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| Title | A Penguin Story |
| Author | Antoinette Portis |
| Illustrator | Antoinette Portis |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Picture Books |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • adventure • being yourself • beliefs • colors • exploration • imagination • penguins • persistence • Read aloud to 4's, 5's, 6's, 7's • winter • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader |
Edna, the penguin, lives in a world of three colors: white, black and blue. But this is no ordinary penguin. She is determined that there is more to the world...
Books » Realistic Fiction
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| Title | After Tupac and D Foster |
| Author | Jacqueline Woodson |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Older Readers • Mature Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • African American • basketball • being different • being yourself • courage • dreams • foster family • identity • If You Liked Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants • injustice • mature issues • mature readers • overcoming obstacles • persistence • prejudice • prison • racism • risk • sexuality |
Me and Neeka live across the street from each other in Queens in a neighborhood where people know each other and watch out for each other and there is a...
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| Title | All Star! Honus Wagner and the Most Famous Baseball Card Ever |
| Author | Jane Yolen |
| Illustrator | Jim Burke |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Non-Fiction |
| Reading Level | Picture Books • Independent Readers • Middle Readers |
| Keywords | Middle Reader-Careful Content • boys • girls • boys/girls • baseball • biography • character • growing up • heroes • information • persistence • Read aloud to 5's, 6's, 7's, 8's • reluctant listener • role-models • sports • values • Jokester/Thrill Seeker/Party Animal • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader • Answerman |
| Reluctant Reader | Good for Reluctant Readers |
"In July 2007 a rare baseball card was sold at auction for almost three million dollars. The player on the card was...the most famous shortstop baseball has ever known. His...
Books » Fiction
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| Title | An Elephant and Piggie Book: Are You Ready To Play Outside? |
| Author | Mo Willems |
| Illustrator | Mo Willems |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Young Listeners • Early Readers • Independent Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • reluctant reader • reluctant listener • acceptance • accepting others • differences • early reader • elephants • fiction • friends • friendship • getting along • Independent reader • independent readers • outdoors • overcoming obstacles • persistence • perspective • pigs • point of view • problem-solving • rain |
| Part of a Series | Part of a Series |
Piggie can't wait to go outside to play with Elephant. Then, the rain starts and poor Piggie is deeply discouraged. How is it that her great plans have been spoiled?...
Books » Fiction
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| Title | An Elephant and Piggie Book: Today I Will Fly! |
| Author | Mo Willems |
| Illustrator | Mo Willems |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Early Readers • Independent Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • reluctant reader • reluctant listener • acceptance • accepting others • being yourself • beliefs • boys • boys/girls • early reader • elephants • fiction • flying • friends • friendship • fun • getting along • identity • Independent reader • independent readers • inspiration • part of a series • persistence • pigs • Read aloud to 2's, 3's, 4's, 5's • Read aloud to 2's, 3's, 4's, 5's • Read aloud to 2's, 3's • Read aloud to 2's, 3's, 4's • Read aloud to 3's, 4's, 5's • Read aloud to 4's, 5's, 6's • self-confidence |
| Reluctant Reader | Good for Reluctant Readers |
| Part of a Series | Part of a Series |
A great early reader especially for kids who like to laugh and be a bit silly. Piggie and Elephant are friends. Today Piggie has decided to fly. Elephant tries to explain...
Books » Sports
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| Title | Backyard Sports: Home Field Advantage (#3) |
| Author | Michael Teitelbaum |
| Illustrator | Ron Zalme |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Independent Readers • Middle Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • helping others • independent readers • middle readers • overcoming obstacles • persistence • risk • soccer • teamwork • Belonger/Connector |
Every year teams from all the nearby towns come together to play in a soccer tournament that is organized by the players themselves. This year all the players, Ramon, Joey,...
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| Title | BIg Pumpkin |
| Author | Erica Silverman |
| Illustrator | S.D. Schindler |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Picture Books |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • getting along • great read aloud • Halloween • helping others • persistence • pumpkins • Storytime |
A witch planted a seed and up came a huge pumpkin. When it was ripe, the witch tried to pull it off the vine. She tried and tried but it...
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| Title | Black Cowboy, Wild Horses |
| Author | Julius Lester |
| Illustrator | Jerry Pinkney |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Picture Books |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • adventure • African American • cowboys • horses • overcoming obstacles • perseverance • persistence • read aloud to 7s, 8s, 9s, 10s • self-confidence • self-control • self-reliance • slavery • teamwork • Wild West • wisdom • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader • Answerman |
We have some wonderful tall tales in our culture that excite our imaginations of our children, but this is the story of a real man who lived and wrestled the...
