|
|
|
|
|
|
Dear New Friend by Taraneh Matloob, illustrated by Alida MassariA boy writes a letter to a friend inviting him to visit his Persian family and telling him what to expect (Ages 3-9)
|
|
|
|
Empty and Me: A Tale of Friendship and Loss
by Azam Mahdavi, illustrated by Maryam Tahmasebi ; translated by Parisa Saranj
In this bilingual Persian-English picture book, a little girl learns how to live with the gentle giant that embodies her grief (Ages 3-9).
|
|
|
|
Downpour: Splish! Splash! Ker-Splash! by Yuko Ohnari, illustrated by Koshio Hata; translated by Emily BaliesteriAs the rain pours down, making all kinds of sounds, a little boy encourages the droplets to play with him. (Ages 0-5)
|
|
|
|
A Knot Is Not a Tangle
by Daniel Nayeri, illustrated by Vesper Stamper
With lyrical text and illustrations, this picture book tells the story of an Iranian boy who makes a family rug with his grandmother and learns the beauty and purpose of imperfection. (Ages 6-9)
|
|
|
|
Rose Weaves a Garden by Rashin KheiriyehBaba teaches his beloved seven-year-old granddaughter Rose how to weave a beautiful garden rug. (AGES 3-6)
|
|
|
|
Rostam's Picture-Day Pusteen
by Ryan Bani Tahmaseb, illustrated by Fateme Mokhles
It is picture day at school, and first-grader Rostam does not want to wear his traditional Iranian pusteen, because he is worried about what the other children will think. (Ages 6-9)
|
|
|
|
Waiting for Hanami
by J. P. Takahashi, illustrated by Hifumiyo
Two cousins have eagerly awaited their big mixed-family reunion at the Cherry Blossom Festival. But when nerves strike on the day, they help each other learn more about their family tree, and together they watch new bonds blossom. (Ages 3-9)
|
|
|
|
edited by Leah Johnson
From fifteen legendary Black female authors comes a collection of stories and poems about the power we find in the everyday and the beauty of Black girlhood. (Ages 9-12) |
|
|
|
Candace, the Universe, and Everything
by Sherri L. Smith
Thirteen-year-old Candace discovers a portal in her locker that connects her across time and space with two other women who also had the same locker as girls, and the three go on to investigate the origins of the portal (Ages 9-14).
|
|
|
|
Fox Point's Own Gemma Hopperby Brie SpanglerGemma Hopper is obsessed with baseball but is too busy helping out at home and navigating the perils of friendship to try out for a team. (Ages 9-14)
|
|
|
|
The Secrets of Lovelace Academy
by Marie Benedict and Courtnry Sheinmel
Twelve-year-old orphan Lainey attends a prestigious boarding school with dreams of a new start, but a chain of events leads her to Switzerland in search of a trailblazing female scientist. (Ages 9-14)
|
|
|
|
The Teacher of Nomad Land: A World War II Story by Daniel Nayeri1941. The German armies are storming across Europe. Iran is a neutral country occupied by British forces on one side, Soviet forces on another. Soldiers fill the teahouses of Isfahan. Nazi spies roam the alleyways. Babak and his little sister have just lost their father. Now orphans, fearing they will be separated, the two devise a plan. Babak will take up his father's old job as a teacher to the nomads. With a chalkboard strapped to Babak's back, and a satchel full of textbooks, the siblings set off to find the nomad tribes as they make their yearly trek across the mountains. On the treacherous journey they meet a Jewish boy, hiding from a Nazi spy. And suddenly, they are all in a race for survival. (Ages 9-14)
|
|
|
|
Tear This Down
by Barbara Dee
When twelve-year-old Freya discovers that her town's historical hero had problematic views towards women, she advocates to replace his statue with a lesser-known suffragette. (Ages 9-14)
|
|
|
|
Unboxing Libby
by Steph Cherrywell
A preteen android based on a popular TV character grapples with new friendships, insecurities, and learning how to embrace her individuality. (Ages 9-14)
|
|
|
|
Akeem Keeps Bees!: A Close-Up Look at the Honey Makers and Pollinators of Sankofa Farms
by Kamal Eugene William Bell, illustrated by Darnell Johnson
This vibrantly illustrated book traces a year in the real-life apiary of Sankofa Farms as a father (the author) teaches his young son, Akeem, the basics of beekeeping. The book follows the sequence of beekeeping tasks throughout the year, as Akeem and his dad inspect the hive, find the queen, deal with a swarm, harvest honey, and prepare for winter. (Ages 6-12)
|
|
|
|
Birdlore: The Iridescent Life of Florence Merriam Bailey by Jess Keating, illustrated by Devon HolzwarthA picture book presentation about Florence Merriam Bailey, the groundbreaking scientist who inspired a nation to take up bird-watching and worked tirelessly to protect our feathered friends. (Ages 6-12)
|
|
|
|
Make a Pretty Sound: A Story of Ella Jenkins--The First Lady of Children's Music
by Traci N. Todd, illustrated by Eleanor Davis
Ella Jenkins is considered the first lady of children's music. At a time when children's music was mostly novelty songs and movie soundtracks, she believed that music could be a powerful tool to teach. This book tells Ella's story from the time she was a young child, first learning about music through her Uncle Flood playing harmonica, to her encounters with racial discrimination, and finally her involvement with the folk music movement and her discovery that music could be a powerful tool to teach children and bridge cultures, leading her to perform and work with children on all seven continents (including Antarctica!). (Ages 3-9)
|
|
|
|
Daughter of Doom by Jean-Claude Van Rijckeghem, translated by Kristen Gehrman A dark adventure about fate, faith, and free will set in the days of Viking Denmark. Yrsa, daughter of her village's noted warriors, has a crooked foot but also the ability to see people's fates. She rescues a valuable hostage from an assault by a villager, and the two young women take to sea to escape the wrath of Viking warriors, the wrath of the gods, and their fates.
