CitizenKid
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This bestseller is newly revised with updated statistics, new activities and completely new material on food security, energy and health. By shrinking the planet down to a village of just 100 people, children will discover how to grow up global and establish their own place in the world village.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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In this addition to the CitizenKid™ collection of inspiring stories from around the globe, Mimi Malaho and her family help bring basic health care to their community. By making small changes like sleeping under mosquito nets and big ones like building a clinic with outside help, the Malahos and their neighbors transform their Kenyan village from one afraid of illness to a thriving community.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Young readers can learn how to be modern-day Noah and protect the world's plants and animals from extinction not by building a giant boat, but by making small changes in their everyday lives - from planting trees to turning off the tap - to help preserve the world's biodiversity. Planet Ark is part of CitizenKid™, a collection of books that inform children about the world and inspire them to be better global citizens.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
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Razia dreams of getting an education, but in her small Afghan village, girls have not been allowed to attend school for many years, when a new girls' school opens in the village, Razia must convince her family to let her attend.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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A bicycle dubbed Big Red by its first owner is donated and sent overseas to West Africa, where it passes through a series of owners who ride the bicycle to facilitate busy days of working, running errands, and helping neighbors.
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In 1903 eight-year-old Aidan, who dreams of going to school instead of working in a cotton mill, finds inspiration in Mother Jones, a labor activist who plans to protest unfair child labor laws by marching from Kensington, Pennsylvania, to Oyster Bay, NewYork.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
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Separated from his family and forced to leave his home in East Africa, Deo is sent to a refugee camp in Tanzania, where he endures bullying until a coach organizes a soccer team that helps the boys at the camp find friendship.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Aaron, who does odd jobs at a Zambian hotel, rescues a baby elephant, whose mother was killed by poachers, from a swimming pool, in a story based on the life of a game ranger that also includes facts about elephants and their rehabilitation.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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A boy, a science project and an answer to a critical problem. During monsoon season in Bangladesh, Iqbal's mother must cook the family's meals indoors, over an open fire, even though the smoke makes her and the family sick. So when Iqbal hears that his school's science fair has the theme of sustainability, he comes up with the perfect idea for his entry: he'll design a stove that doesn't produce smoke! Has Iqbal found a way to win first prize in the...
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Kids Can Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Describes the efforts of a teenage animal rights activist to raise awareness of the plight of the endangered Kemode bears of Canada, also known as spirit bears, an effort which resulted in the bears being awarded protected land in the Great Bear Rainforest.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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In a small village in India, a boy grows up to make a huge difference in his community by planting trees to celebrate the birth of every girl. Based on a true story, this book celebrates environmental sustainability, community activism and ecofeminism.
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"Half the children of the world -- the girls -- are treated unfairly because of their gender. But girls around the word are taking action. The International Day of the Girl features nine inspiring stories based on real girls' experiences with gender inequality around the word. From Brazil to Afghanistan to Canada, each story highlights issues faced by girls -- including gender-based violence, illiteracy, sanitation and child marriage -- and how they've...
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"Victor is a pretty typical eight-year-old: he races to get his chores done, finds math challenging and likes to play with his friends. One day, the new school teacher introduces Vic and the other students to the idea of equality between boys and girls. Vic has never really thought about it before, but he soon begins to notice the disparities around him. Like all the older girls and women in their Malawi village, his twin sister, Linesi, now walks...