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This loving guide to nurturing strong, confident, and resilient Black children contains 1000 carefully crafted affirmations. It's a treasure trove of positivity designed to uplift young Black minds and hearts.

Mimi is not thrilled to be spending her summer in Karachi, Pakistan, with grandparents she’s never met. Secretly, she wishes to find her long-absent father, and plans to write to him in her beautiful new journal. The cook's daughter, Sakina, still hasn't told her parents that she'll be accepted to school only if she can improve her English test score - but then, how could her family possibly afford to lose the money she earns working with her Abba in a rich family's kitchen?

In this ode from parent to child, Christina Perri teams up with New York Times bestselling illustrator Joy Hwang Ruiz to turn her hit song "A Thousand Years" into a tender reminder that a mother's love is forever. A child ventures out into the world, one bold step at a time, as her mother looks on, both of them brave in embracing change and steadfast in their ever-evolving love.

In Kuckachoo, Mississippi, 1963, Addie Ann Pickett worships her brother Elias and follows in his footsteps by attending the black junior high school. But when her careless act leads to her brother’s disappearance and possible murder, Addie Ann, Mama, and Uncle Bump struggle with not knowing if he’s dead or alive. Then a good deed meant to unite Kuckachoo sets off a chain of explosive events. Addie Ann knows Old Man Adams left his land to the White and Black people to plant a garden and reap its bounty together, but the mayor denies it.

Quiet outsider Tillie is known around school for using her camera to find lost things, but when a boy named Jake needs help finding his dad, Tillie faces her biggest challenge yet. Ever since Tillie Green's car accident left her with a severe limp, she's kept herself hidden behind her camera. Through the lens, she watches her family and classmates, spotting the small details and secret glances that tell a much bigger story than what people usually see. Students call her "Lost and Found", because her camera knows when you last had your headphones.

The Librarian's pages are missing. Can he defeat the Wordsmith to save them?

When 12-year-old Angela Kato arrives in LA, the last thing she wants to do is spend the entire summer with her grandparents. But in the Kato family, one is never permitted to complain. Grandma Michi and Aunt Janet put Angela to work in their flower shop, folding origami and creating 1,001 crane displays for newlyweds. At first, Angela learns the trade begrudgingly. But when her folding skills improve and her relationships with family and friends grow, Angela is able to cope with her troubles, especially her parents’ impending divorce.

La Maria troba molt a faltar la seva cosina Carla, que viu lluny. Sap que estan connectades sempre gràcies al fil invisible, però en vol saber més coses. Com és, aquest fil? De quin color? Quina forma té? La Maria haurà de connectar profundament amb el fil que comparteix amb la seva cosina per descobrir-ho, i no farà aquest viatge amb els seus vincles sola! Tots els seus companys de classe intentaran representar els fils invisibles que els connecten a les persones que s’estimen. Fins i tot la mestra, participarà en aquest viatge!

María echa mucho de menos a su prima Carla, que vive lejos. Sabe que están conectadas siempre gracias al hilo invisible, pero ella quiere saber más. ¿Cómo es ese hilo? ¿De qué color? ¿De qué forma? Maríatendrá que conectar profundamente con el hilo que comparte con su prima para descubrirlo. ¡Y no hará este viaje con sus vínculos sola! Todos sus compañeros de clase intentarán representar los hilos invisibles que los conectan a las personas que aman. ¡Incluso la maestra hará su propio viaje!

A sus nueve años, Noé nunca pensó que perdería su libertad, que se alejaría de su casa, de su familia y que tendría que permanecer encerrado en un sótano. Para no tener que enfrentar la realidad, Noé se refugia en una oscuridad de mentiras, pero poco a poco descubre que su imaginación es lo único que tiene para soportar su encierro y que sus historias logran que la mirada del hombre de los dos metros de estatura se vaya transformando. Ahora Noé sabe qué significa ser un hombre de una pieza y, junto a su nuevo amigo el Gorras, conoce cuál es el tamaño real del cielo.