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Title: Red Cat Blue Cat

Author: Jenni Desmond

Illustrator: Jenni Desmond

Publisher: Blue Apple Books

Date: September 11, 2012

Number of Pages: 32

Synopsis: Red cat and blue cat live in the same house and do not get along.

Theme: Be Yourself

Personal Response: I love animals, so this book was also a favorite.

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Author: Kelly Dipucchio

Illustrator: Christian Robinson

Publication Date: 2014

Themes: This book deeply explores the themes of family differences, love, and acceptance.

Grade Level: Preschool- Third Grade

Personal Response: THIS BOOK WAS PRECIOUS, I love dogs.

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Title: Hatched

Author: Bruce Coville

Illustrator: Paul Kidby

Grade: 3-6

Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers

Date: October 18, 2016

Number of Pages: 272

Genre: Fantasy

Theme: believe  in yourself

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Title: The Day Punctuation Came to Town

Author: Kimberlee Gard

Illustrator: Sandie Sonke

Publisher: Familius

Date: August 1, 2019

Number of Pages: 32

Genre: fiction

Theme: Everyone matters

Plot: The  punctuations all  have a  different job and personality  that we see throughout the  story.

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Title: Lion Needs a Haircut

Author: Hyewon Yum

Illustrator: Hyewon Yum

Publisher: Harry N. Abrams

Date: May 5, 2020

Number of Pages: 36

Synopsis: The little lion does not want a haircut

Genre: Fiction

Theme: reasonings below the surface

Plot: This is a story about a lion who needs to get a haircut

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Title: The Mission Of Addition

Author: Brian P. Cleary

Illustrator: Brian Gable

Publisher: Millbrook Press

Date: August 1, 2007

Number of Pages: 31

Synopsis: This book gives math definitions and shows readers how addition operations work.

Genre: Fiction

Theme: math

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Title:  Why do we Cry?

Author and Illustrator: Fran Pintadera and Ana Sender

Published: September 2019

Publisher: Kids Can Press

Pages: 36

Genre: Fiction and Poetry

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Title: Smile

Author: Raina Telgemeier

Publisher: Graphix

Date: February 2010

Number of Pages: 224

Synopsis: This true story about the author's life shows us her life when she got braces that made her feel like an outcast.

Genre: autobiographical graphic novel

Theme: self acceptance

Plot: A young girl is having a hard time with her new smile.

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Title: A Case of the Can-Dos!

Author and Illustrator: Jill Keppeler and Rachel Dinunzio

Published: December 15, 2020

Publisher: Rosen Publishing Group

Pages: 34

Genre: Fiction and Children’s Literature

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Title: The Sad, Sad Monster

Author and Illustrator: Dolores Costello

Published: March 13, 2017

Publisher:  Xist Publishing

Pages: 31

Genre: Children’s Literature

Synopsis: A sad monster attends school. He is depressed since he has no friends or anyone close to a friend.

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Author: Elana K. Arnold

Illustrator: Linda Davick

Publisher: Beach Lane Books

Date: August 27, 2019

Number of Pages: 40 pages

Awards: National Book Award Finalist

Genre: Fiction

Theme: Imagination and creativity / Creating relationships

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Title: Alma and How she got her Name

Author and Illustrator: Juana Martinez-Neal

Publisher: Candlewick Press

Date: April 10, 2018

Number of Pages: 32 pages

Awards: Caldecott Honor and Ezra Jack Keats Book Award

Genre: Fiction

Theme: Ancestry / Names having meaning

Summary: It focuses on a young girl and her curiosity over her very long name. The main character Alma is concerned about her name, Alma Sofia Esperanza José Pura Candela, “not fitting” on a piece of paper.

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Author: Bao Phi

Illustrator: Thi Bui

Publisher: Capstone Young Readers

Date: August 1, 2017

Number of pages: 32

Awards: Caldecott Medal

Grade Level: 2nd-3rd

Genre: Fiction

Theme: Always be grateful for your family and food and shelter.

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Title: Once Upon an Elephant

Author: Linda Stanek

Illustrator: Shennen Bersani

Publisher: Arbordale Publishing

Date: February 10, 2016

Number of pages: 32

Awards: Children’s Choice Book Awards Winner

Grade Level: Kinder-3rd

Genre: Non-Fiction

Theme: All about heroes and how mighty and strong they are.

