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Bedtime bonnet
Crown : an ode to the fresh cut
The roots of rap : 16 bars on the 4 pillars of hip-hop
Black is a rainbow color
Hey black child
That is my dream! : a picture book of Langston Hughes's "Dream variation"

Black Lives Matter: Books for Young Readers and Their Families

Casey
I am not your negro.
Policing the police.
Ken Burns the Central Park five.
Stranger fruit
Eyes on the prize : America's Civil Rights years.
Whose streets?

Black Lives Matter: Streaming Films About Civil Rights in America

Bond
A good kind of trouble
Roll of thunder, hear my cry
Ghost boys
Black brother, black brother
New kid
Harbor me

Black Lives Matter: Antiracist Books for Middle-Grade Readers

Anne W
One true way
Rick
Drama
George
To Night Owl from Dogfish
Lily and Dunkin

Read With Pride!: LGBTQIA-Inclusive Books for 3rd-6th Grade Readers

Anne W
The hips on the drag queen go swish, swish, swish
Love makes a family
A is for activist
When Aidan became a brother
Pride colors
Ho'onani : hula warrior

Celebrate Pride: LGBTQIA+ Book Recommendations for Young Readers

Casey
#MurderFunding
Are you listening?
Aurora rising
Aurora rising
The beast player
Broken throne : A Red Queen Collection

Teens' Top Ten

Brian
Moneyball
My Cubs : a love story
Boom town : the fantastical saga of Oklahoma city, its chaotic founding... its purloined basketball team, and the dream of becoming a world-class metropolis
War fever : Boston, baseball, and America in the shadow of the Great War
The boys in the boat : nine Americans and their epic quest for gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
Foxcatcher : the true story of my brother's murder, John du Pont's madness, and the quest for Olympic gold

#StayHome with Sports Stories

Melody
Fast food nation : the dark side of the all-American meal
Kitchen confidential : adventures in the culinary underbelly
Hotbox : inside catering, the food world's riskiest business
Sweetbitter
Give a girl a knife : a memoir
The most spectacular restaurant in the world : the Twin Towers, Windows on the World, and the rebirth of New York

Behind-the-Scenes at Restaurants

Anne W
Circe : a novel
Frankly in love
Spinning silver
A gentleman in Moscow
Written in the stars
All the light we cannot see : a novel

YA and Adult crossover eAudio on Overdrive

Casey
Dominicana
Dominicana
Girl, woman, other
The mirror & the light
The mirror & the light
Weather

2020 Women's Prize for Fiction Shortlist

Brian
Popularmmos presents : Enter the Mine
Frozen graphic novel
Comics squad #2: lunch!
Garfield, volume 1
Making friends, volume 2 : Back to the Drawing Board
Meg, jo, beth, and amy: little women

New Graphic Novel E-Books for Kids

Anne W
My heart fills with happiness
Red is a dragon : a book of colors
Oh, no!
Raindrops roll
Sleepy, the goodnight buddy
Frog and toad are friends.

Great Overdrive ReadAlongs

Casey
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