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Astro girl
by Ken Wilson-Max
A little girl teams up with her father to role-play her dream of becoming an astronaut by pretending to be in zero gravity, eating food from a tube and doing cookie-sheet science experiments, until her mother’s return reveals who inspired the girl’s ambitions.
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Amy Wu and the patchwork dragon
by Kat Zhang
A follow-up to Amy Wu and the Perfect Bao finds Amy’s love for arts and crafts challenged by her teacher’s assignment to draw a dragon that reflects her own imagination.
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Ambitious girl
by Meena Harris
A girl sees a woman labeled as having too much ambition, but when the girl considers its definition she finds herself inspired and realizes ambition is required to make changes to the world and have her voice be heard.
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One girl
by Andrea Beaty
A meditative tribute to the power of reading and how one child can change the world, inspired by the global movement to empower girls through education, depicts a girl who reads a book that inspires her to become a writer and share what she has learned.
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Laxmi's mooch
by Shelly Anand
After Laxmi's friend Zoe points out the hairs on her lip, Laxmi is very self-conscious until her East Indian parents help her to accept and celebrate her appearance.
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Sulwe
by Lupita Nyong'o
The Academy Award-winning actress presents the story of a little girl with beautiful, midnight-colored skin that makes her feel different from everyone, until a magical journey in the night sky transforms her perspective.
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Eyes that kiss in the corners
by Joanna Ho
A young Asian girl notices that her eyes look different from her peers but by drawing from the strength of the powerful women in her life, she recognizes her own beauty and discovers a path to self-love and empowerment.
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See the cat : three stories about a dog
by David LaRochelle
See Max. Max is not a cat, Max is a dog. But much to Max's dismay, the book keeps instructing readers to "see the cat." How can Max get through to the book that he is a DOG?
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The bear in my family
by Maya Tatsukawa
Likening his bossy older sister to a bear who is very loud, strong and messy, a young child reconsiders his views about the advantages of having a bear in the family when he encounters a group of playground bullies.
Find it on Cloud Library.
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Contact your librarian for more great books for ages 0-8!
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