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These can help Mariama identify her letter sounds and progress her ability to read.

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Social and emotional books are great for children to read to measure them that what they are going through is normal and how to handle it.

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Pete the Cat books can be found on EPIC! and are a great way to familiarize Mariama with multiple life topics.

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These are books Mariama can read by herself or to someone else. They can be adapted as her reading skills increase.

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These books are a great way for Mariama to strengthen her rhyming skills.

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We read these books and they were an entertaining way to break the ice.

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Diversity in early childhood literature is important because Mariama should see characters in a book that look like her and share the same values.

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This is an online resource to find the rhyming and Pete the Cat books. There are also other books that can target specific learning goals. You can sign up for free and access the books online or through a mobile device.

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A majority of these books can be found at the local library. If it is not at your local library, you can request the book.

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Library branches remain closed. You can access contact-free curbside holds pickup and curbside faxing, copying, and scanning at these library locations:

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Curbside services, the customer service phone center, and Ask a Librarian will be closed July 3-4 in observance of Independence Day. Library branches remain closed. You can access contact-free curbside holds pickup and curbside faxing, copying, and scanning at these library locations:

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This book would provoke her to talk about her pets and infer what pet Pete could be getting. She loves cats and has two herself, which could connect to previous background knowledge. It can be a book she can read later to herself as she progresses in reading levels.

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This would be a great book for Mariama to introduce her to the idea of new people in school. The book follows Pete and someone new. Even though they are very different he still sees his great qualities within.

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The Red Book by Barbara Lehman is a book for imagination. The storytelling ideas are endless. This book would be great for Mariama to read to someone else and build her oral language skills and confidence as a reader.

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A Colorful Journey Through the Land of Talking Letters

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A Colorful Journey Through the Land of Talking Letters

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Mary Jo Nyssen made this book that emphasizes that each letter can have a different sound depending on the word it is in. This book highlights those differences in a colorful and exciting format.

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This is another great book to do with the whole family. It has a song that accompanies it that everyone can sing. It brings the letters to life and emphasizes their name.

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ABC See, Hear, Do by Stefanie Hohl is a great way to associate letters with their sounds. It is interactive and can introduce her to new vocabulary words. This would be a great book for the whole family.

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This book would be great for Mariama because she is just learning how to read. This can help her learn the proper steps to be a great reader. It can also be used as a recalling activity or a sequencing writing prompt.

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The Way I Feel by Janan Cain is a great book that normalizes children having emotions. They experience every feeling and it is perfectly ok, that is what this book focuses on.

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The Book of Mistakes by Corinna Luyken is a great book I wish I could have read with Mariama. It has a great message that says making mistakes is ok and it could form into an even better creation. Mariama is shy and does not want to answer if she could be wrong so this can help that thought inside her head.

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This is a book about most children's fear, the dark. The Dark is a great way to introduce this fear, how to tackle that feeling, and how to overcome it.

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Enemy Pie by Derek Munson. This book emphasizes friendship and how to be friends with "enemies". Enemy Pie can be paired with a discussion on how people should be treated and how to handle if they are being mean to you.

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This is a book that Mariama could read on her own. It has no words and allows her to create the story as she reads. This book can be paired with assessment questions to make the book more interactive and challenging.

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This would be a gook book for her to read by herself due to the repetitive nature of the word ball and can spark a conversation on inferring what is happening and why. This can be an entertaining book for oral language development.

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This book can introduce her to a new concept since Florida does not have snow and she may not be familiar with it. This can spark an investigation using the internet to look up snow and it's many qualities.

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The moral of the story is a topic rarely discussed in children's books. It discusses how the main character is being teased about her hair being different. She later learns how to take care of it and appreciate how special it is.

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This is a good book by James Dean that can introduce new vocabulary words that may be seen at the beach. This can also be paired with going to the beach and spotting everything seen or done from the book. It fosters oral language and background knowledge building.

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Pete the Cat: Rocking in My School Shoes

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Pete the Cat: Rocking in My School Shoes

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Pete the Cat books are seen throughout PCL and Mariama loves cats. This is a great book to introduce school and some key aspects found within the school. This can ease that transition into Kindergarten.

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I chose this fiction book for Mariama to get her to be not as shy. I read this one to her and she loved it. We made fish noises and faces. This book has a great moral of being happy within and loving yourself for who you are.

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This is a book that Mariama could read by herself because of the simple layout of the book, along with it having one word on each page. This could also be paired with an inferencing activity on who the dog will talk to next.

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Fossil by Bill Thompson is another wordless picture book that can foster engagement by talking about history and developing new vocabulary words. This can get Mariama talking about a new subject.

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This is a true account of what happened in history for desegregation. This book can be a way to bring up a history topic and the fight for equal rights.

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Maddi's Fridge by Lois Brandt highlights a controversial topic rarely seen in children's books. This can spark a meaningful conversation on poverty and helping those in need.

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Chocolate Milk, Por Favor: Celebrating Diversity with Empathy

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Chocolate Milk, Por Favor: Celebrating Diversity with Empathy

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Chocolate Milk, Por Favor: Celebrating Diversity with Empathy by Maria Dismondy. The moral of the book is to be kind and help others. Kindness is something that should be shown to anyone even if they do not perfectly resemble you.

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We're Different, We're the Same by Bobbi Jane Kates is a great book to teach about acceptance. This book highlights how everyone may look different but inside everyone is the same.

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This is a great book due to the rhyming and illustrations. It is enjoyable and can evoke discussions about the main characters.

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I chose this due to its comedic nature and the rhyming aspects are seen throughout. The graphics are outstanding and allows for a lot of audience interaction.

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The Nut Near the Hut by Marv Alinas was chosen for rhyme recognition. The rhyming words or vocabulary were advanced for her but she used context clues from the pictures to think of the definition.

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You Bet by Marc Alinas was another book chosen for rhyme recognition and recall. The book highlights the rhyming words and this also had animals in it which she loved.

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A Cub in the Tub by Marc Alinas was chosen to strengthen her rhyming recognition skills. She loves animals so that was also a bonus in choosing this book.

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This was our first read-aloud book that served as a funny way to break the ice. This book can be used to teach sequencing and new vocabulary words. It also comes with a link to a song of the book. We enjoyed making donkey sounds together.