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Diversity in Kid's Literature February 2024 |
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Picture Books and Early Readers
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Chapter Books & Graphic Novels
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Momo Arashima Duels the Queen of Death
by Misa Sugiura
Momo Arashima is half goddess and half human, and with friends Danny, Ryleigh, Jin and Niko by her side, she's finding a place where she belongs, except Izanami, the treacherous goddess of death, forces Momo into a terrible bargain.
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Neecy and Nay Nay and the tangled, hairy mess
by Simone Dankenbring
Twins Neecy and Nay Nay open up a salon and style their friends' hair, paint their nails and give them facials and have a few hair-raising accidents, in a series celebrating Black joy, sisterhood and friendship.
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Sona Sharma, Wish Me Luck
by Chitra Soundar
Sona and her friends are invited to her teacher's wedding, but Sona starts to worry when she realizes that after the wedding, Miss Rao might move away with her husband, and Sona hopes her determination can keep her teacher close by.
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All the blues in the sky
by Renâee Watson
Sage's best friend dies on her 13th birthday, and in a counseling group, Sage learns not all losses are the same and healing isn't predictable, in a story exploring friendship, loss, life and grief with verse and vignettes.
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It's All or Nothing, Vale
by Andrea Beatriz Arango
Valentina Camacho was the top athlete at her fencing gym until a life-changing accident, but now her body doesn't move the same and there's a new number one, in a story about a girl finding her way back to her passion.
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Bite of the Kaba lagoon
by Bernard Mensah
The Nkonyaa Tree is losing its magic and Principal Wari and Fifi, are being unfairly blamed--so Kwame and his friends embark on a dangerous journey to the Kaba Lagoon for a the cure.
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Ice apprentices
by Jacob North
Oswin Fields is a foundling given a chance to learn magic in Tundra, the last settlement in a world of ice, but when his fellow apprentices are attacked by monsters, Oswin must uncover why and prove he belongs in Tundra.
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Bird of a thousand stories
by Kiyash Monsef
Marjan Dastani travels the world taking care of mythical beasts, but as she tracks down the fabled Bird of a Thousand Stories, the more closely she connects with mystical creatures and the more danger she's in of losing her friendships—and all that tethers her to the life she's known.
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