The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend by Dan Santat

The Adventures of Beekle is a 2015 Caldecott Medal winner for excellence in illustration. Beekle is an adorable white, doughy looking imaginary friend that is born on a fantasy island among other imaginary friends that are waiting to be chosen by a child. He begins to feel worried when other imaginary friends get chosen and he is left behind. He sets off across the ocean in a place similar to New York City in hopes to frind his friend. He finds the city dark and dreary until he comes upon a colorful playground where he sees other imaginary friends with their humans. It is here where he meets a timid and artistic young girl named Alice who imagined him in a picture and names him Beekle.

Santat, D. (2019). The adventures of Beekle: the unimaginary friend. Little, Brown and Company.

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Tar Beach by Faith Ringgold

Tar Beach by Faith Ringgold is a Coretta Scott King winner, a Caldecott Honor Book, and on the New York Best Sellers List for illustrations. The main character, Cassie Louise Lightfoot has a dream to go wherever she wants for the rest of her life. One night up on the rooftop, ¨Tar Beach¨, of her family´s Harlem apartment building her dream comes true. The stars lift her up and she flies throughout the city of 1939 Harlem claiming it as her own. The illustrations are stunning and beautiful! Ringgold, F. (1996). Tar Beach . Dragonfly Books.

Family Pictures by Carmen Lomas Garza

Family Pictures is written by Carmen Lomas Garza who is a renowned artist. In Family Pictures , she shares about her life growing up in Kingsville, Texas. She shares how they celebrate birthdays, make tamales, pick cactus, and how she confided in her sister about growing up to become an artist. Each illustrations shares Carmen´s different Mexican American cultures growing up. They also a reflect a strong sense of family, community, and how hard Carmen´s mom worked to support her in achieving her dream of becoming an artist. Garza, C. L. (2005). Family pictures . Children's Books Press.

A Big Mooncake for Little Star by Grace Lin

A Big Mooncake for Little Star by Grace Lin is a 2019 Caldecott Honor Book. In the book, Little Star´s mom bakes a big mooncake and lays it in the night sky to cool. Little Star promises she won´t touch, but she wakes up and takes a nibble. Each night Little Star wakes up and eats away at it in the shape of a waning moon until its narrowed down to just a crescent. One night, Mama discovers the mooncake is gone and all that is left is crumbs. Little Star tells her the truth and they both go back to bake another mooncake. Lin, G. (2018). A Big Mooncake for Little Star . Little, Brown Books for Young Readers.

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