Books » Fantasy
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| Title | Blue Shoe: A Tale of Thievery, Villainy, Sorcery and Shoese |
| Author | Roderick Townley |
| Illustrator | Mary GrandPre |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Middle Readers • Older Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • adventure • fathers/sons • injustice • magic • middle readers • older readers • overcoming obstacles • persistence • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader |
The big-hearted shoemaker, Grel, takes young Hap on as his apprentice and saves him from being sent to the far side of Mount Xexnax. Hap is so grateful. He's also...
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| Title | Boys of Steel: The Creators of Superman |
| Author | Marc Tyler Nobleman |
| Illustrator | Ross MacDonald |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Picture Books • Independent Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • being different • being yourself • biography • dreams • ethics • Great Depression • growing up • heroes • imagination • Independent reader • independent readers • persistence • picture books • reluctant reader • risk • science fiction • superheroes • Belonger/Connector • Answerman |
| Reluctant Reader | Good for Reluctant Readers |
Has there always been a Superman? It seems that way but the true story is Superman was born from the imaginations of two guys, Jerry Siegel and...
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| Title | Bridget's Beret |
| Author | Tom Lichtenheld |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Young Listeners • Picture Books |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • art • beliefs • feelings • getting along • great read aloud • hats • helping others • inspiration • overcoming obstacles • persistence • Read aloud to 4's, 5's, 6's, 7's • self-confidence • siblings • sisters • Jokester/Thrill Seeker/Party Animal • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader • Answerman • attitude |
by Tom Lichtenheld Bridget loves to draw and her favorite place to draw is outdoors. She creates masterpiece after masterpiece using her art supplies but her most important tool isn't paint...
Books » Fiction
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| Title | Brilliant Fall of Gianna Z. |
| Author | Kate Messner |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Middle Readers • Older Readers |
| Keywords | girls • boys/girls • accepting others • autumn • being different • being yourself • change • character • choices • competition • fall • family • growing old • growing up • If You Liked Bridge to Terabithia • individuality • middle readers • older readers • overcoming obstacles • persistence • relationships • relatives • responsibility • rivalry • struggle |
Gianna Zales struggles to get things done on time. The most important deadline in her life right now is the one for getting her leaf project done for her science...
Books » Fiction
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| Title | Clockwork Three, The |
| Author | Matthew Kirby |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Middle Readers • Older Readers |
| Keywords | Middle Reader-Careful Content • boys • girls • boys/girls • bravery • character • conflict • consequences • expectations • family • finding your voice • finding yourself • freedom • friendship • girl power • greed • growing up • If You Liked Inkheart • If You Liked Tamora Pierce • If You Liked The Westing Game • intrigue • inventions • magic • making a difference • mothers/daughters • nature • orphans • overcoming obstacles • perseverance • persistence • relationships • role-models • self-reliance • ships • standing up for yourself • suspense • teamwork • teens • treasure • understanding others • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader • Answerman |
A shipwrecked violin whose music is magical… 62 holly leaves carved into the hotel woodwork (or is it 63?)… a mechanical man with no head and a...
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| Title | Curious Garden |
| Author | Peter Brown |
| Illustrator | Peter Brown |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Picture Books |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • books that make a difference • city living • cities • ecology • environment • insights • inspiration • nature • persistence • plants • Read aloud to 5's, 6's, 7's, 8's • stories that make a difference • values • Seeker/Leader |
"On the west side of Manhattan there is an old, elevated railway called the Highline" that is now "shut down and forgotten." But, "without people and trains getting in the...
Books » Realistic Fiction
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| Title | Defiance |
| Author | Valerie Hobbs |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Middle Readers • Older Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • cancer • character • courage • death • If You Liked Tangerine • middle reader • older reader • overcoming obstacles • persistence • realistic fiction • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader |
If you're eleven years old, and your cancer has come back, what difference can a cow make? If you're Toby, and you intend to never set foot in a hospital...
Books » Non-Fiction
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| Title | Django: World's Greatest Jazz Guitarist |
| Author | Bonnie Christensen |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Non-Fiction |
| Reading Level | Picture Books |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • biography • disabilities • jazz • music • overcoming obstacles • persistence • read aloud to 7s, 8s, 9s, 10s • Schneider Award • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader • Answerman |
"When I think about the best guitar players ever, the first name that comes to mind is Django Reinhardt," says the great Willie Nelson. Django was born into a poor,...
Books » Historical Fiction
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| Title | Dragonwings |
| Author | Laurence Yep |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Middle Readers • Older Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • adventure • American history • Asian culture • change • danger • disasters • discrimination • dreams • earthquakes • family • fathers/sons • flying • hope • immigrants • immigration • inventions • middle readers • multicultural • older readers • overcoming obstacles • persistence • prejudice • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader • Answerman |
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Eight-year-old Moon Shadow comes from China to join his father, whom he has never met, in San Francisco in 1903. A tragic event forces them to leave the security of...
