Kyle Lukoff
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2023 Caudill List Read-a-Likes (SCPL-YS)
2024 FPPL LGBTQIA Pride Month Children's List
4th Grade Recommended Reads
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2024 FPPL LGBTQIA Pride Month Children's List
4th Grade Recommended Reads
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"In this funny and hugely heartfelt novel from the Newbery Honor-winning author of Too Bright to See, a sixth-grader's life is turned upside down when she learns her dad is trans Annabelle Blake fully expects this school year to be the same as every other- same teachers, same classmates, same, same, same. So she's elated to discover there's a new kid in town. To Annabelle, Bailey is a breath of fresh air. She loves hearing about their life in Seattle,...
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2024 FPPL LGBTQIA Pride Month Children's List
Celebrate Pride Month
Celebrating the Freedom to Read: Kids
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Celebrate Pride Month
Celebrating the Freedom to Read: Kids
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It's the summer before middle school and eleven-year-old Bug's best friend Moira has decided the two of them need to use the next few months to prepare. For Moira, this means figuring out the right clothes to wear, learning how to put on makeup, and deciding which boys are cuter in their yearbook photos than in real life. But none of this is all that appealing to Bug, who doesn't particularly want to spend more time trying to understand how to be...
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February Buzzworthy Books Kids
GPLD 2025 Spring Favorites: Chapter Books/Graphic Novels
Trans Day of Visibility 2025
GPLD 2025 Spring Favorites: Chapter Books/Graphic Novels
Trans Day of Visibility 2025
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After coming out as trans, fourteen-year-old A is forced to attend weekly Save Our Sons and Daughters meetings, where he uncovers the terrifying truth that the group is run by a demon feeding on their pain and is part of a larger, darker force preying on the world's vulnerable.
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"From sunup to sundown, a young child's day is bursting with discovery and wonder-filled moments. Follow a day in the life of three diverse families and their little ones, as everyday moments like sharing breakfast and exploring the park are rendered full of love, exploration, joy, and wonder"-- Provided by publisher.
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Chester plans to have a salad for lunch, but in order to do that, he'll need vegetables. So, off he goes to the community garden, except he quickly learns that he won't be dressing a salad anytime soon. Instead, the vegetables start dressing him down. According to them, "vegetables" don't exist!
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Mermaid days volume 2
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Vera and Beaker explore the ocean, in this series perfect for beginning readers!
Pick a book. Grow a Reader!
This series is part of Scholastic's early reader line, Acorn, aimed at children who are learning to read. With easy-to-read text, a short-story format, plenty of humor, and full-color artwork on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and fluency. Acorn books plant a love of reading and help readers grow!
Swim along with...
11) Call me Max
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Max and friends volume 1
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"When Max starts school, the teacher hesitates to call out the name on the attendance sheet. Something doesn't seem to fit. Max lets her know the name he wants to be called by--a boy's name. This begins Max's journey as he makes new friends and reveals his feelings about his identity to his parents. Written with warmth and sensitivity by trans writer Kyle Lukoff, this book is a sweet and age-appropriate introduction to what it means to be transgender"--...
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Mermaid days volume 1
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Dive under the sea with Mermaid Days, a series perfect for beginning readers!
Pick a book. Grow a Reader!This series is part of Scholastic's early reader line, Acorn, aimed at children who are learning to read. With easy-to-read text, a short-story format, plenty of humor, and full-color artwork on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and fluency. Acorn books plant a love of reading and help readers grow!Swim along with mermaid Vera...
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Vera and Beaker make a new friend when they meet a mantis shrimp, in this series perfect for beginning readers!
Pick a book. Grow a Reader!
This series is part of Scholastic's early reader line, Acorn, aimed at children who are learning to read. With easy-to-read text, a short-story format, plenty of humor, and full-color artwork on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and fluency. Acorn books plant a love of reading and help readers...
14) The sunken ship
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Mermaid days volume 1
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Vera the mermaid and her half-octopus friend Beaker go on playful adventures in the underwater town of Tidal Grove.
15) The sea monster
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Mermaid days volume 2
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Vera the mermaid and her half-octopus friend Beaker meet three friendly krakens on a field tip.
"Swim along with mermaid Vera and octo-kid Beaker! In these three stories, Vera and Beaker make new friends both big and small. First, they go on a field trip to the tide pools and meet the small animals who live there. Then, Vera and Beaker meet friendly sea monsters, and show them around the town of Tidal Grove! With text from [...] author Kyle Lukoff,...
16) A new friend
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When mermaid Vera and Octo-boy Beaker investigate what seems like a wave of vandalism in Tidal Grove, they discover a baby Mantis shrimp who does not fully understand his own power, and help him find his family.
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"Kilmer Watts makes his living teaching piano lessons, but when automatic pianos arrive in town, he realizes he's out of a job. He spots a "Help Wanted" sign at the poem factory and decides to investigate -- he's always been curious about how poems are made. The foreman explains that machines and assembly lines are used for poetry these days. So Kilmer learns how to operate the "meter meter" and empty the "cliché bins." He assembles a poem by picking...
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"Cuando nació Aidan, todos pensaban que era una niña. Pero una vez que indicó su identidad como un niño trans. Aidan y sus padres cambiaron las partes de su vida que ya no encajaban y él se preparó felizmente para ser él mismo por fin. Luego, mamá y papá ununcian que van tener otro bebé y Aidan quiere que todo salga bien para su nuevo hermane. Pero, ¿qué significa "hacer todo bien"? ¿Y qué pasa si se equivoca? Con un poco da ayuda, Aidan...
19) Are you a friend of Dorothy?: the true story of an imaginary woman and the real people she helped
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"A narrative explanation of the phrase "friend of Dorothy," a phrase coined by the LGBTQ+ community in the United States starting in the 1940s"-- Provided by publisher.
20) Max on the farm
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Max and friends volume 2
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Max's class goes to visit a farm and after visiting the animals, having dinner, and learning to square dance, the children go to bed in the hay loft. Later, Max and Theresa, his best friend, sneak out for their own adventure.