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1) Duck & Goose
Author
Series
Duck and Goose (Picture books) volume 1
Publisher
Schwartz & Wade Books
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Duck and Goose learn to work together to take care of a ball, which they think is an egg.
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A valentine is all about sweetness and gooey love, but this book is about all the things you might give someone that are not exactly gifts, but that show that you care for them and for what they think--but is not that a kind of love?
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When Ruby Bridges was six years old, she became the first African American student to integrate an elementary school in the South. Told in the perspective of her six year old self and based on the pivotal events that happened in 1960, Ruby tells her story like never before. Embracing her name and learning that even at six years old she was able to pave the path for future generations, this is a story full of hope, innocence, and courage"--
6) Beneath
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Finn is in a bad mood, so his grandfather takes him on a walk in the forest, and tells him about all the things that are beneath the surface of plants and animals--and even people.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Each time he does something a little bit bad, Edwardo is told that he is very bad and soon his behavior is awful, but when he accidentally does good things and is complimented, he becomes much, much nicer.
8) The talk
Author
Publisher
A Caitlyn Dlouhy book, Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
As a little boy grows into a bigger boy, he first must have the difficult conversation Black families have with their sons, warning them about the challenges they face due to racism.
Author
Series
Amber Brown volume 12
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA)
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
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Description
Amber is excited to be spending the summer after fourth grade with her friends at Camp Cushetunk, but things start getting complicated when she learns that her worst enemy, Hannah Burton, is one of her bunkmates.
11) Just kidding
Author
Publisher
Tricycle Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
With help from his father, older brother, and teacher, D.J. learns how to handle a classmate who claims that his mean-spirited "teasing" is just a joke.
12) Trouble talk
Author
Publisher
Tricycle Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When Bailey's talk leads to harmful rumours and hurt feelings, Maya begins to think twice about their friendship.
13) Better than you
Author
Publisher
Tricycle Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Tyler's friend Jake continually boasts about his abilities, making Tyler feel bad about himself until his Uncle Kevin and new neighbor Niko help him see that Jake is the one with the problem.
Author
Series
Kindergators volume 1
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Harry has trouble keeping his hands off his classmates until Tina thinks of the perfect piece of gym equipment to teach him about personal space.
Author
Series
Fairy chronicles volume 6
Publisher
Sourcebooks
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
When nine-year-old Vinca, also known as the fairy Periwinkle, and her other magical friends gather at the Fairy Circle, they discover that the Cave of Courage needs to be recharged by an intermagical-creature team completing several challenges. Includes facts about Mammoth Cave National Park and rattlesnakes.
Author
Series
Alvin Ho volume 1
Publisher
Schwartz & Wade Books
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
When fearful seven-year-old Alvin Ho learns that his mother is expecting a baby, he develops a sympathetic pregnancy--adding to his worry about the burglar who is targeting Concord, Massachusetts.
18) Rosa
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Formats
Description
Provides the story of the black woman whose refusal to give up her seat on a bus in Alabama set in motion all the events of the civil rights movements that resulted in the end of the segregated South.
19) Chicken Sunday
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
To thank Miss Eula for her wonderful Sunday chicken dinners, three children sell decorated eggs to buy her a beautiful Easter hat.
Author
Series
Just Grace volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
As Grace and her classmates study foods from other cultures, she has the opportunity to ponder such mysteries as whether Owen 1 is really bad or not, why she feels jealous when her father helps her best friend with her hot dog report, and how Augustine Dupre, her family's French boarder, can be so wise.
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