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BOOK |
AUTHOR |
TOPIC/ISSUE |
GRADE LEVELS |
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Someone Special Just Like You |
Fran Ortiz |
Ability Differences |
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Knots on a Counting Rope |
Bill Martin Jr., & John Archambault |
Ability Differences |
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Thank You, Mr. Falker |
Patricia Polacco |
Ability Differences/Teasing/Illiteracy |
K-3 |
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Daddy and Me |
Jeanne Moutous-Ashe |
AIDS |
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Dinah’s Mad, Bad Wishes |
Barbara Joose |
Anger |
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When Sophie Gets Really Angry |
Molly Bang |
Anger |
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Elbert’s Bad Word |
Audrey & Don Wood |
Anger/Inappropriate word use |
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Howie Helps Himself |
Joan Fassler |
Bodies are Different |
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Bootsie Barker Bites |
Barbara Bottner |
Bullying |
Pre-K-3 |
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The Ant Bully |
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Bullying |
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Cory Coleman, Grade2 |
Larry Dane Brimner |
Bullying |
K-3 |
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How to Lose All Your Friends |
Nancy Carlson |
Bullying |
Pre-K-2 |
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Bully |
Judith Caseley |
Bullying |
Pre-K-3 |
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Jake Drake: Bully Buster |
Andrew Clements |
Bullying |
2-5 |
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The Hundred Dresses |
Eleanor Estes |
Bullying |
3-5 |
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Chrysanthemum |
Kevin Henkes |
Bullying |
Pre-K-3 |
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Goggles! |
Ezra Jack Keats |
Bullying |
Pre-K-3 |
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Nobody Knew What to Do: A Story about Bullying |
Becky Ray McCain |
Bullying |
1-4 |
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The King of the Playground |
Phyllis Reynolds |
Bullying |
Pre-K-3 |
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Bullies Are a Pain in the Brain |
Trevor Romain |
Bullying |
3-5 |
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Six Crows |
Leo Lionni |
Conflict Resolution |
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Arthur’s Nose |
Marc Brown |
Conflict Resolution |
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Feathers and Fools |
Mem Fox |
Conflict Resolution |
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The Butter Battle Book
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“ |
Conflict Resolution
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Swimmy |
Leo Lionni |
Cooperation |
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Mr. Gumpy’s Motor Car |
John Burningham |
Cooperation |
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Owl and The Woodpecker |
Brian Wildsmith |
Cooperation |
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Ashok by Any Other Name |
Sandra S. Yamate |
Cultural Acceptance |
K-3 |
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Why am I Different |
Norma Simon |
Differences
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Chester’s Way |
Kevin Henkes |
Differences |
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Brother Eagle, Sister Sky |
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Environmentalism |
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The Lorax
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“ |
Environment
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The World That Jack Built |
Ruth Brown |
Environment |
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Hey, Get Off Our Train |
John Burningham |
Environment |
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Professor Noah’s Spaceship |
Brian Wildsmith |
Environment |
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Wump World |
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Environment |
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All Kinds of Families |
Norma Simon |
Families |
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People in My Family |
Bobbie Kalman |
Families |
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Who’s in a family? |
Robert Skutch |
Families |
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Fathers, Mothers, Sisters, Brothers: A Collection of Family Poems |
Mary Ann Hoberman |
Families |
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A Chair For My Mother |
Vera Williams |
Families |
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Harry and the Terrible Whatzit |
Marjorie Sharmot |
Fear |
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Clyde
Monster |
Robert A. Crow |
Fear |
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Switch On the Night |
Ray Bradbury |
Fear of the dark |
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Feelings |
Aliki |
Feelings |
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Sachikp Means Happiness |
Kimiko Sakai |
Feelings/Alzheimer’s |
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The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything |
Linda Williams |
Fear
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The Hating Book |
Charlotte Zolotow |
Feelings/Friendship |
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Bill and Pete |
Tomie de Paola |
Friends |
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Chester’s Way |
Kevin Henkes |
Friends |
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Paper Bag Princess |
Robert Munsch |
Gender Equity |
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William’s Doll |
Charlotte Zotolow |
Gender Equity/Gender Stereotypes |
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Mommies at Work |
Eve Merriam |
Gender Equity |
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Daddies at Work |
Eve Merriam |
Gender Equity |
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Just Ella |
Margaret Peterson |
Gender Equity |
7-12 |
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Miss Tizzy |
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Helping Others/Elders
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Wilfred Gordon McDonald Partridge |
Mem Fox |
Helping Others/Elders |
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Just Juice |
Karen Hesse |
Illiteracy/Poverty |
3-5 |
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Frederick |
Leo Lionni |
Individuality
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Honey I Love
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Leo and Diane Dillon |
Individuality
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Quick as a Cricket
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Audrey Wood |
Individuality
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Butterflies and Bottlecaps
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Vladyana Krykorka |
Individuality
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Crow Boy |
Taro Yashima |
Individuality |
K-3 |
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It’s Okay to Be Different |
Todd Parr |
Individuality |
Pre-K-3 |
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Staying with Grandma |
