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Author: Christian Robinson
Illustrator: Christian Robinson
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Date: June 2, 2020
Genre: Fiction
Theme: "For anyone that isn't sure they matter, YOU DO."
Plot: This book explains that Children need to know that they matter regardless of how they may feel about themselves, regardless of their circumstances, and regardless of what may be going on around them.
Curricular Connections: Great story to teach students, all students should benefit from this book and why they matter in this world.

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Blue: A History of the Color as Deep as the Sea and as Wide as the Sky 

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Blue: A History of the Color as Deep as the Sea and as Wide as the Sky 

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Author: Nana Ekua Brew Hammond
Illustrator: Daniel Minter
Date: February 15, 2022
Published by: Knopf Books for young readers
Pages: 40
Grade Level: K-3rd
Genre: Non Fiction Literature
Themes: History of blue dye
Awards: Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children
Curricular connections: history and creativity
Summary: this book discusses the color blue and how it has been used and discovered overtime. They discuss how blue is the color of the heavens and a very highly valued color. They also explain the negative aspects of the color blue.

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This book was a really good and heartfelt read. It's a sad story of tragedy about a young girl Suzy that had an unfortunate event happen in her life, her best friend passed away suddenly. This book would definitely be a little tough to read to young students, but from grade level 3rd and up, I think it would be a great book to discuss the topic of death. Especially with how the author talks about acceptance through death and the process one has to go through during the heartbreaking tragedy that is death. This book could be very comforting for students who have had to go through a death in their life, knowing theyre not alone and the feelings that they feel are completely normal and okay. I loved how the author connected her love for jellyfish with the main character. It was also super cool to see how smart Suzy was and how she connected the dots, which could also be inspiring for kids. My heart map shows the common themes I felt like were the most present in this great read.

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Author: Bahram Rahman
Illustrator: Peggy Collins
Summary: This book is about a young girl named Aria that lost her leg during the war in Afghanistan and is now coming back to school. She uses strength and creativity to build herself a bench to sit on so she isn't stuck sitting uncomfortable on the ground.
Grade Level: K-2nd
Genre: Fiction, children literature
Date: November 30, 2021

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The Girl Who Buried Her Dreams in a Cab: A True Story

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The Girl Who Buried Her Dreams in a Cab: A True Story

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Author: Tererai Trent & Jan Spivey Gilchrist
Grade Level: 1st-3rd
Summary: This novel by Tererai Trent & Jan Spivey Gilchrist is a true story that is about a young girl growing up in Zimbabwe that pursues an education where very few girls had the opportunity to do so.
40 pages
Publisher: Viking books for young readers
Date: October 16th, 2015
Themes: inspirational, girls, dreams are achievable, giving back, come true

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author/illustrator:   Sue Fliess  (Author), Claire Keane  (Illustrator)
date: May 10, 2016
grade level: k-2nd
short summary: This book is all about the magical world of fairies
curricular connections/teaching resources: This could be a fun read for young children, it can help their imagination come to life.
personal responses: This story was so cute and fun to read.

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Why did you select the author for your study?
- I selected Lily Anderson because I love how she uses her personal life and stories in her books to shine a light onto other girls who may be experiencing the same thing, all while using fantasy, drama and comedy to create good and interesting stories.
What did you find especially interesting or surprising about the author?
- I found it interesting how the author writes all of her novels with the genre fantasy, they are about real things teenagers deal with but she uses fantasy themes to discuss them.
How have learning about the author influenced your response to one's work?
- It made me respect Anderson a lot, how she finds her purpose and joy in being an inspiration to other girls that deal with what she dealt with as a child.
What is the value of an author study in the classroom?
- It brings arise new perspectives and different ideas on how you can discuss certain topics from books, to children.

