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Author
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
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Description
Caroline sets up a stand to sell her Grandmother's sweet lemonade to raise money for the new wheelchair her friend Shannon needs, which inspires others to help, as well, in bigger and better ways. Includes tips for encouraging children to be philanthropic.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 85
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
530L
Language
English
Formats
Description
When the Alden children join a group of volunteers to fix up an old house for senior citizens, they try to explain the puzzling behavior of their coworkers as well as investigate some unusual events.
Author
Language
English
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Description
"Caught up in religious fervor when missionaries speak at her church, Alyce Benson impetuously pledges three thousand dollars to mission work in Africa, certain her welathy father will giver her the money. when he refuses, Alyce must admit failure or raise the money herself. When she discovers her father's company has sponsored a racing car--and that the driver could win prize money--she conspires with her father's mechanic to train and compete. But...
4) Shoebox Sam
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
On Saturdays, Delia and Jesse help Shoebox Sam, who teaches them about charity and love by not only repairing shoes for paying customers, but also giving poor and homeless people the dignity--and footwear--they need.
5) Give a goat
Author
Pub. Date
2008.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
810L
Language
English
Description
After hearing a story about a girl in Uganda whose life is changed for the better by the gift of a goat, a class of fifth-graders pulls together to raise funds to make a similar donation to someone in need.
6) The can man
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 630L
Language
English
Description
After watching a homeless man collect empty soft drink cans for the redemption money, a young boy decides to collect cans himself to earn money for a skateboard until he has a change of heart.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
A Fresh Voice in Historical Romance While Lydia King's reasons for joining the Teaville Moral Society might be suspect to some members, her heart is in the right place. Because of her father's debts and her mother's persistent illness, her best chance at a secure future and curing her mother is to impress the politician courting her. Her first task--to ask the town's wealthiest man to donate--seems simple enough . . . until he refuses. Despite appearances,...
10) Christmas jars
Author
Language
English
Description
A journalist happens upon a human interest story that winds up teaching her lessons about love and forgiveness and renewing her own faith in human kindness. On Christmas Eve, twenty-something Hope Jensen is quietly grieving the recent loss of her adoptive mother when her apartment is robbed. The one bright spot in the midst of Hope's despair is a small jar full of money someone has anonymously left on her doorstep. Eager to learn the source of this...
Author
Language
English
Description
Five women from different walks of life have become close friends through their book club--enjoying one another's company even more than they enjoy the books. So when the leader of the book club unexpectedly passes away on the cusp of the Christmas season, the four remaining friends are stunned. When the group gathers "one last time" to open a bag Abby's husband gives them, they find Abby had made each of them an angel ornament for Christmas, crafted...
Author
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Sophie loves her long hair, but when it becomes too hard to manage and she decides to get it cut, she finds something generous to do with it. Includes list of organizations that make wigs from donated hair.
13) The Sparkle Box
Author
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
During the Christmas season, Sam and his parents participate in various acts of kindness to others and record their good deeds on slips of paper to be placed in a sparkly box, as a gift to Jesus.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2012.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When adventurous young Princess Charity rides near a forbidden, neighboring kingdom, she sees a boy fall from his horse, watches others pass him by, and finally goes to help him herself in this version of the parable of the Good Samaritan. Includes note about the parable and its meaning for children.
Author
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Seventh-grader Jess and her friends establish the Order of the Oleander to collect supplies for an orphanage in Kabul, Afghanistan, where two of their parents are deployed, but when disaster strikes and many blame the Order, Jess must find a way to go on.
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