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Check out PGCMLS's picks for the Book of the Month! Click the month tab to browse through their title choices. Be sure to grab a library card and check out these books through the links below. Digital and physical copies are available.

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Being Home

“On a day filled with anticipation, a young Cherokee girl bids farewell to her familiar city life and documents the changing landscape through drawings as her family moves to their ancestral land and embraces their new home.”

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Native American Stories for Kids: 12 Traditional Stories from Indigenous Tribes Across North America

“Native Americans have a long tradition of storytelling. Now, you can easily introduce your children to these rich cultures with a compilation of powerful tales from multiple tribes like the Cheyenne and the Lenape. What sets this book apart from other Native American books for kids: Tales from 12 tribes–Kids…

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Sheine Lende

Shane works with her mother and their ghost dogs, tracking down missing persons even when their families can’t afford to pay. Their own family was displaced from their traditional home years ago following a devastating flood and the loss of Shane’s father and her grandparents. They don’t think they’ll ever…

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Something Great

Quinn spends the morning in their workshop, and emerges with Something Great! But everyone wants to know…what is it?…Can’t Quinn just share the job of their new invention without a label?

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George Washington Carver: More Than “The Peanut Man”

Meet the inventors and scientists of color who changed the world! Born enslaved during the Civil War in Diamond, Missouri, George Washington Carver was an agricultural scientist and inventor. He promoted alternative crops to cotton and methods to prevent soil depletion. Among his many accomplishments, he developed more than 300…

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Bridges: Engineering Masterpieces

“Follow Bea, Archie, Trudy, and Spencer (otherwise known as the BATS!) as they crisscross the globe using every type of bridge: beam, arch, truss, and suspension. From ancient low-slung rope bridges to modern hi-tech towers of steel, they’ll traverse ’em all. Their journey will take them through history and connect…

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Readers K-2

Lola Out Loud
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Author: Jennifer Torres

Description: As Lola helps her mother at the family's hotel, she learns about compassion, social injustice, and how one voice can lead to change. Includes author's note on Dolores Huerta, a labor organizer who co-founded the National Farm Workers Association.

Readers 3-5

Invisible
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Author: Christina Diaz Gonzalez

Description: Can five overlooked kids make one big difference?  There's George: the brain  Sara: the loner  Dayara: the tough kid  Nico: the rich kid  And Miguel: the athlete  And they're stuck together when they're forced to complete their school's community service hours. Although they're sure they have nothing in common with one another, some people see them as all the same... just five Spanish-speaking kids. Then they meet someone who truly needs their help, and they must decide whether they are each willing to expose their own secrets to help... or if remaining invisible is the only way to survive middle school."

Readers 6-8

Miss Quinces
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Author: Kat Fajardo

Description: Sue just wants to spend the summer reading and making comics at sleepaway camp with her friends, but instead she gets stuck going to Honduras to visit relatives with her parents and two sisters. They live way out in the country, which means no texting, no cable, and no Internet! The trip takes a turn for the worse when Sue's mother announces that they'll be having a surprise quinceąera for Sue, which is the last thing she wants. She can't imagine wearing a big, floofy, colorful dress! What is Sue going to do? And how will she survive all this "quality" time with her rambunctious family?

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