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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 childโ€™s reading experience according to her or his interests.
On the Court with…Stephen Curry

Discover the amazing achievements of fan favorite two-time MVP Stephen Curry in this brand-new, comprehensive biography. Steph Curry is a...

Juvenile Nonfiction Matt Christopher
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One Crazy Summer

In the summer of 1968, after traveling from Brooklyn to Oakland, California, to spend a month with the mother they...

African Americans Rita Williams-Garcia
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P.S. Be Eleven

In this Coretta Scott King Award-winning novel and sequel to the New York Times bestseller and Newbery Honor Book One...

Juvenile Fiction Rita Williams-Garcia
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Parker Looks Up

A New York Times bestseller! A visit to Washington, DCโ€™s National Portrait Gallery forever alters Parker Curryโ€™s young life when...

Juvenile Fiction Parker Curry
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Piecing Me Together

2018 Newbery Honor and Coretta Scott King Author Award Winner "Timely and timeless." --Jacqueline Woodson "Important and deeply moving." --John...

Young Adult Fiction Renรฉe Watson
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Please, Puppy, Please

Two toddlers have fun with their puppy.

African Americans Spike Lee
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Positive Messages to Uplift and Empower Black Children

This book takes parents and children on a cultural and educational journeythrough the use positive messages, coloring pages, writing prompts...

Baba Sekou Afrika
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President of the Whole Fifth Grade

To gain leadership skills needed to run a cupcake-baking empire when she grows up, Brianna runs for president of the...

Juvenile Fiction Sherri Winston
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Radiant Child

A visually stunning picture book biography about modern art phenomenon Jean-Michel Basquiat, written and illustrated by Coretta Scott King Award...

Juvenile Nonfiction Javaka Steptoe
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Riley Can Be Anything

"When Riley grows up, what can he do? He honestly doesn't have a clue! But big cousin Joe helps Riley...

Affirming, Boy Main Character, Juvenile Fiction Hamilton Davina
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Sisters

Celebrated picture book biographer Jeanette Winter shares the story of champion tennis playersโ€”and sistersโ€”Venus and Serena Williams. Before they were...

Biography, Girl Main Character, Juvenile Nonfiction, Sports Jeanette Winter
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Skin Like Mine

From the Creators of Hair Like Mine, Skin Like Mine is a fun, easy-to- read for beginners as well as...

Juvenile Fiction Latashia M. Perry
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Sugar Plum Ballerinas #1: Plum Fantastic

Alexandrea Petrakova Johnson does not want to be a beautiful ballerina, and she does not want to leave her friends...

Juvenile Fiction Whoopi Goldberg
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Sugar Plum Ballerinas #2: Toeshoe Trouble

A ballet slipper-ey slope Brenda Black prides herself on her logical and orderly mind. She studies anatomy books to get...

Juvenile Fiction Whoopi Goldberg
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Sulwe

A New York Times bestseller! Featured in its own episode in the Netflix original show Bookmarks: Celebrating Black Voices! Recipient...

Juvenile Fiction Lupita Nyong'o
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Swift Walker

Swift Walker loved to walk fast. His sister warned him, "One day, you'll walk so fast you won't be able...

Juvenile Nonfiction Verlyn Tarlton
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Tameka’s New Dress

When you're the new girl in school it can be a little scary. It's even tougher when your parents aren't...

Ronnie Sidney, 2nd
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Teammates

Tiki Canโ€™t Believe It when the ball is knocked out of his hand in the Cave Spring Vikingโ€™s last preseason...

Juvenile Fiction Tiki Barber
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The ABCs of Black History

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER B is for Beautiful, Brave, and Bright! And for a Book that takes a Bold...

Diaspora, History, Juvenile Nonfiction, Neutral Rio Cortez
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The Bat Boy and His Violin

Reginald's love for the violin is not supported by his father, who needs a batboy for his struggling National Negro...

Juvenile Fiction Gavin Curtis
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