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Prejudice, Tolerance and Understanding
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The Name Jar by Choi, YangsookCall Number: J PIC
After Unhei moves from Korea to the United States, her new classmates help her decide what her name should be.
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Islandborn by Díaz, JunotCall Number: J (IFIC)
Lola was just a baby when her family left the Island, so when she has to draw it for a school assignment, she asks her family, friends, and neighbors about their memories of her homeland ... and in the process, comes up with a new way of understanding her own heritage
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Not My Idea by Higginbotham, AnastasiaCall Number: J/PARENT
An honest explanation about how power and privilege factor into the lives of white children, at the expense of other groups, and how they can help seek justice.
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Lovely by Hong, JessCall Number: J PIC
Big, small, curly, straight, loud, quiet, smooth, wrinkly. Lovely explores a world of differences that all add up to the same thing: we are all lovely!
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That Is My Dream! by Hughes, LangstonCall Number: J PIC
Dream Variation," one of Langston Hughes's most celebrated poems, about the dream of a world free of discrimination and racial prejudice, is now a picture book stunningly illustrated by Daniel Miyares...An African-American boy faces the harsh reality of segregation and racial prejudice, but he dreams of a different life--one full of freedom, hope, and wild possibility, where he can fling his arms wide in the face of the sun.
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Antiracist Baby Picture Book by Kendi, Ibram X.Call Number: (J PIC/SS)
Illustrations and rhyming text present nine steps Antiracist Baby can take to improve equity, such as opening our eyes to all skin colors and celebrating all our differences.
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Under My Hijab by Khan, HenaCall Number: (J PIC/SS)
As a young girl observes that each of six women in her life wears her hijab and hair in a different way, she considers how to express her own style one day.
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Drawn Together by Lê, MinhCall Number: (J PIC/SS)
A boy and his grandfather cross a language and cultural barrier using their shared love of art, storytelling, and fantasy.
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Story Boat by Maclear, KyoCall Number: J PIC
When a little girl and her younger brother are forced along with their family to flee the home they've always known, they must learn to make a new home for themselves--wherever they are. And sometimes the smallest things-- a cup, a blanket, a lamp, a flower, a story--can become a port of hope in a terrible storm. As the refugees travel onward toward an uncertain future, they are buoyed up by their hopes, dreams and the stories they tell--a story that will carry them perpetually forward.
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Where Are You From? by Méndez, Yamile SaiedCall Number: J PIC
When a young girl is asked where she's from--where she's really from--she's no longer as she was. She decides to turn to her dear abuelo for some help with this ever-persistent question. But he doesn't quite give her the answer she expects.
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Don't Touch My Hair! by Miller,ShareeCall Number: J PIC
Aria loves her soft and bouncy hair, but must go to extremes to avoid people who touch it without permission until, finally, she speaks up.
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Dreamers by Morales, YuyiCall Number: J PIC
An illustrated picture book autobiography in which award-winning author Yuyi Morales tells her own immigration story.
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Someone New by O'Brien, Anne SibleyCall Number: J PIC
When three children, Jesse, Jason, and Emma, are confronted with new classmates from different ethnic backgrounds, they strive to overcome their initial reactions, and to understand, accept, and welcome Maria, Jin, and Fatima.
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A Different Pond by Phi,BaoCall Number: J PIC
As a young boy, Bao Phi awoke early, hours before his father's long workday began, to fish on the shores of a small pond in Minneapolis. Unlike many other anglers, Bao and his father fished for food, not recreation. Between hope-filled casts, Bao's father told him about a different pond in their homeland of Vietnam.
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We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga by Sorell, TraciCall Number: J PIC
Otsaliheliga is a Cherokee word that is used to express gratitude. Journey through the year with a Cherokee family and their tribal nation as they express thanks for celebrations big and small. A look at modern Native American life as told by a citizen of the Cherokee Nation.
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Your Name Is a Song by Thompkins-Bigelow, JamilahCall Number: J PIC
Saddened by her classmates' and teacher's mispronunciations of her name, a girl is empowered by her discovery that names are like songs when she and her mom celebrate the musicality of African, Asian, Black-American, Latinx, and Middle Eastern names.
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A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo by Twiss JillCall Number: J PIC
Meet Marlon Bundo, a lonely bunny who lives with his Grampa, Mike Pence - the Vice President of the United States. But on this Very Special Day, Marlon's life is about to change forever ... With its message of tolerance and advocacy, this charming children's book explores issues of same-sex marriage and democracy. Sweet, funny, and beautifully illustrated, this book is dedicated to every bunny who has ever felt different.
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Dad, Jackie, and Me by Uhlberg, MyronCall Number: J PIC
In Brooklyn, New York, in 1947, a boy learns about discrimination and tolerance as he and his deaf father share their enthusiasm over baseball and the Dodgers' first baseman, Jackie Robinson.
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A Map into the World by Yang, Kao KaliaCall Number: J PIC
Paj Ntaub, a young Hmong American girl, spends a busy year with her family in their new home, and seeks a way to share the beauty of the world with a grieving neighbor.