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"What are the core teachings and beliefs of Christianity? Readers will learn about one of the world's most widely practiced religions through the lens of two different perspectives and dive deep into important figures, sacred texts, holidays, and commandments. This narrative nonfiction book uses considerate text that is written at a higher maturity level with a lower reading level to engage and accommodate struggling readers. Includes sidebars that...
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Rashmi is tired of helping her parents in their shop. She wants to have fun like her friends. But as she learns about her parents' struggles in the United States and sees how their shop helps customers, Rashmi realizes she might be lucky after all. Students will be inspired by this heartwarming, realistic fiction story that features diverse characters, vibrant illustrations, and compelling text to keep students engaged in reading. This hi-lo reader...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
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What are the core teachings and beliefs of Sikhism? Readers will learn about one of the world's most widely practiced religions through the lens of two different perspectives and dive deep into important figures, sacred texts, holidays, and commandments. This narrative nonfiction book uses considerate text that is written at a higher maturity level with a lower reading level to engage and accommodate struggling readers. Includes sidebars that are...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
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What are the core teachings and beliefs of Buddhism? Readers will learn about one of the world's most widely practiced religions through the lens of two different perspectives and dive deep into important figures, sacred texts, holidays, and commandments. This narrative nonfiction book uses considerate text that is written at a higher maturity level with a lower reading level to engage and accommodate struggling readers. Includes sidebars that are...
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You don't have to look very hard to see how different people are, especially those with disabilities or birth defects. It's much harder however to see how we are the same. This is a book on how to look past the outside appearance to find the person's true beauty within.
Different but Not is the story of a village full of people who are beautiful on the outside, but sadly their insides were ugly. They needed to learn that true beauty comes from within....
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Tania García, autora de Educar sin perder los nervios, es una de las mayores especialistas internacionales en educación basada en el respeto, y creadora de la Educación Real®
Más de 100.000 ejemplares vendidos de sus libros
¿De qué está hecho el amor?, le pregunta hija dragona una noche a su mamá.
En un viaje muy especial, mamá dragona le mostrará a su hija que el amor está hecho de alegría, de lo que nos gusta hacer, de la amistad, pero...
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Jaylynn's First Day Jitters is a story about a third grade student who is nervous about his first day of school. Jaylynn is nervous because he feels he is different due to his race. This book is a great way for elementary school students to calm anxiety about the first day of school.
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Stanly Snail is excited to make friends on his first day of preschool. When his classmates try to make fun of Stanly for being different, he shows them how being different can be fun as he shows off his bright yellow shell with a blue swirl in the middle. "We're all just different in our own special way," Stanly tells his classmates. Will Stanly make new friends who love his long trail of goo as much as he does? Find out how he wins over his classmates...
10) Teacher Parade
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Teacher Parade is a story of an end-of-year elementary school teacher car parade to say goodbye to the students and their families for the summer. Lizzy, who is in the second grade, is so excited to see her teacher after a long season of learning at home. She and her brother make posters and wait anxiously to see their teachers and the silly car decorations. This is a tender and heartfelt story of a little girl's love and appreciation for her teacher....
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Jada Got the Bear is a literary form of social emotional entertainment written for upper elementary students ages 7-10. It is a tender lighthearted story about a young black and white mixed girl who is dealing with mental illness in her family. Jada is a student in the fourth grade. Her mother is white, and her father is black. She lives in a small town surrounded by the support and love of her middle class family. Grandma Maddie lives right around...
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Have you ever felt left out? A misfit? A misplaced puzzle piece? So often, people like us get taunted, teased, or bullied because of the things that make us so special. This book is for people like us.
Our story follows a little girl who feels this way. Follow along with her as she tries to find her place among the crowd. Join her in her journey as she discovers her worth and, more importantly, how being different is a gift.
This little girl...
14) Brown All Over
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Brown All Over is a celebration of colors, including the colors of our skin. It features a young boy's attempt to use all of the colors in his crayon box with the help of his family members and his realization that he is part of the color spectrum, too. It is a great book for children and families.
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This book focuses on characters who live in and come together in a diverse neighborhood.
When Raphie, a little boy in a wheelchair who lives on Cherry Street with his dog and family, finds a shiny nickel, he feels like it is his lucky day. The friendly neighbors include Mr Nakamoto who plays piano, Mrs Applegate who bakes pies, and Mrs Jordan and her daughter who tend a garden. Raphie and everyone on Cherry Street all come together for an adventure...
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The fourth book in the Gizmo Girl series encourages creative thinking while tackling the ideas of diversity and inclusivity. Everyone's favorite second grader is back with an all-new invention sure to wow her classmates! Geraldine's latest mission is to unite her class in celebration of their unique differences. When she sees the kids at recess giving the new kid from Pakistan a hard time for being different, she decides it is time for a new invention...
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Meet Habiba, Aleksander, Malee, Elisa and Dinesh. They have left everything they have ever known and arrived in a classroom in a new country. Meet Grace, Jaylyn, Cameron, Miguel and Yu. They have never lived anywhere else. Hello! A Welcoming Story is the journey through the challenges that young refugees must navigate to find a sense of belonging in a new place. Flip it over and this two-books-in one also tells this story through the eyes of the students...
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What's the difference if she has light skin and yours is a little darker?
All that matters is the artwork you create together is as colorful as possible...
As he did in “I Wonder”, Upworthy.com and Today Show parenting expert parenting guru Doyin Richards tackles a timely and universal subject, diversity and acceptance, and distills it for the youngest readers. Because what matters most is not our differences, but what we do together as friends,...
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When sports-loving Charlie is partnered with the weird new school in an after-school writing program, he complains that he no longer wants to be in the class. He blames everything except Jack, the new kid. He claims that his mother just wants to keep him busy every afternoon until she returns from her own teaching job and that she thinks he's a baby. His older sister Annie, who thinks she knows everything now that she's in that fancy prep school across...
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