Diverse Books: Celebrating Differences

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A Bear for Bimi

When Bimi’s refugee family immigrates to America and moves into Evie’s neighborhood, not everybody is welcoming. But with the help of Evie’s teddy bear, Bimi’s family becomes part of the… Read More →

  • Lexile: 580
  • Dewey: [E]
  • Copyright: 2021
Spring 2025

Accordionly: Abuelo and Opa Make Music

When both grandpas, Abuelo and Opa, visit at the same time, they can't understand each other's language, and there is a lot of silence. The grandson's clever thinking helps find a way for… Read More →

  • Copyright: 2020

Africa Is Not a Country, 2nd Edition

Enter into the daily lives of children in the many countries of modern Africa. Countering stereotypes, Africa Is Not a Country celebrates the extraordinary diversity of this vibrant… Read More →

  • Lexile: 1090
  • Dewey: 960
  • Copyright: 2023

Alan and His Perfectly Pointy Impossibly Perpendicular Pinky

Minnesota Supreme Court Justice and NFL Hall of Famer Alan Page is visiting Market Elementary School. All the students are prepared to use their best manners. But one little boy, who has a… Read More →

  • Lexile: 790
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2022

All Kinds of Friends

Friends can come in many different colors, shapes, and sizes. Through bright photographs and simple text, young readers will discover the many ways to be a friend and how to celebrate all the Read More →

  • Lexile: 340
  • Dewey: 177/.62
  • Copyright: 2018
4 titles

All Kinds of People (Early Bird Stories ™) — Hardcover Set

From the Series All Kinds of People (Early Bird Stories ™)

In these delightful, illustrated stories, diverse young narrators explore different cultures by comparing and contrasting their own lives to their friends' and neighbors' lives.… Read More →

  • Copyright: 2022
  • Hardcover
  • List Price: $117.28
  • Temporarily out of stock
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Spring 2025

All Ways Family

Paula will soon have a little brother. Martina wonders why she only has a mom, and John remembers when he was adopted. Families are like people—no two are alike! Some kids live with their… Read More →

  • Copyright: 2020

Amazing Africa: A to Z

A fun and resourceful book that takes children and even adults on a visual journey throughout the continent of Africa. Readers will visit the pinnacle of Mount Kilimanjaro and learn a few… Read More →

  • Dewey: 960
  • Copyright: 2018

A New Classmate: All Kinds of Languages

From the Series All Kinds of People (Early Bird Stories ™)

Romelie's family communicates in English and American Sign Language, but what languages do her friends and neighbors use? Young readers will love exploring different languages in this… Read More →

  • Lexile: 520
  • Dewey: 400
  • Copyright: 2022

Any Body: A Comic Compendium of Important Facts and Feelings about Our Bodies

An honest, humorous and factual book for children and early teens who want to understand and feel at home with their own bodies. Sometimes we feel uncomfortable in our own skin, sometimes… Read More →

  • Copyright: 2023
12 titles

Apple Black — Hardcover Set

From the Series Apple Black

Long ago, humans acquired fruits called "Black" that turned humans into sorcerers. Apple Black follows the young sorcerer Sano as he struggles to fulfill his prophesied destiny as the… Read More →

  • Copyright: 2025
  • Hardcover
  • List Price: $335.88
  • Your Price: $251.91
  • 12 titles

A Queen to the Rescue: The Story of Henrietta Szold, Founder of Hadassah

Henrietta Szold took Queen Esther as a model and worked hard to save the Jewish people. In 1912, she founded the Jewish women's social justice organization, Hadassah. Henrietta started… Read More →

  • Lexile: 970
  • ATOS: 5.1
  • Dewey: 369
  • Copyright: 2021

A Ramadan to Remember

From the Series Holidays in Our Home

Ramadan is almost here! It's Zain's favorite time of the year. Well, it usually is. After a recent move and with no mosque or Islamic school in his new neighborhood, will Zain find a new… Read More →

  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2024

A Special Invitation: All Kinds of Religions

From the Series All Kinds of People (Early Bird Stories ™)

David visit his friend Zach's synagogue to celebrate his bar mitzvah. He keeps learning about his friends' religions and how to be respectful of them. Regardless of what you celebrate, we can Read More →

  • Lexile: 510
  • Dewey: 200
  • Copyright: 2022
Spring 2025

A Year of Celebraciones

Join the celebrations as a class full of kids discovers how cultures around the world observe the new year. From Laos to Mexico, China to Scotland, Iran to Nicaragua, and more, A Year of… Read More →

  • Copyright: 2023
Spring 2025

Baby Blue

Baby Blue lives in a blue world—everything is blue, from the trees, to the flowers, to the animals. When he accidentally tears a hole and a strange light pours in, he can see someone that… Read More →

  • Dewey: [E]
  • Copyright: 2021

Be a Bridge

In this upbeat picture book, acclaimed authors Irene Latham and Charles Waters bring key themes from their earlier collaborations (Can I Touch Your Hair? and Dictionary for a Better World) to Read More →

  • Lexile: 610
  • Dewey: [E]
  • Copyright: 2022

Big Bear and Little Fish

Friendship comes in all sizes. Bear loves being big! At the carnival, Bear wants to win a teddy bear as big as she is. Instead, she gets a fish. A very little fish. Bear is so very big and… Read More →

  • Lexile: 480
  • Dewey: [E]
  • Copyright: 2022

Big Kids Don't Get Butterflies

"Each year I get bigger and stronger, and I get to ride more rides!" At this year's fair, a child is eager to try the big kid rides after growing just enough. The little kid rides only go… Read More →

  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2023

Body Image: Deal with it because all bodies are great bodies

From the Series Lorimer Deal With It

Too fat, too thin. Muffin top, flat bum, thunder thighs, spaghetti arms. From an early age, kids learn they are judged for how they look. Both boys and girls are bombarded with messages of… Read More →

  • Lexile: 760
  • Dewey: 306.4
  • Copyright: 2021

Breaking Down Walls

From the Series Time for Change

Two best friends with different backgrounds are introduced to the history of segregation in American schools. They are surprised as they learn about the long and bumpy journey toward true… Read More →

  • Lexile: 670
  • ATOS: 4.6
  • Dewey: 741.5
  • Copyright: 2023
12 titles

Bumba Books ™ — It's a Holiday! — Audisee®—On Level Set

From the Series Bumba Books ® — It's a Holiday!

How do we celebrate together? Carefully leveled text and fresh, vibrant photos engage young readers in learning about the holiday traditions we celebrate throughout the year. Age-appropriate… Read More →

  • Copyright: 2017
  • Audisee®—On Level
  • List Price: $559.80
  • Your Price: $419.85
  • 12 titles

Chicken Soup, Chicken Soup

Two grandmas. Two delicious recipes. And one granddaughter caught in the middle! Sophie loves Bubbe's Jewish chicken soup, made with kreplach. She also loves Nai Nai's Chinese chicken soup,… Read More →

  • Lexile: 590
  • Dewey: [E]
  • Copyright: 2016

Classroom Confidence: Georgie Dupree

From the Series Georgie Dupree

A is for Affirmation! Georgie Dupree loves learning, but on her first day at her new school, she has worrisome thoughts about the school year: “What if I get lost? What if I don’t make any… Read More →

  • Lexile: 650
  • Dewey: [E]
  • Copyright: 2022