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Title: Alu and Greta

Author and Illustrator: Diana Ejaita

Publisher: Rise x Penguin Workshop
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Date: February 15, 2022

Number of Pages: 32 pages

Awards: 2022 Latinx Kitlit Book Festival

Genre: Fiction

Theme: Maintaining connections no matter the distance

Plot: Olu and Greta, two cousins, are followed as they try to stay close to one another.

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Title: Pancho Rabbit and the Coyote

Author: Duncan Tonatiuh

Publisher: Harry N. Abrams

Date: May 7, 2013

Number of pages: 32

Awards: Pura Belpre Award

Grade Level: 1st-4th

Genre: Fiction

Theme: Always and forever your family.

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Author: E.B. White

Publisher: Harper & Brohters

Date published: October 15, 1952

Number of pages: 192

Awards: John Newbery Medal

Genre: Animal fantasy, fiction

Summary: This story is about the journey between a spider named Charlotte and her loyalty to her friend pig named Wilbur. They become best friends after Wilbur gets moved to her farm for being so small.

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Author: Linds Sue Park

Illustrator: Robert Sae-Hang

Publisher: Harper Collins

Date published: March 16, 2021

Number of pages: 72

Ages 9-12

Awards: Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry

Genre: Sijo

Theme: reality

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Author: Sara Greenwood & Luisa Uribe

Publisher: Random House Studio

Date published: October 11, 2022

Number of pages: 40

Awards: Charlotte Huck Award

Genre: fiction

Grade level: Kindergarten-3rd grade

Theme: It is okay to be sad when remembering someone

Plot: A young girl is feeling the sad emotions that come with not seeing their sibling.

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Author & Illustrator: Darren Lebeuf & Ashley Barron

Publisher: Kids Can Press

Date published: March 3, 2020

Number of pages: 32

Genre: fiction

Awards: Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Award

Grade level: Pre-k - 1st grade

Summary: The young girl on the cover uses words to describe the oceaan are so simple yet so powerful.

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Author: Duncan Tonatiuh

Publisher: Harry N. Abrams

Date published: 2010

Number of pages: 32

Genre: fiction

Awards: Pura Belpre award

Theme: family is everything

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Author: Christian Robinson

Publisher: Atheneum Books

Date published: March 5, 2019

Number of pages: 56

Genre: fiction

Grade level: 1st grade

Summary: This story is about the journey between a little girl and her cat.

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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

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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.

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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.

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Author: Hudson Talbott

Illustrator:

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

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Title: Beautiful Wonderful Strong Little Me

Author: Hannah Carmona Dias

Illustrator: Dolly Georgieva-Gode

Published by: Eifrig Publishing 2018

Number of pages: 34 pages

Genre: Fiction, Acceptance

Grade Level: 3rd-6th

Summary: Lilly the main character of the book loves her gorgeous dark skin, her curly hair, and her bold eyebrows. She kindly reminds her friends that she has a big heart and a sharp mind on the inside, and that's what matters most about her.

Personal response: I loved this book. You might read this book repeatedly in the hopes that each time someone new is exposed to its message. Children of many different races and ethnicities, as well as one who uses a wheelchair, are featured in this book. Any child should read this book, in my opinion.

Teacher resource: https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/hannah-carmona-dias/beautiful-wonderful-strong-little-me/

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Title: The Adventures of Dr. Sloth Rebecca Cliffe and Her Quest to Protect Sloths

Author: Suzi Eszterhas

Published: 2022

Publisher: Millbrook Press

Grade Level: 3rd grade

Awards: Orbis Pictus

Number of pages: 44 pages

Genre: Nonfiction biography

Summary: To learn more about sloths, Rebecca Cliffe was adamant. In order to collect sloth hair samples and analyze their DNA, she learned how to climb trees in the jungle of Costa Rica. For the sloth community, she has done a lot. To prevent sloths from becoming trapped in the jungle's rapidly contracting range, she assisted in planting trees and building sloth crossings. She was known as Dr. Sloth throughout her career.

Curricular Connections: Science

Personal Response: Overall, I really enjoyed reading this book. I have always been fond of sloths, although I've never met one. This book reminded me more of a documentary in written words than a storytelling book. The author was great at describing her experience with the sloths, and this helped me as a reader, to picture her with them.

