Ready, Set, Swim!

Ready, Set, Swim!Sibling rivalry gets even more intense when twins are involved! Brothers and swim teammates Ty and Tristan have always tried to one up the other, especially in the pool. When their competitiveness threatens to cost the team the big relay race, the swimming twins need to rethink, reset, and work together to bring home the win.

including the contemporary movement for Black lives

• 2014 Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year

to paraphrase Lord of the Rings

Here's an oh-so-funny -- and not-

But he's up against the new girl

From New York Times best-selling author Kwame Mbalia and New York Times best-selling illustrator Nikkolas Smith

In retelling the bloodthirsty story of the invasion of the Americas

Both settled in Chicago

and often under-researched historical and developmental phenomena revealed by studies in the dance systems of the African Diaspora

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When her blissful summer takes an unexpected turn and Takumi becomes her knight with a shiny library-employee badge (close enough)

Pura Belpré Author Award Honor - American Library Association (ALA)