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Black Birds in the Sky by Brandy Colbert Juneteenth is tomorrow June 19! Learn more information here: https://www.juneteenth.com/ & https://nmaahc.si.edu/explore/stories/historical-legacy-juneteenth Read alikes: And We Rise by Erica Martin Stamped : Racism, Antiracism, and You by Reynolds, Jason Inheritance : A Visual Poem by Acevedo, Elizabeth

Better with Butter by Victoria Piontek The IASL Book Awards were announced recently. See the full list and more information here: https://www.iasl-ia.org/home Other Children’s Choice Award 2023-4 nominees: Willodeen by Katherine Applegate A Soft Place to Land by Janae Marks rez dogs by Joseph Bruchac

June is LGBTQ+ Pride Month! There is a list of resources and more information here: https://programminglibrarian.org/articles/lgbtq-pride-month Read alikes: Venom & Vow by Elliott McLemore Anna-Marie The Feeling Of Falling In Love by Mason Deaver Ander & Santi Were Here by Jonny Garza Villa

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The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart It’s National Foster Care Month. Learn more here: https://www.childwelfare.gov/fostercaremonth/ Read alikes: Something Like Home by Andrea Beatriz Arango Thanks a Lot, Universe by Chad Lucas The Lottery Rose by Irene Hunt

A Drop of Venom by Sajni Patel Read alikes: Monsters Born and Made by Tanvi Berwah A Place For Vanishing by Ann Fraistat Lore by Alexandra Bracken

Finally Seen by Kelly Yang It’s Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month. Learn more here: https://www.asianpacificheritage.gov/ Read alikes: Stargazing by Jen Wang Jennifer Chan Is Not Alone by Tae Keller Maizy Chen's Last Chance by Lisa Yee

The Silence that Binds Us by Joanna Ho It’s Mental Health Awareness Month. There is a list of resources here: https://northlibertyiowa.org/2022/03/07/its-ok-to-not-be-ok-and-its-good-to-get-help/ Read alikes: The Words We Keep by Erin Stewart This Place is Still Beautiful by Xixi Tian We Weren't Looking To Be Found by Stephanie Kuehn Once More With Chutzpah by Haley Neil

Song for a Whale by Lynne Kelly Celebrate National Deaf History Month! Learn more here: https://www.nad.org/ Show Me a Sign by Ann Clare LeZotte A Whale of the Wild by Rosanne Parry Insignificant Events In the Life Of a Cactus by Dusti Bowling

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The Nature of Witches by Rachel Griffin Happy Earth Day! Learn more here: https://www.earthday.org/ House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland The Ones We're Meant To Find by Joan He War Girls by Tochi Onyebuchi

Something More by Jackie Khalilieh Celebrate National Arab American Heritage Month. Learn more here: https://arabamericafoundation.org/national-arab-american-heritage-month/ Read alikes: All-American Muslim Girl by Nadine Jolie Courtney Ronit & Jamil by Pamela L. Laskin Man O' War by Cory McCarthy

Happy National Library Week! Learn more here: https://www.ala.org/conferencesevents/celebrationweeks/natlibraryweek Read alikes: Attack of the Black Rectangles by Amy Sarig King The List by Patricia Forde Save Me a Seat by Sarah Weeks

As if on Cue by Marisa Kanter Read alikes: A Show for Two by Tashie Bhuiyan To All the Boys I Loved Before by Jenny Han Second Chance Summer by Morgan Matson

Love, Light, & Lit: Co-parenting with Care by North Liberty Library

The House that Whispers by Lin Thompson Read alikes: The Best Liars in Riverview by Lin Thompson Too Bright to See by Kyle Lukoff Ivy Aberdeen's Letter to the World by Ashley Herring Blake

All my Rage by Sabaa Tahir Read alikes: An Emotion of Great Delight Tahereh Mafi Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo

When Life Gives you Lemons, Make Peach Pie by Erin Downing Read alikes: The Penderwicks Book by Jeanne Birdsall The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street / by Karina Yan Glaser Pie In the Sky by Remy Lai Summer of a Thousand Pies by Margaret Dilloway

That Weekend by Kara Thomas Read alikes: You'll Be the Death Of Me by Karen McManus I Killed Zoe Spanos by Kit Frick The Ivies by Alexa Donne

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Kneel by Candace Buford Read alikes: Why We Fly by Kimberly Jones Punching the Air written by Ibi Zoboi with Yusef Salaam The Cost of Knowing by Brittney Morris

You'll Be the Death Of Me by Karen M. McManus Read alikes: A Good Girl's Guide To Murder by Holly Jackson They Wish They Were Us by Jessica Goodman The Agathas by Kathleen Glasgow & Liz Lawson That Weekend by Kara Thomas

Recognize! : An Anthology Honoring and Amplifying Black Life edited by Wade Hudson and Cheryl Willis Hudson Read alikes: Black Boy Joy edited by Kwame Mbalia Take the Mic: Fictional Stories of Everyday Resistance edited by Bethany C. Morrow Fresh Ink edited by Lamar Giles

Today Tonight Tomorrow by Rachel Lynn Solomon Read alikes: Yes No Maybe So by Becky Albertalli & Aisha Saeed Better Than the Movies by Lynn Painter Tweet Cute by Emma Lord

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