There are no awards to date. This book is realistic fiction.

For more information please visit:

-This book was not available at the local bookstore but can be found online on Amazon.

https://www.amazon.com/Paloma-Pickle-gorgeous-Deliberate-Happiness-ebook/dp/B0BKPHWN3K

And

https://www.annetteganders.com/palomainapicklebook

More About This Book:

This book is about a girl, Paloma, who navigates through challenging situations, while embracing the importance of friendship, as well as problem solving, and exploring cultures. The illustrations in “Paloma in a Pickle are engaging and they perfectly capture all the chaotic moments in Paloma’s life. The pictures accurately represent the text and provide visuals to help relate to the different characters' emotions throughout the story.

Why I Chose This Book:

I needed more books in the genre of Realistic Fiction. This book is a made up story that seems like it could happen in real life.

This book is an Amazon Bestseller. This book is a biography.

For more information please visit:

https://www.andersonsbookshop.com/book/9780593566718

and

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/708755/taylor-swift-a-little-golden-book-biography-by-wendy-loggia-illustrated-by-elisa-chavarri/

About the book:

This book is a short story for students and children learning to read (6-8 years old). This book is about the extremely famous popstar named Taylor Swift. It shows how her talent as well as her hard work helped her to become who she is today. This book is meant to inspire children as they read it. The illustrations are an accurate description of the text.

Why I chose this book:

I chose this book to inspire excitement about reading. Most of my students know Taylor Swift and will want to know more about her life.

This book has not yet won any awards. This is an LGBTQ+ book.

For more information please visit:

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/my-two-moms-and-me-michael-joosten/1128997207

and

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/566971/my-two-moms-and-me-by-michael-joosten-illustrated-by-izak-zenou/

About the book:

This book is about a baby who shows what it is like to have two moms. Not only does the story have two moms, but the one mother is caucasian, and the other mother is African American, showing that diverse relationships are also living the same family life that we all strive for. The illustrations in this story match the words provided on the page to a T. For example, the baby discussed the family at breakfast drinking orange juice and that page shows them at the table, looking happy, all drinking their juice.

Why I Picked This Book:

I currently have 0 LGBTQ+ books in my library so I chose this book to fill the hole.

This book won the NCTE Charlotte Huck Award, the Kirkus Prize, the Coretta Scott King Honor, the Newbery Honor, and the Caldectt Honor.  This is a BIPOC Picture Book.

To learn more about this book please visit:

https://www.andersonsbookshop.com/book/9780525518778

and

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/594506/i-am-every-good-thing-by-derrick-barnes-illustrated-by-gordon-c-james/

More About This Book:

This book does not give an actual name of the main character or an exact age, but I can infer that he is a child in elementary school between the ages of 6 to 10 years old. The pictures in this book show a young boy doing all different activities, all of which he enjoys. I believe that this book gives a strong sense about diversity by building young boys of confidence, lifting them up, as well as a sense of pride in the young boy.

I Chose This Book Because:

I need more books with African American main characters. While this book doesn't name the character it is shown that he is African American.

This book is a New York Times Bestseller and won the Ezra Jack Keats Book Award. This is a BIPOC book.

To learn more please visit:

https://www.andersonsbookshop.com/book/9781524740740

and

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/556838/the-king-of-kindergarten-by-derrick-barnes-illustrated-by-vanessa-brantley-newton/

More About The Book:

This book is about a young African American boy, named Dexter. Dexter is starting his first day of kindergarten while feeling excited as well as confident. The illustrations in this book describe the exact emotions and journey throughout Dexter’s first day of kindergarten.

Why I Chose This Book:

This book will help me meet my goal of having a more diverse library in my classroom. That is because it has an African American main character.

This book is a Stonewall Honour Book and won Children’s Illustrated Book of the Year from the British Book Awards. This is a picture book and a LGBTQ+ book.

To learn more please visit:

https://www.andersonsbookshop.com/book/9781499811933

and

https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Grandads-Camper-(A-Grandads-Camper-LGBTQ-Pride-Book-for-Kids-in-partnership-with-GLAAD)/Harry-Woodgate/Grandads-Camper/9781499811933

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This book is about a young boy named Stanley. Stanley and his grandad start a journey together in their camper. After losing their Gramps, grandad was over traveling, then the granddaughter came up with a plan to fix up their old camper and get her grandad in the mood to travel again. The pictures in this story look very energetic and fun to look at. Each picture accurately describes the words on the page, and goes along with the story perfectly. This book celebrates the universal themes of family, love, love for adventure, etc.

Why I Chose This Book:

My classroom is lacking LGBTQ+ Books and this book will help make my library more diverse.

This book won the Coretta Scott King and Steptoe New Talent Illustrator Award. This is a BIPOC book.

To learn more please visit:

https://www.andersonsbookshop.com/book/9780316461542

and

https://natashatarpleywrites.com/books/the-me-i-choose-to-be/

More About This Book:

“The Me I Choose To Be” is about a young child, who is never named in the book, trying to find out who they are, while always learning to accept, express, and love themselves. This book highlights the importance of self love, and the text print of this book can also be expressed in song form! The pictures in this book are expressive, capturing the character's emotions. The pictures also capture the experience that this child is going through. This children's book promotes inclusivity and acceptance, helping the children feel a more sense of belonging.

