Melissa (George)

When people look at George, they think they see a boy. But she knows she's not a boy. She knows she's a girl. George thinks she'll have to keep this a secret forever. Then, her teacher announces that their class play is going to be Charlotte's Web. George really wants to play Charlotte. But the teacher says she can't even try out for the part...because she's a boy. With the help of her best friend, Kelly, George comes up with a plan. Not just so she can be Charlotte—but so everyone can know who she is, once and for all. 

Melissa (George)

Alex Gino
(Juvenile Fiction - J Gino)

When people look at George, they think they see a boy. But she knows she's not a boy. She knows she's a girl. George thinks she'll have to keep this a secret forever. Then, her teacher announces that their class play is going to be Charlotte's Web. George really wants to play Charlotte. But the teacher says she can't even try out for the part...because she's a boy. With the help of her best friend, Kelly, George comes up with a plan. Not just so she can be Charlotte—but so everyone can know who she is, once and for all. 


Banned Books for Kids

  • This Day in June


  • When Aidan Became a Brother


  • Something Happened in Our Town: A Child’s Story About Racial Injustice


  • Prince & Knight


  • New Kid


  • The Breakaways


  • Prince & Knight


  • I Am Jazz!


  • Stamped (For Kids) : Racism, Antiracism, and You


  • Pride: The Story of Harvey Milk and the Rainbow Flag


  • Drama


  • Stamped (For Kids) : Racism, Antiracism, and You


  • A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo


  • Melissa (George)


  • Hatchet


  • Melissa (George)


  • The Adventures of Captain Underpants


  • When Aidan Became a Brother


  • And Tango Makes Three


  • This Day in June


  • A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo


  • Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry


  • Something Happened in Our Town: A Child’s Story About Racial Injustice


  • Pride: The Story of Harvey Milk and the Rainbow Flag


  • The Breakaways


  • Hatchet


  • The Giver


  • I Am Jazz!


  • The Family Book


This Day in June

Vivid illustrations and rhyming couplets convey the fun and exuberate feelings associated with attending a Pride parade. There is a reading guide at the end of the book that serves as a primer on LGBTQIA+ history and culture and explains the references made in the story. 

This Day in June

Gayle Pitman
(Juvenile Picturebooks - Ej Pit)

Vivid illustrations and rhyming couplets convey the fun and exuberate feelings associated with attending a Pride parade. There is a reading guide at the end of the book that serves as a primer on LGBTQIA+ history and culture and explains the references made in the story. 


Banned Books for Kids

  • Stamped (For Kids) : Racism, Antiracism, and You


  • This Day in June


  • The Family Book


  • This Day in June


  • Pride: The Story of Harvey Milk and the Rainbow Flag


  • A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo


  • Melissa (George)


  • And Tango Makes Three


  • The Adventures of Captain Underpants


  • The Giver


  • Hatchet


  • Something Happened in Our Town: A Child’s Story About Racial Injustice


  • I Am Jazz!


  • Something Happened in Our Town: A Child’s Story About Racial Injustice


  • Prince & Knight


  • Drama


  • The Breakaways


  • Pride: The Story of Harvey Milk and the Rainbow Flag


  • Melissa (George)


  • When Aidan Became a Brother


  • Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry


  • New Kid


  • Prince & Knight


  • A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo


  • When Aidan Became a Brother


  • I Am Jazz!


  • Hatchet


  • Stamped (For Kids) : Racism, Antiracism, and You


  • The Breakaways


A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo

The story of a lonely bunny, Marlon Bundo, who lives with his Grampa, Mike Pence, the Vice President of the United States, and the very special day when he met another boy bunny named Wesley that changed his life forever.

A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo

Marlon Bundo, Jill Twiss
(Juvenile Picture Books - Ej Bun)

The story of a lonely bunny, Marlon Bundo, who lives with his Grampa, Mike Pence, the Vice President of the United States, and the very special day when he met another boy bunny named Wesley that changed his life forever.


Banned Books for Kids

  • Something Happened in Our Town: A Child’s Story About Racial Injustice


  • A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo


  • Pride: The Story of Harvey Milk and the Rainbow Flag


  • The Breakaways


  • A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo


  • When Aidan Became a Brother


  • New Kid


  • Stamped (For Kids) : Racism, Antiracism, and You


  • I Am Jazz!


  • Drama


  • Stamped (For Kids) : Racism, Antiracism, and You


  • And Tango Makes Three


  • The Family Book


  • Prince & Knight


  • The Giver


  • Melissa (George)


  • Pride: The Story of Harvey Milk and the Rainbow Flag


  • This Day in June


  • Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry


  • Hatchet


  • The Adventures of Captain Underpants


  • I Am Jazz!


