Rising Voices: Celebrating Girls of Color

GRADE 1 BOOKS

Layla and the Bots: Built for Speed by Vicky Fang* and illustrated by Christine Nishiyama

STRONG AND RESILIENT continued

Zoey and Sassafras: Monsters and Mold by Asia Citro and illustrated by Marion Lindsay

Layla and her robots share a talent for music and engineering—which allows Layla to use her creativity and skills to collaborate with her robots and a friend named Tina to figure out how to build the perfect go-cart that will allow Tina, who uses a wheelchair, to participate in a race.

In this fantasy, when injured magical animals need help, Zoey’s mom—who is a vet—and Zoey—who, like her mother, has the rare ability to see these creatures—use the scientific method to observe their patients, test hypotheses, and then treat their patients’ ills. If one treatment fails, it’s on to the next one. This chapter book combines fantasy with the application

Sky Color by Peter H. Reynolds

Marisol’s favorite thing to do is paint, so she jumps at the chance to help with a school mural. But when she’s tasked with painting the sky without blue paint, she’s stumped. How can the sky be anything but blue? She finds a new way of thinking about the

of the scientific method in action.

THINKING BEYOND TODAY

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Lia & Luís: Who Has More? by Ana Crespo* and illustrated by Giovana Medeiros* When twins Lia and Luís each choose a different bag of snacks, they

sky and finds her answer on her bus ride home as she observes the pinks, oranges, wisps of white, and more that make up the sky’s color. The Doctor with an Eye for Eyes by Julia Finley Mosca and illustrated by Daniel Rieley A clever narrative told in rhyme

disagree about who has more. Can Lia use her math skills—and a little sharing—to convince her brother to see things in a new way? This playful book explores measurement,

introduces how a young girl fulfilled her dream to become a doctor. As an adult, through her pioneering work, Dr. Patricia Bath thought beyond the

counting, and estimation and measurement tools. This book features Brazilian American characters and a glossary of Brazilian-Portuguese words.

treatments doctors prescribed to create new practices, including innovative laser surgery techniques that have saved and restored eyesight to people all over the world.

I Am Enough by Grace Byers* and illustrated by Keturah A. Bobo*

This empowering picture book is an ode to having the confidence to love who you are, respect others, be kind to one another, and to envision what every child can become, laying a foundation for encouraging each child to explore new ideas and new

challenges—important skills that link to every aspect of imagining new possibilities.

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