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Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Children's Awards: C. S. King Award for Afr. Amer. Author/Illustrator
Children's Awards: Caldecott Honor for Quality Illustrations
Children's Biographies: Autobiographies
Children's Awards: Caldecott Honor for Quality Illustrations
Children's Biographies: Autobiographies
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A Grammy-nominated headliner for the New Orleans Jazz Fest describes his childhood in Tremé and how he came to be a bandleader by age six.
3) I cry
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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"Offers answers to questions about those salty tears. Explanations and appealing photos encourage readers to continue their quest for knowledge. Text features, including a glossary and an index, help students locate information and learn new words."--
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English
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Children's New Books: August 2022 Nonfiction
Children's Special Topics: Mindfulness
Overdrive 2023-2025 Social and Emotional Learning Collection
Children's Special Topics: Mindfulness
Overdrive 2023-2025 Social and Emotional Learning Collection
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"Emotions are like a rainbow-there is a color for every one we feel. And when the angry feeling starts to take over the rainbow, it's time for The Red Book! Simple activities, tips, and tricks help young readers whose angry red shines brightest in the rainbows of their colorful minds. They can turn the pages from front to back or back to front. They can use every single page or open the book to just one random page. Soon, the other colors of their...
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English
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Children's New Books: June 2023 Nonfiction
Children's Special Topics: Mindfulness
Overdrive 2023-2025 Social and Emotional Learning Collection
Children's Special Topics: Mindfulness
Overdrive 2023-2025 Social and Emotional Learning Collection
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"Uh-oh! We don't agree. But we can work it out! Bright, cheerful illustrations paired with engaging photos and lively text make learning about conflict resolution fun, while hands-on activities put the social and emotional engagement into action. Explore how life works when we work it out!"--
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"A thoughtful and age-appropriate introduction to an unimaginable event--the Holocaust. The Holocaust was a genocide on a scale never before seen, with as many as twelve million people killed in Nazi death camps--six million of them Jews. Gail Herman traces the rise of Hitler and the Nazis, whose rabid anti-Semitism led first to humiliating anti-Jewish laws, then to ghettos all over Eastern Europe, and ultimately to the Final Solution. She presents...
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English
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Children's New Books: August 2022 Nonfiction
Overdrive 2023-2025 Social and Emotional Learning Collection
Overdrive 2023-2025 Social and Emotional Learning Collection
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"Emotions are like a rainbow-there is a color for every one we feel. And when the sad feeling starts to take over the rainbow, it's time for The Blue Book! Simple activities, tips, and tricks help young readers whose sad blue shines brightest in the rainbows of their colorful minds. They can turn the pages from front to back or back to front. They can use every single page or open the book to just one random page. Soon, the other colors of their emotions...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Children's Awards: Sibert Honor for Nonfiction
Children's Special Topics: Books About Indigenous People in the U.S.
Children's Special Topics: Thankfulness
Children's Special Topics: Books About Indigenous People in the U.S.
Children's Special Topics: Thankfulness
Description
Otsaliheliga is a Cherokee word that is used to express gratitude. Journey through the year with a Cherokee family and their tribal nation as they express thanks for celebrations big and small. This book presents a look at modern Native American life as told by a citizen of the Cherokee Nation.
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"Oops! Making mistakes isn't the end of the world. It's what we do about a mistake that really matters. Bright, cheerful illustrations paired with engaging photos and lively text make learning about owning mistakes fun, while hands-on activities put the social and emotional engagement into action. Explore how life works when we can say 'I messed up!' "--
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English
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Children's Special Topics: Mindfulness Resources for Middle School Students
Children's: 2022 Middle School Wellness_Nonfiction
Children's: 2022 Middle School Wellness_Nonfiction
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Provides advice and information for girls entering their teens on how to get to know themselves and gain the strength, confidence, and resilience to handle what life will bring them, and offers personal accounts and exercises to try.
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Series
Language
English
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Children's New Books: May 2023 Nonfiction
Children's Special Topics: Mindfulness
Overdrive 2023-2025 Social and Emotional Learning Collection
Children's Special Topics: Mindfulness
Overdrive 2023-2025 Social and Emotional Learning Collection
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"Shrink big feelings down to size! Navigating big emotions can help us learn more about ourselves as we feel calmer. Bright, cheerful illustrations paired with engaging photos and lively text make learning about emotions fun, while engaging activities put the social and emotional learning into action. Explore how life works when we don't sweat it"--
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Series
Language
English
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Children's New Books: May 2023 Nonfiction
Children's Special Topics: Mindfulness
Overdrive 2023-2025 Social and Emotional Learning Collection
Children's Special Topics: Mindfulness
Overdrive 2023-2025 Social and Emotional Learning Collection
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"We're better together! When we work as a team, we can do everything from scoring a goal to tackling a school project or cleaning the garage. Bright, cheerful illustrations paired with engaging photos and lively text make learning about teamwork fun, while engaging activities put the social and emotional learning into action. Explore how life works when we pull together"--
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In a letter to his daughters, President Barack Obama offers a tribute to thirteen historically important Americans and the ideals that have shaped the nation--from the artistry of Georgia O'Keeffe to the courage of Jackie Robinson and the patriotism of George Washington.
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English
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In 2018 the number of people displaced worldwide by violence, persecution, or natural disaster had reached 68.5 million. The United Nations Refugee Agency estimates that one person is displaced every two seconds. The world faces an unprecedented crisis as people flee their homes, seeking safety, peace, and a better future for themselves and their families. Refugees set off, often on foot or by boat, on dangerous journeys to cross international borders...
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
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Just seventy-five years ago, the American government did something that most would consider unthinkable today: it rounded up over 100,000 of its own citizens based on nothing more than their ancestry and, suspicious of their loyalty, kept them in concentration camps for the better part of four years. How could this have happened? Uprooted takes a close look at the history of racism in America and follows the treacherous path that led one of our nation's...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
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"A groundbreaking portrait of Vincent Chin and the murder case that took America's Asian American community to the streets in protest of injustice. America in 1982. Japanese car companies are on the rise and believed to be putting American autoworkers out of their jobs. Anti-Asian American sentiments simmer, especially in Detroit. A bar fight turns fatal, leaving Vincent Chin-a Chinese American man-beaten to death at the hands of two white men, autoworker...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Children's Awards: C. S. King Award for Afr. Amer. Author/Illustrator
Children's Awards: Caldecott Honor for Quality Illustrations
Children's Awards: Sibert Honor for Nonfiction
Children's New Books: April 2022 Nonfiction
Children's Awards: Caldecott Honor for Quality Illustrations
Children's Awards: Sibert Honor for Nonfiction
Children's New Books: April 2022 Nonfiction
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On May 31 and June 1, 1921, an armed mob looted homes and businesses as Black families fled. The police did nothing to protect Greenwood, and as many as three hundred African Americans were killed, most buried in unmarked graves. Thousands were left homeless. No official investigation occurred until seventy-five years later. Unspeakable helps young readers understand the events of the Tulsa, Oklahoma race massacre, one of the worst incidents of racial...
20) Her right foot
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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In this honest look at the literal foundation of our country, Dave Eggers and Shawn Harris investigate a seemingly small trait of America's most emblematic statue. What they find is about more than history, more than art. What they find in the Statue of Liberty's right foot is the message of acceptance that is essential to an entire country's creation.
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