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Author:   Lindsay Eagar
Illustrator:
Publisher: Candlewick
Date: May 11, 2022
Grade Level: 5th-9th
Summary: 8-year-old Duck is an orphan fished out of the river as a baby by a group of street children called the Crowns, growing up with them.
Personal Response: I thought this book was super interesting silly to read, it was definitely funny but also have a good lesson in it.
Curricular Connection/related activity ideas: This book is a feel good story of love, self discovery and what it means to be rescued. This book can be taught to kids with those lessons.

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Author: Naomi Shihab Nye
Illustrator:
Publisher: Greenwillow Books
Date: March 15, 2022
Pages: 366
Grade Level: 2nd-6th grade
Summary: This book is about a young boy that is on a journey to see his dad in Michigan, where he will be starting school for the first time in the United States
Personal Response: I enjoyed reading about this book. I feel like its a great story that explores immigration and what its like coming to the Unites States as a first time student. I love how it shows the importance of family as well.
Curricular Connection/related activity ideas: I feel like this is a great story to read aloud to children to introduce immigration and the process and emotions kids experience during it.

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Author: Margaret Read MacDonald
Illustrator: Derek Sullivan
Date: March 1, 2015

Publisher: ‎Albert Whitman & Company

Genre: Folklore
Theme: Keep Your Promises
Grade Level: Pre-K to 4th grade
Plot: A young girl named Zuva is living in a village located in Zimbabwe. As she is down at the river fishing she encounters a crocodile (Croc).  In her town, they are told to NEVER bring a croc to town, but the croc did her a favor so she promised to bring him to the village to party. The message is never make a promise you arent able to fulfill.

Personal Response: I really enjoyed reading this book, it wa silly but it had a great message behind it that can be beneficial for children to hear. Explaining to children the importance of keeping promises and not lying.

Evaluation of Traditional Literature:

This story does indeed reflect a narrative storytelling style.

Yes, this book uses talk that is specific to Zimbabwe culture like the names of people and the village culture.

The style is more contemporary, but the illustrations do a good job of showing its culture.

The tale doesn't really have any rich literary words.

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Author: Thanhha Lai
Illustrator: Thanhha Lai
Publisher: Harper Collins e-books
Date:  February 22, 2011
Number of Pages: 288 pages
Awards:  #1 New York Times bestseller, a Newbery Honor Book, and a winner of the National Book Award.
Summary: Inspired by the author's childhood experience as a refugee, Hà and her family flee Vietnam after the Fall of Saigon and immigrate to the US-Alabama. It tells the story of the hardships that come with being a young refugee.
Genre: Novel, Historical Fiction.
Theme(s): Culture, war, bravery, friendship, bullying, loss, and resilience.
Plot: A young girl named Ha who lives in Vietnam with a father who is missing in action during the Vietnam War. Her mother, Ha, and her three brothers flee across the sea to Alabama after the fall of Saigon.
Personal Response: I found this book to be very heartfelt and saddening, it opened my eyes to how hard it is being a refugee in another country, learning the new culture/customs and language, especially as a young kid.

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author/illustrator: Lisa Schroeder
date: March 29, 2016
grade level: 2nd-5th
short summary: A young girl and her mother have been locked away in a tower by an evil queen that has control over a kingdom. The queen has everything but beauty, but violet has a lot of beauty. Violet has the responsibility of breaking the town of the spell of the queen so she can reunite with her family.
curricular connections/teaching resources: This could be a great read in the classroom, its a fun read but also teaches kids that no matter how young you are you still possess power and can do great things.
personal response: I thought this book was very inspiring, as well as sad. I loved how mighty and strong the young girl, Violet was.

