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Diversity in Kid's Literature May 2023 |
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Picture Books and Early Readers
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Miracle
by Karen S. Chow
Amie struggles to find herself through friendship and music in the wake of her father's death.
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Felice and the wailing woman
by Diana Lâopez
Arriving in Tres Leches to free her mother, the most famous monstruo of US-Mexico border lore, the 12-year-old daughter of La Llorona and her new friends work together to free the magical town from the curses that have haunted its people for generations.
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Gets in the game
by Dwayne Reed
When some of his teammates abandon him for a better basketball team, Simon drops some epic beats for his Creighton Park community, learning that being part of something is better than winning.
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The not-so-perfect plan
by Christina Matula
Desperate to keep her friend group together, Holly-Mei convinces them to compete as a team in an inter-school tournament across Hong Kong, but when she becomes obsessed with winning, she pushes them away.
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Momo Arashima steals the sword of the wind
by Misa Sugiura
All Momo wants for her twelfth birthay is an ordinary life, but instead she finds out she is half human, half goddess and must unlock her divine powers to save her mother's life and keep countless evil spirits from escaping Yomi, the land of the dead.
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