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After Jewish fifth-grader Ava and her Muslim best friend Nadeem are called hateful names at school, Ava’s ..
Born of Mohawk and Cayuga descent, musical icon Robbie Robertson learned the story of Hiawatha and his spiritual ..
Gender-creative Riley knows just what to wear for every occasion during a busy week with family and friends ..
Amy Guglielmo, Jacqueline Tourville, and Giselle Potter come together to tell the inspiring story of autism ..
I quickly reached up and coralled a triangle of hair hanging in my eyes. I was trying to let my hair ..
From the author of Burn Our Bodies Down, a feminist Lord of the Flies about three best friends living ..
Bob Marley’s music has inspired millions of listeners around the world with messages of peace, ..
A bold, timely novel about speaking up and coming out as parents lobby to ban a beloved book from the school ..
Biz knows how to float, right there on the surface—normal okay regular fine. She has her friends, her mom, ..
Willow Chance is a twelve-year-old genius, obsessed with nature and diagnosing medical conditions, who finds ..
For years, rumors of the “Marsh Girl” have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the North Carolina ..
She’s obsessed with transforming everyday ephemera into Kimi Originals: bold outfits that make ..
On August 20, 2018, a Monday morning in Stockholm, Sweden, a girl in a blue hoodie and yellow raincoat ..
Hello little leader! Let’s learn about braveness and boldness and kindness. There are plenty of leaders ..
“Your Igbo sounds different,” she said. “I wasn’t speaking Igbo. That was Ika.” “It kind ..
I have three lives: one, as a child of two Zimbabweans I am Zimbabwean; two, as a child of immigrants, ..
All people are beautiful. Look at the world around you, and you will see all the fun things to do and so many ..
Dr. Dorothy Irene Height was always a helper. As a little girl, her mom taught her to never look down ..
Florence Nightingale never wanted to be a proper lady! While some girls enjoyed sewing, Florence loved ..
Maya Lin was born on October 5, 1959, in Athens Ohio. But her parents hadn’t always lived there. ..
Named after her grandma Cora, Coretta Scott came into the world connected to a deep legacy of faith, ..
Her Dawn. December 15th, 1973. A beautiful baby girl named Claudine is born in Nice, France. Adopted ..
All kinds of Families Some children have lots of SIBLINGS. Some children have NONE. Some children have ..
Anansi the Spider is one of the great folk heroes of the world. He is a rogue, a mischief maker, and a wise, ..