Teaching resource: https://lernerbooks.com/shop/show/21245

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Title: When Stars Are Scattered

Author: Victoria Jamieson & Omar Mohamed

Illustrator: Victoria Jamieson

Publisher: Dial Books April 14, 2020
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Number of Pages: 246 pages

Awards: Walter Dean Myers Award for Young Readers

Genre: Realistic Fiction

Theme: appreciating gifts and love

Summary: Omar and his brother are separated from their mother as they are put in a refugee camp. They were put here during the war in Somalia, and grow up here throughout the book. They go through many challenges and are just hoping to get re-settled in North America. This shows the different ways that others live and it's not all sunshine and rainbows for everyone.

Personal Connections: I loved this book and all the words in it. There are not many books that I am extremely interested in, but this one, in particular, had me excited to finish it., especially with it being a comic. I would refer it to anyone.

Teaching resource: https://booksupnorth.com/kids-review-when-stars-are-scattered/#:~:text=The%20book%20is%20about%20two,re%2Dsettlement%20in%20North%20America.

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Title: Marshmallow Clouds

Poet/Author: Ted Koosner and Connie Wanek

Illustrator: Richard Jones

Publisher: Candlewick Press

Publication date: March 15, 2022

Number of Pages: 72

Grade level: 2nd grade through 5th grade

Poetry type: Free verse

Curricular connection: Fire, Air, Earth, Water, Science

Summary: This book finds its way into the reader's heart. It's a book about being free and enjoying your childhood as a young kid. It gives readers the opportunity to compare what they are reading to everyday scenarios and objects around them.

Activity: Students can create their own poem, with colors and crafts to add. Have the topic for the poem be similar to this book, Fire, Air, Earth, and Water so you can see how your students think.

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Title: The 1619 Project Born on the Water

Poet/Author: Nikole Hannah-Jones, Renée Watson

Illustrator: Nikkolas Smith

Publisher: Kokila

Publication date: November 16, 2021

Number of pages: 48

Grade level: 2nd grade and beyond

Poetry type: Interconnected Free verse

Curricular connection: History, poetry

Summary: This book is a children's picture book about a young student who receives a family tree assignment. She discovers with the help of her grandma, that over 400 years ago, her ancestors were taken and brought to America by the slave trade. She learned about how they grew up and survived.

Activity: Although ancestory.com costs money to use, maybe the students can get permission from their parents to do some research at school relating to this history.

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Title: Starfish

Author: Lisa Flipps

Publisher: Nancy Paulsen Books

Date: March 9, 2021

Number of Pages: 256 pages

Genre: Fiction

Synopsis: Ellie, a Texas girl who has been bullied relentlessly for her weight, even by her own mother. With the help of a therapist, a new friend, and her loving father, Ellie learns to stand up for herself and be unapologetically her.

Theme: insecurities

Curricular Connections: 5th and 6th grade

Personal Response: I really enjoyed this book, and related to the theme. I dealt with something similar at Ellie's ago.

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Title:Gigi and Ojiji

Author and Illustrator: Melissa Iwai

Themes: Family, Inclusivity, Culture, Japanese Culture, American Japanese

Awards: Theodor Seuss Geisel Award

Synopsis: Gigi is very excited to have her grandfather, Ojiisan visiting from Japan. Gigi has been planning lots of things for them to do together, she’s even been practicing her Japanese. When they pick up Ojiisan from the airport Gigi realizes she doesn’t know how to interact with her grandfather. Gigi learns from her mom how Japanese culture and American culture are different. Gigi and Ojiisan find their own way to connect and share their cultures.

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Title: Scout's Honor

Author: Lily Anderson

Illustrator: Lily Anderson

Genre: Thriller, Fantasy Fiction

Publisher: Henry Holt and Co.

Date:  April 5, 2022

Number of Pages: 416 pages

Plot: This book is about Prudence Perry, sixteen years old, is a legacy Ladybird Scout, born into a family of hunters sworn to protect humans from mulligrubs, interdimensional parasites that feed on human emotions such as sadness and anger.

Theme:  Girls can be as tough as they want

Awards: Printz honor book

Curricular Connection: Be unique.

Summary: Prudence “Prue” Perry is a legacy Ladybird Scout, meaning that she’s part of a secret society of women who protect humans from mulligrubs/demons from another dimension who prey on emotions and, eventually, human flesh. But after losing her best friend in an accident three years ago, Prue wants nothing to do with the Scouts and is actively seeking a way out. She sees a light at the end of the tunnel when given/forced into the opportunity of teaching new recruits the ways of the Ladybirds. If only they can all make it through the summer alive.

Personal Response: I LOVED IT

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Title: Small Spaces

Author and Illustrator: Katherine Arden

Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers.

Date: September 25, 2018.

