A is for ambitious by Harris, Meena 

BTSB Prebound(Little, Brown, 2023)

BTSB #: 421064 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-8   


Genres: Multicultural

Subjects: Stories in rhyme Ambition - Fiction Self-esteem - Fiction Alphabet Vocabulary

Summary: Illustrations and rhyming text reclaim words often used to put down girls and women while introducing the letters of the alphabet.

Farther by Baker-Smith, Grahame 

BTSB Prebound(Templar, 2013)

BTSB #: 085390 Available

Dewey: EAges: 5-7   
AR: 2.6 LG

Genres: Family Life

Subjects: Ambition - Fiction Flight - Fiction Father-son relationship - Fiction

Summary: When a father who dreams of flying goes off to war and does not return, his son decides to make the dream come true.

I am able to shine by Watari, Korey 

BTSB Prebound(Two Lions, 2022)

BTSB #: 922340 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-7   
Lexile: 520 AD

Genres: Multicultural

Subjects: Japanese Americans - Fiction Self-realization - Fiction Race relations - Fiction Social acceptance - Fiction Ambition - Fiction

Summary: Keiko, an Asian American girl, has big dreams despite being made to feel invisible at times and misjudged, but in each instance she becomes more confident, eventually realizing she can overcome, be happy, and even lead others, including as president.

Lucky ones by Jackson, Linda Williams 

BTSB Prebound(Candlewick Press, 2022)

BTSB #: 484821 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 5.2 MG Lexile: 800 F&P: X

Genres: Family Life Multicultural

Subjects: African Americans - Fiction Family life - Fiction Poverty - Fiction Ambition - Fiction

Summary: It's 1967, and eleven-year-old Ellis Earl Brown has big dreams. He's going to grow up to be a teacher or a lawyer--or maybe both--and live in a big brick house in town. There'll always be enough food in the icebox, and his mama won't have to run herself ragged working as some white woman's maid. But when Mama tells Ellis Earl that he might need to quit school to help support the family, he wonders if happy endings are only possible in storybooks.

Perfectly imperfect Mira by Pray, Faith 

BTSB Prebound(Little, Brown, 2022)

BTSB #: 730474 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-8   
F&P: J

Genres: General Fiction

Subjects: Perfectionism (Personality trait) - Fiction Growth - Fiction Ambition - Fiction

Summary: Mira wants to be good at something, but she is held back by her desire to be perfect.