Danielle Davis Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Danielle Davis is a children's book writer.

Yasmin the Scientist
Saadia Faruqi
This picture book is a pure rhyming delight conveying the magic of creativity and collaboration...Out this month, y’all, just in time for a lively spin on poetry month in April!
Paperback, 2021
$7.99$3.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Zahra's Blessing: A Ramadan Story
Shirin Shamsi
This picture book explores blessings—the kind that may be unexpected and can come through loss, through generosity, and through new connections...And the art, the art is warm, textured, and gorgeous.
Hardcover, 2022
$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Sometimes I Cry
Jess Townes
This picture book captures how so many of us feel. So much crying these days, the angry “red-hot lava tears” and the grieving, distraught, overcome “feelings fill me up like a water balloon” tears. It’s a wonderful book that normalizes all the kinds of crying done by everyone.
Hardcover, 2023
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
What You Need to Be Warm
Neil Gaiman
WHAT YOU NEED TO BE WARM: A Poem of Welcome by @neilhimself and various artists with @refugees collaboration. My last in a series of picture books that are wishes for children. Because children should feel safe, warm, welcomed.
Hardcover, 2023
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Min Hayati
Rayya Liebich
An ode to a much-loved mother, now gone, that will echo with anyone who has ever lost anyone they treasure. With stunning images and truly captivating language, this collection is an ocean that will draw you in...I was so struck by and loved this.
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Milloo's Mind: The Story of Maryam Faruqi, Trailblazer for Women's Education
Reem Faruqi
This picture book is made from vibrantly gorgeous paper collage art and the story of the author’s grandmother!...She knew when to say: “Enough is enough” in order to follow her dreams, pursue what she wanted despite obstacles, and create change!
Hardcover, 2023
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Door by Door: How Sarah McBride Became America's First Openly Transgender Senator
Meeg Pincus
A kid, a dream, and a growing, heartfelt need to be her real, true self in order to feel good about pursuing it, about anything.
Hardcover, 2023
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Sister Friend: A Picture Book
Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow
This picture book is a special one (with gloriously special, gentle, expressive art) about loneliness, identity, friendship, and finally finding how a one-person game of hopscotch can be played with a wonderfully-fitting sister friend that makes two.
Hardcover, 2024
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Everything Comes Next: Collected and New Poems
Naomi Shihab Nye
EVERYTHING COMES NEXT, poems by @naomishihabnye former Young People’s Poet Laureate. For children and everyone, I’ve got some of the most powerful to me in these slides. Wow wow, some of these feel like they were written now, now.
Paperback, 2022
$9.99$4.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Lost Words: An Armenian Story of Survival and Hope
Leila Boukarim
This picture book is truly beautiful, vital...it shines with melodic text, history, truth, compassion, and touchstone refrains...This book is as a beacon. It gives words to those who may have lost theirs or never had an opportunity to share them.
Hardcover, 2024
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book