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National Child Day 2023: Inclusion for Every Child

November 20th marks National Child Day, an annual celebration of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. This year's theme is Inclusion for Every Child. Check out these titles below and celebrate how all children everywhere have the right to feel included.

Edmonton Public Library

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  • From the smallest, peskiest bug to the biggest planets, readers are shown how every thing in and out of this world has worth.
    BookNew York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [2020] — E ROB
  • You are smart all day, every day! Vibrant illustrations of real and imagined situations show young readers how smarts can show up in so many different ways.
    BookMinneapolis, Minnesota : Scribble, 2019. — E BEL
  • One of these things is not like the others...and that's great! Celebrate inclusion with fun and silly examples of how we can be different and still belong.
    BookNew York : Neal Porter Books, [2020] — E SAL
  • Join Lena as she learns to mix her paints to match all the different shades that people come in. As Lena paints a portrait of her friends, she knows that every shade is unique and beautiful.
    BookNew York : Holt, 1999. — E KAT
  • When a child can't join the Pet Club because pet elephants aren't allowed, he builds his own community of children with unusual pets.
    BookNew York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, [2015] — E MAN
  • Lively illustrations take readers on a trip around the world and show how diverse we all are, and how similar too. No matter where or who we are, the sun shines down on all of us.
    BookNew York ; Boston : Little, Brown and Company, 2019. — E HOB
  • Children and animals all have one thing in common: they love to play. Follow foxes, rabbits, kids and more as they show readers the many ways we can all play.
    BookVancouver : Greystone Kids, 2021. — E FLE
  • Rhyming verses tell the story of a typical day at a diverse school, where everyone is welcome and differences are celebrated!
    BookNew York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2018 — E PEN
  • This comic-style picture book encourages kids to use their voice for change. Everyone deserves to be heard, and every child's voice should be listened to.
    BookNew York, NY : Orchard Books, 2019. — E REY
  • A smiling red umbrella magically expands to shelter anyone who needs refuge from the rain, no matter who they are.
    BookNew York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, [2018] — E BAT
  • In Ms. Gupta's class, every student gets to share their favourite day of the year. Friendship and diversity are celebrated as everyone learns about different holidays.
    BookNew York : Salaam Reads, [2020] — E ALI