Eileen Rose |
Older Adults |
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Three Wishes |
Lucille Clifton |
Our Good Wishes Can Come True |
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Tico and the Golden Wings |
Leo Lionni |
Our Good Wishes Can Come True |
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Wilma Unlimited: How Wilma Rudolph became the World’s Fastest
Woman |
Kathleen Krull |
Overcoming Disabilities |
K-3 |
Whoever You Are
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Mem Fox |
People around the World |
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Somos Un Arco Iris, We are a Rainbow |
Nancy Tabor |
People around the World |
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Bread |
Anne Morris |
People around the World |
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Loving |
Ann Morris |
People around the World |
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Shoes, Shoes, Shoes |
Ann Morris |
People around the World |
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Hats |
Ann Morris |
People around the World |
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On the Go |
Ann Morris |
People around the World |
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Houses and Homes |
Ann Morris |
People around the World |
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Happy Birthday Dr. Martin Luther King |
Jean Marzollo |
People of All Colors are Important |
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Big Al |
Andrew Clements |
People of All Colors are Important |
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Straight From the Heart: Children of the World |
Ethan Hubbard |
People of All Colors are Important |
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Nobody Owns the Sky: The Story of “Brave Bessie” Coleman |
Reeve Lindbergh |
Racial Equality |
K-3 |
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Sister Anne’s Hands |
Marybeth Lorbieki |
Racial Equality |
K-3 |
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Richard Wright and the Library Card |
William Miller |
Racial Equality |
1-4 |
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All The Colors of the Earth |
Sheila Hamanska
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Racial/Ethnic Diversity |
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All The Colors are We |
Katie Kissinger |
Racial/Ethnic Diversity |
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Black is Brown is Tan |
Arnold Adoff |
Racial/Ethnic Diversity |
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Amazing Grace |
Mary Hoffman |
Racial/Ethnic Diversity |
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Virgie Goes to School with Us Boys |
EB Lewis |
Racial/Gender Equality |
K-2 |
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The Other Side |
Woodson |
Racial/Ethnic Diversity |
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It’s Mine
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Leo Lionni |
Sharing
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Tilly and the Wall |
Leo Lionni |
Sharing/Breaking down barriers
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Oliver Button is a Sissy |
Tomie DePaoloa |
Social Construction of Gender |
Pre-K-3 |
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Voices in the Park |
Anthony Browne |
Social Status |
Pre-K-4 |
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The Janitor’s Boy |
Andrew Clements |
Social Status |
3-7 |
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Crispin |
Avi |
Classism |
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Paul and Sebastian
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Ulises Wensell |
Stereotypes/exclusion of groups
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This is Our House
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Michael Rosen |
Stereotypes/exclusion of groups
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Horton Hears a Who
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Dr. Seuss |
Stereotypes/exclusion of groups
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The Tenth Good Thing About Barney |
Judith Viorst |
We Remember What is Important to Us/Death |
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Helping |
James Levin and Jackie Carter |
Working Together |
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Is Your Family Like Mine? |
Lois Abramchik |
Non-Traditional Families |
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Why are All Families Different? |
Mary Atkinson |
Non-Traditional Families |
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Jenny Lives with Eric and Martin |
Susanne Bosche |
Non-Traditional Families |
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ABC A Family Alphabet Book |
Bobbie Combs |
Non-Traditional Families |
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123 A Family Counting Book |
Bobbie Combs |
Non-Traditional Families |
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Mama Eats Ants, Yuck |
Barbara Lynn Edmonds |
Non-Traditional Families |
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Asha’s Mums |
Rosamund Elwin & Michele Paulse |
Non-Traditional Families |
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The Sissy Ducklings |
Harvey Fierstein |
Non-Traditional Families |
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Jennifer has Two Daddies |
Priscilla Galloway |
Non-Traditional Families |
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Zack’s Story |
Keith Elliot Greenberg |
Non-Traditional Families |
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My House |
Brenna and Vicki Harding |
Non-Traditional Families |
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Celebrating Families |
Rosemarie Hausherr |
Non-Traditional Families |
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How Would You Feel if Your Dad was Gay? |
Ann Heron & Meridith Maran |
Non-Traditional Families |
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Best Best Colors |
Eric Hoffman |
Non-Traditional Families |
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Lucy Goes to the Country |
Joseph Kennedy |
Non-Traditional Families |
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Heather Has Two Mommies |
L. Newman |
Non-Traditional Families |
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Saturday is Pattyday |
Leslea Newman |
Non-Traditional Families |
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Gloria Goes to Gay Pride |
Leslea Newman |
Non-Traditional Families |
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All Families are Special |
Norma Simon |
Non-Traditional Families |
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Who’s In a Family? |
R. Skutch |
Non-Traditional Families |
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What Kind of Family Do You Have? |
Gretchen Super |
Non-Traditional Families |
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My Two Uncles |
Judith Vigna |
Non-Traditional Families |
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Anna Day and the O-Ring |
Elaine Wickens |
Non-Traditional Families |
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Daddy’s Wedding |
Michael Willhoite |
Non-Traditional Families |
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Uncle What-IS- IT is Coming to Visit! |
Michael Willhoite |
Non-Traditional Families |
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Daddy’s Roomate |
