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What Is The Story Only You 
Can Tell?

Things I Celebrate

Here you'll find book lists, IG influencers, movie recommendations and a little more. Thanks for celebrating many kinds of art as you explore your own creativity. It's how we grow . . . exponentially.

Picture Books 

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1619 Project: Born on the Water by Nikole Hannah-Jones, Renee Watson and Nikkolas Smith
A Different Pond by Bao Phi and Thi Bui

All Around Us by Xelena Gonzalez and Adriana M. Garcia

All From A Walnut by Ammi-Joan Paquette and Felicita Sala

Bell or Book by Chris Barton and Ashley Spires

Birdsong by Julie Flett

Bright Winter Night by Alli Brydon and Ashling Lindsay

Boogie Boogie Y'all by C.G. Esperanza
Brown Baby Lullaby by Tameka Fryer Brown and A.G. Ford

Drum Dream Girl by Margarita Engle and Rafael Lopez

Fall In Line, Holden! by Daniel W. Vandever

Forever Cousins by Laurel Goodluck and Jonathan Nelson

Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story by Kevin Noble Maillard and Juana Martinez-Neal

Gibberish by Young Vo

Home Is In Between by Mitali Perkins and Lavanya Naidu
How To Solve A Problem by Ashima Shiraishi and Yao Xiao

I Am Cow Here Me Moo by Jill Esbaum and Gus Gordon

I Am Every Good Thing by Derrick Barnes and Gordon C. James

Jenny Mai Is Sad by Tracy Subisak

Joan Procter, Dragon Doctor: The Woman Who Loved Reptiles by Patricia Valdez and Felicita Sala

Library Lion by Michelle Knudsen and Kevin Hawkes

Little Melba and Her Big Trombone by Katheryn Russell-Brown and Frank Morrison
Lubna and Pebble by Wendy Meddour and Daniel Egneus

Michael Rosen's Sad Book by Micheal Rosen and Quentin Blake

Mrs. Biddlebox by Linda Smith and Marla Frazee

My Papi Has A Motorcycle by Isabel Quintero and Zeke Pena
My Two Border Towns by David Bowles and Erika Meza

Outside, Inside by LeUyen Pham
Powwow Day by Traci Sorell and Madelyn Goodnight

Punk Farm by Jarrett J. Krosoczka

Rain Before Rainbows by Smiriti Prasadam-Halls and David Litchfield

Respect: Aretha Franklin The Queen of Soul by Carol Boston Weatherford and Frank Morrison

Shawn Loves Sharks by Curtis Manley and Tracy Subisak

Shirley Chisholm Is A Verb by Veronica Chambers and Rachelle Baker
Sophie's Squash by Pat Zietlow Miller and Anne Wilsdorf

Ten Beautiful Things by Molly Beth Griffin and Maribel Lechuga

The Bad Seed by Jory John and Pete Oswald

The Blur by Minh Le and Dan Santat

The Flying Fantastic Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore by William Joyce

The Longest Storm by Dan Yaccarino

The Most Beautiful Thing by Kao Kalia Yang and Khoa Le

The Most Magnificent Thing by Ashley Spires

The Quiet Book by Deborah Underwood and Renata Liwska

The Rabbit Listened by Cori Doerrfeld

The Rough Patch by Brian Lies

The Sound of Colors: A Journey of the Imagination by Jimmy Liao

The World Is Not A Rectangle: A Portrait of Architect Zaha Hadid by Jeanette Winter

This Story Is Not About A Kitten by Randall de Seve and Carson Ellis
Tia Isa Wants A Car by Meg Medina and Claudia Munoz

Today by Julie Morstad

Two Speckled Eggs by Jennifer K. Mann

Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre by Carole Boston Weatherford and Floyd Cooper
Watercress by Andrea Wang and Jason Chin
We Are Water Protectors by Carole Lindstrom and Michaela Goade

We Don't Eat Our Classmates by Ryan T. Higgins

What Do You Do With A Voice Like That: The Story of Extraordinary Congresswoman Barbara       
      Jordon by Chris Barton and Ekua Holmes

What If by Samantha Burger and Mike Curato
When You Are Brave by Pat Zietlow Miller and Eliza Wheeler

Your Mama by NoNieqa Ramos and Jacqueline Alcantara

Zombie in Love Kelly DiPucchio and Scott Campbell

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