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Juna’s jar

2015

by Jane Bahk and Felicia Hoshino

After her best friend, Hector, moves away, Juna's brother Minho tries to make her feel better by finding things to put in her special kimchi jar, and each night, whatever is in the jar takes her on a magical journey in search of Hector. Includes glossary

Juneteenth for Mazie

2015

by Floyd Cooper

Little Mazie wants the freedom to stay up late, but her father explains what freedom really means in the story of Juneteenth, and how her ancestors celebrated their true freedom

King Jack and the dragon

2015

by Peter Bently and Helen Oxenbury

Jack, Zack, and Caspar build a castle fort, then spend a day fighting dragons and beasts, but at day's end giants carry away first Sir Zack, then Caspar, and King Jack is left to face night creatures alone

Lailah’s lunchbox

2015

by Reem Faruqi and Lea Lyon

Now that she is ten, Lailah is delighted that she can fast during the month of Ramadan like her family and her friends in Abu Dhabi, but finding a way to explain to her teacher and classmates in Atlanta is a challenge until she gets some good advice from the librarian, Mrs. Carman.

Last stop on Market Street

2015

by Matt de la Peña and Christian Robinson

A young boy rides the bus across town with his grandmother and learns to appreciate the beauty in everyday things

Lillian’s right to vote

2015

by Jonah Winter and Shane Evans

As an elderly woman, Lillian recalls that her great-great- grandparents were sold as slaves in front of a courthouse where only rich white men were allowed to vote, then the long fight that led to her right--and determination--to cast her ballot since the Voting Rights Act gave every American the right to vote

Little Red Gliding Hood

2015

by Tara Lazar and Troy Cummings

Little Red is an excellent ice skater, but she will need a good partner for the skating pairs competition and the only one available is a certain Wolf, who needs new skates as badly as Little Red does.

Little chanclas

2015

by José Lozano

Lily Lujan is known as Little Chanclas because she wears her chanclas, or flip flops, wherever she goes, especially to parties, so when the chanclas come apart while she is dancing at a family barbecue and Chewcho the bulldog eats one, Lily is inconsolable until Granny Lola arrives with a solution

Lizard from the park

2015

by Mark Pett

When a lizard hatches from the egg Leonard finds in the park, he names it Buster and takes it all around the city, but Buster grows bigger and bigger until Leonard realizes he must devise a way to return his pet to the deepest, darkest part of the park and set him free

Love is in the hair

2015

by Syrus Marcus Ware

Carter's up in the middle of the night, too excited to sleep: her baby sister is being born! She asks her Uncle Marcus to tell her some soothing stories about the beautiful things in his dreadlocks so she can relax and rest. --Page 4 of cover

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Juna’s jar

Juneteenth for Mazie

King Jack and the dragon

Lailah’s lunchbox

Last stop on Market Street

Lillian’s right to vote

Little Red Gliding Hood

Little chanclas

Lizard from the park

Love is in the hair