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A Kids Book About Diversity

Written by Charnaie Gordon and Illustrated by Duke Stebbins

Diversity is what makes the world such a beautiful and interesting place. When you open your life to...

K - 8th
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The Big Apple

Written by Mary Atkinson
Come explore New York's neighborhoods, and meet some of the many different people who live in them.
5th - 8th
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Investigate Light: Bouncing Light

Written by Janine Scott
Investigate Light: Bouncing Light covers these essential questions: What happens when light bounces...
5th - 8th
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Investigate Transportation: Stepping Out on Foot

Written by Lynette Evans
Investigate Transportation: Stepping Out on Foot covers these essential questions: To what places is...
5th - 8th
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Investigate Forces: Down to Earth

Written by Janine Scott
Investigate Forces: Down to Earth answers the following questions: How do birds stay up in the air...
5th - 8th
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A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919

Written by Claire Hartfield
On a hot day in July 1919, five black youths went swimming in Lake Michigan, unintentionally...
7th - 9th
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Life: The First Four Billion Years: The Story of Life from the Big Bang to the Evolution of Humans

Written by Martin Jenkins and Illustrated by Grahame Baker-Smith
Before humans took their first steps, there were billions of years of vibrant and varied life-forms...
5th - 9th
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10 True Tales: Young Civil Rights Heroes

Written by Allan Zullo
This book is a collection of 10 vignettes about the civil rights era. The focus of these stories is...
8th - 12th
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Elephant Whisperer: My Life with the Herd in the African Wild

Written by Lawrence Anthony and Graham Spence
When Lawrence Anthony was asked to accept a rogue herd of elephants in his reserve in South Africa...
5th - 9th
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Over the Edge of the World

Written by Laurence Bergreen
On September 6, 1522, a horribly battered ship manned by eighteen malnourished, scurvy-ridden...
8th - 12th
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History's Greatest Spies (Undercover Women)

Written by F.S. Kim
This book is about women spies from the Civil War to recent decades. You'll learn their fantastic...
5th - 9th
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From Rags to Riches: People Who Started Businesses from Scratch

Written by Nathan Aaseng

The business leaders profiled here, who started with very little, became successful by taking risks...

4th - 8th
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Chasing Space

Written by Leland Melvin
Former football player, astronaut, and engineer, Leland Melvin recounts his career and achieving his...
5th - 8th
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For Every One

Written by Jason Reynolds

An inspirational poem to provide hope and reassurance to teens as they try to make sense of their...

7th - 9th
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Marley Dias Gets It Done: And So Can You!

Written by Marley Dias

Drawing from her experience, Marley shows kids how they can galvanize their strengths to make...

5th - 10th
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The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives

Written by Dashka Slater
If it weren't for the 57 bus, Sasha and Richard never would have met. Both were high school students...
7th - 12th
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The Prince and the Dressmaker

Written by Jen Wang
Prince Sebastian is too busy hiding his secret life from everyone. At night he puts on daring...
7th - 12th
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This Is Our Constitution: Discover America with a Gold Star Father

Written by Khizr Khan
Our Founding Fathers created the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights as a blueprint for American...
5th - 8th
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave

Written by Frederick Douglass
Former slave, impassioned abolitionist, brilliant writer, newspaper editor and eloquent orator whose...
6th - 12th
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Guts

Written by Gary Paulsen
The true stories behind the Brian Robeson books, which are based on Paulsen's own adventures as an...
7th - 9th
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Heroes Of The Environment

Written by Harriet Rohmer
This inspiring book presents the true stories of 12 people from across North America who have done...
4th - 9th
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The Greatest: Muhammad Ali

Written by Walter Dean Myers
A riveting portrait of the world's greatest boxer chronicles his childhood, his rise as a champion...
7th - 10th
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The Way Things Work Now

Written by David Macaulay
Explainer-in-Chief David Macaulay updates the worldwide bestseller The New Way Things Work to...
7th - 9th
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Me Llaman Heroe: Recuerdos de Mi Juventud (They Call Me Hero: A Memoir of My Youth)

Written by Daniel Hernandez (author), ‎ Carlos Verdecia (Translator) and ‎ Susan Goldman Rubin (Contributor)
When Daniel Hernandez was twenty years old, he was working as an intern for U.S. Representative...
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