2023 August Featured Book: Ages 5-6

 I Walk with Vanessa   by Kerscoet A picture book without words, but with images that speak volumes. This story, follows Vanessa along her journey as the new kid in school. Like most new students, she feels nervous and even unwelcome at…

2023 August Featured Book: Ages 1-2

Leo Loves Baby Time   by Anna McQuinn Leo loves baby time, and little ones love Leo!  Leo and his friends do exactly the types of things babies and toddlers love to do.  If you love Leo, there are more books in this series.  Leo’s big…

2023 August Featured Book- Infants

Making Faces: A First Book of Emotions   published by Abrams Appleseed Making Faces s a great tool to foster your baby’s social and emotional learning, across the lines of race and gender. Find the happy baby!  Find the sad baby!  Find…

2023 August Featured Media

Babes About Town   Babes About Town is a multi award nominated blog, written by author and London mom Uju Asika. Although many of her recommendations are UK related, her books and her media suggestions are relatable to all kids, as racism…

2023 August Featured Book: Adults and Teens

The Hate U Give  by Angie Thomas Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter moves between two worlds: the poor neighborhood where she lives and the fancy suburban prep school she attends. The uneasy balance between these worlds is shattered when Starr…

2023 August: In Community

Cinnamon rolls, anyone? This month's local BIPOC business is Big Momma’s. They feature everything from breakfast favorites to homemade dinner rolls, deli sandwiches and fresh baked desserts. Big Momma’s bakery says,  “Our homemade…

2023 August Featured Book: Ages 3-4

Be Kind   by Pat Zietlow Miller Be Kind is about a young girl who wants to do something to lift the spirits of a classmate who is embarrassed and sad—but what?  She considers many options—a litany of possible ways to be kind—before…

2023 July Featured Book: Adults

Social Justice Parenting: How to Raise Compassionate, Anti-Racist, Justice-Minded Kids in an Unjust World by Traci Baxley This book is for parents who want to discuss racial, social, and economic inequities with their young children in a…

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…