Michael Willhoite |
Non-Traditional Families |
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From Slave Ship to Freedom Road |
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Slavery |
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Whitewash |
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Racism |
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Your Move |
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Gangs |
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Sarah, Plain and Tall |
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Gender Equity |
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Journey to Freedom |
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Slavery |
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A Lion to Guard Us |
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Child Labor |
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Ida Early Comes Over the Mountain |
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Child Labor |
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Skylark |
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Child Labor |
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The Bobbin Girl |
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Child Labor |
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Bloomers |
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Dress |
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Ian’s Walk |
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Autism |
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Our Brother has Down Syndrome |
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Teasing |
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Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes |
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War |
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The Music of Dolphins |
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Gender Equity |
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Lost Star: The Story of Amelia Earhart |
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Gender Equity |
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The Day the Earth was Silent |
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Children and power |
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Yang the Youngest and his Terrible Ear |
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Gender Equity |
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One More Border |
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Religious Opression |
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Passage to Freedom: The Sugihara Story |
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Holocaust |
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Grandfather's Journey |
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Moving/ Racism |
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Charolette's Web |
EB White |
Fear of Death |
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Hooway for Wodney Wat |
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Children's Differences |
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Ira Sleeps Over |
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Overcoming Fears |
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The Giving Tree |
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Environment |
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Friends |
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Cooperation |
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Arthur Meet's the President |
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Important Issues |
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The Dream |
Chris VansAllburg |
Environment |
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Harry, The Farting Dog |
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Embarassing Issues |
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Theif Lord |
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Homelessness/Bullying |
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Faithful Elephants |
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War |
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The Other Side |
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Racism |
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Salt in your Shoes |
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Dreams |
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If this Bus could Talk |
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Discrimination |
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Children of Asian America |
Asian American Coalition Staff |
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Clambake |
Russell M Peters |
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Daniel’s Story |
Carol Matas |
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Dave at Night |
Gail Carson Levine |
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Dragonwings |
Laurence Yep |
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Everybody Bakes bread |
Norah Dooley |
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Felita |
Nicholasa Mohr |
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Fly! |
Christopher Myers |
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Frozen Noses |
Jan Carr |
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Goin’ Someplace Special |
Patricia McKissack |
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Going Home |
Nicholasa Mohr |
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Going with the Flow |
Claire Blatchford |
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Grandmother’s Dreamcatcher |
Becky Ray McKain |
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Harry and Willy and Carrothead |
Judith Caseley |
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Hats Off to Hair! |
Virginia Kroll |
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Hiding from Nazis |
David Adler |
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Hop Jump |
Ellen Stoll Walsh |
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I Love My Hair |
Natashia Anastasia Tarpley |
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I See the Rhythm |
Toyomi Igus |
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I’m Like You, You’re Like Me |
Cindy Gainer |
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It’s Okay to be Different |
Todd Parr |
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Jefferson’s
Children |
Shannon Lanier |
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Journey Home |
Yoshiko Uchida |
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Just Like Me |
Tomiee Arai |
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Losing Uncle Tim |
MaryKate Jordan |
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Mardi Gras |
Diane Hoyt-Goldsmith |
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Mr/ Lincoln’s Way |
Patricia Polacco |
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Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters |
John Steptoe |
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New Kids in Town |
Janet Bode |
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Nina Bonita |
Ana Maria Machado |
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Now We Can Have a Wedding |
Dyanne Di Salvo-Ryan |