Number of Pages: 224 pages

Awards: Idaho Kids Vote Book Award

Synopsis: Ollie a young girl loses her mom and goes through ups and downs with evil, ghosts, and terrors that help her overcome grief.

Genre: Thriller Fiction

Theme: It's difficult to overcome scary things

Plot: Ollie who is only 11 years old just lost her mom and is suffering with how to deal with her death. This is something that takes a toll on anyone, especially at this young age. She encounters this old woman on her way home from school one day. She finds her trying to throw a book into the river, but instead saves it for herself. This book was about someone called "The Smiling Man" who would take people's souls. As she was on a fieldtrip with her classmates, Ollie's bus breaks down and she immediately realizes the place they broke down is the one described in her book. At the end of the book, after fighting evil and ghosts with two of her male classmates she wasn't very fond of, they became friends. She ended up defeating "the smiling man" and discovering how to deal with her mother's grief with her two new friends.

Curricular Connections:This book was said to be the most-read book of 2022 nominees for the Idaho Kids Book Award. No wonder why it got first place.

Small Spaces by Katherine Arden, Published on September 25, 2018 – Publisher. G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers.

Grade level: 5th/6th grade, 10-12 years old, based on what customers say

Genre: Horror fiction

Themes: It's difficult to accept loss

Number of pages: 224

Personal Response: I found this story mesmerizing and crazy. I knew by reading the back of the book that I was going to be in for a great story. Although this was a fiction book, sometimes I find myself thinking about whether this would happen in real life. If it did, the kids would have told someone, and they most definitely wouldn't believe them.

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Title: The Three Little Pigs

Author and Illustrator: James Marshall

Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group

Date: September 29, 1989

Number of Pages: 32 pages

Awards: Caldecott Honor

Synopsis: This story is about three little pigs who build their houses out of straw, sticks, and bricks. The pigs with straw and sticks house get their house blown down and ruined by the big bad wolf. The pig with the brick house eventually gets the same. None of the three little pigs live.

Genre: Fiction

Theme: Be observant and witty

Plot: The book is about three little pigs who make their own house, and get eaten by the big bad wolf.

Personal Response: I have heard this story a million times since I was a kid, so this was nothing new to me. It's an entertaining but sad story.

Teaching Resource: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4F-22Y6Wg60

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Title: The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs

Author: Jon Scieszka

Illustrator: Lane Smith

Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group

Date: 1989

Number of Pages: 32 pages

Awards: American Library Association: Notable Book

Synopsis: This book is the real version of the three little pigs and the version of the bug bad wolf.

Genre: Fiction

Theme: Stereotypes

Plot: This version of the story is from the wolf's point of view. He said he never voluntarily went to bully the three little pigs, he simply just needed a cup of sugar from them. His continuous sneezing is the reason for the pigs dying and their houses collapsing, and he got blamed for it all.

Artistic Media: Coloring

Curricular Connections: Being social

Personal Response: I enjoyed this story more than the original. It was more detailed and funny.

Teaching Resource: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xw6fHKFxx1U

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Title: Be Your Own Best Friend Forever

Author and Illustrator: Gary Robinson

Featuring: Jayla Rose

Published: April 27th, 2021

Pages: 40 pages total

Genre: Fiction

Awards: N/A

Sypnosis: This book Be Your Own Best Friend Forever is about inspiring advice for any girl who is self-conscious or the target of body shaming or rejection.

Theme: Loving yourself/ Accepting yourself

Artistic Media: Digital media

Curricular Connections: This book delivered a powerful speech about the value of encouraging yourself and building yourself up rather than choosing to undermine your self-confidence.

Personal Response: I enjoyed this book very much and found myself feeling more confident after I finished. It helps show how important it is to love yourself, and not care about what others think.

Teaching resource: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62vDZBDUGhU

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Title: Inside the Suitcase

Author and Illustrator: Clotilde Perrin

Featuring: a young boy

Publisher: Gecko Press

Date: September 7, 2021

Number of Pages: 20 pages

Genre: Children's Literature

Awards: Outstanding International Book Award, United States Board on Books for Young People

Sypnosis: Inside the Suitcase is about a young boy who encounters unexpected troubles while hiking, exploring, and crossing the ocean.

Theme: A suitcase can hold all sorts of items

Artistic Media: Creative book pages

Curricular Connections: This book is great for any age. It shows how a young mind can be creative, and think of anything.

Personal Response: I really enjoyed this book. I thought it would be great to read in front of a 1st grade class.