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Author: Beth Ferry
Illustrator: Molly Idle
Publisher: Roaring Book Press
Date: October 27, 2020
Number of Pages: 32 pages
Theme: A gentle, heartfelt, a warm, uplifting story.
Plot:  Different animal parents tell their young what they love about their family and encourage their babies to dream big.
Genre: Children's literature, Bedtime story, Fiction
Curricular Connection: teaching kids to follow their dreams.
Personal Response: I loved reading this book! Its all about chasing your dreams, they use animals to motivate children to always believe in themselves no matter what, to not give up when chasing your dreams. I feel like the author had a great idea with using animals to inspire kids to reach their dreams, kids love animals so this was a great idea. This message they're attempting to instill in children is great, I think that its super important to teach kids at a young age the importance of believing in themselves and that they can achieve anything with hard work, dedication, perseverance and believing in yourself.

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Title: Be Your Own Best Friend Forever
Author: Gary Robinson
Featuring: Jayla Rose
Published: April 5th, 2021
40 pages

Curricular Connections: I feel like this book is very relevant to grade school students. It teaches young kids how to embrace your uniqueness and to love who you are while ignoring negative talk from self, or others. It also teaches kids how to handle your social and emotional health in a positive way.
Personal Response: I found this book very inspiring and informational, for even myself. I love how it embraces self love and how we need to speak kindly to ourselves, as well as others. I also love how it teaches us to love our uniqueness and who we were created to be.
watch the reading: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62vDZBDUGhU

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Author: Lily Anderson
Illustrator: Lily Anderson
Genre: Young Adult Fiction, Thriller, Fantasy Fiction
Publisher: Henry Holt and Co.
Date:  April 5, 2022
Number of Pages: 416 pages
Plot: Sixteen-year-old Prudence Perry is a legacy Ladybird Scout, born to a family of hunters sworn to protect humans from mulligrubs―interdimensional parasites who feast on human emotions like sadness and anger.
Theme:  A story about girls who want to be seen for who they are, not only what they can do.
Awards: A  PRINTZ HONOR BOOK
Curricular Connection: Woman can be whoever they want to be.
Summary: It's a story about a girl named Prudence Perry, she is a third generation Ladybird Girl Scout who has past trauma and monsters that she has to battle, they keep her from wanting to be a Scout. Until she faced a crisis where she had to step up and face her past for the best of her community.
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Author: Chana Stiefel
Illustrator: Susan Gal
Publisher: Scholastic Presss
Date: October 4th, 2022
Number of Pages: 40 pages
Theme: darkness, heartfelt
Summary: How Yaffa Eliach Rebuilt Her Town in Stories and Photographs by Chana Stiefel and illustrated by Susan Gal. This book is an inspiring and moving biography about a young jewish woman named Yaffa, who created The Tower of Faces, which is an exhibit at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington DC. She built the tower with photographs from the Holocaust, showing tribute to the lives lost.
Awards:  The Inaugural Russell Freedman Nonfiction Award for a Better World from the SCBWI Impact & Legacy Fund, along with Freedom: The Story of the Black Panther Party by Jetta Grace Martin, Joshua Bloom, and Waldo E. Martin. Here's the story in School Library Journal and Publisher's Weekly!
Genre: Children's literature, Biography, Children's non-fiction literature
Plot: A true story of how Yaffa made it her life's mission to recover thousands of her town's photographs from around the world. Using these photos, she built a Tower of Faces-a permanent exhibit in the US Holocaust Memorial Museum, to restore the soaring spirit of Eishyshok.
Curricular Connection: Doing acts of Kindness for those around you.
Personal Response: I  thought this book was so sweet and sentimental, how Yaffa took something that didnt directly affect het but affected the people in her community, and paid tribute to the, was so inspiring.

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Author and Illustrator:: Lisa Boivin
Publisher: Highwater Press
Date: April 27, 2021
Number of Pages: 48
Theme:  a beautiful depiction of Indigenous kinship and healing
Plot:  A little girl dreams about a bear, her grandfather explains how we connect with the knowledge of our ancestors through dreams. Bear, Hawk, Caribou, and Wolf all have teachings to share to help us live a good life.
Summary: This book is a story or life and death with a young girl who uses her grandfather's wisdom to connect to him through dreams. It's a heartbeat book for sure.
Genre:  Children's literature, Fiction, Bedtime story
Personal Response:  I love this story because I was very close to my grandfather, just like this young girl. Its hard to go through the death of a loved one, but holding onto memories and connecting with them in every way we can, helps us remember them and their love.

