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1) Saturday
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When all of their special Saturday plans go awry, Ava and her mother still find a way to appreciate one another and their time together.
3) The book hog
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The Book Hog loves books and has a large collection, although he never learned to read.
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How to Bring a Book to Life - 2023
How To Bring a Book to Life- Spring/Summer 2025
How to Bring A Book to Life- Summer Edition
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How To Bring a Book to Life- Spring/Summer 2025
How to Bring A Book to Life- Summer Edition
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"In this book with no pictures, the reader has to say every silly word, no matter what"-- Provided by publisher.
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7th-8th Grade Reading List
Adult Literacy Favorites: Banned Books Week Picks
Anti-Racist Non-fiction: YA
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Adult Literacy Favorites: Banned Books Week Picks
Anti-Racist Non-fiction: YA
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This adaptation of Ibram X. Kendi's "Stamped From the Beginning" explores the history of racist ideas in America by examining the lives of notable historical figures, from Cotton Mather and Thomas Jefferson to W.E.B. Du Bois and Angela Davis. Discusses how racist ideas spread and how they are also discredited.
10) Dreamers
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Books for Discussing Diversity and Difference with Young Children
Books with a Sprinkle of Spanish
Diverse Books - Latino/Latinx, Hispanic, and Latin American Children
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Books with a Sprinkle of Spanish
Diverse Books - Latino/Latinx, Hispanic, and Latin American Children
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"An illustrated picture book autobiography in which award-winning author Yuyi Morales tells her own immigration story"-- Provided by publisher.
11) Powwow day
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Banned and Challenged Children's Books of the 2020's
Diverse books - Native Americans, American Indians, First Nations, and Indigenous Peoples Around the World
Girls Together
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Diverse books - Native Americans, American Indians, First Nations, and Indigenous Peoples Around the World
Girls Together
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Because she has been very ill and weak, River cannot join in the dancing at this year's tribal powwow, she can only watch from the sidelines as her sisters and cousins dance the celebration--but as the drum beats she finds the faith to believe that she will recover and dance again.
13) Love
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Illustrations and easy-to-read text celebrate the bonds of love that connect us all.
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Banned and Challenged Children's Books of the 2020's
Lorraine: The Girl Who Sang the Storm Away 2024
Main Children's Staff Picture Book Favorites
Picture Books in Both English and Spanish/Libros ilustrados en ingles y español
Lorraine: The Girl Who Sang the Storm Away 2024
Main Children's Staff Picture Book Favorites
Picture Books in Both English and Spanish/Libros ilustrados en ingles y español
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"As a young girl leads a cast of characters on a musical journey, they learn that they have the power to make changes--big or small--in the world, in their communities, and in most importantly, in themselves"-- Provided by publisher.
15) Teamwork trouble
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Ryan wants to form a curling team at school with A.J. and Andrea, but soon trouble amongst his teammates threatens to end their season early.
16) Doctor De Soto
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Dr. De Soto, a mouse dentist, copes with the toothaches of various animals except those with a taste for mice, until the day a fox comes to him in great pain.
17) Mister Seahorse
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After Mrs. Seahorse lays her eggs on Mr. Seahorse's belly, he drifts through the water, greeting other fish fathers who are taking care of their eggs.
19) Troublemaker
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On the first night of rioting in the wake of the Rodney King verdict, Jordan's father leaves to check on the family store, spurring twelve-year-old Jordan and his friends to embark on a dangerous journey through South Central and Koreatown to come to his aid, encountering the racism within their community as they go.
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"Ten-year-old Anthony Joplin has made it to double digits! Which means he's finally old enough to play in the spades tournament every Joplin Man before him seems to have won. So while Ant's friends are stressing about fifth grade homework and girls, Ant only has one thing on his mind: how he'll measure up to his father's expectations at the card table. Then Ant's best friend gets grounded, and he's forced to find another spades partner. And Shirley,...