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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorAmazing Grace
Mary Hoffman · 32 pages
Although a classmate says that she cannot play Peter Pan in the school play because she is black, Grace discovers that she can do anything she sets her mind to do.
Tomas and the Library Lady
Pat Mora · 40 pages
While helping his family in their work as migrant laborers far from their home, Tomas finds an entire world to explore in the books at the local public library.
Shades of Black: A Celebration of Our Children
Sandra L. Pinkney
Photographs and poetic text celebrate the beauty and diversity of African American children.
The Sandwich Swap
Rania Al Abdullah, Kelly DiPucchio
A beautiful book written by an actual queen. This book teaches about tolerance and accepting others. It is about two girls in school who learn how to accept each other's lunches, even though they are unfamiliar with what the food is. It teaches kids that it is important to not assume they will not like something that is new, and also to be kind to friends who might be different. It celebrates c
14 Cows for America
Carmen Agra Deedy · 36 pages
Big Hair, Don't Care
Crystal Swain-Bates · 31 pages
I Love My Hair!
Natasha Anastasia Tarpley
A young African American girl describes the different, wonderful ways she can wear her hair.
On the Night You Were Born
Nancy Tillman · 32 pages
The Night Before Christmas
Clement C. Moore · 32 pages
A well-known poem about an important Christmas Eve visitor.
All the World
Liz Garton Scanlon · 40 pages
Pictures and rhyming text celebrate a family's day spent going to the beach, shopping at the market, eating at a restaurant and spending the evening with the rest of the extended family.
Firebird: Ballerina Misty Copeland Shows a Young Girl How to Dance Like the Firebird
Misty Copeland
American Ballet Theater soloist Misty Copeland encourages a young ballet student, with brown skin like her own, by telling her that she, too, had to learn basic steps and how to be graceful when she was starting out, and that some day, with practice and dedication, the little girl will become a firebird, too. Includes author's note about dancers who led her to find her voice.
The Snowy Day
Ezra Jack Keats · 32 pages
Winner of the 1963 Caldecott Medal, Keats' story of a young boy experiencing the year's first snowfall has delighted millions of readers. Peter, The Snowy Day's protagonist, wakes up to the season’s first snowfall. In his bright red snowsuit, he goes outside and makes footprints and trails through the snow. Peter is too young to join a snowball fight with older kids, so he makes a snowman and sno
Freckleface Strawberry
Julianne Moore · 32 pages
Freckleface Strawberry is very self-conscious about her freckles and does everything she can to hide them. Until, with a little unexpected help, she realises that feeling different and being different are not always the same thing. Suggested level: junior, primary.
The Smallest Girl in the Smallest Grade
Justin Roberts · 32 pages
Sally McCabe is a very little girl, and nobody notices her, although she notices everything that goes on around her--but when she speaks out about the unkindness she sees, people start to pay attention.
Maybe Something Beautiful: How Art Transformed a Neighborhood
F. Isabel Campoy, Theresa Howell
"Mira lives in a gray and hopeless urban community until a muralist arrives and, along with his paints and brushes, brings color, joy, and togetherness to Mira and her neighbors"--
The Crippled Lamb
Max Lucado, Jenna Lucado Bishop, Sara Lucado, Andrea Lucado · 32 pages
A lamb who has always felt different and sad because of his black spots and his limp, feels his true worth when he is called upon to help keep the baby Jesus warm.
Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures
Kate DiCamillo · 240 pages
It begins, as the best superhero stories do, with a tragic accident that has unexpected consequences. The squirrel never saw it coming - the vacuum cleaner, that is. As for self-described cynic Flora Belle Buckman, she has read every issue of the comic book 'Terrible Things Can Happen to You!' so she is just the right person to step in and save him. What neither can predict is that Ulysses (the sq
A Good Day
Kevin Henkes · 32 pages
A bird, a fox, a dog, and a squirrel overcome minor setbacks to have a very good day.
Going Places
Peter H. Reynolds, Paul A. Reynolds · 36 pages
Rafael has looked forward to the Going Places contest and builds his go-cart from a kit in record time, but his neighbor, Maya, has a much more interesting and creative idea for her entry and Rafael decides to help. Rafael has looked forward to the Going Places contest and builds his go-cart from a kit in record time, but his neighbor, Maya, has a much more interesting and creative idea for her
Miss Rumphius
Barbara Cooney · 32 pages
As a child Great-aunt Alice Rumphius resolved that when she grew up she would go to faraway places, live by the sea in her old age, and do something to make the world more beautiful--and she does all those things, the last being the most difficult of all.
Pandora
Victoria Turnbull · 32 pages
"Pandora the fox lives alone in a junk yard. She's depressed and has no contact with the outside world. Then, she rescues a blue bird. As she nurses him back to health, the bird collects seeds and trinkets for her. One day, the bird grows strong enough to fly away, but the garden seeds he brought begin to transform Pandora's landscape"--
Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are?
Dr. Seuss · 48 pages
Compared to the problems of some of the creatures the old man describes, the boy is really quite lucky.
Beatrice's Goat
Page McBrier · 37 pages
A young girl's dream of attending school in her small Ugandan village is fulfilled after her family is given an income-producing goat. Based on a true story about the work of Project Heifer.