Teaching Resource: https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/clotilde-perrin/inside-the-suitcase/

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Title: Living With Viola

Author and Illustrator: Rosena Fung

Publisher: Annick Press

Date: November 30, 2021

Number of Pages: 272 pages

Awards: Best of 2021 List, Canadian Children's Book Centre 2021, New York Public Library's Best Books List 2021, 2022 outstanding international books, etc.

Synopsis: This book is about a teenage girl names Livy who is in middle school. She is in the age of puberty and realizing how difficult reality actually is. Anxiety sets in as her evil twin, and she figures out how to deal with it.

Genre: Fiction

Theme: Life is difficult but not as bad with a friend to help.

Plot: This book is mainly about how Viola is the manifestation of Livy's anxiety, a gloomy twin that only Livy can see or understand. Livy tries to counter Viola's harsh judgment, but nothing seems to work until she makes new friends at school. Viola's days, Livy hopes, are sorted.

Artistic Media: Graphic design

Curricular Connections: Mental health/ Anxiety

Personal Response: I personally related to this book a lot. Young girls everyday deal with mental health and have no idea how to even start with remedies.

Teaching Resource: Amazon Prime

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Title: El Deafo

Author: Cece Bell

Illustrator: Cece Bell & David Lasky

Publisher: ‎Harry N. Abrams

Date: September 2, 2014

Number of Pages: 233

Awards: John Newberry

Synopsis: Cece, a deaf bunny who is self-conscious about wearing her Phonic Ear to school, creates the superhero persona El Deafo to gain confidence in making new friends

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Title: Fry Bread

Author: Kevin Noble Milliard

Illustrator: Juana Martinez-Neal

Publisher: Roaring Brook Press

Date:  October 22, 2019

Number of Pages: 48 pages

Awards:  Robert F. Sibert Award - Medal, Amazon.com Best Books of the Year

Synopsis:  The story of a post-colonial food, a shared tradition across the North American continent, is told in the book. This is about more than just food, referencing cultural issues like displacement, starvation, and the struggle to survive.

Genre: food, culture, Native American, Nonfiction,

Theme: Native American Culture

Plot: How to make fry bread in the Native American culture.

Curricular Connections: Culture

Personal Response: I personally thought this book was educational and would be great to read for any class.

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Title: Zara's Rules for Record-Breaking Fun

Author: Hena Khan

Publisher: Salaam Reads

Date published: April 19, 2022

Number of pages: 144

Genre: Fiction

Grade level: 2nd-4th grade

Theme: Worry about being forgotten.

Plot: A family moves to Zara's neighborhood, and she feels annoyed by how the new girl Naomi thinks she can take over. As a rebellion, she wants to break a Guinness World Record to make herself feel like queen again.

Personal Response: This book was entertaining and has a great theme. I enjoyed how Zara didn't give up, and is used to being known by everyone. This reminded my of my elementary scchool years.

Teaching Resources: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Zaras-Rules-for-Record-Breaking-Fun/Hena-Khan/Zaras-Rules/9781534497580

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Title: Forever Cousins

Author: Laurel Goodluck

Illustrator: Jonathan Nelson

Publisher: Charlesbridge

Date: October 4, 2022

Number of Pages: 32

Reading Level: Kindergarten-2nd Grade

Theme: Friendship, Family, and Community

Summary/Plot: This Native American story is about two cousins named Kara and Amanda. They worry about each other 24/7 and always think the other has forgotten about them. As they meet up again, it shows that no time has passed and they are still as close. This story shows family is stronger than anything.

Personal Response: I thought this book was so sweet. I never had a close relationship with my cousins due to them living so far, but every time we would see each other it was obvious that we were family.

Teacher Resource: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/696145/forever-cousins-by-laurel-goodluck-author-jonathan-nelson-illustrator/

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Gotcha: A Funny Fairy Tale hide- and- seek

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Title: Gotcha!

Author: Clotilde Perrin

Illustrator: Perrin, Clotilde

Publisher: Gecko Press

Publication Date: 2022

Number of pages: 22

Genre: Children's Literature, Fiction

Sypnosis: In this horrifyingly funny and unique adventure, a child hides in three well-known fairy tale homes before turning on their hide-and-seek pursuers.

Curricular Connections: Games

Personal Response: Although this is a children's book, is it a little scary. I did thoroughly enjoy it and felt that it was funny and terrifying at the same time.

