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Superheroes Are Everywhere by Kamala Harris, illustrated by Mechal Renee Roe (Ages 3-7)

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Superheroes Are Everywhere

Superheroes Are Everywhere by Kamala Harris
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

This is a children’s book that talks about finding superheroes everywhere in everyday people. I found that it is a child’s version of the author’s autobiography. It think it would keep a child’s interest. The pictures are great to follow while reading. 

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Ruby Bridges: Get to Know the Girl Who Took a Stand for Education by M. Michelle Derosier

Ruby Bridges: Get to Know the Girl Who Took a Stand for Education

Ruby Bridges: Get to Know the Girl Who Took a Stand for Education by M. Michelle Derosier
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This book has a lot of information. The previous books I have read about Ruby Bridges were very basic. I am working on finding out more information and this book helped a lot, even though it was directed at children. I would recommend this one over the other books about the desegregation of schools and how Ruby Bridges handled herself in the process. 

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NYPL Best 2019 Books for Kids

Best books for kids

The above linked article shows the New York Public Library’s list of best kids books of 2019. Many of them sound wonderful, and will on my reading list this year.

  • The Afterwards By A.F. Harrold, illus. by Emily Gravett
  • All In A Drop: How Antony van Leeuwenhoek Discovered an Invisible World By Lori Alexander, illus. by Vivien Mildenberger
  • All the Impossible Things By Lindsay Lackey
  • AnotherBy Christian Robinson
  • Balto and the Race Against Time By Helen Moss, illus. by Misa Saburi
  • Beast Rider By Tony Johnston & María Elena Fontanot de Rhoads
  • Beneath the Bed and Other Scary Stories By Max Brailler, illus. by Letizia Rubegni
  • Bone Hollow By Kim Ventrella
  • Brave Ballerina: The Story of Janet Collins By Michelle Meadows, illus. by Ebony Glenn
  • The Bridge Home By Padman Ventkatraman
  • Camp Tiger By Susan Choi, illus. by John Rocco
  • Can You Crack The Code?: A Fascinating History Of Ciphers and Cryptography By Ella Schwartz, illus. by Lily Williams
  • Captain Rosalie By Timothée de Fombelle, illus. Isabelle Arsenault, trans. Sam Gordon
  • Carl and the Meaning of Life By Deborah Freedman
  • Carter Reads the Newspaper By Deborah Hopkinson, illus. by Don Tate
  • Clackety Track: Poems About Trains By Skila Brown, illus. by Jamey Christoph
  • CogBy Greg Van Eekhout
  • The Collected Works of Gretchen OysterBy Cary Fagan
  • Crab Cake: Turning the Tide Together By Andrea Tsurumi
  • Dancing Hands: How Teresa Carreno Played the Piano for President Lincoln By Margarita Engle, illus. by Rafael Lopez
  • Dancing Through Fields of Color: The Story of Helen Frankenthaler By Elizabeth Brown, illus. by Aimee Sicuro
  • The Day the Universe Exploded My Head: Poems to Take You Into Space and Back Again By Allan Wolf, illus. by Anna Raff
  • The Farmer By Ximo Abadia
  • Finding Orion By John David Anderson
  • Genesis Begins Again By Alicia Williams
  • Gittel’s Journey: An Ellis Island Story By Leslea Newman, illus. by Amy June Bates
  • Guitar Genius: How Les Paul Engineered the Solid-Body Electric Guitar and Rocked the WorldBy Kim Tomsic, illus. by Brett Helquist
  • Hedy Lamarr’s Double Life: Hollywood Legend and Brilliant Inventor By Laurie Wallmark, illus. by Katy Wu
  • Hey, Water!By Antoinette Portis
  • Ho’Onani: Hula Warrior By Heather Gale, illus. by Mika Song
  • How to Two By David Soman
  • The Important Thing About Margaret Wise Brown By Mac Barnett, illus. by Sarah Jacoby
  • It Began With a Page: How Gyo Fujikawa Drew the Way By Kyo Maclear, illus. by Julie Morstad
  • It Feels Good to Be Yourself: A Book About Gender Identity By Theresa Thorn, illus. by Noah Grigni
  • Killer Style: How Fashion Has Injured, Maimed, and Murdered Through History By Alison Matthews David, Serah-Marie McMahon, illus. by Gillian Wilson
  • King Mouse By Cary Fagan, illus. by Dena Seiferling.
  • La luna mango By Diane De Anda, illus. by Sue Cornelison
  • Lalani of the Distant SeaBy Erin Entrada Kellys.
  • Lety Out Loud By Angela Cervantes
  • The Line Tender By Kate Allen
  • Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks By Jason Reynolds, illus. by Alexander Nabaum
  • Lubna and Pebble By Wendy Meddour, illus. by Daniel Egnéus
  • Luisa siempre va con prisaBy Timothy Knapman, illus. by Gemma Merinopo.
  • Mario y el Agujero en el cielo: Cómo un químico salvó nuestro planeta By Elizabeth Rusch, illus. by Teresa Martinez