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Parrot in the Oven |
Victor Martinez |
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Passage to Freedom |
Ken Mochizuki |
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Peace Tales |
Margaret Read MacDonald |
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Rainbow Joe and Me |
Maria Diaz Strom |
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Ramadan |
Suhaib Hamid Ghazi |
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Reach for the Moon |
Samantha Abeel |
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Silent Observer |
Christy MacKinnon |
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Somewhere Today |
Shelley Moore Thomas |
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Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt |
Deborah Hopkinson |
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Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush |
Virginia Hamilton |
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Terrible Things |
Eve Bunting |
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The Brother’s Promise |
Frances Harber |
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The Christmas Menorahs |
Janice Cohn |
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The Devil’s Arithmatic |
Jane Yolen |
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The Friendship |
Mildred Taylor |
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The Keeping Quilt |
Patricia Polacco |
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The Land |
Mildred Taylor |
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The Meanest thing to Say |
Bill Cosby |
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The Rag Coat |
Lauren Mills |
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The Singing Man |
Angela Shelf Medearis |
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The Sneetches & Other Stories |
Dr. Seuss |
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The Trail of Tears |
Joseph Bruchac |
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The Treasure Hunt |
Bill Cosby |
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The Unbreakable Code |
Sarah Hoagland Hunter |
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This is out Seder |
Ziporah Hidebrandt |
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To Be a Drum |
Evelyn Coleman |
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Two Mrs. Gibsons |
Ana Sisnett |
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Voices From the Fields |
Beth Atkin |
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Whale Talk |
Chris Crutcher |
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White Lilacs |
Carolyn Meyer |
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White Socks Only |
Evelyn Coleman |
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Who Belongs Here? |
Margy Burns Knight |
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Yoko |
Rosemary Wells |
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Zebra and Other Stories |
Chaim Potok |
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The Recess Queen |
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Bullying |
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Annie and the Old One |
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Death |
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Bud, Not Buddy |
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Living in Foster Core |
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Holes |
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Abandonment/ Illiteracy |
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Small Steps |
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Polio |
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Under the Blood Red Sun |
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Prejudice |
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Let's Read About...Rosa Parks |
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Prejudice |
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Let's Read About...Ruby Bridges |
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Diversity/Perseverance |
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Yellow Frisbee |
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Fly Away Home |
Eve Bunting |
Homelessness |
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Wednesday Surprise |
Eve Bunting |
Illiteracy |
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Letter's from Rifka |
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Immigration |
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Watson's Go to Birmingham |
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Civil Rights |
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Pink and Say |
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War |
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Two Homes |
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Divorce |
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Stellaluna |
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Adoption |
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Uncle Willie's Soup Kitchen |
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Poverty |
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Shiloh |
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Alcoholism/Animal Abuse |
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Ms. Katz and Tush |
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Death |
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The Christmas Angel |
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Homeless/Poverty |
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The Butterfly |
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Religious Oppression |
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Because of Winn-Dixie |
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A New Coat for Anna |
Harriet Ziefert and Anita Lobel |
War/ Poverty |
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Gandhi |
Demi |
Peace/Overcoming Oppression |
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Tigress |
Helen Cowcher |
Value of Life |
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Agatha's Feather Bed: Not Just Another Wild Goose Story |
Carmen Agra Deedy |
Responsible use of resources |
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Rain Forest |
Helen Cowcher |
Responsible use of resources |
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Howie Helps Himself |
Joan Fassler |
Disabilities |
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Be Good to Eddie Lee |
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Ability differences/ Physical disabilities |
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The Great Kapok Tree |
Lynne Cherry |
Preservation of /RainForests |
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When Marian Sang |
Pam Muñoz Ryan |
Perseverance |
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A River Ran Wild |
Lynne Cherry |
Culture |
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For Every Child |
Caroline Castle |
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Wilford Gordon McDonald Partridge |
Mem Fox |
Ageism |
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Mrs. Katz & Tush |
Patricia Polacco |
Ageism |
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