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3) Anthem
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English
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A futuristic science fiction novella where man is in a dark age because of earlier socialistic values, technology is carefully planned and rarely allowed to advance, and individualism has almost ceased to exist.
4) Stargirl
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English
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Not your average high-school (book display)
PG Reads for Teens and Tweens
YA Contemporary Fiction Classics
YA Humor
PG Reads for Teens and Tweens
YA Contemporary Fiction Classics
YA Humor
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In this story about the perils of popularity, the courage of nonconformity, and the thrill of first love, an eccentric student named Stargirl changes Mica High School forever.
7) Purplicious
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English
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When her classmates make fun of her for still liking the color pink, a little girl feels all alone, but then a friend shows her the power of pink.
9) Cannonball
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English
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Diverse Books- Pasifika Peoples, Pacific Islanders, Polynesia, and Indigenous Peoples of Oceania
Pacific Islander: Children's Books
Pacific Islander: Children's Books
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Determined to execute the perfect cannonball dive, a boy tries to follow everyone's advice but finally hears Nan, an expert and former champion, who advises doing it his own way
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English
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3rd Grade Reading
ND spicey kids shine!
Picture Books in Both English and Spanish/Libros ilustrados en ingles y español
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ND spicey kids shine!
Picture Books in Both English and Spanish/Libros ilustrados en ingles y español
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Sonia and her friends plant a garden, and each one contributes in his or her own special way, in a book that celebrates the many differences among humans.
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English
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Books with a Sprinkle of Spanish
Diverse Books - Latino/Latinx, Hispanic, and Latin American Children
Nashville Pride Recommends 2024: Favorite Queer Books
Picture Books in Both English and Spanish/Libros ilustrados en ingles y español
Diverse Books - Latino/Latinx, Hispanic, and Latin American Children
Nashville Pride Recommends 2024: Favorite Queer Books
Picture Books in Both English and Spanish/Libros ilustrados en ingles y español
Description
While riding the subway home from the pool with his abuela one day, Julián notices three women spectacularly dressed up. Their hair billows in brilliant hues, their dresses end in fishtails, and their joy fills the train car. When Julián gets home, daydreaming of the magic he's seen, all he can think about is dressing up just like the ladies in his own fabulous mermaid costume: a butter-yellow curtain for his tail, the fronds of a potted fern...
13) A normal pig
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English
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"Pip is a normal pig who does normal stuff: cooking, painting, and dreaming of what she'll be when she grows up. But one day a new pig comes to school and starts pointing out all the ways in which Pip is different. Suddenly she doesn't like any of the same things she used to...the things that made her Pip. A wonderful springboard for conversations with children, at home and in the classroom, about diversity and difference."--Amazon.com.
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Antiracist Books for Children-Elmahaba Center Instagram Live May 2022
La La La 2024
Picture Books in Both English and Spanish/Libros ilustrados en ingles y español
La La La 2024
Picture Books in Both English and Spanish/Libros ilustrados en ingles y español
Description
Other students laugh when Rigoberto, an immigrant from Venezuela, introduces himself but later, he meets Angelina and discovers that he is not the only one who feels like an outsider.
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English
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"From the author of the internationally bestselling A Man Called Ove, a charming, warmhearted novel about a young girl whose grandmother dies and leaves behind a series of letters, sending her on a journey that brings to life the world of her grandmother's fairy tales"--
Elsa is seven years old; her grandmother is seventy-seven years old. She is Elsa's best, and only, friend. At night Elsa takes refuge in her grandmother's stories, in the Land of...
17) The art lesson
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English
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Having learned to be creative in drawing pictures at home, young Tommy is dismayed when he goes to school and finds the art lesson there much more regimented.
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English
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"It's always been Malak, Kees, and Jenna against the world. Since childhood, under the watchful eyes of their parents, aunties and uncles, they've learned to live their own lives alongside the expectations of being good Muslim women...With growing older and the stakes of love and life growing higher, the delicate balancing act between rebellion and religion is becoming increasingly difficult to navigate. As their lives begin to take different paths,...