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A Penguin Story

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Title A Penguin Story
Author Antoinette Portis
Illustrator Antoinette Portis
Fiction/Non-Fiction Fiction
Reading Level Picture Books
Keywords boysgirlsboys/girlsadventurebeing yourselfbeliefscolorsexplorationimaginationpenguinspersistenceRead aloud to 4's, 5's, 6's, 7'swinterBelonger/ConnectorSeeker/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...
 
 
After Tupac and D Foster

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Title After Tupac and D Foster
Author Jacqueline Woodson
Fiction/Non-Fiction Fiction
Reading Level Older ReadersMature Readers
Keywords boysgirlsboys/girlsAfrican Americanbasketballbeing differentbeing yourselfcouragedreamsfoster familyidentityIf You Liked Sisterhood of the Traveling Pantsinjusticemature issuesmature readersovercoming obstaclespersistenceprejudiceprisonracismrisksexuality
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...
 
 
All Star! Honus Wagner and the Most Famous Baseball Card Ever

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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 BooksIndependent ReadersMiddle Readers
Keywords Middle Reader-Careful Contentboysgirlsboys/girlsbaseballbiographycharactergrowing upheroesinformationpersistenceRead aloud to 5's, 6's, 7's, 8'sreluctant listenerrole-modelssportsvaluesJokester/Thrill Seeker/Party AnimalBelonger/ConnectorSeeker/LeaderAnswerman
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...
 
 
An Elephant and Piggie Book: Are You Ready To Play Outside?

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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 ListenersEarly ReadersIndependent Readers
Keywords boysgirlsreluctant readerreluctant listeneracceptanceaccepting othersdifferencesearly readerelephantsfictionfriendsfriendshipgetting alongIndependent readerindependent readersoutdoorsovercoming obstaclespersistenceperspectivepigspoint of viewproblem-solvingrain
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?...
 
 
An Elephant and Piggie Book: Today I Will Fly!
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...
 
 
Backyard Sports:  Home Field Advantage (#3)

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Title Backyard Sports: Home Field Advantage (#3)
Author Michael Teitelbaum
Illustrator Ron Zalme
Fiction/Non-Fiction Fiction
Reading Level Independent ReadersMiddle Readers
Keywords boysgirlsboys/girlshelping othersindependent readersmiddle readersovercoming obstaclespersistencerisksoccerteamworkBelonger/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,...
 
 
Big Pumpkin

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Title BIg Pumpkin
Author Erica Silverman
Illustrator S.D. Schindler
Fiction/Non-Fiction Fiction
Reading Level Picture Books
Keywords boysgirlsboys/girlsgetting alonggreat read aloudHalloweenhelping otherspersistencepumpkinsStorytime
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...
 
 
Black Cowboy, Wild Horses

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Title Black Cowboy, Wild Horses
Author Julius Lester
Illustrator Jerry Pinkney
Fiction/Non-Fiction Fiction
Reading Level Picture Books
Keywords boysgirlsboys/girlsadventureAfrican Americancowboyshorsesovercoming obstaclesperseverancepersistenceread aloud to 7s, 8s, 9s, 10sself-confidenceself-controlself-relianceslaveryteamworkWild WestwisdomBelonger/ConnectorSeeker/LeaderAnswerman
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...
 
 
Blue Shoe: A Tale of Thievery, Villainy, Sorcery and Shoes

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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 ReadersOlder Readers
Keywords boysgirlsboys/girlsadventurefathers/sonsinjusticemagicmiddle readersolder readersovercoming obstaclespersistenceBelonger/ConnectorSeeker/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...
 
 
Boys of Steel:  The Creators of Superman

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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 BooksIndependent Readers
Keywords boysgirlsboys/girlsbeing differentbeing yourselfbiographydreamsethicsGreat Depressiongrowing upheroesimaginationIndependent readerindependent readerspersistencepicture booksreluctant readerriskscience fictionsuperheroesBelonger/ConnectorAnswerman
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...
 
 
Bridget's Beret
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...
 
 
Brilliant Fall of Gianna Z.