|
|
|
|
Hekate : The Witch
by Nikita Gill
Born into a world on fire and at war, Hekate and her mother are left behind by the menfolk of their Titan family as the battle against the new Gods--the Olympians--begins. Soon, Hekate and her mother are forced to flee their home as the Olympians overpower and enslave the Titans, including Hekate's father, Perses, and gain dominion over the universe. In a bid to protect Hekate from the clutches of Zeus and Poseidon, her mother leaves her in the underworld with the goddess Styx and king of the underworld, Hades, where she must make a life for herself and discover her divine purpose.
|
|
|
|
If Looks Could Kill
by Julie Berry
While conducting volunteer work in Manhattan in 1888, eighteen-year-old Tabitha and Pearl's fates intertwine with Jack the Ripper as he is hunted by the Gorgon Medusa.
|
|
|
|
On Again, Awkward Again
by Erin Entrada Kelly and Kwame Mbalia
High school freshmen, Pacy and Cecil, share a look of love at first sight that sparks a series of mistakes and awkward interactions that become part of their love story.
|
|
|
|
Split the Skyby Marie ArnoldIn a town with growing racial tension, a young Black girl must use her powers of foresight to save an unarmed teen from being killed.
|
|
|
|
Verity Vox and the Curse of Foxfire
by Don Martin
Welcome to Foxfire. The rules here are simple: Don't look in the trees. Don't whistle in the woods at night. Don't answer if you hear your name called. And remember . . . everything wants. Verity Vox is a witch-in-training who has never met a problem her spells can't solve. But when a cryptic plea for help sends her to the forgotten coal mining town of Foxfire, she soon learns even magic has its limits.
|
|
|
|
Knocking on Windows: A Memoir by Jeannine AtkinsSix weeks after the start of her freshman year of college, Jeannine Atkins finds herself back in her childhood bedroom after an unimaginable trauma. Now home in Massachusetts, she's struggling to reclaim her life and her voice. Seeking comfort in the words of women, she turns to the lives and stories of Sylvia Plath, Maya Angelou, and Emily Dickinson. Through raw and poignant letter-poems addressed to these literary giants, Jeannine finds that the process of writing and reflecting has become not only a means of survival but the catalyst for a burgeoning writing career. A searingly honest memoir told through gorgeous verse, Knocking on Windows stands as a beacon of hope and a celebration of the enduring spirit of survivors of sexual assault--and of writers.
|
|
|
|
An Excellent Thing in a Woman by Allison MontclairA Sparks and Bainbridge mystery. London, 1947. Spirited Miss Iris Sparks and ever-practical Mrs Gwendolyn Bainbridge are called to action when Gwen's beau Salvatore 'Sally' Danielli is accused of murder! Sally has taken a job at the BBC studios at Alexandra Palace, but when the beautiful Miss JeanneMarie Duplessis - one of the Parisian performers over for a new variety show - is found dead in the old theatre, a number of inconvenient coincidences make him Suspect No:1. Just days earlier, Miss Duplessis had arrived at The Right Sort, desperately looking for a husband - any husband - to avoid having to return to Paris. As the plot thickens, Iris is pulled back into the clandestine circles she moved in during the war and it soon becomes apparent that to clear Sally's name, she and Gwen would need to go on the hunt for a killer once more!
|
|
|
|
The Girls Who Grew Big
by Leila Mottley
A novel about the heartbreaks, triumphs, and betrayals of a group of teenage mothers living on the Florida panhandle.
