NIGHT JOB by Karen Hesse "When the sun sets, Dad’s job as a school custodian is just beginning. What is it like to work on a Friday night while the rest of the city is asleep? There’s the smell of lilacs in the night air..." #BindingBooks ow.ly/xNxK50H90Cb

MATZAH CRAZE BY Jamie Kiffel-Alcheh "When Noa refuses to swap anything from her lunch one day, her friends wonder why. It’s because it’s Passover! But friendly Noa figures out a way to bring her friends into the holiday fun" #BindingBooks karben.com/matzahcraze

SHELTER by @christiemath "Today might be Maya's toughest yet. Her family is on edge, she needs to travel alone across the city, a bully is out to get her, and Maya has to face this winter's biggest rainstorm without a coat or an umbrella" #BindingBooks penguinrandomhouse.com/books/670229/s…

YOURE NOT PROPER by Tariq Mehmood "Her dad is Pakistani & her mom is white Christian & Karen feels as if she doesn't fit in anywhere. So she's going to convert to Islam to find her true identity..." #BindingBooks hoperoadpublishing.com/youre-not-prop…

BETTER TOGETHER by Christine Riccio "Jamie & Siri are sisters, torn apart at a young age by their parents' volatile divorce. They’ve grown up living completely separate lives: Jamie with their Dad and Siri with their Mom" #BindingBooks us.macmillan.com/books/97812507…

THE SHARED ROOM by Kao Kalia Yang "When someone you love dies, you know what doesn’t die? Love. On the hot beach, among colorful umbrellas blooming beneath a bright sun, no one saw a little girl walk into the water" #BindingBooks upress.umn.edu/book-division/…

Of all my books, this is the least popular. A little girls dies. No one wants a sad story for children and yet this is the room we all share. It is among the most important of my titles.

ALL IS MERRY AND BRIGHT by Jeff Burton "Stars jingle in the sky All is calm over night All is merry All is bright! As cheer & good will fill the air there is an undeniable joyous feeling that connects the world during the holiday season" #BindingBooks simonandschuster.com/books/All-Is-M…

IMMEDIATE FAMILY by Ashley Nelson Levy "A tender and fierce debut novel that explores the bond between two siblings - one the biological child and one adopted from an orphanage in Thailand" #BindingBooks us.macmillan.com/books/97803746…

WE ARE FAMILY by LeBron James "For each kid Hoop Group was more than just a chance to ball; it was an escape a dream a family. Now their prospects seem all but impossible—but then the world hasn’t met Jayden Tamika Chris Anthony & Dex before" #BindingBooks shop.scholastic.com/parent-ecommer…

THE ALL-TOGETHER QUILT by Lizzy Rockwell "The kids and grown-ups at a community center begin with lots of colorful fabrics and an idea. Then step by step they make that idea a reality" #BindingBooks penguinrandomhouse.com/books/156422/t…

ARCHIE CELEBRATES DIWALI by Mitali Banerjee Ruths "Archana loves her family's annual Diwali party & this year she gets to share it with all her friends from school. She helps with the decorations & the food & is eager for everyone to arrive" #BindingBooks ow.ly/vmsX50HeQwZ

BEDTIME BONNET by Nancy Redd "a heartwarming peek into quintessential Black nighttime hair traditions and celebrates the love between all the members of this close-knit, multi-generational family" #BindingBooks penguinrandomhouse.com/books/606698/b…

HOW TO MAKE FRIENDS WITH THE SEA by Tanya Guerrero - Find Me Elsewhere "He’s only 12 but he’s lived in more countries than he can count. After his parents divorced he & his mother have moved from place to place for years, never settling anywhere long" #BindingBooks penguinrandomhouse.com/books/672031/h…

THE NUTCRACKER IN HARLEM by T. E. McMorrow "In this original retelling, set in New York City during the height of the Harlem Renaissance, one little girl finds her voice as a musician thanks to her enchanting adventures with a magical toy." harpercollins.com/products/the-n…

BRINGING IN THE NEW YEAR by Grace Lin "follow a Chinese American family as they prepare for the Lunar New Year. Each member of the family lends a hand as they sweep out the dust of the old year, hang decorations, and make dumplings..." #BindingBooks shop.scholastic.com/teachers-ecomm…

OTHER WORDS FOR HOME by @jasminewarga "Jude never thought she’d be leaving her beloved older brother and father behind, all the way across the ocean in Syria. But when things in her hometown start becoming volatile" #BindingBoooks harpercollins.com/products/other…

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