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Author: Shaw Kuzki

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Publisher: Delacorte Press
Date: March 16, 2021
Number of Pages: 176 pages
Genre: Historical Fiction
Plot: Nozomi and her friends have grown up attending yearly memorials and learning about “the flash” in their peace studies class. When a much-loved art teacher takes an unexpected leave of absence, Nozomi begins to wonder about how the war really affected the adults in her life.
Summary: This book is about a twelve year old girl named Nozomi, she lives in the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Soul Lanterns is an exploration of what happened on August 6, 1945. Nozomi and her friends came up with a creative way to share their loved ones’ experiences that were involved in the bombings.
Awards: won two prizes, including the Shogakukan Children's Book Award; and Ahiru No Tegami (Letters of 'Duck' ; Kosei, 2014 )won the JAWC Award.
Personal Response: I dont personally relate to this book, but I found it to be a very sweet and inspiring story. The young girl took something that didn't directly affect her, but impacted her and used it for good.

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Author: Margarita Engle
Illustrator: Rafael López
Publisher: ‎Dreamscape Media
Genre: Fiction
Number of Pages: 48 pages
Date: March 31, 2015
Plot: The story of Millo Castro Zaldarriaga, a mixed race Cuban girl, who defied gender roles in the 1930's music scene.
Theme: The importance of family, teacher, and music-education support to expose and develop our children's musical talents
Curricular Connection: Teaching students we can do whatever our heart desires despite our gender roles.
Personal Response: I found this boos to be so inspiring. A story of determination, dedicated and a driven girl with a dream. I loved how she challenged the norm and put a stop to those stereotypes. it's a good reminder that girls can do *most* things guys can do!

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Author: Hiba Masood
Illustrator: Hoda Hadadi
Genre: Fiction
Publisher: Daybreak Press
Date: September 3, 2016
Theme: An inspirational story of sincerity, determination, and believing in yourself.
Plot:  A girl in Turkey with a secret dream of being a musaharati, the person who walks the streets waking up the neighbors for suhoor in Ramadan
Award:  Literary Classics awards, the Moonbeam Award, and the International Book Award in the Children's Picture Book category of the American Book Fest.
Summary: Year after year, in the blessed month of Ramadan, little Najma has happily arisen to the drum beat of her neighborhood's musaharati. He walks through the streets of her small Turkish village, waking each family for the pre-dawn meal before the long day of fasting. Najma wants nothing more than to be a musaharati herself one day, but no girl has ever taken on the role before
Curricular Connection: Teaching girls they can accomplish anything they set their hearts to.
Personal: Response: : I found this boos to be so inspiring. A story of determination, dedicated and a driven girl with a dream. I loved how she challenged the norm and put a stop to those stereotypes. it's a good reminder that girls can do *most* things guys can do!

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Author: Hudson Talbott
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Publisher: Nancy Paulsen Books
Number of Pages: 32 pages
Date:  September 14th 2021
Genre: Children's fiction Literature for grade school kids
Theme: Children with disability, persistence, determination, hardships.
Awards: Schneider Family Book Award
Summary: It's an autobiography about a young boy (the author and illustrator,) and his struggles when it came to learning how to read. He was artistically skilled but when it came to reading he found it very difficult. with hard work, determination and persistence he pushed through and overcame his battles.
Curricular Connection: Teaches kids on overcoming hardships and persevering
Personal Response: I really enjoyed listening to this book. I thought it had a great message to send to young kids. Teaching them that a lot of people struggle with reading, but with hard work and not giving up we can come out on top. Personally, I struggled with reading as a kid and so I resonated with this book a lot.