  • Melissa (George)


  • Prince & Knight


  • Hatchet


  • This Day in June


  • Something Happened in Our Town: A Child’s Story About Racial Injustice


  • The Breakaways


  • When Aidan Became a Brother


Sam and the Lucky Money

Sam must decide how to spend the lucky money he's received for Chinese New Year.
Chinese translation available (Juvenile Nonfiction - J 495.1 Ch)

Sam and the Lucky Money

Karen Chinn
(Juvenile Picture Books - Ej Ch)

Sam must decide how to spend the lucky money he's received for Chinese New Year.
Chinese translation available (Juvenile Nonfiction - J 495.1 Ch)


Giving and Sharing

  • Hosea Plays On


  • Pass it On


  • Saturday at the Food Pantry


  • Rabbit's Gift : A Fable from China


  • Sam and the Lucky Money


  • Harold Loves His Woolly Hat


  • What is Given from the Heart


  • Chik Chak Shabbat


  • Sam and the Lucky Money


  • Loretta's Gift


  • Malina’s Jam


  • The Quiltmaker’s Journey


  • William’s Winter Nap


  • Because Amelia Smiled


  • A Gift from Abuela


  • Maddi's Fridge


  • Lend A Hand


  • Don’t Say A Word, Mama/ No Digas Nada, Mama


  • Under the Lemon Moon


  • Strega Nona's Harvest


  • Thank You, Omu!


Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl’s Courage Changed Music

Inspired by the life of Millo Castro Zaldarriaga, this story follows a young girl who dreams of playing the drums in a time when only boys are drummers in 1920s Cuba. Recommended for ages 6-9.

Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl’s Courage Changed Music

Margarita Engle
(Juvenile Picture Books - EJ Engle)

Inspired by the life of Millo Castro Zaldarriaga, this story follows a young girl who dreams of playing the drums in a time when only boys are drummers in 1920s Cuba. Recommended for ages 6-9.


Resiliency

  • Maurice and His Dictionary: A True Story


  • Bike On, Bear


  • Giraffes Can't Dance


  • The Breaking News


  • Lili Macaroni


  • Other Words for Home


  • Ancestor Approved : Intertribal Stories


  • Malala's Magic Pencil


  • Lucky Broken Girl


  • Fifty Cents and A Dream


  • Golden Threads


  • Jules Vs. the Ocean


  • Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl’s Courage Changed Music


  • Hatchet


  • The Most Magnificent Thing


  • Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl’s Courage Changed Music


  • The Thing Lou Couldn't Do


  • A Chair for My Mother


  • Whistle for Willie


  • Sofia Valdez, Future Prez


  • Goin' Someplace Special


  • Emmanuel’s Dream: The True Story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah


  • My Favorite Memories


  • Nothing Stopped Sophie: The Story of Unshakable Mathematician Sophie Germain


  • After the Fall: How Humpty Dumpty Got Back Up Again


  • Sunday Funday in Koreatown


  • I Am the Storm


  • Glasshouse of Stars


Chicken Story Time

Library storytime becomes increasingly chaotic as first one chicken and then a whole flock joins in and the librarian must come up with a creative solution so everyone can enjoy the story. Recommended for ages 3–5.

Chicken Story Time

Sandy Asher
(Juvenile Picture Book -- Ej Ash)

Library storytime becomes increasingly chaotic as first one chicken and then a whole flock joins in and the librarian must come up with a creative solution so everyone can enjoy the story. Recommended for ages 3–5.


Predictable Books

  • This Is the Boat that Ben Built


  • Higher! Higher!


  • Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears : a West African Tale


  • If You Give a Mouse a Cookie


  • If You Give a Mouse a Cookie


  • This Is the Boat that Ben Built


  • Wiggle, Waggle


  • Owl Babies


  • Stuck


  • The Mitten


  • Owl Babies


  • Bear is a Bear


  • Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?


  • Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?


  • Dumplings for Lili


  • Bloom Boom!


  • Higher! Higher!


  • The Mitten


  • Bear is a Bear


  • Chicken Story Time


  • I Kissed the Baby!


  • I Kissed the Baby!


  • Wiggle, Waggle


  • Stuck


  • Dumplings for Lili


  • Bloom Boom!


