The Lions’ Den, by Iris Mwanza
Politics and Prose Bookstore, Washington DC
July 20, 2024

Lion Lights: my invention that made peace with lions by Richard Turere with Shirley Pollock

The Door of No Return by Kwame Alexander

Children of the Quicksands by Efua Traore

How You Grow Wings by Rimma Onoseta

Beauty’s Promise by Chimwemwe Simwanza

The Fierce 44 by Kevin Merida and Stephen Reiss

Glow After Pain by Julian Musenge Musomali

The Butterfly Heart by Paula Leyden

A Casualty of Power by Mukuka Chipanta

Hector by Adrienne Wright

A Place to Land by Jerry Pinkney

Genesis Begins Again by Alicia D. Williams

Arithmechicks Add Up by Anne Marie Stephens

Hidden Figures by Laura Freeman

Another by Christian Robinson

Karl’s New Beak by Lela Nargi

The Season of Styx Malone by Kekla Magoon

Just jaime by Terri Libenson

We Are (Not) Friends by Anna King and Christopher Weyant

(Don’t) Call Me Crazy by Kelly Jensen

Sweeping up the Heart by Kevin Henkes

The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise by Dan Gemeinhart

The Important Thing about Margaret Wise Brown by Mac Barnett and Sarah Jacoby

The Undefeated by Kwame Alexander

The Poet by Elizabeth Acevedo

Malala Yousafzai: Warrior with Words by Karen Leggett Abouraya

Giraffe Asks for Help by Nyasha Chikowore

The Iliad by Gareth Hinds

Quiet by Tomie DePaola

Square by Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen

the Wolf the Duck & the Mouse by Mac Barnett & Jon Klassen

The Fantastic Body by Dr. Howard Bennett

Love by Matt de la Peña and Illustrated by Loren Long

Gizo-Gizo! A Tale from the Zongo Lagoon by Emily Williamson

The Storyteller by Evan Turk

Amagama Enkululeko! by Joshua Maserow and Edited by Ntshadi Mofokeng

Hands Around the Library: Protecting Egypt's Treasured Books by Karen Leggett Abouraya and Susan L. Roth

Each Kindness by Jacqueline Woodson and Illustrated by E.B. Lewis

A Gift from Childhood: Memories of an African Boyhood by Baba Wagué Diakité

Girls Who Code: Learn to Code and Change the World by Reshma Saujani

Ada Twist, Scientist by Andrea Beaty and Illustrated by David Roberts

The Banana-Leaf Ball: How Play Can Change the World by Katie Smith Milway and Illustrated by Shane W. Evans

The Great Migration :Journey to the North by Eloise Greenfield and Illustrated by Jan Spivey Gilchrist

The Book of Mistakes by Corinna Luyken

Duck on a Tractor by David Shannon

Duck on a Bike by David Shannon

David Goes to School by David Shannon

Black Dove, White Raven by Elizabeth Wein

Chicken in the Kitchen by Nnedi Okorafor and Illustrated by Mehrdokht Amini

Mouse Bird Snake Wolf by David Almond and Illustrated by Dave McKean

Gravity by Jason Chin

The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo and Illustrated by Timothy Basil Ering

The Giver by Lois Lowry

Spot, the Cat by Henry Cole

Knock Knock: My Dad's Dream for Me by Daniel Beaty and Illustrated by Bryan Collier

Draw! by Raúl Colón

The Farmer and the Clown by Marla Frazee

My Pen by Christopher Myers

Emmanuel's Dream: The True Story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah by Laurie Ann Thompson and Illustrated by Sean Qualls

A Ball for Daisy by Chris Raschka

Where's Walrus? and Penguin? by Stephen Savage

Tuesday by David Wiesner

Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson

One Plastic Bag: Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of the Gambia by Miranda Paul and Illustrated by Elizabeth Zunon

Insoselo na Mapinda: Ancient Bemba Wisdom for Modern Living by Sampa Kangwa-Wilkie and Mulenga Mpundu Kapwepwe

Ceremony! Celebrating Zambia's Cultural Heritage by Tamara Guhrs, Edited by Mulenga Kapwepwe and Photographs by Francois D'Elbee

My Great-Grandmother's Gourd by Cristina Kessler and Trouble in Timbuktu by Cristina Kessler

Jubela, The Best Beekeeper of Lalibela, All the King’s Animals, and Our Secret, siri aang by Cristine Kessler

