Mars Area Centennial School library has added a Diversity Awareness Collection to its shelves.

The books, purchased through a Mars Planet Foundation Teaching Enrichment Grant, will be used to enhance lessons on diversity, multi-cultural awareness and anti-bullying. 

Books include “Last Stop on Market Street” by Matt de la Pena, “Here I Am” by Patti Kim, “Henry’s Freedom Box” by Ellen Levine, “Draw” by Raul Colon, “What Do You Do with a Problem?” by Kobi Yamada, “Ganesha’s Sweet Tooth” by Emily Haynes and Sanjay Patel, “Maybe Something Beautiful” by F. Isabel Campoy, “Little Melba and Her Big Trombone” by Katheryn Russell-Brown, “Bully” by Patricia Pollaco, “My Secret Bully” and “The Invisible Boy” by Trudy Lugwig, “Marisol McDonald Doesn’t Match” by Monica Brown, “Normal Norman” by Tara Lazar, “One Green Apple” by Eve Bunting, “Mirror” by Jeannie Baker, “Thank You Mr. Falker” by Patricia Polacco, “We Are the Ship” by Kadir Nelson, “The Yellow Star: The Legend of King Christian X of Denmark” by Carmen Agra Deedy, “The Name Jar” by Yangsook Choi, “Emmanuel’s Dream” by Laurie Ann Thompson, “See the Ocean” by Estelle Condra, “My Buddy” by Audrey Osofsky, “The Junkyard Wars” and “The Lemonade Club” by Patricia Polacco, “The Alphabet War­” by Diane Burton Robb, “The Juice Box Bully” by Bob Sornson and Maria Dismondy, “Each Kindness” by Jacqueline Woodson, “Say Something” by Peggy Moss, “Something Beautiful” by Sharon Dennis Wyeth, “Yo! Yes?” by Chris Raschka, and “Whoever You Are” by Mem Fox.

For more information, call (724) 625-2601.