Teacher Resource: https://geckopress.com/qa-with-clotilde-perrin-gotcha/

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Title: Inside the Villians

Author: Clotilde Perrin

Illustrator: Perrin, Clotilde

Publisher: Gecko Press

Publication Date: September 1, 2018

Number of pages: 12 pages

Genre: Children's literature, Fiction

Summary: A remarkable pop-up book that exposes the darkest secrets of the most well-known fairytale villains, including giants, wolves, and witches. Lift the flaps to get a close-up look at each villain and discover what's concealed behind their ears, beneath their clothing, in their pockets, or even the waiting victim of their last meal.

Curricular connections: bad people, forest

Personal Response: I LOVED THIS book. Not only were the pages fun to play with, but it reminded me of my picture flip books when I was a kid. This is perfect for a younger audience.

Teacher Resource: https://booksellersnz.wordpress.com/2018/11/28/book-review-inside-the-villains-by-clotilde-perrin/

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Title: The Seventh Wish

Author/Illustrator: Kate Messner

Published: Bloomsbury Publishing USA, 2017

Number of Pages: 256

Grade Level: 12-14 years old

Genre: Fantasy Fiction

Theme: enhancing the quality of life for family and friends

Summary: The book's main character Charlie Brennan is trying to find the money for a new dancing dress. Her solution is ice fishing. While this isn't a common way to retrieve money, it ends in the unexpected. She meets a fish that offers her a wish of anything, in order to be set free. This solved both problems in one, the fish is happy and so is Charlie.

Curricular Connections: Cultural representation

Personal Response: I thought this book was interesting, and fulfilling to read. It was slightly confusing, but I loved the meaning of the book. I danced almost all my life, so Charlie and I have something in common. I understand how expensive it is to buy a costume.

Teacher Resources: https://www.bookconnections.org/tb.cgi?tid=51707

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Title: Black River Falls

Author/Illustrator: Jeff Hirsch

Published: Harper Collins, July 5, 2016

Number of Pages: 336 pages

Grade Level: 7-9th, 12 years old and up

Genre: Science Fiction

Theme: Survival, Identity, and Family

Summary: Black River Falls is a small town that was hit by a horrible virus. This virus isn't like any other, it causes you to lose your memory. Cardinal Cassidy is one of the only people in his town that isn't infected. Although he is a teenager, he takes care of a group of children who have the virus because they have no contact with their families.

Curricular Connections: Survival

Personal Response: I found this book intriguing, and mysterious. This would never happen in real life, hopefully, but I got to imagine what it would be like if it did. Cardinal Cassidy was a born leader in this book and took charge. This would be a great book to have students read for an assignment. They could discuss afterward what they would do in a situation similar.

Teacher Resources: https://www.jeff-hirsch.com/new-page-3

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Title: Room on our Rock

Author: Kate and Jol Temple

Illustrator: Terri Rose Baynton

Publication Date: February 2018

Number of Pages:

Genre: Fiction

Theme: Fear and courage, acceptance and rejection

Summary: This book tells the tale of 2 seals, a mother, and her baby calf who have to leave their home. There are two different stories in this book. If you read it from front to back, then it tells the story of the mother and her calf who meet three unwelcoming seals that won't share their home rock. If you read the story from back to front, then it depicts a story of the three seals welcoming the mother and her baby due to their understanding of the old home being ruined. Room on our Rock shows an example of how including someone or excluding someone can change everything.

Personal Response: I found this story heartwarming, and also sad. The front to back story was not as positive as the back to front story.

Teaching resource: http://www.kids-bookreview.com/2018/06/review-room-on-our-rock.html

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Title: Love is Powerful

Author: Heather Dean Brewer

Illustrator: LeUyen Pham

Published: 9/8/2020 Candlewick Press

Number of pages: 32

Genre: Fiction

Grade Level: 5-8 years old

Theme: Peaceful Protest, Women’s March, Family, Love, Confidence, Activism.

Curricular Connections: BIPOC Protagonists

Summary: This book is a heartwarming children's book about a girl named Mari who joins a women's march and spreads the message that "love is powerful" to everyone. During the march, Mari began to get tired, but she didn't want to give up due to all her hard work towards her sign-making. She started to chant the words on her sign out loud, "Love is Powerful" she yelled. This resulted in everyone around her joining in, and chanting with her. Mari realized that no matter how little you are, you can still make a change in the world.

Personal Response: I thought this story was a great teaching resource. As young kids, we all think our opinion doesn't matter. This book reminds us that it does.

Teaching Resource: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/51472368