  • Mary Wears What She Wants By Keith Negley
  • Max and the Midknights By Lincoln Pierce
  • Maximillian Fly By Angie Sage
  • Meena Meets Her MatchBy Karla Manternach
  • Mi Papi tiene una motoBy Isabel Quintero, illus. by Zeke Peña
  • The Mighty Heart of Sunny St. James By Ashley Herring Blake
  • The Monster Squad By Joe McGee, illus. by Ethan Long
  • The Moon Within By Aida Salazar
  • Moth: An Evolution Story By Isabel Thomas, illus. by Daniel Egneus
  • Mr. Penguin and the Lost Treasure By Alex T. Smith
  • My City By Joanne Liu
  • My Papi Has a Motorcycle By Isabel Quintero, illus. by Zeke Peña
  • The Neighbors By Einat Tsarfati
  • Never Caught: The Story of Ona Judge By Erica A. Dunbar and Kathleen Van Cleve
  • A New Home By Tania de Regil
  • New Kid By Jerry Craft
  • The Next Great Paulie Fink By Ali Benjamin
  • Nico Bravo and the Hound of Hades By Mike Cavallaro
  • No More Poems! A Book in Verse That Just Gets Worse By Rhett Miller, illus. by Dan Santat
  • The Not-So-Great Outdoors By Madeline Loepper
  • The Okay Witch By Emma Steinkellner
  • One Fox: A Counting Book Thriller By Kate Read
  • Other Words for Home By Jasmine Warga
  • Owling: Enter the World of the Mysterious Birds of the Night By Mark Wilson
  • Pay Attention, Carter Jones By Gary D. Schmidt
  • Pedro’s Pan: A Gold Rush Story By Matthew Lasley, illus. by Jacob Souva
  • Pie in the SkyBy Remy Lai
  • Planet Earth is Blue By Nicole Panteleakos
  • Planting Stories: The Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura Belpre By Anika Aldamuy, illus. by Denise Paola Escobar
  • Pokko and the DrumBy Matthew Forsythe
  • Predator and Prey: Conversation in Verse By Susannah Buhrman-Deever, illus. by Bert Kitchen
  • The Proper Way to Meet a Hedgehog and Other How-To Poems By Paul B. Janeczko (selector), illus. by Richard Jones
  • Red Panda and Moon Bear By Jarod Roselló
  • The Roots of Rap: 16 Bars on the 4 Pillars of Hip Hop By Carole Boston Weatherford, illus. by Frank Morrison
  • Saturday By Oge Mora
  • Seeds Move! By Robin Page
  • Sembrando Historias: Pura Belpre; blibliotecaria y narradora de cuentos By Anika Aldamuy Denise, illus. by Paola Escobar
  • Señorita Mariposa By Ben Gundersheimer (Mr. G), illus. by Marcos Almada Rivero
  • Skulls!By Blair Thornburgh, illus. by Scott Campbell
  • Smile: How Young Charlie Chaplin Taught the World to Laugh (and Cry)By Gary Golio, illus. by Ed Young
  • Snowman – Cold = Puddle: Spring Equations By Laura Purdie Salas, illus. by Micha Archer.
  • Some Places More than Others By Renee Watson
  • Song for a Whale By Lynne Kelly
  • Stand on the Sky By Erin Bow
  • Stargazing By Jen Wang
  • The Stonewall Riots: Coming Out In the Streets By Gayle Pitman.
  • Swarm of Bees By Lemony Snicket, illus. by Rilla Alexander
  • Sweety By Andrea Zuill
  • This Promise of Change: One Girl’s Story in the Fight for School Equality By Jo Ann Allen Boyce and Debbie Levy
  • This Was Our Pact By Ryan Andrews
  • Titanosaur: Discovering the World’s Largest Dinosaur By Jose Luis Carballido and Diego Pol, illus. by Florencia Gigena
  • Todos Iguales: Un corrido de Lemon Grove By Chrisy Hale
  • Truman By Jean Reidy, illus. by Lucy Ruth Cummins
  • Two Brothers, Four Hands: The Artists Alberto and Diego Giacometti By Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan, illus. by Hadley Hooper
  • Un nuevo hogar By Tania de Regil
  • The Undefeated By Kwame Alexander, illus. by Kadir Nelson
  • United Tastes of America: An Atlas of Food Facts & Recipes From Every State By Gabrielle Lanholtz, illus. by Jenny Bowers, photos DL Acken
  • Vamos: Let’s Go to Market!By Raul the Third
  • The Vegetable Museum By Michelle Mulder
  • When I Found Grandma By Saumiya Balasubramaniam, illus. by Qin Leng
  • White Bird: A Wonder Story By R.J Palacio
  • Wilma’s Way Home: The Life of Wilma Mankiller By Doreen Rappaport, illus. by Linda Kukuk
  • The Young Adventurer’s Guide to (Almost) Everything By Ben and Penny Hewitt, illus. by Luke Boushee
  • Your Turn, Adrian By Helena Oberg, illus. by Kristin Lidstrom
  • ¡Los zombis no comen verduras!By Jorge Lacera and Megan Lacera
  • ¿De dónde eres?

Ruby Bridges Goes To School: My True Story by Ruby Bridges

Ruby Bridges Goes To School: My True Story

Ruby Bridges Goes To School: My True Story by Ruby Bridges
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

When I picked this up, I was expecting more of the event from the author’s eyes. It pretty much only told the facts that I already knew, in a way a child could understand. I’ll have to look more to see if there is another book by the author, written for an older person. 

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