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Author
Publisher
Peachtree Publishers
Pub. Date
c2009
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
[36] p. : col. ill. ; 26 x 31 cm.
Language
English
Description
Maasai tribal members, after hearing the story of the September 11th attacks from a young Massai, who was in New York on that day, decide to present the American people with fourteen sacred cows as a healing gift.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
"A picture book in verse that threads together past and present to explore the legacy of slavery during a classroom lesson"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books
Pub. Date
c2011
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
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
Publisher
Arthur A. Levine Books
Pub. Date
c2015
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : ill. ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
Explores the topic of interracial marriage for young readers through the story of the Loving family, an interracial couple, who married in 1958.
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
c2018
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
48 pages : col. ill. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
The A Girl Named series tells the stories of how ordinary American girls grew up to be extraordinary American women. Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat to a white passenger in 1955, but how did she come to be so brave?
8) The talk
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
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
Publisher
Abdo Kids, a division of ABDO
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
After a brief introduction to the COVID-19 pandemic, terms such as "social distancing" and "flattening the curve" are defined in simple language for children, as well as ideas for staying connected with friends and family, such as video chats, writing pen pals through regular mail, and drawing inspiring pictures for neighbors in sidewalk chalk.
10) I am Rosa Parks
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Rosa Parks changed the way African Americans were treated when she took a stand and did not give up her seat on a bus to a white passenger in Alabama in 1955. Learn about this woman's life that led up to that brave deed and her subsequent accomplishments.
11) Beneath
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
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.