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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
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AD 670L
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English
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"Some people have dresses for every occasion but Afiya needs only one. Her dress records the memories of her childhood, from roses in bloom to pigeons in flight, from tigers at the zoo to October leaves falling. A joyful celebration of a young girl's childhood, written by the late Coretta Scott King Book Award-winning Jamaican poet James Berry."--
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During a pandemic, racial reckoning, and social unrest, four Black middle school boys create an astonishing collection of imaginative stories that celebrate resilience, self-expression, and hope.
Against the backdrop of a global pandemic, Black Lives Matter protests, and widespread social reckoning, four Black middle school boys from Beacon House, an after-school community program in Washington DC, create a compelling collection of imaginative,...
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This picture book encourages kids to cheer for their community! Readers are invited to cheer for our families, police officers, firefighters, librarians, shopkeepers, and other community members as they follow along with the diverse children who are celebrating them. This interactive title promises to be an engaging and fun read-perfect for group story times!
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A fun, rhyming read-aloud celebrating diversity, and a tool for teaching young readers the names of all the colours of the rainbow. Blue's my favourite colour!
It really is the best.
I love my lucky socks.
Blue's better than the rest.
Although…
What's your favourite colour? When a teacher asks her students this question, one little girl just can't decide! Enter her vibrant imagination as she considers every colour and all the reasons that she...
5) Pinkies Up
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Cheers for friends at teatime From country or from town,We welcome all and everyone-Pinkies up or down! Pinkies Up combines lyrical storytelling and playful illustrations to celebrate vibrant diversity--and teamwork--as animal costume-clad children gather for a tea party. "A delicious tea party in costume turns into pandemonium until one wise owl demonstrates how good manners matter and restores unity. Raven Howell's verses tell a delightful...
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Rose and Violet Flowers are two fun-loving little girls whose imaginations blossom into worlds of fun and fancy in the apartment where they live. They sing, and dance, and laugh, and play… and make LOTS of NOISE. Another fun day at home with Mom quickly starts to wilt when, with a bang on the door, Rose and Violet’s nettled next-door neighbor insists they quiet down, or else! Will their grumpy old neighbor lose her cool, or will Rose and Violet...
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Darius Daniels: Game On is, a middle-grade rhythmic novel about an 11-year-old boy, a video game, and a great and scary adventure the boy cannot escape, until he hurts somebody. D was his name, you see, and he was on the Edge. Family and friends on one side, Getting together at his home. Him on the other, sometimes feeling alone, In a game world that made his head swirl. Jammed up his brain and rained, Karate chops and knocked, him for a Loop. He...
8) El Mundo
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Sing around the world, from mountains to valleys, in towns and cities, with all the fish, birds, trees and flowers of the Earth! Adapted from the popular spirituals song, and with helpful endnotes, this Spanish-language edition of the classic Barefoot singalong Whole World is wonderfully uplifting and richly informative.
Christopher Corr is an internationally celebrated painter and illustrator. Based in London, he travels the world painting people,...
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In the beautiful country volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 3
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English
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Arriving in America, the so-called beautiful country, Anna, a young Taiwanese girl, finds it anything but beautiful as she and her family struggle to make a place for themselves in this world and learn the true meaning of home.
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In the beautiful country volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 3
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English
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"After a rocky first year, Anna's family has settled into life in California. Their small restaurant is even turning a profit. Then her parents make a shattering discovery: their visas have expired. Anna's world is quickly overwhelmed by unfamiliar words like "undocumented" and "inequality." She longs to share the towering secret that looms over every aspect of her life with a friend, but her parents strictly forbid her from telling anyone. As Anna...
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A novel in verse that captures the unbalanced experience of an all-consuming love between two unnamed, queer, Black teen girls who move rapidly from strangerhood into a protective best friendship before becoming dysfunctional lovers and mutually destructive partners in crime.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Some people have dresses for every occasion but Afiya needs only one. Her dress records the memories of her childhood, from roses in bloom to pigeons in flight, from tigers at the zoo to October leaves falling. A joyful celebration of a young girl's childhood, written by the late Coretta Scott King Book Award-winning Jamaican poet James Berry.
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English
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"A young child searches for the best way to welcome a new baby to their family as they ask, 'A special day. A special place. How will you greet a special face?' With rhyming text, heartwarming art, and educational facts about cultures and customs around the world, The Way We Say Hello takes you as far as Tibet and as near as your front yard as you learn greeting after greeting"--
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