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Title Brilliant Fall of Gianna Z.
Author Kate Messner
Fiction/Non-Fiction Fiction
Reading Level Middle ReadersOlder Readers
Keywords girlsboys/girlsaccepting othersautumnbeing differentbeing yourselfchangecharacterchoicescompetitionfallfamilygrowing oldgrowing upIf You Liked Bridge to Terabithiaindividualitymiddle readersolder readersovercoming obstaclespersistencerelationshipsrelativesresponsibilityrivalrystruggle
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...
 
 
Clockwork Three, The
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...
 
 
Curious Garden

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Title Curious Garden
Author Peter Brown
Illustrator Peter Brown
Fiction/Non-Fiction Fiction
Reading Level Picture Books
Keywords boysgirlsboys/girlsbooks that make a differencecity livingcitiesecologyenvironmentinsightsinspirationnaturepersistenceplantsRead aloud to 5's, 6's, 7's, 8'sstories that make a differencevaluesSeeker/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...
 
 
Defiance

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Title Defiance
Author Valerie Hobbs
Fiction/Non-Fiction Fiction
Reading Level Middle ReadersOlder Readers
Keywords boysgirlsboys/girlscancercharactercouragedeathIf You Liked Tangerinemiddle readerolder readerovercoming obstaclespersistencerealistic fictionBelonger/ConnectorSeeker/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...
 
 
Django: World's Greatest Jazz Guitarist

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Title Django: World's Greatest Jazz Guitarist
Author Bonnie Christensen
Fiction/Non-Fiction Non-Fiction
Reading Level Picture Books
Keywords boysgirlsboys/girlsbiographydisabilitiesjazzmusicovercoming obstaclespersistenceread aloud to 7s, 8s, 9s, 10sSchneider AwardBelonger/ConnectorSeeker/LeaderAnswerman
"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,...
 
 
Dragonwings

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Title Dragonwings
Author Laurence Yep
Fiction/Non-Fiction Fiction
Reading Level Middle ReadersOlder Readers
Keywords boysgirlsboys/girlsadventureAmerican historyAsian culturechangedangerdisastersdiscriminationdreamsearthquakesfamilyfathers/sonsflyinghopeimmigrantsimmigrationinventionsmiddle readersmulticulturalolder readersovercoming obstaclespersistenceprejudiceBelonger/ConnectorSeeker/LeaderAnswerman
Part of a Series Part of a Series
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...
 
 
Elizabeth Leads the Way

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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 boysgirlsboys/girlsbiographybooks that make a differencecourageinjusticemiddle readersnon-fictionovercoming obstaclespersistencepicture booksvalueswomenvotingwomen'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...
 
 
For the Win
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...
 
 
Freedom on the Menu:  The Greensboro Sit-ins
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...
 
 
Gilbert and Friends: Gilbert, The Surfer Dude

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Title Gilbert and Friends: Gilbert, The Surfer Dude
Author Diane DeGroat
Fiction/Non-Fiction Fiction
Reading Level Picture BooksIndependent Readers
Keywords boysgirlsboys/girlsbeing yourselffunhumoroceanovercoming obstaclespersistencereluctant listenerresponsibilityself-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...
 
 
Gym Shorts:  Goof-Off Goalie

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Title Gym Shorts: Goof-Off Goalie
Author Betty Hicks
Illustrator Adam McCauley
Fiction/Non-Fiction Fiction
Reading Level Independent ReadersMiddle Readers
Keywords boysgirlsboys/girlscharacterchoicesfriendsfriendshiphelping othersIf You Liked Matt Christopherindependent readersintegrityloyaltypart of a seriespersistenceresponsibilityrivalrysoccersportsteamworkwishesBelonger/ConnectorSeeker/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...
 
 
High As A Hawk

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Title High As A Hawk
Author T.A. Barron
Fiction/Non-Fiction Fiction
Reading Level Picture BooksIndependent ReadersMiddle Readers
Keywords boysgirlsboys/girlsadventurebeing yourselfbooks that make a differencebraverycouragegirl powerheroesheroineshopejourneysmiddle readernaturepersistencequestsRead aloud to 4's, 5's, 6'sriskself-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...
 
 
Homework
"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...
 
 
How Many Days to America?  A Thanksgiving Story

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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 boysgirlsboys/girlsaccepting otherscouragedangergetting alonggratitudejourneysovercoming obstaclespersistencepiratesRead aloud to 6's, 7's, 8'srefugeesriskrunning awaysailingterrorismThanksgivingwarBelonger/ConnectorAnswerman
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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