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Rihanna: Multi-Industry Mogul
From the Series Gateway Biographies
Rihanna is an award-wining, worldwide music superstar. From the top of the Billboard charts to the red carpet and silver screen, Robyn Rihanna Fenty has inspired millions with her singing,… Read More →
Roads to Family: All the Ways We Come to Be
What makes a family? The ties that bind a family together can be complicated. People define family using genetics, legal commitments, physical and emotional connections, a combination of… Read More →
Robert Smalls Sails to Freedom
From the Series On My Own History
Quickly and quietly, Robert Smalls headed the ship out of the Charleston Harbor. Across the wide river was the Northern Army and freedom for slaves like him. On Robert’s side of the river was Read More →
Roller Coaster Royalty
From the Series Queen Bee
Queen Bee's class is going to the amusement park! But while her friends are excited to go on the new roller coaster, Bee is nervous. Will Beena be able to enjoy the field trip? Beena loves… Read More →
Romeo for Real
From the Series Lorimer Real Love
On the surface, Romeo has it all: success on the basketball court, a group of friends, and the beautiful Rosie. Deep down he knows something is missing: all he feels for Rosie is friendship.… Read More →
Rosa Parks: Brave and Determined
From the Series Beginner Biography (LOOK! Books ™)
Rosa Parks was a Black American civil rights activist whose refusal to give up her seat on a public bus became the spark that started the civil rights movement in the United States. Rosa's… Read More →
Royal Best Friend
From the Series Queen Bee
Queen Bee has royally great ideas to cheer up her best friend when his pet bird gets lost. But nothing seems to work. Will Beena figure out how to be there for her friend? In the Queen Bee… Read More →
Royal Diwali Artist
From the Series Queen Bee
Queen Bee loves everything about Diwali, including making rangoli! But her royal rangoli doesn’t turn out as planned. Will Beena still be able to have a perfect Diwali? Beena loves all… Read More →
Royal Garden Party
From the Series Queen Bee
Queen Bee is hosting a royal garden party! Everything is perfect until her best friend brings something that is not part of the plan. Will Beena be able to have the perfect party and still be Read More →
Ruby Bridges: A Brave Child Who Made History
From the Series Beginner Biography (LOOK! Books ™)
Ruby Bridges just wanted to go to a good school. She did not ask to be a hero, but she knew how to be strong. Her bravery made it possible for classrooms today to be safe places for children… Read More →
Ruth and the Green Book
The picture book inspiration for the Academy Award-winning film The Green Book Ruth was so excited to take a trip in her family's new car! In the early 1950s, few African Americans could… Read More →
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 2nd Edition: Iconic Supreme Court Justice
From the Series Gateway Biographies
In 1993 Ruth Bader Ginsburg became the second female justice to serve on the United States Supreme Court. This honor for Ginsburg also marked a turning point for women in the field of law.… Read More →
Ruth First Never Backed Down
Ruth First was born in South Africa, where her Jewish family fled from danger in Europe in the early 1900s. South Africa was a safe place for Jews, but not for Black people. Inspired by her… Read More →
Ruth y el libro verde (Ruth and the Green Book)
El libro ilustrado que sirvió de inspiración para la película ganadora del premio de la Academia El libro verde ¡Ruth estaba muy emocionada de realizar un viaje en el nuevo coche de su… Read More →
Sacagawea
Taking a rare look beyond the myths and legends surrounding Sacagawea's life, this extraordinary illustrated history recounts the known facts about a remarkable woman and her contribution to… Read More →
Sachiko: A Nagasaki Bomb Survivor's Story
A Robert F. Sibert Honor Book A National Book Award Longlist Selection Jane Addams Children's Book Award Flora Stieglitz Straus Award A Booklist Editor's Choice “Magnetic and chilling in its Read More →
Saif's Special Patches
Saif is "just shy," or at least that's what everyone tells him. When his mom comforts him with a patchwork quilt made of his special memories, he remembers that he's so much more. He was… Read More →
Same Love
From the Series Lorimer Real Love
When Adam reveals to his devout parents that he's gay, they send him to a Christian camp. But when he meets Paul, Adam realizes it's impossible to bury his attraction and "straighten out."… Read More →
Sandor Katz and the Tiny Wild
From the Series Live Oak Media eReadalong
In this picture book biography of the "Fermentation Revivalist," the award-winning authors of Chef Roy Choi and the Street Food Remix combine the themes of ecology, community-building, and… Read More →
Schools around the World
From the Series Welcome to My World
In this beautiful photographic book, young readers will meet children from around the world and go to school with them in their many different types of classrooms. Discover a single room Read More →
School Statue Showdown
When an Indigenous group demands that the local school's name be changed, AJ delves into his family's history—and the town's. AJ's family has been in this town from the very beginning, they… Read More →
School Trip Squirmies
From the Series The Secret Games of Maximus Todd
Max gets a case of the Super Fidgets on a school trip to the art gallery. He decides to focus on the color green to distract himself. It's not easy but he's determined to win the challenge he Read More →
Second Dad Summer
Jeremiah just wants a normal summer with his dad. But his dad has moved in with his new boyfriend Michael who serves weird organic food and is constantly nagging him. Worst of all, Michael… Read More →
Secret Me
From the Series Lorimer Real Love
Tage seems to have it all: she hangs out with the school's most popular clique and has a handsome boyfriend. She's also living a lie about her sexuality. Wren, a nonbinary schoolmate, has… Read More →