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Debut author Amina Luqman-Dawson pens a lyrical, accessible historical middle-grade novel about two enslaved children’s escape from a plantation and the many ways they find freedom. Under the cover of night, twelve-year-old Homer flees Southerland Plantation with his little sister Ada...

An instant #1 New York Times bestseller! This “timely and compelling” (Kirkus Reviews) middle grade novel about courage, hope, and resilience follows an Asian American boy fighting to keep his family together and stand up to racism during the initial outbreak of the coronavirus. When the...

A Miguel se le ocurre una solución, le pedirá a sus amigos, la gata Pepita y el perro Dante, que viajen hasta el mundo de los muertos con un mensaje para la familia y una misión: descubrir qué le gustaba comer a Héctor en vida. Esta historia sobre la importancia de recordar a los que se fueron y el valor de las tradiciones familiares es perfecta para la hora de dormir y sin duda la disfrutarán los lectores que quieran saber más de la familia Rivera.

In the heart of the Great Depression, Rancho Las Moras, like everywhere else in Texas, is gripped by the drought of the Dust Bowl, and resentment is building among white farmers against Mexican Americans. All around town, signs go up proclaiming “No Dogs or Mexicans” and “No Mexicans Allowed.” When Estrella organizes a protest against the treatment of tejanos in their town of Monteseco, Texas, her whole family becomes a target of “repatriation” efforts to send Mexicans “back to Mexico”—whether they were ever Mexican citizens or not. 

Luli's First Autumn is a heartwarming children's story about an eight-year-old Cuban immigrant experiencing her first autumn in Illinois. After growing up in Marianao, Cuba, where the seasons are very different, Luli is fascinated by the brilliant red, orange, and yellow leaves she sees on her...

Antes, a floresta amazônica. Agora, fileiras de dendezeiros. No chão, sementes. No céu, um sabiá. Aqui, uma história sobre resistir e semear o amanhã. Lá longe, onde o riso das crianças depois da escola se mistura ao canto dos pássaros em comunidades tradicionais, a paisagem começa a...

What happens when a child’s favorite packed lunch is met with disparaging comments at the school lunch table? In a classroom of sandwiches, four students stand out with their homemade culturally specific lunches. But before they can dig in and enjoy their favorite foods, their lunches are...

An inquisitive bookworm explores a whole new world when her family moves north during the Great Migration in Coretta Scott King Honor winner Brenda Woods’s stand-alone companion to The Unsung Hero of Birdsong, USA. It’s 1946 when eleven-year-old Abigail and her parents move from Birdsong...

A Native American "city kid" explores the idea of belonging and "who came first" after a surprising encounter with a country bear, from the award-winning author of Fry Bread. The Ones Who Came Before features music and special effects. Listen along and enjoy the fun! "[Author and narrator Kevin...

It's 1863, and dinosaurs roam the streets of New York as the Civil War rages between raptor-mounted armies down South. Magdalys Roca and her friends from the Colored Orphan Asylum are on a field trip when the Draft Riots break out, and a number of their fellow orphans are kidnapped by an evil magistrate, Richard Riker. Magdalys and her friends flee to Brooklyn and settle in the Dactyl Hill neighborhood. Together with the Vigilance Committee, they train to fly on dactylback, discover new friends and amazing dinosaurs, and plot to take down Riker.    

Ross Mathews (The Drew Barrymore Show y RuPaul’s Drag Race) y su esposo, el doctor Wellinthon García-Mathews, nos traen una historia conmovedora y entretenida sobre el amor y la familia, acerca de dos niños que viajan a México para ser los pajes encargados de los anillos en la boda de sus...

This audiobook features music and special effects. Listen along and enjoy the fun that is Hispanic Star: Sonia Sotomayor. Read about Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, one of the the most groundbreaking, iconic Hispanic and Latinx heroes that have shaped our culture and the world, in this...

A Newbery Medal Winner When Amos Fortune was only fifteen years old, he was captured by slave traders and brought to Massachusetts, where he was sold at auction. Although his freedom had been taken, Amos never lost his dinity and courage. For 45 years, Amos worked as a slave and dreamed of...

If not for a stint in reform school, young Louis Armstrong might never have become a musician. It was a teacher at the Colored Waifs' Home who gave him a cornet, promoted him to band leader, and saw talent in the tough kid from the even tougher New Orleans neighborhood called Storyville. But it...

This poetry-in-motion, sing-out-loud story follows the journey of one young boy as he navigates the challenges of his constantly running, brilliantly creative, and ever-so-busy brain. From basketball to baking with grandpa, to math class, and high-scoring video game conquests, listeners will see that his one-of-a-kind mind is his greatest strength, and though challenges may come, he is all the stronger for it!

The “Indian Problem”—that was the word used by the government in the 19th and 20th centuries. What to do with the hundreds of Native nations and tribes in and around the United States? When the goal wasn’t destruction it was assimilation. But Native people had their own plans—and one...

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Dear Martin comes a standalone spin-off novel, written in prose and letters-in-verse, about a thirteen-year-old girl navigating cancer, family challenges, and newfound friendship—and discovering hope in the most unexpected places. “Wow, Nic...

Kanzi's family has moved from Egypt to America, and on her first day in a new school, what she wants more than anything is to fit in. Maybe that's why she forgets to take the kofta sandwich her mother has made for her lunch, but that backfires when Mama shows up at school with the sandwich. Mama wears a hijab and calls her daughter Habibti (dear one). When she leaves, the teasing starts. 

India is a country of myriad festivals! Not a month goes by in which we don't have something to celebrate. This book invites you to rejoice in India's rich culture through the simple stories of two young twins, Natasha and Nikhil, as they experience an entire year of festivals and celebrations -...

Amira Swift is a chatty, energetic 7-year-old who loves to dance. A series celebrating friendship, family and Lebanese-Australian culture with highly appealing stories for all to enjoy. Amira Swift has three favourite things: her BFFs Ellie (one) and Naya (two), and dancing (three). So when her...