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Make a Move, Sunny Park!
The shared Korean American background of author, narrator, and protagonist ensures a persuasive experience.
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Mama’s Sleeping Scarf
Artist Joelle Avelino’s charming illustrations make the printed book an enhancing companion to the audio; libraries should enable ready access to all formats.
True True
BIPOC youth will find resonance here; privileged audiences, perhaps, need this most of all.
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Warrior Girl
Nimbly inserted contemporary events—#BlackLivesMatter, COVID-19, anti-Asian hate—ensure timely resonance.
Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir
The exuberance of the vast cast (with credits at recording’s end!) is a contagious gift. Hand the Martín-illustrated print and the audio to all reluctant readers.
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The Green Piano: How Little Me Found Music
Lauded author Bolden assists Flack in telling her remarkable story; actor Freeman embodies their text, adapting her rich voice to “little me” of various ages, often over snippets of complementary music, from Beethoven to Flack’s own “Killing Me Softly.”
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Flipping Forward Twisting Backward
Libraries, take note: audiobooks get a specific shoutout from Claire, more reason to enable other readers like her.
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Adventures with Claudie
Small’s versatile accents and rhythms guarantee a dramatic performance; her recitation as Claudie’s mother recalling a lynching to her young daughter is exceptionally haunting.
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Lalo Lespérance Never Forgot
Relative audiobook newbie and Spanish-fluent Rocha is a thoughtful narrator, subtly spotlighting Lalo’s under-the-radar maturity. Rocha attentively reads rather than performs the various characters, but his compassionate, deliberate exposition is just the calm Lalo needs to be distinctly heard.
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