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  The Red Room

  H. G. Wells

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  A man spends a night in the haunted bedchamber of a rundown castle. Gothic tale by H. G. Wells.  
  First published in 1896. 
  Narrated by Robin Reads.

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  Black Girl Rising

  Brynne Barnes

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  This enduring anthem for Black girls celebrates their power, potential, and brilliance—for themselves and for the world. 
    
  You are a thousand curls 
    
  unfurling in your hair. 
    
  You are a thousand fists 
    
  standing proudly in air. 
    
    
  You are the song of swallows, 
    
  lifting sun as they sing— 
    
  breaking light with their beaks, 
    
  breaking sky with their wings … 
    
  Black girlhood is beautiful! In this deeply moving celebration and rallying cry, and in the face of the many messages that still work to convince Black girls that they should shrink themselves, hide their light, know their place, Brynne Barnes reclaims that narrative: A Black girl’s place is everywhere, and her selfhood is everything she can dream it to be. 
    
  With poignant, poetic prose, this empowering book centers the inherent worthiness and radiance of Black girls that is still far too often denied. A love letter to and for Black girls everywhere, Black Girl Rising alchemizes the sorrow and strength of the past into the brilliant gold of the future, sweeping young readers of all backgrounds into a lyrical exploration of what it means to be Black, female, and glorious.  
    
  EMPOWERS AND INSPIRES SELF-LOVE: This uplifting anthem of Black brilliance shuts out invalidating messages and replaces them with unconditional assertions of Black girls’ rights to be loved, to be inspired, and to exist fully in their power. Everything about Black girls deserves to be seen and celebrated—and this book provides a welcome opportunity for readers of all ages to do so!  
    
  EXCELLENT READ-ALOUD: Warm, loving sentiments paired with poetic prose and a light rhyme make this book a great choice to read aloud together at story time, bedtime, or any time. It’s sure to become a fast favorite and inspire countless moments of parent-child connection. 
    
  "… this work extols the beauty, bravery, and possibilities of young black girls. The author explores strong role models, female and male, from the past to inspire readers to envision the prospects of a glorious future. … [T]he rich vocabulary, flowing narrative, and specific word emphasis encourage[s] exuberant read-alouds."—School Library Journal

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  Bears of Bray - What Makes...

  Susan Hillman

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  Bears of Bray: What Makes Yellow Snow? 
  Meet Charlie Bear and Toby the Dog in this charming new book from the BEARS OF BRAY. 
  Charlie the bear and his dog Toby come across a mysterious patch of yellow snow. 
  They have never seen yellow snow before. 
  They go on a quest to find out what has made the snow yellow. 
  Follow Charlie and Toby as they go looking for clues and learn how lots of different things can change colour. 
  Find out if they solve the mystery by themselves or if the other clever bears and animals tell them. 
  A fun story for curious minds eager to know how colours change. What Makes Yellow Snow? is the perfect pre-school and early childhood story for 3 to 7 year olds.

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  Quilted Whispers of the...

  Hoang Nguyen

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  Up in the attic of faded threads in Patchwork Pines, where quilters stitch whispers into quilts and fabric merchants deal in pieces of the past, sleuth Nora patches a clue with merchant Elias, whose deals stitch together a tapestry of missing heirlooms. Their quilt, stitched in fabric vows and thread-kissed patches, reunites truth—or unravels in tangled seams of doubt. As they sew through attic-laced boxes and clue-bound bolts, patched by thread wardens and fabric rivals, Nora's quilting vision merges with Elias's merchant trade, unveiling a patchwork legend of stitched reunion. When a loose stitch summons dust sprites, they must patch the clue to mend the weave. In the whisper of quilted patches, where every stitch mends a memory and every deal reveals a pattern, their soft mystery becomes the quilt that covers the attic's secrets.

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  Planet of the Angry Giants

  Robert Silverberg

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  Planet of the Angry Giants by Robert Silverberg - The inhabitants of Dunhill V were gigantic. They were peaceful and good natured until something happened to upset them—and then their wrath was truly terrific! 
  Commander Laurence Burke, who headed the Terran Colony on the planet of Dunhill V, was a small small as Earthmen went: he was a wiry figure no more than five feet six inches tall, with hardly an ounce of superfluous fat on his body. Despite the handicap of his size, Burke had been sufficiently adept at catching the attention of his superiors to reach his present fairly important post, as head of the tiny settlement on Dunhill V. There was one aspect of the Dunhill V assignment that Commander Burke particularly relished: although he was by six inches the shortest Earthman in the settlement, that fact tended to be overlooked in the general scheme of things—for the simple reason that the natives of Dunhill V averaged around eleven feet in height, thus making all Earthmen look like Dwarfs and making any individual difference in height seem insignificant. 
  Life was fairly quiet for the small band of Earthmen on Dunhill V. There were only some hundred and fifty of them, living in temporary plastic domes. All the colonists were scientific observers, studying the planet's ecology and trying to determine whether it would be possible and desirable for Earth to send out a full-scale colonizing mission. 
  There were many factors to be considered: the climate, the edibility of the native foods, the problem of indigenous diseases, and–by far the most important—the attitude of the natives toward having another civilization settle practically in its midst.

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  Onyx & Beyond

  Amber McBride

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  "McBride’s verse novel, inspired by her father’s life, gets an aural uplift from the accomplished narrator Andre Santana."—School Library Journal (Starred Review)Onyx lives with his mother, who is showing signs of early-onset dementia. He doesn't want to bring attention to his home—if Child Protective Services finds out, they'll put him into foster care.As he's trying to keep his life together, the Civil Rights Movement is accelerating. Is there anywhere that's safe for a young Black boy? Maybe, if only Onyx can fulfill his dream of becoming an astronaut and exploring space, where none of these challenges will follow him. In the meantime, Onyx can dream. And try to get his mom the help she needs.Based on her own father's story of growing up in the 1960s and facing the same challenge with his own mother, award winner Amber McBride delivers another affecting depiction of being young and Black in America.A Macmillan Audio production from Feiwel & Friends.

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