Artivist by Smith, Nikkolas 

BTSB Prebound(Kokila, 2023)

BTSB #: 826998 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-8   
Lexile: 540 AD F&P: N

Genres: Multicultural

Subjects: Social change - Fiction Mural painting and decoration - Fiction Painting - Fiction African Americans - Fiction

Summary: Motivated by the realization of global inequities, a young boy embraces his dual identities as an artist and activist, becoming an "Artivist" to make a difference by using his viral mural as a catalyst for positive change.

Barrio rising : the protest that built Chicano Park by Aguila, Maria Dolores 

BTSB Prebound(Dial Books for Young Readers, 2024)

BTSB #: 046418 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-8   
Lexile: 900 AD F&P: P

Genres: Historical Fiction

Subjects: Parks - Fiction Mural painting and decoration - Fiction Chicano Park (San Diego, Calif.) - Fiction California - Fiction

Summary: Invites readers to join a courageous young activist and her neighbors in their successful twelve-day land occupation and beyond, when Barrio Logan banned together and built the colorful park that would become the Corazon of San Diego's Chicane community.

Barrio se levanta : la protesta que construyo el Parque Chicano by Aguila, Maria Dolores 

BTSB PreboundSPANISH(Dial Books for Young Readers, 2024)

BTSB #: 046420 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-8   
Lexile: 780 AD

Genres: Spanish Language Historical Fiction

Subjects: Parks - Fiction Mural painting and decoration - Fiction Spanish language - Reading materials Chicano Park (San Diego, Calif.) - Fiction California - Fiction

Summary: Invites readers to join a courageous young activist and her neighbors in their successful twelve-day land occupation and beyond, when Barrio Logan banned together and built the colorful park that would become the Corazon of San Diego's Chicane community. In Spanish.

Horse & Buggy paint it out! [I Like To Read]by Long, Ethan 

Paperback(Holiday House, 2019)

BTSB #: 585240 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-8   


Genres: Animals Humorous Fiction

Subjects: Horses - Fiction Insects - Fiction Artists - Fiction Mural painting and decoration - Fiction Friendship - Fiction

Summary: Horse is all set to paint a mural his way, oblivious to Buggy's suggestions that a bit of planning might be a good idea.

We can be heroes by McCauley, Kyrie 

BTSB Prebound(HarperCollins, 2021)

BTSB #: 618748 Available

Dewey: FAges: 14-18   


Genres: General Fiction

Subjects: School shootings - Fiction Gun control - Fiction Abused women - Fiction Social media - Fiction Mural painting and decoration - Fiction Ghosts - Fiction

Summary: After a girl is killed by her ex-boyfriend in a school shooting, her two best friends attempt to memorialize her in a town economically dependent on the shooter's family,