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The Banana-Leaf Ball: Guide for Families (Español)

The Banana-Leaf Ball: How Play Can Change the World printable Guide for Families provides hands-on...

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Clock Striker, Volume 2: The Sharing Society

Written by Issaka Galadima with Frederick L. Jones

Clock Striker, Volume 2, is the exciting follow-up to the acclaimed first volume, featuring shonen...

7th - 9th
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Clock Striker, Volume 1: "I'm Gonna Be a SMITH!"

Written by Issaka Galadima with Frederick L. Jones

Clock Striker, now in graphic novel format, follows Shonen manga’s first Black female lead hero...

7th - 9th
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Rain Is Not My Indian Name

Written by Cynthia L. Smith
It's been six months since Cassidy Rain Berghoff’s best friend, Galen, died, and up until now she has succeeded in shutting herself off from the world.
6th - 8th
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What Is A Friend?

Written by Sylvia Vardell & Janet Wong

To learn to be a good friend, kids need models of friendship. The 41 poems in this book guide us in...

3rd - 7th

The Banana-Leaf Ball: Guide for Educators

The Banana-Leaf Ball printable Guide for Educators provides suggestions for activating student...

The Banana-Leaf Ball: Guide for Families

The Banana-Leaf Ball printable Guide for Families provides hands-on activities and ideas for...

The Banana-Leaf Ball: Extension Activities for Educators

The Banana-Leaf Ball printable extension activities for educators provides interdisciplinary-themed...

The Banana-Leaf Ball: Vocabulary Scaffold

The Banana-Leaf Ball printable vocabulary scaffold guide pairs 10 challenge words from the story...

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What Is A Family?

Written by Sylvia Vardell & Janet Wong

DNA can tell us who our family members are, but we all know that family means more than just...

3rd - 7th
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Blue Stars: Mission One: The Vice Principal Problem

Written by Cynthia Leitich Smith & Kekla Magoon and Illustrated by Molly Murakami

When cousins Riley Halfmoon and Maya Dawn move to Urbanopolis to live with their activist grandma...

3rd - 7th
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Going for Gold: Wilma Rudolph and the 1960 Olympics

Written by Chris Bowman and Illustrated by Eugene Smith

From a young age, Wilma Rudolph faced many challenges. A childhood polio survivor, she was unable to...

3rd - 7th
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I Can Get Paid for That?

Written by Jo Stewart

This book is both an inspirational and a practical guidebook, and it profiles 99 interesting...

6th - 12th
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The Banana-Leaf Ball: How Play Can Change the World

Written and Illustrated by Katie Smith Milway

Separated from his family when they were forced to flee their home, a young East African boy named...

3rd - 7th
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The Hero Next Door: A We Need Diverse Books Anthology

From We Need Diverse Books, the organization behind Flying Lessons & Other Stories, comes another...

3rd - 7th
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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

Careers, Jobs, and Community Helpers Activity Guide for 6-8

This activity guide supports books on careers, jobs, and community helpers for grades 6-8.

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Storm Runners

Storm Runners: Storm Runners

Written by Roland Smith
Chase and his dad are storm runners, racing across the country in search of wild weather. As the hurricane of the century approaches, it's clear this challenge is far beyond their experience.
6th - 8th
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Goosebumps HorrorLand: The Wizard of Ooze

Written by R.L. Stine
Marco Gonzales and his friend, Gabriella Smith, are excited when they find a special edition of The...
3rd - 7th
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Fierce Reads Kisses and Curses

Written by Various
Every page more fierce than the last! Enjoy a good monster love story? Or a dark, Russian-style...
7th - 12th
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Skandal My Mind Is Mine Alone

Written by Lindsay Smith
Life in Washington, D.C., is not the safe haven Yulia hoped for when she risked everything to flee...
7th - 12th
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Dreamstrider

Written by Lindsay Smith

A high-concept, fantastical espionage novel set in a world where dreams are the ultimate form of...

6th - 12th
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The Devil's Engine: Hellfighters

Written by Alexander Gordon Smith

In Hellraisers, he made a demonic deal. Now, in this sequel, The Devil's Engine: Hellfighters, it’s...

6th - 12th
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The Devil's Engine: Hellraisers

Written by Alexander Gordon Smith

When a sixteen-year-old troublemaker named Marlow Green is trapped in a surreal firefight against...

7th - 9th

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