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Kasturi : Different Kind Of Families

Hazel :

Hidayah : Generational Solidarity

Ell : Speaking Up Feelings

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Topic: Diversity

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All Kinds Of Families By Suzanne Lang (Published in June 2020)

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This book celebrates the diversity of families through a charming story that embraces inclusivity and acceptance. The book portrays various family structures, highlighting that families can be different sizes, have different members, and come in various forms. From single-parent families to extended families, stepfamilies, and families with same-sex parents, the story emphasizes that what matters most is love and togetherness. It's a heartwarming book that encourages children to appreciate the uniqueness of every family and promotes understanding and respect for all types of familial relationships.

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This joyful rhyming book encourages children to value the “different” in all people, leading the way to a kinder world in which the differences in all of us are celebrated and embraced.

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A Sikh father and daughter with a special hair bond proudly celebrate and share a family tradition in this charming story perfect for fans of Hair Love and I Love My Hair!

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Topic:

Zahirah - Culture

Uzma - Mentall wellness

Shina - Feelings

Dhivya - Festivals

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Written by: Brad Montague. Illustrations by: Kristi Montague  (Published May 18, 2021_

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Book Sypnosis:

This is the story of a circle. When we're first born, our circle is small, but as we grow and build relationships, our circle keeps getting bigger and bigger to include family, friends, neighbours, community, and beyond. It can be terrifying and uncomfortable for children as they step into the unknown, hence this picture book adaptation is the perfect way to start a conversation about expanding our worlds with kindness and inclusivity. This book is suitable for K2 children as they are moving on and stepping into a new phase of their life, which is going to Primary School, or any milestone that celebrates someone's world getting bigger.

A little extra note about the book: Brad Montague created Circles as an Instagram video adorably narrated by his kids. It became a book!

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Seven-year-old Zuri unsuccessfully attempts to style her hair using a hair tutorial video made by her mother, Angela. Her father, Stephen, tries to style her hair himself and fails, upsetting Zuri. Zuri and Stephen then watch the video together and pull off the style. They enter a hospital room where her mother is wearing a scarf and sitting in a wheelchair. She removes her scarf to reveal that her head is completely bald, the result of chemotherapy for cancer. The family members hug each other and return home together.

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The Color Monster, feeling all mixed up inside, sets out on a journey to sort through his feelings. With the help of a kind friend, he learns to identify each emotion and places them in their own jars, neatly organizing his thoughts and feelings.

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All people are beautiful. All cultures are beautiful. All languages are beautiful. Celebrating our differences is beautiful. What better way to talk about diversity and acceptance than with bright colors, fun artwork, and interactive ways children can enjoy while they read.

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Mental Wellness part: When everyone around you spreads a lot of negativity and you are the only one trying to hold the group together. Eventually, you'll crack and break when there is no support.

Uzma's Book 1

About the book:

A story about very good egg. It's so hard to be a good egg when everyone is a rotten egg. The other eggs in the dozen behave badly and the good egg starts to crack from all the pressure of feeling like he has to be perfect.

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Showcasing diverse family structures and characters through bright, colorful artwork, Smooch engages young readers through familiar circumstances and humor and caregivers through touching sentiment. Perfect for showcasing the permanent bond of love in a fun way, or for children dealing with any kind of separation anxiety.

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Mental Wellness part:

Constant thoughts that you have to be "cool for school". Feeling pressured that you have to do everything just to fit in.

Uzma's Book 2

About the book:

There are cool beans in school, and then there’s an uncool bean. Always on the sidelines, the uncool bean unsuccessfully tries everything he can to fit in with the crowd — until one day the cool beans show him how it’s done.

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A pure celebration of all the different human bodies that exist in the world. Highlighting the various skin tones, body shapes, and hair types is just the beginning in this truly inclusive book.

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Kanzi’s family has moved from Egypt to America, and on her first day in a new school, what she wants more than anything is to fit in. Maybe that’s why she forgets to take the kofta sandwich her mother has made for her lunch, but that backfires when Mama shows up at school with the sandwich. Mama wears a hijab and calls her daughter Habibti (dear one). When she leaves, the teasing starts.

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Everything Changes by Clare Helen and Åsa Gilland (Published in September 2021)

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"Everything Changes" by Clare Helen Walsh, illustrated by Åsa Gilland, tells the story of a young girl named Martha who navigates the changes in her life, including moving to a new home and adjusting to a blended family. Through the ups and downs, Martha learns that change can bring unexpected opportunities for growth and love, ultimately discovering the importance of resilience and embracing new beginnings.

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When I'm Gone by Marguerite McLaren. Illustrations by Hayley Wells. Published on 9 March 2023

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Book Sypnosis:

This book teaches children how to cope with loss like the loss of their loved ones. Some days, it will be difficult as we remember the good times that we have with our loved ones but also teaches us that, we too can celebrate those good times that we once had.

