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Lena's Shoes Are Nervous: A First-Day-of-School Dilemma

Written by Keith Calabrese and Illustrated by Juana Medina

Today is a big day! Today, Lena starts kindergarten. She is very excited. But there’s just one...

Pre-K - 3rd
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Something Happened in Our Park: Standing Together After Gun Violence

Written by Ann Hazzard PhD & Marianne Celano PhD & Marietta Collins PhD and Illustrated by Keith Henry Brown
When Miles's cousin Keisha is injured in a shooting, he realizes people can work together to reduce...
K - 4th
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Abraham Lincoln

Written by Keith Brandt
Young Abraham Lincoln's family didn't have enough money to educate him properly. But through hard...
3rd - 4th
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LMNO Peas: 1-2-3 Peas

Written by Keith Baker
A range of zippy characters from Acrobat Peas to Zoologist Peas stack, group, and pile themselves...
Pre-K - 1st

The Mouse and the Motorcycle: Criss Cross

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The Mouse and the Motorcycle

Written by Beverly Cleary and Illustrated by Jacqueline Rogers
A young mouse named Ralph is thrown into a world of excitement when a boy and his shiny toy...
3rd - 6th
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Paco y la Planta de Chile Gigante ( Paco and the Giant Chile Plant )

Written by Keith Polette (author) and Eida de la Vega (translator) and Illustrated by Elizabeth Dulemba
Based on the classic Jack and the Beanstalk, the desert Southwest is the unexpected setting for this...
Pre-K - 3rd
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Alexander Graham Bell and the Telephone

Written by Jennifer Fandel and Illustrated by Keith Tucker
Learn all about how Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone and changed communication.
3rd - 7th
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Rifles for Watie

Written by Harold Keith

The story of the Western campaign of the Civil War, fought between the Cherokee Indians and the...

5th - 8th
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Witherwood Reform School Reform School

Written by Skye and Obert and Illustrated by Keith
After a slight misunderstanding involving a horrible governess, oatmeal, and a jar of tadpoles...
4th - 6th
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Marching With Aunt Susan: Susan B. Anthony and the Fight for Women's Suffrage

Written by Claire Rudolf Murphy and Illustrated by Stacey Schuett
It’s 1896, and women in America don’t have the right to vote in elections. Follow along with one...
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