Booklist: I'm Your Neighbor Books

Books from the "I'm Your Neighbor" website, and about building a welcoming community.

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Book cover for "Best friends"
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Series:
Liline & Pepper volume 1.
Description:
When she and her family find a cat and, after no luck finding its owner, decide to keep her, Haitian American kindergartener Liline must come up with the perfect name.
Book cover for "Nigel and the moon"
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Average Rating:
4 stars
Description:
"When Nigel looks up at the moon, his future is bright. He imagines himself as...an astronaut, a dancer, a superhero, too! Among the stars, he twirls. With pride, his chest swells. And his eyes, they glow. Nigel is the most brilliant body in the sky. But it's Career Week at school, and Nigel can't find the courage to share his dreams. It's easy to whisper them to the moon, but not to his classmates--especially when he already feels out of place."--...
Book cover for "Lola reads to Leo"
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Average Rating:
4 stars
Description:
Lola reads story books to her new baby brother Leo, and even though Mommy and Daddy are busy, they still have time to read to Lola at bedtime.
Book cover for "Sister friend"
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Description:
"Ameena feels invisible. It's been that way since she started at her new school. But now there is another new girl in class. Ameena sees her brownness, her hijab, even though the other kids do not. Ameena wants to be her friend, but she can't seem to find the right words or do the right things. Until one day, they find them together: 'Assalamu Alaikum, Sister. Welcome'"--
Book cover for "Mama's home"
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Description:
"While her mother works, a young girl is taken care of by all the Big Mamas in her community, who shower her with love and affection, in this wonderful story that celebrates the wider meaning of family"--
Book cover for "Last stop on Market Street"
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Average Rating:
4.8 stars
Description:
A young boy rides the bus across town with his grandmother and learns to appreciate the beauty in everyday things.