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Why We Eat Fried Peanuts: A Celebration of Family and Lunar New Year Traditions

Written by Zed Zha and Illustrated by Sian James

Celebrate Lunar New Year through a story of ancestral bravery while learning about Chinese history...

1st - 6th
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Wisdom Weavers: Explore the Ojibwe Language and the Meaning of Dream Catchers

Written by James Vukelich Kaagegaabaw and Illustrated by Marcus Trujillo

The Ojibwe people are the largest Indigenous group of Turtle Island, now known as North America, and...

1st - 6th
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Don’t Turn Out the Lights: A Tribute to Alvin Schwartz's Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

Written by R.L. Stine

Featuring stories from R.L. Stine and Madeleine Roux, this middle grade horror anthology, curated by...

3rd - 7th
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Mighty Heart of Sunny St James

Written by Ashley Herring Blake

Twelve-year-old Sunny St. James navigates heart surgery, reconnecting with her lost mother, first...

3rd - 7th
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Upstander

Written by James Preller

Mary O’Malley is tired of keeping secrets. Secrets like her older brother, Jonny’s, drug use...

4th - 6th
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I Funny

Written by James Patterson and Chris Grabenstein and Illustrated by Laura Park

In James Patterson's heartwarming #1 New York Times bestseller, middle schooler Jamie Grimm faces...

3rd - 7th
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Your Guide to Superheroes

Written by James Reid
Next time you're having a bad day or don't want to clean your room, call one of the superheroes in...
1st - 5th

Leveled Reading Passages Supporting James and the Giant Peach

This set of leveled reading passages can be used to supplement the book James and the Giant Peach....
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Unbreakable Code

Written by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
Mr. Quisling is definitely up to something mysterious, and Emily and James are on high alert. First...
4th - 6th
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Bunnicula

Written by Deborah & James Howe
Harold the dog and Chester the cat hilariously attempt to alert their family that the new bunny may...
3rd - 5th
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I Funny: I Even Funnier

Written by James Patterson and Chris Grabenstein and Illustrated by Laura Park
Middle-schooler Jamie Grimm is excited. He's just won the state finals in New York for the Planet's...
4th - 7th
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Salt A Story of Friendship in a Time of War

Anikwa and James, twelve years old in 1812, spend their days fishing, trapping, and exploring...

4th - 8th
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The Miniature World of Marvin & James

Written by Elise Broach and Illustrated by Kelly Murphy
James is going on vacation for a week. His best friend, Marvin the beetle, has to stay at home...
1st - 4th
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Book Scavenger

Written by Chambliss Bertman and Jennifer

For twelve-year-old Emily, the best thing about moving to San Francisco is that it's the home city...

4th - 6th
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The Courage Test

Written by James Preller
Will has no choice. His father, a professor of American history, drags him along on a wilderness...
3rd - 5th
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The Fall

Written by James Preller
The summer before school starts, Sam's friend and classmate Morgan Mallen kills herself. As Sam...
4th - 6th
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Maze Runner: The Death Cure

Written by James Dashner

The third book in the Maze Runner, the story centers on Thomas, who has survived the Maze and the...

3rd - 7th
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James and the Giant Peach

Written by Roald Dahl
After James Henry Trotter’s parents die, he is forced to live with his mean aunts: Spiker and Sponge...
3rd - 7th
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Rags: Hero Dog of WW1

Written by Margot Theis Raven and Illustrated by Petra Brown
Rags was just a stray mutt—until the day he met Private James Donovan and found not only a home, but...
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