Rob Sanders, illus. by John Manders. Random/Golden, $10.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-375-86985-3
For three cowboys out on the range, Christmas is looking mighty lonely. “‘No presents,’ said Dwight. ‘No stockings,’ added Darryl. ‘No Santy,’ groaned Dub.” As the cowpokes reminisce about the Christmas trees, cookies, and horses dressed as reindeer
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Rob Sanders, illus. by Steven Salerno. Random House, $17.99 (48p) ISBN 978-0-399-55531-2
In a poignant and uplifting biography of Milk, Sanders introduces the political activist through his crusade for human rights: “Harvey dreamed that everyone—even gay people—would have equality. He dreamed that he and his friends would be treated...
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Rob Sanders, illus. by Jamey Christoph. Random House, $17.99 (40p) ISBN 978-1-5247-1952-4
This story of the Stonewall Inn is spoken by the building itself, beginning in 1840s Greenwich Village, when the building was “two stable houses, side by side.” When the Stonewall Inn became “a home for people who were told that they didn’t fit in”...
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Rob Sanders, illus. by Jamey Christoph. Magination, $17.99 (40p) ISBN 978-1-4338-3739-5
This neatly woven picture book biography features Cleve Jones (b. 1954), a white gay man who moved to San Francisco, became a mentee of Harvey Milk, and eventually came up with the idea for the AIDS Memorial Quilt. Sanders emphasizes the quilt theme
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Rob Sanders, illus. by Debbie Ridpath Ohi. Harper, $15.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-06-223569-5
Ruby Rose is excited for school to begin, but her true passion is dancing. She belly dances while brushing her teeth and, at school, arabesques to her art class and pirouettes to her easel, splattering paint everywhere. Ruby’s dancing proves...
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Rob Sanders, illus. by Sam Kalda. Magination, $16.99 (40p) ISBN 978-1-433-84020-3
In the tradition of picture books centered on a parent-child bond, rhythmic repetition reinforces messages of love and acceptance in this biography of PFLAG cofounder Jeanne Manford (1920–2013). Structured as a question-and-answer narrative, Sanders
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Rob Sanders, illus. by Jared Andrew Schorr. Simon & Schuster, $17.99 (48p) ISBN 978-1-5344-2943-7
Proudly progressive and unabashedly direct, this anthem is dedicated to “those who lost their lives at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.” Writing in stirring, crisp imperatives, Sanders (Pride) creates a to-do list for change: “Inquire. Invite....
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Rob Sanders, illus. by Dan Santat. S&S/McElderry, $17.99 (48p) ISBN 978-1-4814-5779-8
Sanders’s (Ruby Rose: Off to School She Goes) sendup of a rampaging toddler is both cute and gross—kind of like toddlers themselves. A news announcer opens: “Big, bad trouble in Megalopolis. This is Channel 15 News reporting, and... one moment,...
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Carole Boston Weatherford and Rob Sanders, illus. by Byron McCray. Holt, $19.99 (40p) ISBN 978-1-250-77950-2
Boston Weatherford and Sanders detail the often unsung contributions of Bayard Rustin (1912–1987) to the civil rights movement in this picture book biography, which alternates his life story with pivotal scenes leading up to the 1963 March on...
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Rob Sanders, illus. by Levi Hastings. Holt, $19.99 (48p) ISBN 978-1-250-26757-3
Recurring motifs lend Sanders’s forthright narrative a quality that’s reflected in Hastings’s digital illustrations. Buttigieg’s political life is pithily sorted into wins and losses (a failed bid for high school treasurer is followed by his...
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Rob Sanders, illus. by Raissa Figueroa. Clarion, $19.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-06-323959-3
In a stirring picture book centering friendship, Sanders highlights the reassuring sentiments and moments that can exist between contrasting ideas. After one child moves house, a growing relationship forms with a new neighborhood playmate: “Between...
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Rob Sanders, illus. by Robbie Cathro. Little Bee, $17.99 (40p) ISBN 978-1-4998-0956-5
Employing the perspective of the two groom cake toppers of the first legal same-sex American wedding in 1971, Sanders profiles Jack Baker and Michael McConnell, two white men who met in 1966 and strove for years to secure a marriage license. As the...
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Rob Sanders, illus. by Harry Woodgate. Penguin Workshop, $18.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-5935-2369-8
“Everyone loves a hero,” states Sanders’s introduction to this informative collection of poems about 17 activists and politicians who “made/ a difference for members of the LGBTQ+/ community.” Varying by form and subject, the assorted poem types (cen
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Rob Sanders, illus. by Hannah Abbo. Beaming, $18.99 (32p) ISBN 978-1-5064-8921-6
“We’re creative thinkers/ With brains to the brim./ Brave enough to go out on a limb.” Writing in tight verse that reads like an extended cheer, Sanders imagines a classroom that’s active, compassionate, and inclusive. In Abbo’s friendly...
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Rob Sanders, illus. by Micah Player. Random House, $18.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-593-81368-3
Sanders and Player explore book banning from the perspective of a dog-eared library volume. With a periwinkle cover, an upturned nose, and a gold award sticker, wide-eyed Book (written “by A. Person”) exudes contentment in opening scenes. But one...
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