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This article highlights free, family-friendly ebooks from Ebooks Minnesota that offer comfort, perspective, and opportunities for understanding and connection during a time of uncertainty.

Book cover with a purple background titled Can a Person Be Illegal? / ¿Puede una persona ser ilegal? by Brenda Perez Mendoza, featuring stylized text and an illustration of two hands reaching toward each other over abstract red and blue shapes, with the subtitle “Racial Justice in America / Latinx American.”
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When news and events feel uncertain or overwhelming, reading can offer comfort, perspective, and a sense of connection. Ebooks Minnesota provides free access to a wide range of titles that families can explore together or independently. Stories that center on resilience, belonging, identity, and hope, as well as practical information and age-appropriate explanations of complex experiences. The books highlighted here are some that students and parents may find meaningful to read during this time, whether they’re looking for reassurance, understanding, or simply a moment of escape. 

Written by

Beth Staats
Outreach & Instruction Librarian, Ebooks MN Coordinator
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