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Author: A.H. Benjamin
Illustrator: Elisabeth Holstien
Genre:Children's Fiction
Approximate Text Level: Pre-k- 3rd
Appropriate Text Level: Pre-k - 3rd
Teaser: Duffle is the smallest of all the Ducks, and the other Ducks won't let him forget it. Duffle tries his best to find something he is good at, but repeatedly fails. After each failure the other ducks teased him by saying " See we said a duck so small can do nothing at all". Until one day when a duckling gets suck in a whole, and only Duffle can reach the duckling.
Teaching Point: This story is a great opportunity to talk about bullying. As a class you could make a list of what to do when a friend is being bullied. It is a good time to say that everyone is different , and even though we may not understand we can not be mean to those who are different.

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Author:  Karen Beaumont
Illustrator: Janet Stevens
Genre: Children's Fiction
Approximate Text Level: pre-k-2
Appropriate Text Level: pre-k -2
Teaser: Toothy Crocodiles, Warty Hogs, and pink flamingos,all like themselves just the way they are. You should too!
Teaching Point: This book does a great job of showing confidence in oneself. A good activity for this book, and children of this age range would be to have the child work with their family to make a poster that they decorate together that shares a family tradition they hold that shows why they love the way they are.

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I'm Gonna Like Me: Letting off a little self-esteem

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I'm Gonna Like Me: Letting off a little self-esteem

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Author: Jamie Lee Curtis
Illustrator: Laura Cornell
Genre: Children's Fiction
Approximate Text Level: Pre-k-3
Appropriate Text Level: Pre-k-2
Teaser: This book is about a little boy and a little girl who recognize their strengths and weaknesses, but no matter what they say, I'm Gonna Like Me.
Teaching Point: Talk with the class  about how it is important to like yourself in the good times and the bad. Give the students a piece of paper with a person outline that they will decorate, and write a sentence or two about their person, starting with I'm Gonna Like Me When...

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Author:Eric Battut
Illustrator: Eric Battut
Genre: Children's Fiction
Approximate Text Level: pre-k -2
Appropriate Text Level: pre-k -2
Teaser: In the Pea Pod, all the little peas are content and happy. All except one. This little Pea refuses to be like the others, but does that make him a bad seed?
Teaching Point: This book is best used with younger elementary school kids. This book could be connected to a craft, where each student gets their own little pea ( made out of paper) in which they get to decorate it as they please. As a teacher you can ask: why do you think the little pea wants to be different? What happens when he grows a new pod? How do you feel different?

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Author: Munro Leaf
Illistrations: Robert Lawson
Genre: Children's Literature
Approximate Text Level: Pre-k -2rd
Appropriate Text Level: pre-k - 1st
Teaser: Ferdinand is a bull unlike the other bulls. While all the other bulls like to butt their heads, Ferdinand likes to sit and smell the flowers. Even though all the other bulls are so different than Ferdinand, he is okay with being himself, than trying to be someone else.
Teaching Point: This book is a great for discussion. During the story the teacher can stop and ask questions to prob child's thought. I think it is important to touch base on the fact that Ferdinand knew he was different but was content with being different.

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Teaser: People say "A picture is worth a thousand word". But what does that mean? Have you ever looked at a picture and understood the meaning? Pictures can have different meanings to different people.
How does this picture make you feel?

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Author: Kate DeCamillo
Illustrator: Timothy Basil Ering
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
Approximate text Level: 1st-8th
Appropriate Interest Level: 6-8th
Teaser: In a kingdom that was once full of happiness has fallen into a depression. Despereaux- a small mouse, was born into the sadness. He strives for adventure and nobleness, unlike the other mice you fit the status quo. One day Despereaux finds out the princess is in peril and he must find the courage to save her.
Teaching Point: This story has a lot of good discussion points. I think a good topic to talk about would be breaking the status quo and doing the right thing. I think it would be a good connection to the bystander effect and standing up for the right thing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4S1LLrSzVE

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Author: Cece Bell
Illustrator: Cece Bell and Kate Fitch
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
Approximate text Level:3rd-12th
Appropriate Interest level: 5th-7th
Teaser: This book is a  about Cece Bell's childhood in comic-book form , in which she tells the story of how she became deaf and how she becomes a super hero.
Teaching Point: I think this book could be a good way to turn away from deficit thinking. It is so often thought that someone who has a disability is viewed as in need or broken. This book empowers those who have  a disability to see that they are smart, important and powerful!

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Author: Veronica Roth
Illustrator: n/a

Genre: Youth Adult Fiction
Approximate Text Level:6th -12th
Appropriate Text Level: 9th-12th
Teaser: In a futuristic society, separated in five different factions. As one reaches adult hood they get to choose which faction to live in and commit to it for life. The main character Tris picks a faction far different from the one she was born into. As she works her way into her new faction she finds out she is divergent - she cannot be placed in just one faction. In trying to conceal her difference she uncovers an underlying war.
Teaching point: I think Divergent is a good book about being different for older students. In the book being Divergent is seen as a horrible thing, but as the book proceeds Tris realizes it is special. This could be related to every student and how they are each unique, and their different cultures, ethnicity, and backgrounds makes them special and have a unique outlook.

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Author: Rodman Phil Brick
Genre :Juvenile Fiction
Approximate Text Level: 6th-8th
Appropriate Text Level: 6th-7th
Teaser: Max is a middle schooler who is the size of a full grown man. He is a school outcast because of his differences. He then befriends Kevin, a small boy with a physical disability- an unlikely pair. Throughout the story the boys become "Freak the Mighty" and go on adventures together. They sick together and face whatever comes their way together.
Teaching Point: This is a GREAT teaching point for looking past the exterior and getting to know someone for who they are. In the story the two friends are outcasts, but together they are a force of nature. I think it is important to discuss the true friendship Max and Kevin shared. This discussion could then be connected to the spin off movie, The Mighty. Then the class could compare and contrast the book and the movie.
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Author: S.E. Hinton
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
Approximate Text Level: 9-12th
Appropriate Text Level: 7-10th
Teaser: In rural Oklahoma two gangs, the Socs and the Greasers are constantly at each others throats. 14 Year old Ponyboy struggles in the gang life to decide what is right and wrong in that society.
Teaching Point: This is a good teaching about about society and peer pressure. It is very difficult to resist peer and do what is true to you as a person.  This could be used for teaching and preparing students for when the get peer pressured.

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Teaser: Do you have a wise quote you live by? Maybe it is something your grandfather always said to you. Or maybe it was said by your favorite celebrity. Quotes , even though they can be simple, they strike meaning into our lives, and have the power to influence our

“Always be a first rate version of yourself and not a second rate version of someone else.”

- Judy Garland
"Always be yourself. At the end of the day, that's all you've really got; when you strip everything down, that's all you've got, so always be yourself"
- Al Roker
Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/be_yourself.html

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Teaser: Have you ever felt out of place? Or different than everyone else? From time to time we all feel different and out of place, but it is OKAY to be different.
Below are some songs that encourage you to be YOU, instead on someone else. It is important to realize there is only one YOU, nobody can be YOU.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzE1mX4Px0I
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7k0a5hYnSI

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Hunter Hayes - Invisible (Official Music Video)