|
|
|
|
Meet Relebogile Naledi Mpho Moruakgomo. Or, for short, Eddie: an aspiring playwright who dreams of making it big in London's theater world. But after repeated rejections from white talent agents, Eddie suspects her non-white sounding name might be the problem. Enter Hugo Lawrence Smith: good looking, well-connected, charismatic and...very white. Stifled by his law degree and looking for a way out of the corporate world, he finds a kindred spirit in Eddie . Together they devise a plan, one which will see Eddie's play on stage and Hugo's name in lights. As their plan spins wildly out of control, Eddie and Hugo find themselves wondering if their reputations, and their friendship, can survive.
|
|
|
|
Motheater by Linda H. CodegaAfter her best friend dies in a coal mine, Benethea 'Bennie' Mattox sacrifices her job, her relationship, and her reputation to uncover what's killing miners on Kire Mountain. When she finds a half-drowned white woman in a dirty mine slough, Bennie takes her in because it's right--but also because she hopes this odd, magnetic stranger can lead her to the proof she needs. Instead, she brings more questions.
|
|
|
|
Agents of Change: The Women Who Transformed the CIA
by Christina Hillsberg
A USA Today Bestseller The timely and revelatory exploration of the pioneering women who changed the insulated world of international espionage--from the barrier-crashing challenges of the 1960s to the present-day reckoning--told through the eyes of a former intelligence operative herself. Hillsberg takes readers inside the Agency in a way that's never been done before, paying long-overdue tribute to the survivors and thrivers, the indispensable groundbreakers, and the defiant rabble-rousers who made the choice to change their lives and, in turn, changed history.
|
|
|
|
American Diva: Extraordinary, Unruly, Fabulous
by Deborah Paredez
What does it mean to be a diva? A shifting, increasingly loaded term, it has been used to both deride and celebrate charismatic and unapologetically fierce performers like Aretha Franklin, Divine, and the women of Labelle. In this brilliant, powerful blend of incisive criticism and electric memoir, Deborah Paredez--scholar, cultural critic, and lifelong diva devotee--unravels our enduring fascination with these icons and explores how divas have challenged American ideas about feminism, performance, and freedom.
|
|
|
|
Daredevil at the Wheel: The Climb and Crash of Joan Lacosta
by Tony St Clair
The thrilling story of Joan LaCosta's wild life behind the wheel and escape into anonymity was untold, until now, and sits at a compelling intersection of auto racing history, gender equity in sports, and true crime, all set against the backdrop of the Roaring Twenties.
|
|
|
|
I Will Scream to the World: My Story. My Fight. My Hope for Girls Everywhere.
by Jaha Marie Dukureh
This memoir details the monumental journey of one young Gambian woman from survivor of FGM and forced child marriage to global activist and political leader who became UN Women's first Goodwill Ambassador for Africa, one of Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People, and among the youngest people nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.
|
|
|
|
Lifting as They Climb: Black Women Buddhists and Collective Liberation
by Toni Pressley-Sanon
Lifting as They Climb is a love letter of freedom and self-expression from six Black women Buddhist teachers, conveyed through the voice of one of the many women who has benefitted from their wisdom. terweaving scholarly research with personal reflection as well as input from most of the teachers profiled, Pressley-Sanon's book embodies the growing sense of fruitful encounter between Buddhism, feminism or womanism, and Black liberation.
|
|
|
|
Mainline Mama: A Memoir
by Keeonna Harris
Keeonna recalls her challenging journey as a 'mainline mama' - a parent facing the task of raising a child--while still growing up herself--with an incarcerated partner, She learns to overcome the exhausting difficulties of navigating the carceral system in the United States and transforms herself into an advocate for women like her--the predominantly Black and Brown women left behind to pick up the pieces of their families and fractured lives.
|
|
|
|
The Once & Future Witch Hunt: A Descendant's Reckoning from Salem to the Present
by Alice Markham-Cantor
As the descendant of Martha Carrier, an accused woman executed at Salem, Alice Markham-Cantor presents a riveting story that spans centuries and brings the historical significance of the witch trials into modern times. Extensively researched and told through alternating fiction and non-fiction chapters, this book illuminates a shocking truth: contrary to popular opinion, the witch hunts never ended.
|
|
|
|
Without Fear: Black Women and the Making of Human Rights
by Keisha N. Blain
Even before they were recognized as citizens of the United States, Black women understood that the fights for civil and human rights were inseparable. Over the course of two hundred years, they were at the forefront of national and international movements for social change, weaving connections between their own and others' freedom struggles around the world. Acclaimed historian Keisha N. Blain tells the story of these women--from the well-known, like Ida B. Wells, Madam C. J. Walker, and Lena Horne, to those who are still less known, including Pearl Sherrod, Aretha McKinley, and Marguerite Cartwright... Without Fear is an account of their aspirations, strategies, and struggles to pioneer a human rights approach to combating systems of injustice.
|
|
|
Prince George's County Memorial Library System
9601 Capital Lane
Largo, Maryland 20774
301-699-3500www.pgcmls.info/ |
|
|
|