Markette Sheppard
Ages 0–3
Each page reveals a different sparkle found in a child’s simple but extraordinary world. The light revealed on the final page makes a fitting finale for this sweet, bright tale.
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We keep this on the shelf for race, identity, and seeing yourself on the page — a story kids can feel, not just a lesson adults want to teach.
Ages 0–3. Especially helpful for new schools, new friends, and moments of feeling left out.
Ask: Who in this book feels like you? Who feels new?
Bedtime tip: read it twice — once for the words, once letting your child “read” the pictures back to you.
Two titles that deepen the same conversation.
Ages 3–8
Brer Rabbit, the great tug-o-warOf course, the match ends in a dead heat, but the contestants take it all in good humour when they discover how they've been fooled. After all, as Brer Rabbit tells them, 'friendship is longer than rope'.
Ages 8–12
Ghost"Ghost, a naturally talented runner and troublemaker, is recruited for an elite middle school track team. He must stay on track, literally and figuratively, to reach his full potential"--
Ages 3–8
JimiBefore he became one of the greatest guitar players of all time, Jimi Hendrix was a boy who loved to paint and listen to records, and who asked himself an unusual question: could someone paint pictures with sound?
Ages 3–8
Little Bear's Visit(Age 4-8) (Preschool to Gr 3) **Little Bear enjoys his visits with his Grandmother and Grandfather Bear. He likes Grandfather’s hat and Grandmother’s cooking. But most of all, he loves to listen to their stories!**
Ages 8–12
New KidPerfect for fans of Raina Telgemeier and Gene Luen Yang, New Kid is a timely, honest graphic novel about starting over at a new school where diversity is low and the struggle to fit in is real, from award-winning author-illustrator Jerry ...
Ages 3–8
Smitty Tackles BullyingWhen Smitty learns that his friend, Luke, and Georgina, who teases him, both have trouble reading, he begins helping them after school.
Ages 3–8
StevieWhen Stevie comes to visit, Robert finds him to be quite a pest, but when the little boy moves away, Robert misses him One day Robert's mother told him, 'You know you're gonna have a little friend come stay with you.'So little Stevie came.
Ages 3–8
The Day You BeginNational Book Award winner Jacqueline Woodson and two-time Pura Belpré Illustrator Award winner Rafael López have teamed up to create a poignant, yet heartening book about finding courage to connect, even when you feel scared and alone.
