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Summary: This story is from the perspective of Violet, who has a crush on a girl in her class named Mira. She wants Mira to be her valentine, but gets very nervous when she is around. By the end of the story, the girls realize they are both feeling the same way.
Importance: The importance of this story is to make young girls feel heard and "normal" if they do not have the typical young crushes on boys, but rather girls.
Why this theme? This book does a great job of normalizing Violet's feelings. It does not isolate them at all and treats them the same as if she had liked a boy.

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Summary: This sweet story details a young girl's grandparents, grandad and gramps. While she visits grandad, he tells her all about the stories of their travels, and the two of them decide to go on an adventure.
Importance: To encourage spending time with grandparents as well as normalize same sex relationships.
Why this theme? It does not give any extra attention to her having two grandpas, which normalizes the idea.

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Summary: This book details a young girl who has a brother that is incarcerated. She misses him dearly, and struggles to deal with her own feelings on this, as well as comments and questions from her peers.
Importance: To make children not feel so alone when a family member is incarcerated.
Why this theme? It deals with an issue and sadness a child may feel, and makes them feel that everything will be okay.

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Summary: Kara and Amanda are cousins and love spending time together, but Kara must leave to move to the Rez. They are worried about their friendship and sad to leave, but learn that they are forever cousins, and therefore, forever best friends.
Importance: Having to say goodbye is not something that is fun for anyone. This story reminds children that it is okay and that their friendships will never fade, for they will last forever.

Why this theme? Many children are close with their family members, in this case cousins, that they do not get to see as often as they may wish and this helps them to deal with that.

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Summary: A young cat becomes friends with an older cat in the home. The older cat shows the young cat what to do, for they do everything together. They grow old together until the older cat passes away. It is hard for everyone, but they eventually get a new young cat, and this cycle repeats.
Importance: This story teaches a soft lesson about grief to help children with pet loss, which many deal with.
Why this theme? This ties into the idea of grief and dealing with it with your family.

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Summary: This story features the self centered, China Bunny, Edward who is loved dearly by his owner, Abilene who loves him more than anything. He goes through a multitude of owners and finally learns to be open to them and understands the importance of love and friendship.
Importance: To teach a lesson about being kind and loving those around you.
Why this theme? All of these people that love Edward just want to be friends, and he soon learns the true value of friendship.

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Summary: This is a light hearted story detailing a crocodile who loves watermelon, but starts to panic when he swallows a seed. I would give this book five stars.
Importance: The importance of this story is to reassure children on a fear many have; swallowing a watermelon seen!
Why this theme? This helps children to learn a little about how plants grow, and know they won't grown inside of them.

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Summary: This is a historical fiction novel that details the story of Annemarie, a young jewish girl in the midst of World War II. It details her story as her home in Copenhagen, Denmark changes significantly as it is taken over by Nazis and how her family flees their home in search of safety.
Importance: This gives a great historical lesson of what life may have looked like for children in the holocaust.
Why this theme? Throughout this story, friendship is a prominent theme. Though Annemarie is going through a lot with her country, she and her family heavily rely on their friends.

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Summary: This adorable story details Officer Buckle and how no one will listen to him until he gets his dog, Gloria. He and Glory make a great pair, and are a very effective team. They learn that they are better together.
Importance: To show kids to always have a buddy in life, for you're more successful together.
Why this theme? Officer Buckle and Gloria have a great friendship and it is showing what friendship can do for you.

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Summary: It details the story of a bear who brings a fish home but struggles to figure out how he and the fish could possibly be friends, for he feels they are much too different.
Importance: To teach children that anyone can be your friends, no matter what they may look like.
Why this theme? Friendship is shown throughout the whole story as the fish and bear become friends.

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Summary: This short story details a day in the city through a young girl's point of view. This young girl is special, she is visually impaired. As she goes about her everyday life, she does everything a child without a visual impairment does. She goes to the park and even plays instruments all while using a cane. Since she cannot see, she describes the many sounds of her city.
Importance: This gives children a perspective of what it may be like for children who are blind on a day to day basis.
Why this theme? This ties into helping kids understand disabilities.

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Summary: El Deafo details a bunny named Cece, who is deaf. She struggles with the idea of wearing her hearing aid, but learns to turn it into her very own super power.
Importance: To encourage self love and help others understand hearing aids and how they help people.
Why this theme? It helps with both those who are deaf and those who may not know much about being deaf.

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Summary: This touching story details the life of Auggie as he moves into public school and navigates life as a middle schooler. Except Auggie is faced with his own set of challenges, for he has severe facial deformities.
Importance: This is a book I think everyone should read once. It teaches so many lessons, and everyone can get something different out of it.
Why this theme? August learns to embrace his differences while many of the children begin to understand he really isn't all that different.

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Summary: This graphic novel was a sweet story of a young girl named Raina. It followed her from middle school into high school and highlighted many of the struggles girls may go through in this stage of life. From braces, to acne, to bullies, throughout the story, Raina realizes the importance of being herself, that beauty comes from within, and of course, to smile.
Importance: Teaching young children to be confident in themselves and embrace every little thing about them.
Why this theme? This pertains particularly to the embracing your differences

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Summary: This story is a cute graphic novel about a cat who is living in his own little reality about what space and aliens are, for he believes he is a space cat. He believes the outdoors is space and bugs are aliens and his job is to protect his humans.
Importance: I think this would be a great book for young minds to read as they get comfortable reading novels versus picture books.
Why this theme? Binky is living in his own little word and is very imaginative. All of these things would get young children thinking and imagining right along with him.

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Summary: This story details the journey of a baby monkey who doubles as a detective and goes along solving cases. It is centered around true crime.
Importance: To encourage children to be imaginative. It can also be a great introduction to longer books.
Why this theme? The baby monkey does things you wouldn't expect, and is incredibly imaginative.

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Summary: This book is narrated by a young girl who describes each and every place water can be found or used around you.
Importance: I feel that this would be a great and very practical way to start introducing basic scientific concepts to young children. The idea of states of matter as well as the importance of water for all living things are two lessons taught throughout this story.
Why this theme? It is teaching a lesson about water in a very sweet way.

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Summary: This sweet story follows young children along on a walk as they are observing nature and expressing their wonders of it. It is displaying a child’s curious view of the world.
Importance: To emphasize how much there is to look at an explore around you.
Why this theme? It focuses on nature and how much it has to offer.