The Queen of Chess, by Laurie Wallmark and Sevie Lewis, tells the story of how Judit Polgár became the youngest chess grandmaster in history.
Browsing: Celebrating Diversity
Once Upon a Fairy Tale House is the story of four sisters who used their skills to design and build storybook houses in 1930s California.
Love in the Library tells the story of Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s grandparents who fell in love while in a WWII Japanese-American incarceration camp.
Pride Month is all about celebrating diversity and embracing your authentic self. The following books for young adults feature LGBTQ+ themes.
June is Pride Month. While these picture books celebrate LGBTQ+ specifically, the messages of acceptance have wide-ranging applications.
How Do You Spell Unfair? Follows MacNolia Cox as she becomes one of the first African Americans to compete at the National Spelling Bee.
A Taiwanese immigrant learns her immigration status and pursuit of the American Dream are at risk in Land of Broken Promises, by Jane Kuo.
A boy dreams of having long, wavy hair in The Good Hair Day, written by Christian Trimmer and illustrated by J Yang.
Jenna Yoon’s debut character returns with a mission to protect important magical objects in Lia Park and the Heavenly Heirlooms.
A girl dreams about taking her dancing up a level in Amy Wu and the Ribbon Dance, by Kat Zhang and Charlene Chua.