Kitt Thomas
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Black Lives (kids)
Books for the Library Lover (Kids)
OBD Find Your Voice! Summer Reading 2023 - YOUTH
Books for the Library Lover (Kids)
OBD Find Your Voice! Summer Reading 2023 - YOUTH
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When she is chosen to compete in the local spelling bee, Stacey learns that, win or lose, her words are powerful, and sometimes perseverance is the most important word of all, in this debut picture book from the iconic voting rights advocate.
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Celebrate National Book Month- Youth
Children's Staff Picks 11/2024
New Year, Old Reads
OBD Find Your Voice! Summer Reading 2023 - YOUTH
Children's Staff Picks 11/2024
New Year, Old Reads
OBD Find Your Voice! Summer Reading 2023 - YOUTH
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"The companion to the #1 New York Times bestseller and NAACP Image Award winner Stacey's Extraordinary Words, from political leader Stacey Abrams and artist Kitt Thomas. Stacey's favorite day of the week is Thursday, when the whole class goes to the library and she gets to lose herself in her beloved books. On one of these special days, Stacey discovers that a new student named Julie has trouble reading in English, so they begin sharing books and...
3) Cape
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After losing the person in his life he loves more than anything, a young child holds onto a cape as a source of comfort and strength as he navigates the sadness and joy of his memories.
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Best Picture Books & Readers 2022
Black History Month (WPLD)
Black History Month 2026: Kids
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Black History Month (WPLD)
Black History Month 2026: Kids
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With so many beautiful hairstyles to choose from like perms and locs, a little girl decides to get the freshest fade on the block.
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Stacey and her friends can't wait for lunchtime on Friday, also known as TacoPizza FryDay! But when Stacey discovers that some of her classmates can't afford to eat lunch, she loses her appetite. She knows she has to do something . . . but what can a kid do? Plenty, as it turns out! With the help of their community, Stacey and her friends devise a plan to make their voices heard.
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A young girl finds her voice--and discovers the power of speaking up for herself and her community--in this sweet and humorous chapter book by award-winning and #1 bestselling author Kwame Alexander, perfect for fans of Ivy + Bean and Ruby and the Booker Boys. When Macy gets book one of The Mighty Zora series for her birthday, she stays up until 11:34pm finishing the book. But the next day, when Macy gets to her school library, eager to check out...
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Once upon a time a little boy gave a little girl a special valentine. But she rejected him because he was the weird kid. I was that little girl, and I shouldn't still be paying for that rejection, but I am.As time went on his fixation with me only grew stronger. He was always there in the shadows.Watching.Waiting.And now he's the powerful heir of a crime syndicate. My father owes him a lot of money and says I must marry him to save our family from...








