.
I got next / by Daria Peoples-Riley.
I got the Christmas spirit / Connie Schofield-Morrison ; Illustrated by Frank Morrison.
I got the school spirit / Connie Schofield-Morrison ; illustrated by Frank Morrison.
Jabari tries / Gaia Cornwall.
Just for me / Jennifer Hansen Rolli.
Just in case you want to fly / Julie Fogliano ; [illustrated by] Christian Robinson.
Just read! / by Lori Degman ; illustrated by Victoria Tentler-Krylov.
King Shaka : Zulu legend / Luke W. Molver.
Leo gets a checkup / Anna McQuinn ; illustrated by Ruth Hearson.
Lola goes to school / Anna McQuinn ; illustrated by Rosalind Beardshaw.
Lorraine : the girl who sang the storm away / written by Ketch Secor ; illustrated by Higgins Bond.
Love you head to toe / written and illustrated by Ashley Barron.
Lubaya’s quiet roar / by Marilyn Nelson ; paintings by Philemona Williamson.
M is for melanin : a celebration of the black child / Tiffany Rose.
More than a game : race, gender, and politics in sports / Matt Doeden.
More than just a game : the Black origins of basketball / Madison Moore ; illustrated by Lonnie Ollivierre.
Opening the road : Victor Hugo Green and his green book / by Keila V. Dawson ; illustrated by Alleanna Harris.
Ruby finds a Worry / Tom Percival.
Sonny Rollins plays the bridge / written by Gary Golio ; illustrated by James Ransome.
Sprouting wings : the true story of James Herman Banning, the first African American pilot to fly across the United States / Louisa Jaggar & Shari Becker, illustrations by Floyd Cooper.
Stop that yawn! / written by Caron Levis ; illustrated by LeUyen Pham.