Ocean State Libraries

At Uncle Linus's house, Cassie and Mike pursue his striped cat Pumpkin through a closet into a variety of different worlds, seeing a tiger, lion, and snow leopard in their natural environments.

"When Springville residents--at least the ones still alive--are questioned about what happened on prom night, they all have the same explanation . . . Maddy did it. An outcast at her small-town Georgia high school, Madison Washington has always been a teasing target for bullies. And she's dealt with it because she has more pressing problems to manage. Until the morning a surprise rainstorm reveals her most closely kept secret: Maddy is biracial. She...

"Lyrical, affirmational, and bursting with love, We Are Here is a poignant story about Black and brown heritage and community. Full of assurance, tenderness, and triumph, this much-anticipated follow-up to the New York Times bestselling picture book All Because You Matter offers an equally inspirational and arresting ode to all of the Black women and men throughout history who have made momentous contributions from the beginning of time"--

"Akim Aliu--also known as 'Dreamer'--is a Ukrainian-Nigerian-Canadian professional hockey player whose career took him all around the world and who experienced systemic racism at every turn. 'Dreamer' tells Akim's incredible story, from being the only Black child in his Ukrainian community, to his family struggling to make ends meet while living in Toronto, to confronting the racist violence he often experienced both on and off the ice. This is a...

"A celebration of the meaning of Blackness"--

"As a scholarship student at the prestigious Nithercott School, seventeen-year-old Ife feels like an outcast, but when a missing classmate reappears and acts strange, Ife teams up with two other students to investigate the school's decades-old legend of the Changing Man."--

"Celebrate along with this little girl as she proudly proclaims the wonder of her incredible natural hair. People may ask, 'Why is your hair so BIG?' But this girl knows it's because her hair is larger than life and can be so many wonderful things: magical and musical, soft and fearless, rich as her ancestral roots and deep as the Caribbean Sea. For those who already know it and for those who need to hear it, bold verse and vivid, fantastical illustrations...

""Cenicienta lleva muerta doscientos años. Estoy enamorada de mi mejor amiga y los soldados me persiguen". Han transcurrido doscientos años desde que Cenicienta encontrara a su príncipe, pero el cuento se ha acabado. Ahora las jóvenes adolescentes son requeridas para asistir al baile anual, donde los hombres del reino seleccionan a sus esposas en base al despliegue de galas y atuendos de las jóvenes. Las chicas que no son elegidas desaparecen...

"11-year-old Kofi Offin dreams of water. Its mysterious, immersive quality. The rich, earthy scent of the current. The clearness, its urgent whisper that beckons with promises and secrets. Kofi has heard the call on the banks of Upper Kwanta, in the village where he lives. He loves these things above all else: his family, the fireside tales of his father's father, a girl named Ama, and, of course, swimming. Some say he moves like a minnow, not just...

"Shenice Lockwood dreams of leading the Fulton Firebirds to the U12 softball regional championship. But Shenice's focus gets shaken when her great-uncle Jack reveals that a career-ending-and family-name-ruining-crime may have been a setup. It's up to Shenice to discover the truth about her family's past--and fast--before secrets take the Firebirds out of the game forever."--