Why I Chose This Book:

I liked the empowering theme of being happy to be yourself. I wanted more books that foster a positive self esteem in the students.

This book is a bestseller on Amazon. This book is a classic folktale.

To learn more please visit:

https://www.andersonsbookshop.com/book/9780358732495

and

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/67918/the-little-red-hen-by-golden-books-illustrated-by-jp-miller/

More About This Book:

The protagonist of the book is the Little Red Hen. The story is about her trying her best to plant, harvest, and bake wheat and turn it into bread. Throughout her journey of baking wheat and turning it into bread she asks for help from her friends who consist of the following: a cat, a dog, and a mouse. All of these friends refuse to help the little red hen. After her hard work is done, her friends are excited to eat the bread with her. The little red hen refuses to share the end result, considering she did not have any help. The illustrations in this story are not only colorful, but also engaging, capturing each small detail and expression of the little red hen. This story has a very clear moral lesson about not only the value of hard work, but the consequences of being lazy.

Why I Chose This Book:

I want to have more books that teach students the benefits of hard work and the consequences for being lazy. I want to have my students to eternalise the moral of the story so they always try their best.

This book won the New England Round Table of Children’s Librarians Award. This book also ranked number 61 of the best children’s book of all time from School Library Journal. This book is classic literature.

To learn more please visit:

https://www.andersonsbookshop.com/book/9780593349663

and

https://www.roalddahlfans.com/dahls-work/books/charlie-and-the-chocolate-factory/

More About This Book:

“Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory” tells the story of a young boy named Charlie, who comes from a poor family. Charlie wins a golden ticket to tour Willa Wonka’s magical chocolate factory. The illustrations in this story were done by Joseph Schindelman. The pictures in this story show an extremely accurate description of Charlie’s adventures, and the emotions behind each character. This book can be read in many different formats such as hardcover, paperback, e-book, as well as audio book.

Why I Chose This Book:

I wanted to have a book in my library that is also a movie so that students can watch the movie after and see how books can come to life. I think it will create more excitement about the book.

This book won the 2022 Independent Press Award. This book is realistic fiction.

To learn more please visit:

https://www.andersonsbookshop.com/book/9781647421427

and

https://marciemaxfield.com/book

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This book is about a female adult named Em, who navigates some challenges throughout her life. Em discovers herself, grows as an individual, as well as discovering who she really is. Em is going through a divorce and travels the world to clear her head. There are not many pictures in this book, except for on the front cover, and on the back of the book. This book discusses themes of adapting to different cultures, as well as challenges that she faces while adapting to these changes. While thinking about hosting this book in the classroom, I am thinking that it could have multiple uses such as: cultural studies, character development, as well as global studies.

I Chose This Book Because:

I chose this book because it will add more cultural awareness to my classroom.

This book is a New York Times Bestseller and given multiple awards such as the Kirkus Prize, Lambda Literary Awards, as well as the National Book Award. This is an LGBTQ+ book.

To learn more please visit:

https://www.andersonsbookshop.com/book/9780525562047

and

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/600633/on-earth-were-briefly-gorgeous-by-ocean-vuong/

More About This Book:

This book is about a young Vietnamese man writing to his illiterate mother. This book goes into detail about their family history, the trauma that he has faced from the Vietnam War, their immigrant experience in the United States. This book unfortunately does not have any pictures, but the author's rich descriptive words can help the reader paint a mental image! This book is suitable for ages 17 and up. This book is for readers who are interested in literary fiction, poetry, LGBTQ+ stories and those readers who appreciate an emotional read!

Why I Chose This Book:

While this is not a book I would put in my classroom because of the age range I would recommend it to teachers in high-school who are looking for books on LGBTQ+ relationships.

This book won the Orbis Pictus Awards, The Golden Kite Award, the ALSC Notable Children’s book, was selected as one of the School Library Journal’s Best Books of the Year. This book is nonfiction/informational.

To learn more please visit:

https://www.andersonsbookshop.com/book/9780593177846

and

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/50332/amelia-lost-by-candace-fleming/

More About This Book:

This book is written as a narrative, and tells the story of Amelia’s mysterious disappearance in 1937. Throughout this chapter book, we learn about Amelia;s early life, and her plans, her fame, as well as all of the search efforts that went out after her plane mysteriously disappeared. The protagonist, Amelia Earhart, discusses events from her childhood, all the way into her adulthood, mainly focusing on her education as well as her accomplishments in becoming the first female pilot! As for pictures in this story, they are all authentic and have a sort of vintage look to them, the photographs accurately describe the text within each page. I do believe that female pilots are not as common as male, making that a talking point in the classroom, while discussing the ability of male and female roles!

Why I Chose This Book:

This book is a good talking point about gender roles and helps give my students an inspirational role model.