We Are a SongA sweet, empowering picture book by debut author illustrator Lorian Tu about two siblings who learn in their own ways how all the different parts of their family make them special. Like the colors of the rainbow and the notes of a song, none of Arturo and Emilyns relatives look or sound alike. As the siblings run errands to help prepare for a very special day in their family, Emilyn tries to write the perfect poem to describe what it means to be in

Why is Alf living in a shared apartment

and barking followed him into a thirty-five-year coaching career

From 1957’s French Silk Chocolate Pie that’s now an American icon

¿Serán capaces de no dejarse llevar por los prejuicios

all living under one roof

and many more have periods of debilitating anxiety

Compiled by We Need Diverse Books’s Ellen Oh and Elsie Chapman

a threat is growing ever stronger in their homeland—a liar masquerading as a leader

the two women learn to stand on their own

There’s only Jovie

none the weaker for it

about a nosy switchboard operator who overhears gossip involving her own family