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Pride Titles (Children) 2021:

Mayor Pete

I’m Not a Girl

Benny’s True Colors

Benny’s True Colors

Uncle Bobby’s Wedding

Uncle Bobby’s Wedding

Rick

Martin Mclean, Middle School Queen

Martin Mclean, Middle School Queen

The Derby Daredevils: Kenzie Kickstarts a Team

The Derby Daredevils: Kenzie Kickstar...

Who Was Harvey Milk?

Who Was Harvey Milk?

This Day in June

This Day in June

I Am Jazz

The Misadventures of the Family Fletcher

The Misadventures of the Family Fletcher

Bunnybear

Neither

What Was Stonewall?

What Was Stonewall?

Stonewall

Rainbow

When Aidan Became a Brother

When Aidan Became a Brother

The Best at It

Pride

Rainbow Boy

Sam Is My Sister

Sam Is My Sister

Pride Puppy!

What Are Your Words?

What Are Your Words?

Antiracism Titles (Children) 2021:

Our Skin: A First Conversation about Race

Our Skin: A First Conversation about ...

Brown Girl Dreaming

Brown Girl Dreaming

The Undefeated

Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History

Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black H...

Little Legends: Exceptional Men in Black History

Little Legends: Exceptional Men in Bl...

What Can a Citizen Do?

What Can a Citizen Do?

Ghost Boys

Be the Change

Martin Rising: Requiem For a King

Martin Rising: Requiem For a King

A Good Kind of Trouble

A Good Kind of Trouble

Step Into Your Power

Step Into Your Power

Young Gifted and Black

Young Gifted and Black

We Rise, We Resist, We Raise Our Voices

We Rise, We Resist, We Raise Our Voices

Pop Songs Turned Into Books (Children):

We Got the Beat

We Got the Beat

These Boots Are Made for Walkin’

These Boots Are Made for Walkin’

Dream Weaver

I Will Survive

The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin’ Groovy)

The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin’ ...

Strawberry Swing

Strawberry Swing

Life Is Beautiful

Life Is Beautiful

He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands

He’s Got the Whole World in His...

(Sittin’ on) The Dock of the Bay

(Sittin’ on) The Dock of the Bay

In My Life

C Is for Country

C Is for Country

Good Vibrations

Good Vibrations

Sunny Day: A Celebration of the Sesame Street Theme Song

Sunny Day: A Celebration of the Sesam...

All You Need Is Love

All You Need Is Love

Get Up, Stand Up

Get Up, Stand Up

Respect

We’re Not Gonna Take It

We’re Not Gonna Take It

All I Want for Christmas Is You

All I Want for Christmas Is You

Imagine

Elvis Presley’s Love Me Tender

Elvis Presley’s Love Me Tender

Every Little Thing

Every Little Thing

What a Wonderful World

What a Wonderful World

Footloose

Happy!

If Not for You

Sweet Child o’ Mine

Sweet Child o’ Mine

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Pride Titles (Teen) 2021:

Pumpkin

Identity

King and the Dragonflies

King and the Dragonflies

We Didn’t Ask for This

We Didn’t Ask for This

Felix Ever After

Felix Ever After

The Black Flamingo

The Black Flamingo

You Should See Me in a Crown

You Should See Me in a Crown

Flamer

Be Dazzled

Perfect on Paper

Perfect on Paper

Bruised

Middletown

She Drives Me Crazy

She Drives Me Crazy

Kate in Waiting

Kate in Waiting

It Goes Like This

It Goes Like This

I’ll Give You the Sun

I’ll Give You the Sun

We Set the Dark on Fire

We Set the Dark on Fire

Once & Future

Pet

Mooncakes

Antiracism Titles (Teen) 2021:

The Black Friend

The Black Friend

When They Call You a Terrorist (Young Adult Edition)

When They Call You a Terrorist (Young...

The Awakening of Malcolm X

The Awakening of Malcolm X

Concrete Rose

The Hate U Give

The Hate U Give

This Is My America

This Is My America

#NotYourPrincess

#NotYourPrincess

This Book Is Anti-Racist

This Book Is Anti-Racist

I’m Not Dying with You Tonight

I’m Not Dying with You Tonight

Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You

Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You

Long Way Down

All American Boys

All American Boys

Brown Girl Dreaming

Brown Girl Dreaming

Ghost Boys

Be the Change

Harbor Me

Books to Movie (Teen):

After

Five Feet Apart

Five Feet Apart

To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before

To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before

The Knife of Never Letting Go

The Knife of Never Letting Go

The Haunting of Hill House (Horror Classic)

The Haunting of Hill House (Horror Cl...

Dash & Lily’s Book of Dares

Dash & Lily’s Book of Dares

Anne of Green Gables

Anne of Green Gables

Rebecca

Thirteen Reasons Why

Thirteen Reasons Why

Divergent (Divergent Trilogy, Book 1)

Divergent (Divergent Trilogy, Book 1)

Speak

Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children

Miss Peregrine’s Home for Pecul...

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (Movie Tie-in Edition)

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (Movie...

The Hate U Give

The Hate U Give

All the Bright Places Movie Tie-In Edition

All the Bright Places Movie Tie-In Ed...

The Sun Is Also a Star

The Sun Is Also a Star

Every Day

Dumplin’

The Hunger Games

The Hunger Games

The Golden Compass

The Golden Compass

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Newbery Winning Titles:

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