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• All Because You Matter

  Charles, Tami

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  All Because You Matter uses stunning images and poetic language to instill into Black and Brown children that they matter now and forever. The book touches on a range of topics, from having atypical or 'hard to pronounce' names to police violence.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Anna Hibiscus' Song

  Atinuke

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  Anna Hibiscus is bursting with happiness! As our heroine sits in a mango tree, watching her family go about their day, she is eager to find a way to express her joy. Visiting each member of her extended family, Anna takes the suggestions of her…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Becoming Vanessa

  Brantley-Newton, Vanessa

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  For her first day of school, Vanessa chooses her most exciting outfit to help her feel special and confident. Still, things don’t go as planned. Her new classmates don't seem to appreciate her or her outfit, and there's also a problem with her…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Bedtime Bonnet

  Redd, Nancy

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  "In my family, when the sun goes down, our hair goes up!" starts Bedtime Bonnet, a celebration of nightly bedtime routines in a Black multigenerational household. Every family member has a different routine for their different hair, but that doesn't…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Boonoonoonous Hair!

  Senior, Olive

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  Jamilia doesn't like her hair. She wants hair like the girls in her class: swishy hair. But, as her mama explains, her hair is one of a kind. She can wear it any way she likes. Her hair is boonoonoonous!

• Can I Touch Your Hair?

  Poems of Race, Mistakes, and Friendship

  Latham, Irene

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  When Irene and Charles become partners for a poem-writing project, they slowly and bravely begin to explore how the issue of race affects their lives. Irene’s white perspective and Charles’s Black perspective are inherent even when they begin by…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Cool Cuts

  Roe, Mechal Renee

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  A simple and delightful book featuring depictions of different hairstyles boys (or anyone with short hair) could rock! Each page offers an affirmation call and positive response (I am born to be awesome!). While written specifically for boys, there…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Crown

  An Ode to the Fresh Cut

  Barnes, Derrick

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  There is nothing like the magic of a "fresh cut" at the barbershop. That crisp yet subtle line makes boys sharper, more visible, more aware of every great thing that could happen to them when they look good: lesser grades turn into As; girls take…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Day You Begin

  Woodson, Jacqueline

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  Remember your first day of school? Or trying to fit in on the playground? Maybe you ate different food or wore different clothes. These differences make you, you! The Day You Begin is the day you learn that different doesn't mean bad. You are you,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Dear Black Girls

  Nicole, Shanice, 1992-

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  A love letter of affirmation, reassurance, and positivity, Dear Black Girls highlights the ways in which no two Black girls are the same, that they are all special, and despite differences, all deserve to be loved, just as they are.

• Don't Touch My Hair!

  Miller, Sharee (Illustrator)

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  Aria hates it when curious hands reach out to touch her hair. Instead, Aria escapes those hands by going under the sea, to the jungle, a fairy tale castle, and outer space, but the hands just seem to follow her. Finally, Aria has enough, and learns…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Firebird

  Copeland, Misty

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  This beautifully written story centres around Misty Copeland, a renown ballerina and the first African American principal dancer at the American Ballet Theatre. When Misty speaks with a young African American girl who also aspires to be a ballerina…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• For Beautiful Black Boys Who Believe in a Better World

  Waters, Michael W.

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  Jeremiah wants to understand why Black people are dying because of the colour of their skin. With his parents’ guidance, Jeremiah learns about racial injustices, but also the positive changes that can come by voting, marching, praying, and speaking…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Hair Love

  Cherry, Matthew A.

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  Armed with an iPad of YouTube tutorials and her cat, Zuri is ready to tackle her hair. Or thinks she is. Zuri's hair has a mind of its own, which kinks, coils, and curls sometimes out of control. When her mom did her hair, Zuri felt like a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Hockey Night in Kenya

  Mutinda, Danson

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  Goal-oriented and irrepressibly optimistic, orphans Kitoo and Nigosi spend their time playing soccer, studying, helping around the orphanage, and reading books from the orphanage's very small library. One of these books is Sports Around the World,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Honeysmoke

  Fields, Monique

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  Honeysmoke was inspired by author Monique Field's experiences raising her biracial child. Featuring positive messages on racial identity, Honeysmoke encourages children to find their own identity and see colour in all its hues. Children are invited…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• I Am Enough

  Byers, Grace

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  Beautifully illustrated, I Am Enough is a story about building confidence and loving the differences that make you and others stand out. Children in the book participate in several activities and hobbies, and diversity and difference are broadly…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• I Am Human

  a Book of Empathy

  Verde, Susan

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  A meditation on what it means to be human, I Am Human explores the bright and the dark parts of life. As humans, we experience happiness, pain, sadness, and empathy with the people around us. A thoughtful and poetic book that would be a lovely…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• I Love My Hair!

  Tarpley, Natasha Anastasia, 1971-

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  Combing her hair hurts and Keyana hates it. Keyana's mama shows her all the beautiful things they can do with Keyana's hair. Mama can plant rows of braids, like seeds in a garden.

• I Promise

  James, LeBron

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  I Promise is a visual representation of children going about their day, working to live up to the promises they have made to be empathetic, respectful, and conscious members of society by setting goals, working hard, and holding themselves…Read moreRead more of this annotation