Just Lizzie by Karen Wilfrid
Available at the Richland County Library in print, ebook, and eAudiobook formats. What do you do when there’s a question inside you that feels so big, you don’t know how to put words to it?…
The Puppets of Spelhorst by Kate DiCamillo
Available at the Richland County Library in print, ebook, and eAudiobook formats. Shut up in a trunk by a taciturn old sea captain with a secret, five friends—a king, a wolf, a girl, a boy,…
Small Shoes, Great Strides: How Three Brave Girls Opened Doors to School Equality written by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson and illustrated by Alex Bostic
Available from the Richland County Library in print format. Leona Tate, Gail Etienne, and Tessie Prevost didn’t set out to make history. But when these three Black first graders stepped into the all-white…
Cosmic Wonder: Halley’s Comet and Humankind written and illustrated by Ashley Benham-Yazdani
Available at the Richland County Library in print format. First recorded traveling overhead in 240 BCE, Halley’s Comet returns every seventy-six years or so for a fresh glimpse of life on bountiful…
A Spoonful of Time by Flora Ahn
Available from the Richland County Library in print format. Maya’s grandmother, Halmunee, may be losing her memory, but she hasn’t lost her magic touch in the kitchen. Whether she serves salty miyeok-guk or sweet songpyeon,…
That’s Not My Name! by Anoosha Syed
Published 2022 Available from the Richland County Library in print format. A debut picture book about loving your name, finding your voice, and standing up for yourself from the critically acclaimed illustrator of Bilal…
Dear Reader by Tiffany Rose
Available in the Richland Library collection in print format. A voracious young reader loves nothing more than going to the library and poring through books all day, making friends with characters and going off on…
Powwow Day by Traci Sorell, Illustrated by Madelyn Goodnight
Available in the Richland Library collection in print, and eBook formats. In this uplifting, contemporary Native American story, River is recovering from illness and can’t dance at the powwow this year. Will she ever dance…
The Katha Chest by Radhiah Chowdhury, Illustrated by Lavanya Naidu
Available in the Richland Library collection in print format. Reminiscent of Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow’s Mommy’s Khimar, this beautifully woven tale about the bonds of love, culture, and memory follows a young girl learning about her family history through…
Golden Girl by Reem Faruqi
Available in the Richland Library collection in print, eBook, and eAudiobook formats. Seventh grader Aafiyah loves playing tennis, reading Weird but True facts, and hanging out with her best friend, Zaina. However, Aafiyah has a…