Click each link to view a list of selected titles and place holds through the library catalog.
Award winners
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| Caldecott Medal winners, present-1938 Given to the most distinguished picture book for children. |
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| Newbery Medal winners, present-1922 Given to the most outstanding contribution to children's literature. |
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| Coretta Scott King Book Award winners, present-1970 Recognizes outstanding African-American authors and illustrators of books for children and young adults. |
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| Pura Belpré Award winners, present-1996 Honors Latino authors and illustrators whose work best portrays, affirms, and celebrates the Latino cultural experience in children's books. |
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| Stonewall Book Award winners, present-2010 The Stonewall Book Awards are presented to English language books that have exceptional merit relating to the LGBTQIA+ experience. |
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Here to Help Booklists
By sharing stories together and having conversations about the books you read, you can help young children understand the world around them. Seeing diverse experiences represented in books helps children to explore their own identities and develop empathy for others. Library staff members have collected the titles linked here as a place to start.