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Max Found Two Sticks

Written by Brian Pinkney

On a day when Max doesn't feel like talking to anyone, a strong breeze shakes two heavy twigs to the...

K - 3rd
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Bobby the Brave (Sometimes)

Written by Lisa Yee
Bobby isn't like his dad—a former pro football player who is now a stay-at-home father—and the two...
3rd - 4th
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Whistle for Willie

Written by Ezra Jack Keats
Readers can commiserate as Little Peter struggles to whistle for his dog Willie. His efforts seem...
K - 2nd
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19711

Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain

Written by Verna Aardema
Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain describes in rhythmic, read-along verse how Ki-pat a resourceful...
Pre-K - 3rd
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I Lost My Tooth in Africa

Written by Penda Diakité and Illustrated by Baba Wague Diakité
More than anything, Amina wants to lose her loose tooth while visiting her family in Mali, West...
Pre-K - 3rd
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18981

Biblioburro: A True Story from Colombia

Written and Illustrated by Jeanette Winter
A man, his burros, and his books bring joy to children in remote Colombian villages in this...
1st - 4th
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18982

Donavan's Word Jar

Written by Monalisa DeGross
Donavan doesn't collect baseball cards like other kids—he collects words for his word jar, and they...
2nd - 3rd
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18976

Koya Delaney and the Good Girl Blues

Written by Eloise Greenfield
In this warm and humorous story by the award-winning poet and author, a young girl whose laughter...
5th - 6th
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18977

We Are Alike, We Are Different (Scholastic News Nonfiction Readers: We the Kids))

Written by Janice Behrens
Working, helping, sharing, and contributing is how kids see themselves in these pages and in their...
K - 2nd
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18701

EllRay Jakes: EllRay Jakes Walks the Plank

Written by Sally Warner
Join Ellray Jakes on his journey through third grade in this new "Lively series"—Publishers Weekly
2nd - 3rd
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Hey L'il D: It's All in the Name

Written by Heather Goodyear
Loosely based on NBA all-star Bob Lanier's childhood adventures, this series shoots and scores with...
3rd - 4th
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18238

Angel Child, Dragon Child

Written by Michele Maria Surat and Illustrated by Vo Dinh Mai
Ut, a Vietnamese girl attending school in the United States, is lonely for her mother left behind in...
Pre-K - 3rd
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18241

Dancing with the Indians

Written by Angela Shelf Medearis
A young girl and her family attend an Indian powwow and dance with the Seminoles, whose ancestors...
2nd - 4th
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Freedom Crossing

Written by Margaret Goff Clark
After vacationing in the South, a young girl finds her new ideas challenged when she returns North...
5th - 6th
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The Mud Pony

Written by Caron Lee Cohen and Illustrated by Shonto Begay
There was once a poor boy in an Indian camp who longed for a pony more than anything. So he dug the...
2nd - 4th
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17731

Just For You Level 1: The Low-Down, Bad-Day Blues

Written by Derrick D. Barnes
An early literacy series presented in three levels, to build reading confidence. Features...
K - 1st
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17728

The Corn Husk Doll

Written by Melissa Schiller
A mother teaches her daughter to make corn husk dolls. Includes complete step by step instructions.
2nd - 4th
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17730

The Drum Beats On

Written by Janelle Cherrington
Native American tribes continue to honor their traditions through song, dance, jewelry and much more...
3rd - 5th
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Before I Made History: Lead Us to Freedom, Harriet Tubman

Written by Connie & Peter Roop
Harriet Tubman is famous for helping more than 300 slaves escape to freedom on the Underground...
2nd - 4th
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17577

Bright Eyes, Brown Skin

Written by Bernette G. Ford
Spirited children enjoy a typical day at school in this warm, African-American rhyming story.
Pre-K - K
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17578

I Am: Martin Luther King, Jr.

Written by Grace Norwich
Told with a timeline, maps, illustrations, sidebars and a top ten list of facts, these insightful...
3rd - 5th
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17576

Phoebe the Spy

Written by Judith Berry Griffin
Phoebe, daughter of a free black man, goes undercover to foil a would-be assassin of General...
4th - 5th

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