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How much do you know about Ida B. Wells? Find out the facts you need to know about this journalist and activist. You’ll learn about the early life, challenges, and major accomplishments of this important American.

How much do you know about Chief Joseph? Find out the facts you need to know about this leader of the Nez Perce people. You'll learn about the early life, challenges, and major accomplishments of this important American.

How much do you know about Sacagawea? Find out the facts you need to know about this American Indian who helped guide the Lewis and Clark Expedition. You'll learn about the early life, challenges, and major accomplishments of this important American.

La abuela de Katie se tropieza en la acera y se lastima un tobillo, pero muy pronto llegan al rescate dos héroes de la vida real: ¡los paramédicos! Katie descubre que vendar un tobillo es solo parte del trabajo de un paramédico. De hecho, los paramédicos salvan vidas gracias a su trabajo rápido y eficaz. ¡Súper paramédicos al rescate!

EDICIÓN EN ESPAÑOL Una niña conoce a más parientes de los que puede contar, pero ¿cómo se comunicará con ellos si no puede hablar español con la misma fluidez? Es el primer viaje de una niña al país natal de su papá, y ella está impresionada con los paisajes maravillos, los sonidos...

From Laura Obuobi, author of Black Gold and NAACP Image Award nominee, comes a whimsical bedtime story about the love between a Black father and his daughter. This tender tale with pure Black joy captures love’s vastness, showing us its greatest form is often the one between parent and child...

Libro de Honor de los Premios Pura Belpré Libro ganador del premio Junior Library Guild Gold Selection 2022 De la galardonada autora de La primera regla del punk nos llega una asombrosa novela sobre una joven que reúne las piezas faltantes de su origen, la historia de una familia de luchadores...

Fred Korematsu liked listening to music on the radio, playing tennis, and hanging around with his friends - just like lots of other Americans. But everything changed when the United States went to war with Japan in 1941 and the government forced all people of Japanese ancestry to leave their homes on the West Coast and move to distant prison camps. This included Fred, whose parents had immigrated to the United States from Japan many years before. But Fred refused to go.

Explore and celebrate who you are and who others are too! Rhyming verse by Laura Purdie Salas invites others to notice the diversity of our world and affirm that we all belong, just as we are.

Marcenia “TOMBOY” Stone loved nothing more than baseball. But her parents wanted her to twirl in ice skates, not steal bases in cleats. When their local priest convinced Tomboy’s parents she could play for the church team, she got her chance! Her coaches and teammates made her feel unwelcome because she was Black and a girl. But unstoppable Tomboy ignored their taunts, learned the rule book better than her teammates, and scored runs. When Tomboy grew up, she changed her name to Toni, and her passion for baseball never faded.

"This book is more than beautiful." - Yuyi Morales, Caldecott Honoree and New York Times bestselling creator of Dreamers A powerful story about home, community, and hope, inspired by the rebuilding of Puerto Rico following Hurricane Maria in 2017, written by debut author Karina González and...

Los coquíes aún cantan es un audio libro ilustrado para niños sobre el hogar, la comunidad, y la esperanza, inspirado por la reconstrucción de Puerto Rico luego del Hurricán María en Septiembre 2017. Este hermoso y emotivo libro fue escrito por Karina Nicole González, illustrado por...

Classic favorites get a modern Latino twist, with Spanish sprinkled throughout The itsy arañita climbed up the water spout. Down came la lluvia and washed la araña out. Classic Mother Goose rhymes get a Latino twist in this cozy collection. From young Juan Ramón sitting in el rincón to three...

The Princess and the Pea gets a fresh twist in this charming retelling with Spanish sprinkled throughout, winner of the Pura Belpré Medal for Illustration. El príncipe knows this girl is the one for him, but, as usual, his mother doesn’t agree. The queen has a secret test in mind to see if...

Humor abounds in this masterfully-bilingual twist on "The Three Billy Goats Gruff" that dares to ask the question: why is that troll so grumpy anyway? Three little cabritos have a clever plan to get past the grumpiest troll in the land. But then one of the billy goats wonders: Why is that...