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This Jazz ManKaren Ehrhardt
Mae among the starsRoda Ahmed
Life doesn't frighten meMaya Angelou
Hidden figures : the true story of four black women and the space raceMargot Lee Shetterly
Fifty cents and a dream : young Booker T. WashingtonJabari Asim
We marchShane Evans
The story of Ruby BridgesRobert Coles
The Nutcracker in HarlemT E McMorrow
Overground railroadLesa Cline-Ransome
The roots of rap : 16 bars on the 4 pillars of hip-hopCarole Boston Weatherford
Of thee I sing : a letter to my daughtersBarack Obama
Before she was HarrietLesa Cline-Ransome
R-E-S-P-E-C-T : Aretha Franklin, the queen of soulCarole Boston Weatherford
Flying high : the story of gymnastics champion Simone BilesMichelle Meadows
Hair loveMatthew A Cherry
Nighttime symphony1972- author Timbaland
Princess hairSharee Miller
Boonoonoonous hairOlive Senior
Happy hairMechal Renee Roe
Magic like thatSamara Cole Doyon
SulweLupita Nyong'o
I am enoughGrace Byers
Follow the drinking gourdJeanette Winter
The other sideJacqueline Woodson
Martin's big words : the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, JrDoreen Rappaport
Moses : when Harriet Tubman led her people to freedomCarole Boston Weatherford
Tar BeachFaith Ringgold
Counting on KatherineHelaine Becker
Brown boy joyThomishia Booker
Henry's freedom boxEllen Levine
TeammatesPeter Golenbock
The undefeatedKwame Alexander
Stamped (for kids) : racism, antiracism, and youSonja Cherry-Paul
Born on the waterNikole Hannah-Jones
Heart and soul : the story of America and African AmericansKadir Nelson
What color is my world? : the lost history of African-American inventorsKareem Abdul-Jabbar
The Watsons go to Birmingham--1963Christopher Paul Curtis
Little leaders : bold women in black historyVashti Harrison
Voice of freedom : Fannie Lou Hamer, spirit of the civil rights movementCarole Boston Weatherford
Brown girl dreamingJacqueline Woodson
Your legacy : a bold reclaiming of our enslaved historySchele Williams
Your name is a songJamilah Thompkins-Bigelow
Dream StreetTricia Elam Walker
Bright brown baby : a treasuryAndrea Davis Pinkney
Young, gifted and black : meet 52 black heroes from past and presentJamia Wilson
Baby young, gifted, and blackJamia Wilson
Black is a rainbow colorAngela Joy
Exquisite : the poetry and life of Gwendolyn BrooksSuzanne Slade
Kamala HarrisMa Isabel Sánchez Vegara
Little legends : exceptional men in black historyVashti Harrison
When Langston dancesKaija Langley
GlowRuth Forman
The ten thousand doors of JanuaryAlix E Harrow
How to keep house while drowning : a gentle approach to cleaning and organizingKC Davis
Anna KareninaLeo Tolstoy
Policing the city : an ethno-graphicDidier Fassin
How I survived a Chinese Gulbahar Haitiwaji
My brilliant friendElena Ferrante
MiddlegameSeanan McGuire
The order of timeCarlo Rovelli
Let's talk about hard thingsAnna Sale
A career in books : a novel about friends, money, and the occasional duck bunKate Gavino
Tenements, towers & trash : an unconventional illustrated history of New York CityJulia Wertz
Caste : the origins of our discontentsIsabel Wilkerson
All boys aren't blue : a memoir-manifestoGeorge M Johnson
The marrow thievesCherie Dimaline
This one summerMariko Tamaki
Down belowLeonora Carrington
SacrificioErnesto Mestre-Reed
Black queer hoeBritteney Black Rose Kapri
The idiotElif Batuman
ImminenceMariana Dimópulos
The heiress : the revelations of Anne de BourghMolly Greeley
Even greater mistakesCharlie Jane Anders
A lady for a dukeAlexis J Hall
Before we were trans : a new history of genderKit Heyam
People changeVivek Shraya
Detransition, babyTorrey Peters
How far the light reaches : a life in ten sea creaturesSabrina Imbler
What happened to you? : conversations on trauma, resilience, and healingBruce D Perry
The disordered cosmos : a journey into dark matter, spacetime, and dreams deferredChanda Prescod-Weinstein
Genesis : the story of how everything beganGuido Tonelli
The lady's guide to celestial mechanicsOlivia Waite
Legends & lattes : a novel of high fantasy and low stakesTravis Baldree
The boxcar childrenShannon Eric Denton
A wrinkle in timeMadeleine L'Engle
MatildaRoald Dahl
Claudia and mean JanineAnn M Martin
Braiding sweetgrassRobin Wall Kimmerer
Jonny AppleseedJoshua Whitehead
When angels speak of love : poemsbell hooks
LightheadTerrance Hayes
Salsa nocturnaDaniel José Older
The lone pilgrim : storiesLaurie Colwin
Young skinsColin Barrett
Salt, fat, acid, heat : mastering the elements of good cookingSamin Nosrat
Four plays : Clouds, Birds, Lysistrata, Women of the assemblyAristophanes
Fleabag : the scripturesPhoebe Waller-Bridge
Major plays of ChikamatsuMonzaemon Chikamatsu
Network effect : a Murderbot novelMartha Wells
BintiNnedi Okorafor
When breath becomes airPaul Kalanithi
I'll be gone in the dark : one woman's obsessive search for the Golden State KillerMichelle McNamara
Pirate enlightenment, or the real LibertaliaDavid Graeber
The autobiography of a transgender scientistBen Barres
A tale for the time beingRuth Ozeki
IRLTommy Pico
A place for usFatima Farheen Mirza
The last piece of usEve Morton
Sharks in the time of saviorsKawai Strong Washburn
Let's explore diabetes with owlsDavid Sedaris
The power broker : Robert Moses and the fall of New YorkRobert A Caro
War and peaceLeo Tolstoy
Les miserablesVictor Hugo
The tale of GenjiMurasaki Shikibu
Valentine surpriseCorinne Demas
Valentine hearts : holiday poetry
The Valentine catAnn Whitehead Nagda
Snowy ValentineDavid Petersen
Valentine mice!Bethany Roberts
The littlest valentineBrandi Dougherty
The runaway valentineTina Casey
The secret valentineJonathan London
Ollie's ValentineOlivier Dunrea
The Berenstain Bears' funny valentineStan Berenstain
Arthur's great big valentineLillian Hoban
10 Valentine friends : a holiday counting bookJanet Schulman
Mr. Goat's valentineEve Bunting
Olivia and the perfect ValentineNatalie Shaw
A valentine for Percy
Mouse and Mole, secret valentineWong Herbert Yee
Here comes Valentine CatDeborah Underwood
Little Blue Truck's valentineAlice Schertle
Llama Llama, be my valentine!Anna Dewdney
Curious George makes a valentineH A (Hans Augusto) Rey
If you'll be my ValentineCynthia Rylant
Vee is for ValentineChelsea Beyl
Arthur's valentineMarc Tolon Brown
Wintering : the power of rest and retreat in difficult timesKatherine May
Winter hours : prose, prose poems, and poemsMary Oliver
In the midst of winterIsabel Allende
The little book of hygge : Danish secrets to happy livingMeik Wiking
Moon of the crusted snowWaubgeshig Rice
The complete autumn & winter cookbook : 550 recipes for warming dinners, holiday roasts, seasonal desserts, breads, food gifts, and more
Snow countryYasunari Kawabata
MigrationsCharlotte McConaghy
BeartownFredrik Backman
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