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General Recommendations
Yes We Can! Books About Children With Disabilities
By:
SFPL_Kids
Created on:
Nov 10, 2015
18 items
Great books about children living with many kinds of disabilities. These are just a few of our favorites; let us know which on...
1 like
General Recommendations
SFPL Parkside Mother-Daughter Bookgroup Suggested Titles
By:
SFPL_ParksideLib
Created on:
Aug 04, 2021
72 items
Books we've read and discussed
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General Recommendations
SFPL West Portal Mother-Daughter Book Club Suggested Titles
Created on:
Aug 04, 2015
91 items
A list of books we've read and discussed and would recommend to our friends ages 9-12
13 likes
General Recommendations
15 Newbery winners that have not been made into movies
By:
SFPL_SarahS
Created on:
Sep 22, 2015
17 items
All of these books have won the Newbery Medal and have not (yet) been adapted for the big screen. You'll find recent and older...
General Recommendations
More Than a Month - Children's
Created on:
Nov 25, 2019
15 items
A diverse collection of titles from SFPL for children that celebrate Black history, culture and heritage.
Topic Guide
Children and Homelessness - an SFPL Booklist for Children
By:
SFPL_NancyS
Created on:
Apr 13, 2015
8 items
These fiction and nonfiction books explore homelessness from the cheerful fantasy of "The Boxcar Children" to the har...
1 like
Topic Guide
Children and Gender Identity - An SFPL LGBT Resource Guide
Created on:
Mar 17, 2015
15 items
More and more very young children are being very vocal about the fact that they are transgender, and there is now a lot of supp...
2 likes
Topic Guide
Social Change and Social Unrest: How Regular People Make History - An SFPL Booklist for Children
By:
SFPL_NancyS
Created on:
May 19, 2015
9 items
Regular people make history by participating in protests for change.
These books tell the stories of a number protests. An SFP...
General Recommendations
HERstory 2022: Children's Books
Created on:
Jan 20, 2022
15 items
A selection of children's books celebrating Women's History Month at SFPL.
1 like
General Recommendations
Hometown Talent: Books for Children Written or Illustrated by Bay Area Authors.
Created on:
Jan 03, 2017
27 items
Feast your eyes upon this list created by SFPL Main Children's Center librarians focusing on local San Francisco and Bay Area a...
2 likes
General Recommendations
Children's Novels In Verse
Created on:
Mar 26, 2023
15 items
Did you know that April is National Poetry Month? This SFPL librarian-created-list features a selection of children's novels to...
Topic Guide
Our Asian Heritage: Children’s Books on the Asian-American Experience (3rd to 6th Grade)
By:
SFPL_Kids
Created on:
Mar 16, 2015
20 items
These books are a sampling of titles about awesome Asian American youth! From mystery, to humor, to historical fiction, there's...
2 likes
Topic Guide
SFPL's Banned Book List
Created on:
Jul 21, 2015
26 items
In honor of banned book month, here are a number of titles that have either been banned or heavily challenged. SFPL supports ...
8 likes
Topic Guide
Mexican Americans - A Resource Guide for Children
By:
SFPL_NancyS
Created on:
May 18, 2015
13 items
These books explore the wide range of experiences of Mexican Americans in the United States. An SFPL Resource Guide.
General Recommendations
Día de los niños, Día de los libros
By:
SFPL_Kids
Created on:
Mar 10, 2021
15 items
SFPL celebrates children and books!
General Recommendations
What We Read This Winter - Middle Grade Edition Vol. 3
By:
SFPL_Teen
Created on:
Feb 05, 2021
12 items
"Discover new and familiar books curated from T(w)een Winter Read participants and reviewers. Pick them up through SFPL To...
General Recommendations
More than a Month for Kids 2021
By:
SFPL_Kids
Created on:
Dec 16, 2020
15 items
Beautiful Black books available at SFPL! More Than a Month is SFPL's Black History Month celebration, in which we recognize imp...
1 like
General Recommendations
Archived Staff Recommendations
Created on:
Nov 06, 2017
95 items
SFPL's West Portal Staff recommendations.
General Recommendations
Eco-Friends // Amig@s-Ambientales
Created on:
Mar 09, 2022
19 items
A reading list made by SFPL Main Library Children's Center, of books in Spanish to help young readers learn and love our planet...
General Recommendations
What librarian Elizabeth is reading 2022
Created on:
Jan 10, 2022
45 items
SFPL Main Children's Center Librarian Elizabeth LOVES telling you what she's read in kids books, both the good, bad, and not so...
1 like
General Recommendations
What librarian Elizabeth is reading 2021: graphic novel edition
Created on:
Oct 03, 2021
97 items
SFPL Main Children's Center Librarian Elizabeth LOVES telling you what she's read in kids books, both the good, bad, and not so...
12 likes
Topic Guide
Kids Who Care - Kids Take Action
Created on:
Sep 01, 2019
26 items
An SFPL Main Children's Center librarian curated list of books to kickstart or nuture ideas for kids who want to take a stand f...
1 like
Genre Guide
Some Serious Mysterious -- Mystery Novels for Middle Grade Readers
Created on:
Feb 05, 2017
25 items
SFPL Main Children's Center presents a list of librarian-selected, reader-approved mystery titles for tweens and early teens. O...
6 likes
K-12 Study Guide
We LOVE Diverse Books - celebrating diversity in youth literature
By:
SFPL_Kids
Created on:
Nov 16, 2016
20 items
We NEED/DEMAND/LOVE diverse books and want to connect youth and their families with literature that reflects the beautifully di...
1 like
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The Hate U Give
By:
SFPL_JenW
Created on:
Jun 27, 2019
9 items
these selections unpack racism and dismantle white supremacy. Recommended by a SFPL Teen Services Librarian.