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Books That Speak To Me: Elementary: Who I AM

Introduction

Books in the Who I Am category focus on what makes you unique. These books celebrate culture, race, gender, physical, and mental features.

Picture Books

All Are Welcome by Alexandra Penfold; Suzanne Kaufman (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780525579649
Publication Date: 2018-07-10
Alma and How She Got Her Name by Juana Martinez-Neal (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780763693558
Publication Date: 2018-04-10
Eyes That Kiss in the Corners by Joanna Ho; Dung Ho (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780062915627
Publication Date: 2021-01-05
I Am Human by Susan Verde; Peter H. Reynolds (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781419731655
Publication Date: 2018-10-02
I Am Perfectly Designed by Karamo Brown; Jason "Rachel" Brown; Anoosha Syed (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781250232212
Publication Date: 2019-11-05
Julián Is a Mermaid by Jessica Love (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780763690458
Publication Date: 2018-04-23
Pink Is for Boys by Robb Pearlman; Eda Kaban (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780762462476
Publication Date: 2018-06-05
The Proudest Blue by Ibtihaj Muhammad; Hatem Aly (Illustrator); S. K. Ali (As told to)
ISBN: 0316519006
Publication Date: 2019-09-10
Red by Michael Hall (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780062252074
Publication Date: 2015-02-03

Chapter Books/Graphic Novels

The Best Man by Richard Peck
ISBN: 9780147515797
Publication Date: 2017-09-05
Blended by Sharon M. Draper
ISBN: 9781442495012
Publication Date: 2020-04-07
The Crossover (Graphic Novel) by Kwame Alexander; Dawud Anyabwile (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781328575494
Publication Date: 2019-09-24
Fighting Words by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
ISBN: 9781984815682
Publication Date: 2020-08-11
George by Alex Gino
ISBN: 9780545812573
Publication Date: 2017-04-25
Good Kind of Trouble
ISBN: 9781663600585
Publication Date: 2020-06-16
US
Indian No More by Charlene Willing McManis; Traci Sorell
ISBN: 9781620148396
Publication Date: 2019-09-24
New Kid by Jerry Craft
ISBN: 9781536461718
Publication Date: 2019-02-05