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They Both Die at the End is a story about two young men named Mateo and Rufus whose lives intersect when each gets a call telling him he is going to die that day and they connect via an app called Last Friend. This book allows readers to follow along…

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Explores the sounds that children's heartbeats make when they experience love and laughter. It features children from all around the world and demonstrates that our heartbeats unite us.

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This is a science fiction novel focusing on the main character, Jennifer, and her first year in college. She faces many problems, addressing political, social, and environmental issues, making the novel appealing to readers both young and old.

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Pie Chart reflects the percentage of different races/ethnicity, gender, and sexuality of the authors and illustrators. There is also a chart that includes the percentage of different genres of books.

Gender:
Male Authors: 1
Male Illustrators:…

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The pie chart reflects the percentage of both primary and secondary characters. Charts provide information about the different genders, sexualities, races, and ethnicity of characters.

Primary Characters:
Male Characters: 7
Female Characters:…

A young donkey missing her mother is excited as her father sits her down to give her a surprise. With its funny rhyming words and its charming illustrations, this Children's Choice Award Wonky Donkey sequel tells the tale of a loving family and…

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In this story, Emmitt's twin sister, Minnie, dies in an accident. Minnie turns out to be an organ donor. Emmitt tries to put his sister back together, in spirit. He decides to create a film and interview people who received his sisters organs. The…

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Two entrepreneurial Korean American teens fall in love as they compete in sales at their respective Korean beauty businesses. Despite their blossoming relationship, the rivalry is strong and only one business can succeed!

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Cilla Lee-Jenkins knows she is destined to be a great author; her first-person narrative demonstrates her working at her craft while also learning about her biracial (Chinese/White) identity.

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Example of Molly Bang's visual language exercise.

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This novel is a prequel to Thomas’ The Hate U Give. It follows Maverick, the father of Starr Carter in The Hate U Give, as a seventeen-year-old highschool student. He is a senior and a member of the King Lords gang in a fictional Black neighborhood…

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A ring graph showing the breakdown by race in a sampling of children's picture books in a display at Indigo Books in Orléans, ON, in January, 2022.

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A short recollection of how Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s grandparents met during their time in a Japanese internment camp. A story about love as persistence and resistance in times of hardship.

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Love in the Library pages 27-28 simplified

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Pie charts and a bar graph representing the distribution of race/ethnicity representation within a sample of picturebooks at Perfect Books.

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Pie charts and a bar graph representing the distribution of gender representation within a sample of picturebooks at Perfect Books.

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A retelling of the "Little Red Riding Hood" story; in this version, the wolf is a helper, and the little girl must rely on both his knowledge and her own to find her way to safety. TheKirkus review states, "Readers will likely infer the girl and her…

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An interview with author, play director, and calligrapher Amanda West Lewis, lead by interviewer Brooklyn Wilkins. The interview covers Lewis's creative process in regards to her works with children. As someone who works so closely with youth in…

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Created as an exercise from Molly Bang's Picture This, this picture takes the word 'shark' and breaks it down to its simpliest colours and shapes. This image was created using only construction paper, glue and scissors. It has a focus on darker…

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RACE/ ETHNICITY (Primary Characters) - 50% White, 6.3% Latinx, 6.3% Multicultural, 6.3% Brown Skin, 25% Black / AfricanRACE/ ETHNICITY (Secondary Characters) - 45% White, 10% Latinx, 10% Black / African ,5% Indigenous, 5% Asian GENDER IDENTITY…

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RACE/ ETHNICITY - 64.3% White, 21.4% Black / African, 14.3% MulticulturalGENDER IDENTITY - 42.9% Female, 35.7% Male, 14.3% Non-Binary, 7.1% Trans MaleSEXUALITY - 35.7% LGBTQ+, 35.7% Unspecified, 28.6% Straight

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A cat finds a job in a children's bookshop, where he helps children of many races and genders come together over books.

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Is the final book in the 5th wave series. Follows the journey of Cassie fighting against the aliens who have invaded earth. In the remaining few days they have left on earth Cassie and the remaining survivors must decide what is most important,…

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“Young Kalia has never known life beyond the fences of the Ban Vinai Refugee Camp. The Thai camp holds many thousands of Hmong families who fled in the aftermath of the little-known Secret War in Laos that was waged during America’s Vietnam War. For…

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This novel is an updated version of Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. It brings in themes of cultural identity, class, and gentrification in a romance setting. It discusses diversity and hardship in the teenage years and reimagines a classic story.

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