One Night by Christina Kessler

Abina and the Important Men by Trevor Getz

The Matatu by Eric Walters

Far From Home by Na’ima B. Robert

The Arrival by Shaun Tan

Lost and Found by Shaun Tan

When I Get Older by K’naan and Illustrated by Rudy Gutierrez

The Bird King by Shaun Tan

The Red Pencil by Andrea Davis Pinkney

Tales From Outer Suburbia by Shaun Tan

Street Level by Sarah Markles

The Lion and the Mouse by Jerry Pinkney

Hand in Hand by Andrea Davis Pinkney

I Want My Hat Back by Jon Klassen

I Have a Dream by Illustrated by Kadir Nelson

Bad News for Outlaws by Gregory Christie

Baby Bear Sees Blue by Ashley Wolff

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind Illustrated by Elizabeth Zunon

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind gift from Christie Vilsack

Let it Shine by Ashley Bryan

Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes by Mem Fox and Helen Oxenbury

Beautiful Blackbird by Ashley Bryan

Hello Baby! by Mem Fox

The Night Has Ears by Ashley Bryan

The Girl Who Married and Ghost and Emeka’s Gift by Ifeoma Onyefulu

Brothers in Hope by Mary Williams and Illustrated by Gregory Christie

The Grasshopper’s Song by Nikki Giovanni and Chris Raschka

Dave the Potter by Laban Carrick Hill and illustrated by Bryan Collier

Lincoln and Douglass by Nikki Giovanni and illustrated by Bryan Collier

Barack Obama Son of Promise, Child of Hope by Nikki Grimes and illustrated by Bryan Collier

Martin’s Big Words by Doreen Rappaport and illustrated by Bryan Collier

Clemente! illustrated by Bryan Collier

Hip Hop Speaks to Children edited by Nikki Giovanni

Rosa by Nikki Giovanni

I Can Make a Difference by Marian Wright Edelman

I’m Your Child, God by Marian Wright Edelman

Romeo & Juliet adapted and illustrated by Gareth Hinds

Charles Dickens and the Street Children of London by Andrea Warren

Seeds of Change by Jen Cullerton Johnson and illustrated by Sonia Sadler

Circles of Hope by Karen Lynn Williams

Why the Zebra Remained Hornless compiled by Amy Brock-Reed

The Lemonade Club by Patricia Polacco

The Butter Many by Elizabeth Alalou and Ali Alalou and Illustrated by Julie Essakalli

One Hen by Katie Smith Milway

Akimbo books by Alexander McCall Smith

Duck at the Door by Jackie Urbanovic

My People by Charles R. Smith Jr.

Moonshot by Brian Floca

Birmingham, 1963 by Carole Boston Weatherford

The Night Olympic Team by Caroline Hatton

African American Art For Young People by Samella Lewis and donated by Dr. Stella Jones

Clara and Asha by Eric Rohmann

A Kitten Tale by Eric Rohmann

My Friend Rabbit by Eric Rohmann

Bats at the Library by Brian Lies

Duck! Rabbit! by Amy K. Rosenthal

Giggle, Giggle, Quack and Click, Clack, Moo Cows that Type by Doreen Cronin and illustrated by Betsy Lewis

Duck Soup and Duck and Cover by Jackie Urbanovic

Diary of a Worm by Doreen Cronin

Duck for President by Doreen Cronin and illustrated by Betsy Lewin

Cowgirl Kate and Cocoa by Erica Silverman and painted by Betsy Lewin

The White Giraffe by Kenneth Oppel

Dreams in a Time of War by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o

The Broken Bike Boy and the Queen of 33rd Street by Sharon G. Flake

Are You Ready to Play Outside? and Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! by Mo Willems

Henry books by D. B. Johnson

Clarence Cochran, A Human Boy by William Loizeaux

Newton at the Center by Joy Hakim

Which Puppy? by Kate Feiffer

Henry the Dog with No Tail by Kate Feiffer

Hunter’s Big Sister by Laura Malone Elliot

The Great Gracie Chase by Cynthia Rylant and illustrated by Mark Teague

The Secret Shortcut by Mark Teague

Miss Crandall’s School illustrated by Floyd Cooper

Tough Boy Sonatas illustrated by Floyd Cooper

A Pilot’s Journey by George Norfleet, story about Curtis Christopher Robinson

I Spy Super Challenger! photographed by Walter Wick

I Spy, Extreme Challenger! photographed by Walter Wick

Ostrich and Lark by Marilyn Nelson

Inscribed Books in the Lubuto Collection