Clever Communities in Action > Book List
Clever Communities in Action has created a system that catalogs our suggested reading list into the categories which we receive the most requests. Use this guide to customize your child’s reading experience according to her or his interests.
The Werewolf of PS 40
"Kid Caramel" Parks and trusty sidekick, Earnie, are on the case when neighborhood pets begin to disappear.
Juvenile Fiction
Dwayne J. Ferguson
There’s a Dragon in My Closet
"A young boy gets into various mishaps with his dragon friend"--
Juvenile Fiction
Dorothea Taylor
Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the...
Best-selling author Rick Riordan presents Kwame Mbalia's epic fantasy, a middle grade American Gods set in a richly-imagined world populated with African...
Boy Main Character, Juvenile Fiction, SciFi
Kwame Mbalia
Trombone Shorty
A Grammy-nominated headliner for the New Orleans Jazz Fest describes his childhood in Tremâe and how he came to be...
Juvenile Nonfiction
Troy Andrews
Trouble Next Door
The fourth title in a chapter book series featuring African American and Latino boys that's full of kid-friendly charm and...
Juvenile Fiction
Karen English
Unspeakable
Celebrated author Carole Boston Weatherford and illustrator Floyd Cooper provide a powerful look at the Tulsa Race Massacre, one of...
Juvenile Nonfiction
Carole Boston Weatherford
Visiting Day
A young girl and her grandmother visit the girl's father in prison.
Juvenile Fiction
Jacqueline Woodson
Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer
A 2016 Caldecott Honor Book A 2016 Robert F. Sibert Honor Book A 2016 John Steptoe New Talent Illustrator Award...
Juvenile Nonfiction
Carole Boston Weatherford
We’ve Got a Job
The inspiring story of the 1963 Birmingham Children's March as seen through the eyes of four young people at the...
Juvenile Nonfiction
Cynthia Levinson
What Color Is My World?
“Get ready to have your mind blown with this fun book.” — The Washington Post Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, basketball legend and...
Juvenile Nonfiction
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
What Is Light?
This lyrical and luminously illustrated picture book explores the beauty of the everyday moments in a child’s world. Light can...
Juvenile Fiction
Markette Sheppard
Who Were the Tuskegee Airmen?
It's up, up, and away with the Tuskegee Airmen, a heroic group of African American military pilots who helped the...
Juvenile Nonfiction
Sherri L. Smith
Whoosh!
"You know the Super Soaker. It's one of the top twenty toys of all time. And it was an accidental...
African American inventors, Biography, Boy Main Character, Sports
Chris Barton
Wild Card
Through the course of a difficult season, Ronde learns that his coach is right about football being a mental game,...
Juvenile Fiction
Tiki Barber
You Are Loved
The Marvalann Collection is a 10-book series of affirmations to little girls, particularly little girls of color. The collection is...
Tijuana a Gholson
You Can Do It!
Faith and the support of a loving family help Linden when he is upset over being the only one in...
Juvenile Nonfiction
Tony Dungy
Your Name Is a Song
Frustrated by a day full of teachers and classmates mispronouncing her beautiful name, a little girl tells her mother she...
Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow
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