  • Chicken Story Time


  • Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears : a West African Tale


Dumplings for Lili

Lili loves to cook dumplings with her grandmother, but when they need cabbage, she must race up and down the stairs of the building to find some, and help the other grandmothers borrow ingredients for different dumplings. Recommended for ages 4–8.

Dumplings for Lili

Melissa Iwai
(Juvenile Picture Books - Ej Iwa)

Lili loves to cook dumplings with her grandmother, but when they need cabbage, she must race up and down the stairs of the building to find some, and help the other grandmothers borrow ingredients for different dumplings. Recommended for ages 4–8.


Predictable Books

  • Dumplings for Lili


  • Wiggle, Waggle


  • If You Give a Mouse a Cookie


  • Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears : a West African Tale


  • Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?


  • Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears : a West African Tale


  • The Mitten


  • Higher! Higher!


  • Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?


  • Dumplings for Lili


  • Bear is a Bear


  • Stuck


  • This Is the Boat that Ben Built


  • Owl Babies


  • This Is the Boat that Ben Built


  • Higher! Higher!


  • Owl Babies


  • I Kissed the Baby!


  • Wiggle, Waggle


  • I Kissed the Baby!


  • Chicken Story Time


  • If You Give a Mouse a Cookie


  • Stuck


  • Bloom Boom!


  • The Mitten


  • Bloom Boom!


  • Chicken Story Time


  • Bear is a Bear


The Mitten

One by one, animals in a snowy forest crawl into Nicki's lost white mitten to get warm until the bear sneezes, sending the animals flying up and out of the mitten. Recommended for ages 1–5.

The Mitten

Jan Brett
(Juvenile Nonfiction - J 398.2 Mitten Bre)

One by one, animals in a snowy forest crawl into Nicki's lost white mitten to get warm until the bear sneezes, sending the animals flying up and out of the mitten. Recommended for ages 1–5.


Predictable Books

  • Stuck


  • Higher! Higher!


  • Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?


  • This Is the Boat that Ben Built


  • If You Give a Mouse a Cookie


  • Dumplings for Lili


  • I Kissed the Baby!


  • Stuck


  • Dumplings for Lili


  • Wiggle, Waggle


  • Bloom Boom!


  • The Mitten


  • Chicken Story Time


  • Chicken Story Time


  • I Kissed the Baby!


  • The Mitten


  • Bloom Boom!


  • Owl Babies


  • Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears : a West African Tale


  • Owl Babies


  • Higher! Higher!


  • This Is the Boat that Ben Built


  • Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears : a West African Tale


  • If You Give a Mouse a Cookie


  • Bear is a Bear


  • Bear is a Bear


  • Wiggle, Waggle


  • Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?


A Squiggly Story

A young boy wants to write a story, just like his big sister. But there's a problem, he tells her. Though he knows his letters, he doesn't know many words. His sister patiently explains, "Every story starts with a single word and every word starts with a single letter. Why don't you start there, with a letter?" So the boy tries. He writes a letter. An easy letter. The letter I. And from that one skinny letter, the story grows, and the little boy discovers that all of us, including him, have what we need to write our own perfect story.

A Squiggly Story

Andrew Larsen
Juvenile Picture Books - Ej Lar


A young boy wants to write a story, just like his big sister. But there's a problem, he tells her. Though he knows his letters, he doesn't know many words. His sister patiently explains, "Every story starts with a single word and every word starts with a single letter. Why don't you start there, with a letter?" So the boy tries. He writes a letter. An easy letter. The letter I. And from that one skinny letter, the story grows, and the little boy discovers that all of us, including him, have what we need to write our own perfect story.

Picture Books for Imagination

  • The Library Dragon


  • Jonathan Cleaned Up, Then He Heard a Sound: Or, Blackberry Subway Jam


  • Harold and the Purple Crayon


  • What Do You Do With An Idea?


  • A Squiggly Story


  • My Pet Book


  • Julián is a Mermaid


  • The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend


  • Where the Wild Things Are


  • A Funny Thing Happened at the Museum...


  • Blue Rider


  • This is Sadie


  • Circle


  • Tar Beach


  • Lines


  • Ultrabot's First Playdate


  • Today I'll Be a Unicorn


  • The Book of Mistakes


  • The Artist who Painted a Blue Horse


  • If Your Monster Won't Go to Bed


  • Maybe Something Beautiful


  • Bridget and the Muttonheads


  • Dragon and Captain


  • On a Magical Do Nothing Day


  • Drawn Together


  • What If...


  • Roxaboxen


  • The Dot


  • The Watermelon Seed


  • Cleonardo, The Little Inventor


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