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Great oil painting illustration and appropriate for elementary aged readers. This book teaches the process of planing and also ties in the emotional context of kindness. Great tool to teach social emotional skills along with beyond the text conversations about kindness, and how it relates to planting.

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Coming Home: From The Life of Langston Hughes

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Coming Home: From The Life of Langston Hughes

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Long and involved text appearance. I would recommend for an upper elementary or middle school population. Great use when introducing different African American artists, in this case Langston Hughes being a well known writer and poet. The illustrations are involved and rich with color. A teaching point would be more focused on reading comprehension and beyond the text discussion.

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This book is about a young boy named Clay Hernandez who shares his family and lifestyle as a Mexican American. I like this book because it shows a child sharing his culture and how it differs from others through traditions, family, and food. This book is appropriate for elementary grades, however, could be used for middle in a discussion about culture and traditions as it relates to society.

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This book is great for inquisitive readers and struggling readers. The book provides great detailed real life pictures of planets in the solar system that could help struggling readers. Also the book provides great detail and facts on the planets that could cater to the inquisitive reader. I believe this would gear toward upper elementary, however can go into middle school.

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I like this book because although it's primary information is on the planet Mars, it is short and provides great real life illustrations. This book would serve as a great teaching tool for reading comprehension, recalling facts and important details about Mars.

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I Wonder If Sea Cows Give Milk: and Other Neat Facts about Unusual Animals.

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I Wonder If Sea Cows Give Milk: and Other Neat Facts about Unusual Animals.

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This book is great for upper elementary and inquisitive children when it comes to animals. The only downfall to this book is that the illustrations are not very engaging and the small text can be intimidating for a struggling reader who shares an interest in learning about animals.

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A short book that includes a great detail of information as it relates to sound. The book talks about sound in the world, people, animals, and how sound travels. This book would be appropriate for an elementary population, more specifically third grade. Great teaching tool for science and beyond the text conversations.

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When Marian Sang: The True Recital of Marian Anderson

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When Marian Sang: The True Recital of Marian Anderson

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I like this book because it talked about an important singer that is often overlooked. Marian Anderson drew an integrated crowd during the time of Civil Rights America. Her music and voice showcased her struggles and strength as she contributed to the change in her time. This book would be great to teach Civil Rights America.

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Folktale
This book would be good for elementary as students learn about folktales. The book is about a legend named John Henry who died fighting for men to keep their jobs working on the train tracks over the industry who was pushing for a more efficient and faster way to lay down the train tracks.

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This is a good book when it comes to teaching life cycles for an early elementary population. It explains the simple concepts and life cycle of a caterpillar to a butterfly. The illustrations greatly support the text as it provides an easy-read format for young children.

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I thought this book was good and appropriate for elementary age population. This book talks about a particular raindrop's journey through the water cycle. A good teaching point would be related to science and sequencing.

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This book is excellent and introduces Rosa Parks as a child explaining her life struggles from being in school, interacting with other children, and the issue of race inequality in America. The book is appropriate for young elementary readers as the text closely resembles that of a comic book.

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This is a great book for the purpose of exposing students to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous "I Have a Dream" speech. This book would be appropriate for upper elementary and would be a great tool used for comprehension and beyond the text discussions as it relates to civil rights.

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I liked this book because it provided a different perspective of segregation as it pertained to the Hispanic culture. The book is rich with illustrations that depict the struggles the main character goes through and would be appropriate for elementary students. I believe this book would be great to teach civil rights and how other races were affected.

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Sit-In: How Four Friends Stood Up by Sitting Down

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Sit-In: How Four Friends Stood Up by Sitting Down

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I like this book because of the historical reference about the time of segregation in the United States. The students can learn from this book in the context of racial equality and growing civil rights. I would use this book as a teaching point in social studies as the students learn about civil rights and segregation.