Photo of young baby
By: Ifeoma Onyefulu

Seen through the eyes of a young boy, Amarlai, this is a beautiful depiction of the customs surrounding a traditional Ghanaian naming ceremony.

Young boy watching other kids play
By: Karen Williams Khadra Mohammad
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Sangoel is a refugee. Leaving behind his homeland of Sudan, where his father died in the war, he has little to call his own other than his name, a Dinka name handed down proudly from his father and grandfather before him.

My Name is Bilal
By: Asma Mobin-Uddin
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When Bilal and his sister Ayesha move with their family, they have to attend a new school. They soon find out that they may be the only Muslim students there.

Lejos/Far
By: Juan Felipe Herrera
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Some things are close — cerca. Others are far — lejos. With sweet simplicity, this charming dual-language board book and its companion volume, Cerca/Close, engage young childr

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