2023 September Featured Book: Ages 7-9

Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez By Kathleen Krull A biography of Cesar Chavez, from age ten when he and his family lived happily on their Arizona ranch, to age thirty-eight when he led a peaceful protest against California migrant…

2023 August Featured Book: ages 7-9

The Day You Begin   by Jacquline Woodson Other students laugh when Rigoberto, an immigrant from Venezuela, introduces himself but later, he meets Angelina and discovers that he is not the only one who feels like an outsider. A beautiful…

2023 July Featured Book: Ages 7-9

Ruth and the Green Book by Calvin Alexander Ramsey This picture book was the inspiration for the Academy Award-winning film The Green Book.  Ruth's story is fiction, but The Green Book and its role in helping a generation of African American…

2023 June Featured Book: Ages 7-9

All Different Now: Juneteenth, the First Day of Freedom by Angela Johnson In 1865, members of a family start their day as slaves, working in a Texas cotton field, and end it celebrating their freedom on what came to be known as Juneteenth. Developmental…