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A 2025 American Library Association Stonewall Children's Honor Book!ALA Rainbow Book List – Top 10 Titles for Younger Readers, 2025★ “A Black nonbinary child finds ways to navigate their sensory sensitivities during Pride . . . Joyfully affirming” – Kirkus Reviews, starred reviewMarley is a little nonbinary kid with BIG anxieties. Crowds? Pass. Loud noises? No, thanks! But when their Zaza is up for an award at the Pride parade, they want to go to support their beloved grandparent. Can Marley overcome their fears and even find a new sense of belonging? Features endmatter about the history of Pride and a glossary of terms to help adults answer kids' questions about the LGBTQ+ community. Shows coping mechanisms for social anxiety and sensory sensitivities.

“This series offers solid glimpses of faraway places, more poetry than a tour guide . . . evocative and inviting” – School Library JournalHello! Come along for a day in the United States. Enjoy a hearty Southern breakfast, play a pickup game of hoops in Pennsylvania, and fall asleep under the estrellas in California with eight different characters from a wide variety of backgrounds across the country. Even learn words in from several of the most spoken spoken languages in the USA with pronunciation guides throughout the story. Part of the Barefoot Books Our World series Part of the Barefoot Books America 250 collection Written by American author and illustrator Joëlle Retener and Sarah Walsh Extended endmatter offers a further glimpse into life in the United States