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Books for Commemorating April
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items April has many different heritage and awareness month topics. I'll be honest, a lot of them are pretty heavy. Here are books for Earth Day, Sexual Assault Awareness Month, honoring the survivors of the Armenian Genocide, and more. I did my best to sp...
I'm desperately trying to reduce our plastic consumption, and this book is helping us!
How to Give Up Plastic: A Guide to Changing the World, One Plastic Bottle at a Time|Paperback
Women's stories are so often ignored or only told by me. I was excited to find this book that highlights women working to save us all from climate change.
COOL: Women Leaders Reversing Global Warming|Hardcover
A delightful children's book to introduce them to the ideas of protecting and honoring our world.
We Are Water Protectors (Caldecott Medal Winner)|Hardcover
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. So often survivors don't come forward. Chanel Miller survived a brutal attack by Brock Turner and a very public miscarriage of justice. And then she came forward and told her story. Everyone should know her na...
Know My Name|Paperback
Autism Awareness Month is in April and this is a unique and creative way to learn more.
Sensory: Life on the Spectrum: An Autistic Comics Anthology|Paperback
Maternal health care in America is terrible. Learn more during Black Maternal Health Awareness Week.
Pregnant While Black: Advancing Justice for Maternal Health in America|Hardcover
I only recently found out April is National Volunteering month. THis is a great book examining how we show up for others and way it matters.
How We Show Up: Reclaiming Family, Friendship, and Community|Paperback
April honors Gold Star Spouses Day. A heartwrenching book about what it's like to be a gold start family. Two of the stories involve gold star spouses.
The Knock at the Door: Three Gold Star Families Bonded by Grief and Purpose|Hardcover
I knew very little about the Armenian Genocide. Turns out, I am not the only one. Learn more directly from survivors.
Survivors: An Oral History Of The Armenian Genocide|Paperback
April 28th is National Super Hero Day. A book that celebrates some unexpected super heros - forgotten dogs.
Hero Dogs: How a Pack of Rescues, Rejects, and Strays Became America's Greatest Disaster-Search Partners|Paperback
Continuing Super Hero Day - learn about Wonder Woman - who doesn't seem to get enough love in our current times.
A True Wonder: The Comic Book Hero Who Changed Everything|Hardcover
As my parents have gotten older, I've started to watch them lose their friends. A good family friend died of Parkinson's. Learn more about this terrible disease.
Brain Storms: The Race to Unlock the Mysteries of Parkinson's Disease|Paperback
I love poetry and April in Arab Heritage Month. What a great book and a way to step into a world I know little about.
We Call to the Eye & the Night: Love Poems by Writers of Arab Heritage|Paperback
A break from a lot of the heaviness of April - National Peanut Butter and Jelly Day! Celebrate with your little ones!
Peanut Butter and Jelly (A Narwhal and Jelly Book #3)|Paperback
Beautiful stories from an Arab American writer.
Never in a Hurry: Essays on People and Places|eBook