Full disclosure the blurbs at the bottom of each book are taken straight from Amazon. I just did the job of going through amazon and digging out the diverse books that were coming out in September.


![Rosie the Dragon and Charlie Say Good Night by [Lauren H. Kerstein, Nate Wragg]](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51qY0T5BOzL.jpg)




But her beloved neighborhood is changing. Trees are chopped down, flashy new buildings spring up, and one by one Naomi’s neighbors are forced to move away. Faced with the rapid transformation of her once-familiar city block, Naomi turns to painting murals to preserve her favorite 11th Street memories. When something we love goes away we paint it on the wall so it’s always with us, Mister Ray tells her,

As a daughter of immigrants in 1930s California, Ming is often treated differently than other children at school. She’s pointedly not invited to sing in the Christmas choir. At home, when Ming lobbies her parents for a Christmas tree, her mother scolds her for trying to be American. Ming doesn’t seem to fit in anywhere: she’s not quite American enough at school, not quite Chinese enough at home.






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