RLG Diverse Stories | SWAN Consortium

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1) It feels good to be yourself: a book about gender identity

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A picture book that introduces the concept of gender identity to the youngest reader from writer Theresa Thorn and illustrator Noah Grigni. Some people are boys. Some people are girls. Some people are both, neither, or somewhere in between. This sweet, straightforward exploration of gender identity will give children a fuller understanding of themselves and others. With child-friendly language and vibrant art, It Feels Good to Be Yourself provides...

2) Who likes rain?

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Yee, Wong Herbert

Description

As a young girl splashes in the rain, she plays a guessing game with the reader about other living things that enjoy a cloudburst.

3) You are awesome!

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Hoffmann, Susann

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"You can be ... kind. You can be ... brave. You can be ... clever. Let's celebrate you and the endless ways that you are awesome!" -- Back cover.

4) The kindness book

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Looks at different ways to show kindness, including choosing kind words, giving compliments, and offering help without being asked.

5) Summer color!

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"Two children notice all the beautiful colors that surround them on a rainy summer day out in the country"--

6) Puppy, puppy, puppy

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Sternberg, Julie

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Baby and puppy are double trouble--and best friends.

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"From saying hello and pronouncing your friend's name correctly to giving more than you take and saying I'm sorry, this simple concept book explores definitions of peace and actions small and big that foster it"--

8) Old MacDonald had a baby

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New father Old MacDonald spends a day caring for his baby, with a little help from the farm animals.

9) Love makes a family

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Whether you have one parent, two moms, two dads, a mom and a dad, or another wonderful caregiver, there's one thing that makes a family a family ... and that's love.

10) Kiss by kiss: a counting book for families = Ocêtôwina : peyak ôskân ohcih - akitâh-masinahikan

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Van Camp, Richard

Description

"Count your kisses with baby in this delightful dual-language rhyming board book, written in English and Plains Cree."--

11) How do you say? =: ¿Como se dice?

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Dominguez, Angela

Description

"The story of two giraffes - one English-speaking and one Spanish-speaking - that overcome the language barrier to forge a friendship"--

12) How are you? =: Cómo estás?

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Dominguez, Angela

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"Two baby giraffes meet a baby ostrich and must guess how their potential new friend is feeling"--

13) Brick by brick

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Sheffield, Heidi Woodward

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As a little boy watches his father, a bricklayer, work hard to build the city, both dream of building a house of their own.

14) Are you eating candy without me?

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Malesevic, Draga Jenny

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Book, Audiobook CD

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"Four different children from three different families ponder what the adults in their lives do during the day. Are they jumping on trampolines? Are they eating cake and ice cream while riding birthday ponies? Are they eating candy with other adults?"--

15) Families can

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"Celebrate the differences that make families UNIQUE, and the LOVE that connects us all!"--Back cover.

16) Jack (not Jackie)

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Silverman, Erica

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Susan loves her baby sister, Jackie, but as Jackie grows older and behaves more and more like a boy Susan must adjust to having a brother, Jack, instead.

17) Prince & knight

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A prince and a knight in shining armor find true love in each other's embrace after fighting a dragon together.

18) Princess Puffybottom... and Darryl

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Nielsen-Fernlund, Susin

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Princess Puffybottom has the perfect life -- her subjects serve her delicious meals, clean up her "delicate matters" and wait on her hand and foot. Life is good ...until Darryl arrives. Princess Puffybottom thinks he's disgusting, horrid and a true animal. Though she tries everything in her power to banish him (including hypnosis, trickery and even sabotage), it looks like this puppy is here to stay. Can Princess P. and Darryl find a way to co-exist?--...

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Illustrations and easy-to-read, rhyming text encourage the reader to speak up about everything from their own name being mispronounced to someone bringing a weapon to school. Includes author's note about real people who have found their voices, when to speak up, and how to express oneself without speaking.

20) Marvelous Maravilloso: me and my beautiful family

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"Marvelous Maravilloso Me and My Beautiful Family is a story from the point of view of a young interracial child about what color means within the dynamics of race, ethnicity, and culture. This sweet simple story blends the colors of the world and the color of the people in her life and shares the experience of her culture in a complex multicultural world"--