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| Title | Elizabeth Leads the Way |
| Author | Tanya Lee Stone |
| Illustrator | Rebecca Gibbon |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Picture Books |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • biography • books that make a difference • courage • injustice • middle readers • non-fiction • overcoming obstacles • persistence • picture books • values • women • voting • women's rights |
Elizabeth Cady Stanton worked all her life for women’s rights. When she was young she heard a woman say that life was better for boys. Elizabeth thought that was...
Books » Action / Adventure
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| Title | For the Win |
| Author | Cory Doctorow |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Mature Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • child labor • China • coming of age • competition • computer games • computers • conflict • consequences • cyberspace • economics • expectations • finding your voice • finding yourself • freedom • friends • friendship • girl power • greed • growing up • If You Liked Alex Rider • India • intrigue • labor unions • making a difference • mature issues • mature readers • multicultural • overcoming obstacles • perseverance • persistence • politics • prejudice • relationships • role-models • self-reliance • standing up for yourself • suspense • teamwork • teens • travel • video games • violence • women's rights • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader • Answerman |
Playing games online all day, every day sounds like fun, doesn’t it? But for young people packed into smoky internet cafes in Singapore, Shenzen, and Mumbai, it’s a matter of...
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| Title | Freedom on the Menu: The Greensboro Sit-ins |
| Author | Carole Boston Weatherford |
| Illustrator | Jerome Lagarrigue |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Picture Books • Independent Readers • Middle Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • African American • American history • beliefs • belonging • bravery • change • courage • family • fears • feelings • finding your voice • finding yourself • getting along • injustice • overcoming obstacles • perseverance • persistence • prejudice • read aloud to 7s, 8s, 9s, 10s • standing up for yourself • stories that make a difference • values • Jokester/Thrill Seeker/Party Animal • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader • Answerman |
How do we teach our children today what it was like to be a young African American girl, Connie, in Greensboro, N.C. in the sixties? The voice that can reach...
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| Title | Gilbert and Friends: Gilbert, The Surfer Dude |
| Author | Diane DeGroat |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Picture Books • Independent Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • being yourself • fun • humor • ocean • overcoming obstacles • persistence • reluctant listener • responsibility • self-confidence |
| Part of a Series | Part of a Series |
Gilbert and Lola are in the car and headed to the beach when Gilbert has a feeling he might have forgotten something. What could it be? It turns out he...
Books » Sports
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| Title | Gym Shorts: Goof-Off Goalie |
| Author | Betty Hicks |
| Illustrator | Adam McCauley |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Independent Readers • Middle Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • character • choices • friends • friendship • helping others • If You Liked Matt Christopher • independent readers • integrity • loyalty • part of a series • persistence • responsibility • rivalry • soccer • sports • teamwork • wishes • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader |
| Part of a Series | Part of a Series |
What if you made a wish on your birthday, blew out the candles and a week later the wish came true? That's exactly what happened to Goose. Goose really wants...
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| Title | High As A Hawk |
| Author | T.A. Barron |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Picture Books • Independent Readers • Middle Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • adventure • being yourself • books that make a difference • bravery • courage • girl power • heroes • heroines • hope • journeys • middle reader • nature • persistence • quests • Read aloud to 4's, 5's, 6's • risk • self-reliance |
Speaking of heroes, here is a young girl, age 10, who climbed Long's Peak out in Colorado about 100 years ago. It was a struggle, and it took determination and...
Books » Humor
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| Title | Homework |
| Author | Al Yorinks |
| Illustrator | Richard Egielski |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Young Listeners • Picture Books |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • boys • choices • first day of school • following directions • friends • friendship • fun • getting along • giving • great read aloud • group project • humor • If you Liked Diary of A Wimpy Kid • If You Liked Tangerine • independent readers • kindness • overcoming obstacles • persistence • picture books • point of view • problem-solving • Read aloud to 4's, 5's, 6's • Read aloud to 4's, 5's, 6's, 7's • Read aloud to 5's, 6's, 7's • reluctant listener • reluctant reader • responsibility • school story • science • teamwork • Jokester/Thrill Seeker/Party Animal • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader |
| Reluctant Reader | Good for Reluctant Readers |
"Tony, do your homework," his mother yells up. Tony is very busy reading a comic book and somehow he just never gets around to doing that homework before he turns...
Books » Historical Fiction
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| Title | How Many Days to America? A Thanksgiving Story |
| Author | Eve Bunting |
| Illustrator | Beth Peck |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Picture Books |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • accepting others • courage • danger • getting along • gratitude • journeys • overcoming obstacles • persistence • pirates • Read aloud to 6's, 7's, 8's • refugees • risk • running away • sailing • terrorism • Thanksgiving • war • Belonger/Connector • Answerman |
When soldiers to come to their house, everyone is afraid and father says they have to leave everything behind and go to America where they can be free. So, the...
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