Evelyn Del Rey Is Moving Away
| Author | : Meg Medina |
| Publisher | : Candlewick Press |
| Total Pages | : 37 |
| Release | : 2020-09-08 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1536219916 |
From Newbery Medalist Meg Medina comes the bittersweet story of two girls who will always be each other’s número uno, even though one is moving away. A big truck with its mouth wide open is parked at the curb, ready to gobble up Evelyn’s mirror with the stickers around the edge . . . and the sofa that we bounce on to get to the moon. Evelyn Del Rey is Daniela’s best friend. They do everything together and even live in twin apartments across the street from each other: Daniela with her mami and hamster, and Evelyn with her mami, papi, and cat. But not after today—not after Evelyn moves away. Until then, the girls play amid the moving boxes until it’s time to say goodbye, making promises to keep in touch, because they know that their friendship will always be special. The tenderness of Meg Medina’s beautifully written story about friendship and change is balanced by Sonia Sánchez’s colorful and vibrant depictions of the girls’ urban neighborhood.
Drum Roll, Please
| Author | : Lisa Jenn Bigelow |
| Publisher | : HarperCollins |
| Total Pages | : 247 |
| Release | : 2018-06-26 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
| ISBN | : 0062791168 |
Find the confidence to rock out to your own beat in this big-hearted middle grade novel. One of Time Out's “LGBTQ+ books for kids to read during Pride Month,” this is perfect for fans of Raina Telgemeier's Drama and Tim Federle's Better Nate Than Ever! Melly only joined the school band because her best friend, Olivia, begged her to. But to her surprise, quiet Melly loves playing the drums. It’s the only time she doesn’t feel like a mouse. Now she and Olivia are about to spend the next two weeks at Camp Rockaway, jamming under the stars in the Michigan woods. But this summer brings a lot of big changes for Melly: her parents split up, her best friend ditches her, and Melly finds herself unexpectedly falling for another girl at camp. To top it all off, Melly’s not sure she has what it takes to be a real rock n’ roll drummer. Will she be able to make music from all the noise in her heart? Ami Polonsky, acclaimed author of Gracefully Grayson, raved, "Drum Roll, Please is a perfect middle-grade love story. Bigelow delivers a mighty message to turn up the volume on your inner drumbeat."
All Eyes on Ozzy!
| Author | : K-Fai Steele |
| Publisher | : Balzer & Bray |
| Total Pages | : 40 |
| Release | : 2021-10-05 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
| ISBN | : 9780062748584 |
Love, Violet
| Author | : Charlotte Sullivan Wild |
| Publisher | : Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) |
| Total Pages | : 21 |
| Release | : 2022-01-04 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
| ISBN | : 0374390681 |
Stonewall Book Award Winner Lambda Literary Award Finalist Charlotte Huck Honor Book Perfect for Valentine's Day, Love, Violet by Charlotte Sullivan Wild and Charlene Chua is a touching picture book about friendship and the courage it takes to share your feelings. Only one person makes Violet’s heart skip Of all the kids in Violet's class, only one leaves her speechless: Mira, the girl with the cheery laugh who races like the wind. If only they could adventure together! But every time Violet tries to tell Mira how she feels, Violet goes shy. As Valentine's Day approaches, Violet is determined to tell Mira just how special she is. Charlene Chua’s luminous watercolors bring to life this sweet and gentle picture book about friendship, love, and the courage it takes to share your heart.
The Cot in the Living Room
| Author | : Hilda Eunice Burgos |
| Publisher | : Penguin |
| Total Pages | : 40 |
| Release | : 2021-06-01 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
| ISBN | : 059311048X |
A young Dominican American girl in New York City moves from jealousy to empathy as her parents babysit children whose families work overnight shifts in this honest and warm picture book debut. Night after night, a young girl watches her mami set up a cot in the living room for guests in their Washington Heights apartment, like Raquel (who's boring) and Edgardo (who gets crumbs everywhere). She resents that they get the entire living room with a view of the George Washington Bridge, while all she gets is a tiny bedroom with a view of her sister (who snores). Until one night when no one comes, and it's finally her chance! But as it turns out, sleeping on the cot in the living room isn't all she thought it would be. With charming text by Hilda Eunice Burgos and whimsical illustrations by Gaby D'Alessandro, The Cot in the Living Room is a celebration of the ways a Dominican American community takes care of one another while showing young readers that sometimes the best way to be a better neighbor is by imagining how it feels to spend a night sleeping on someone else's pillow.
Make Meatballs Sing
| Author | : Matthew Burgess |
| Publisher | : Enchanted Lion Books |
| Total Pages | : 80 |
| Release | : 2021-05-04 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
| ISBN | : 9781592703166 |
Deeply influenced by the example of Christ--to stand in love with the least of us--and fired up by the social justice issues of her day, artist, designer, and educator Sister Corita Kent was a nun like no other!
Ruby on the Outside
| Author | : Nora Raleigh Baskin |
| Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
| Total Pages | : 176 |
| Release | : 2016-06-14 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1442485043 |
Eleven-year-old Ruby Danes has a real best friend for the first time ever, but agonizes over whether or not to tell her a secret she has never shared with anyone--that her mother has been in prison since Ruby was five--and over whether to express her anger to her mother.
