Note: Each title in this booklist either has LGBTQIA+ characters, is about the LGBTQIA+ Movement, or was written by a member of the LGBTQIA+ Community. Picture Books And Tango Makes Three by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell In the zoo there are all kinds of animal families. But Tango’s family is not like any of the others. Bunnybear by Andrea […]
eBooks A is for Activist by Innosanto Nagara A is for Activist is an ABC board book for the next generation of progressives: Families that want their kids to grow up in a space that is unapologetic about activism, environmental justice, civil rights, LGBTQ rights, and so on. Alma and How She Got Her Name by Juana Martinez-Neal If you ask […]
To celebrate National Pet Month, we will be posting photos of Library Staff Pets to our social media pages. We want to include your pets too, so be sure to send photos of your pets to social@aapld.org. To start off, here is a sneak preview: Miss Jenni’s adorable puppy! Looking for some good pet reads? Here are some pet-themed eBook […]
Maybe you have already noticed but some of the AMS Battle of the Books titles are available online, even though the library is physically closed. Or maybe you just forgot your list at school and need a reminder. We got the list from Nancy Grove of AMS back at the beginning of the school year. The True Confessions of Charlotte […]
ALL of the blogs from the past week have focused on online resources to cope with the school & library closures due to CoVid-19. However, right before everything started shutting down the Association of Illinois School Library Educators announced their 2021 Monarch Book Award List. Without further ado, here it is: Be Kind by Pat Zietlow Miller When Tanisha spills grape […]
ALL of the blogs from the past week have focused on online resources to cope with the school & library closures due to CoVid-19. However, right before everything started shutting down the Association of Illinois School Library Educators announced their 2021 Bluestem Book Award List. Without further ado, here it is: The Ambrose Deception by Emily Ecton Three Chicago students, […]
Becoming Kareem by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar & Raymond Obstfeld An autobiography about Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and his life growing up in New York, becoming the basketball star he’s known to be, and getting involved in the world around him as an activist for social change This title is available in eBook format on Overdrive. Small Spaces by Katherine Arden After eleven-year-old Ollie’s school bus mysteriously […]
John Newbery Medal New Kid by Jerry Craft After his parents send him to a prestigious private school known for its academics, Jordan Banks finds himself torn between two worlds. Randalph Caldecott Medal The Undefeated by Kwame Alexander, illustrated by Kadir Nelson This poem is a love letter to black life in the United States. It highlights the unspeakable trauma […]
Starred Reviews from ALL FIVE Publishing Journals* Look Both Ways by Jason Reynolds Jason Reynolds conjures ten tales (one per block) about what happens after the dismissal bell rings, and weaves them into one funny, poignant look at the detours we face on the walk home, and in life. A Place to Land by Barry Wittenstein The true story behind […]
Fred Korematsu Speaks Up by Laura Atkins Fred Korematsu liked listening to music on the radio, playing tennis, and hanging around with his friends—just like lots of other Americans. But everything changed when the United States went to war with Japan in 1941 and the government forced all people of Japanese ancestry to leave their homes on the West Coast […]
