Booklists for Educators

Because his grandmother is arriving from India, Rishi wants to cook curry alongside his dad using the flavors from his family's special spice box, but when he drops the box that holds the family's heart and history, he draws courage and meaning from their

Jenny Chow, determined to hold her own in her family's annual chopsticks challenge, creates a solution through STEAM trial and error to master those slippery, oh-so-tricky chopsticks. Includes instructions on how to make DIY chopstick tongs.

Introduces young readers to astronaut and Johnson Space Center director Ellen Ochoa, the first Latina to reach outer space, chronicling her extraordinary career and numerous distinctions and awards as she reached for the stars.

Sometimes Maya feels a warm glow inside, but sometimes she feels a different kind of glow, and a trip to the library helps Maya discovers how Black women throughout history used their feelings to help change the world for the better.

This affectionate portrait of Viola Smith, one of the few female professional drummers of the early 20th century, shows how she played so fast she left no room for doubt: women could not only keep the beat?—?they could beat the odds.

Hungry Ghost Month is a dangerous time for the living—especially for July who can see the dead and must keep herself and a newly befriended wandering soul safe.

Feng-Li and her siblings get the surprise of their lives when their parents must return to Taiwan, leaving them in Los Angeles to navigate a new country without them.

Rex doesn’t have many friends, he’s being bullied at school, his family is poor, and now he needs glasses. It’s all too much!

Mia feels torn between two cultures. She is being raised by her Jewish mother and attends a Jewish school, but she wants to learn about her Native American heritage, too.

With humor and charm, Pedro tells the true story of his family’s chaotic RV trip to Mexico to bring back his legendary abuelito to the United States.