National Network for Equitable Library Service

How do you know someone loves you? dance, bake, frolic in the leaves and journey with one granddaughter as she discovers all the ways she can know her grandma's love.

Have you ever wondered what it's like to be a puppy? I can be fun and esciting and scary and lots of things, let me tell you my story.

This is a story for young children that describes the experience of Lucille, a girl from a big city, who visits her Métis cousin in the village of St. Laurent and goes ice fishing on Lake Manitoba.

Maxine aime se promener dans la forêt ancienne de Carmanah. Avec son père elle participe à la construction de sentier. Le coeur de Maxine se remplit de chagrin, lorsqu’elle constate la coupe à blanc dans Carmanah. Pourra-t-elle sauver la forêt ancienne? Un petit bijou d’album qui sensibilise l’enfant sur le rôle des arbres et du maintien de l’écosystème.

National Book Award?winning and New York Times bestselling author Ibram X. Kendi ( How to Be an Antiracist , Antiracist Baby ) returns with a new picture book, adapted for audio, that serves as a modern bedtime classic. As children all over the world get ready for bed, the moon watches over them. The moon knows that when we sleep, we dream. And when we dream, we imagine what is possible and what the world can be. ? With poetic prose , Goodnight Racism delivers important messages about antiracism, justice, and equality in an easy-to-listen format that empowers listeners both big and small.

Author-illustrator C.G. Esperanza delivers a celebratory ode to graffiti and the Boogie Down Bronx through an infectious read-aloud beat and colorful illustrations that leap right off the page! Perfect for fans of Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut and Keith Haring. The city is alive with vibrant art in every corner of the parks, the shops, the trains. But most people are too busy to see it--or worse, choose to ignore it!

Amy is determined to make a perfect dumpling like her parents and grandmother do, but hers are always too empty, too full, or not pinched together properly.

Elizabeth Acevedo embraces all the complexities of Black hair and Afro-Latinidad--the history, pain, pride, and powerful love of that inheritance.

Everyone in Cutesville is excited for the most special day of the year: Present Day. Love Monster goes on a hunt for the perfect gift for his special someone, but as it turns out, finding the perfect gift is not easy. And the only thing worse than a not-perfect present is no present at all. But Love Monster soon comes up with the idea for the best gift ever, one that comes straight from his furry heart.

Join two young children as they begin an adventure through a world of books in this story-within-a-bedtime-story. This metered read-aloud pays homage to classic children's literature: readers of all ages will love searching for characters they recognize from fairy tales and beloved picture books amongst the pages. Spiders weave words and mythical dragons soar as the children travel through magical lands guided by the rhythm and rhyme of acclaimed author Margriet Ruurs. Little ones will want to cuddle closer and settle in for a delightful journey before heading off to sleep themselves.