This book is suitable for K2 as it uses simple language but, yet allows them to be able to resonate and understand. They might not necessarily have a loss of a loved one yet but it could happen to anyone that they love in the future. It gently addresses the feeling of missing someone and any emotions tag along with the feeling of loss in a safe space.

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It is a book about finding interesting words for interesting feelings. It explores what lots of feeling words really mean and which words best describe the many feelings a child may have.

The book discusses 20 different feelings from happy to mischievous. The child is encouraged to identify these feelings in ways that are healthy and easy to understand.

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A book about loving your name, finding your voice, and standing up for yourself.

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Christina Furnival (Author), Katie Dwyer (Illustrator) 2021

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Ell: The Not-So-Friendly Friend: How To Set Boundaries for Healthy Friendships

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Ell: The Not-So-Friendly Friend: How To Set Boundaries for Healthy Friendships

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By teaching children about the importance and value of setting boundaries for healthy friendships, this book provides children the tools they need to foster their social confidence and emotional well-being.

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Hana's hundreds of Hijab ( September 2022)

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Hana's hundreds of Hijab ( September 2022)

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Hana has a humongous collection of hijabs and accessories - and her hijab is always styled superbly. But when her overflowing collection gets a little out of hand, Hana knows something needs to be done and comes up with a clever plan for sharing her talents and possessions with her community

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Originally published: 1 April, 2020                  Author: Jen Malia  Illustrator: Joanne Lew-Vriethoff           

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Book synopsis:

This book is about an autistic girl named Holly who loves science but has to overcome her fear of sticky hands to participate in a slime experiment at school.   Holly has challenges due to her autism and sensory issues.  At home, she has trouble communicating with her family and eating pancakes with sticky syrup.  At school, she has difficulty with social interactions and is worried about touching slime.  But with the support of her family, teacher, and classmates, Holly gets the accommodations she needs in an inclusive and loving environment.  She gains confidence while trying something new—making slime.

This book is suitable for K2 children to know some of their friends are different, how they will feel, why they have big reaction to something they don't like or sensitive with, and how can we accept them and help them when they are overwhelmed.

Little highlight for this book author- Jen Malia, she is an autistic mom and she have three autistic children.

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Written by Sonia Sotomayor Illustration by: Angela Dominguez Publication date: 25 January 2022

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Every night when Sonia goes to bed, Mami asks her the same question: How did you help today? And since Sonia wants to help her community, just like her Mami does, she always makes sure she has a good answer to Mami's question.

In a story inspired by her own family's desire to help others, Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor takes young readers on a journey through a neighborhood where kids and adults, activists and bus drivers, friends and strangers all help one another to build a better world for themselves and their community.

This book shows how we can all help make the world a better place each and every day.

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Written by: Jayneen Sanders Illustration by: Camila Carrossine Publication date: 17 November 2022

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The aim of this story is to ensure all kids understand that kids with disability are just like kids everywhere. They love playing games, books, making stuff and being silly. They have things they are good at and things they need to work on. And just like kids everywhere they want to feel safe, loved and included. This book provides the reader with ways they can be more inclusive in their play and encourages the celebration of diversity in all its unique and wonderful forms. Children will come away with a growing understanding that people everywhere have differing abilities, and this only makes the world a more colourful, exciting, diverse and amazing place.

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The Night Before Eid: A Muslim Family Story (Dhivya)

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The Night Before Eid: A Muslim Family Story (2023)

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The Night Before Eid: A Muslim Family Story (2023)

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This story follows a young boy named Zain on the special night before Eid al-Fitr, the holiday celebrating the end of Ramadan.

Excitement fills the air as Zain's grandmother Teita , arrives with a suitcase full of exotic ingredients such ghee, dates and honey all the way from Egypt. Together, Zain his mother and Teita bake Teita's famous ka'ak, a traditional sweet treat. As they knead the dough and decorate the cookies, Teita shares stories and songs from her homeland, weaving in lessons about Egyptian history and the joy of Eid.

This heartwarming picture book captures the essence of Eid – a time for family, delicious food, and celebrating faith. It also beautifully portrays the cultural traditions passed down through generations.

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Author: Thrity Umrigar Illustrator: Nidhi Chanani (Dhivya)

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Binny's Diwali is a children's book about a little girl named Binny who is excited to share her favorite holiday, Diwali, the Festival of Lights, with her classmates.

At first, Binny feels nervous about speaking up, but she gathers her courage and describes the wonders of Diwali. She talks about the beautiful fireworks, delicious treats like jalebis and pedas, and the traditional clay lamps called diyas. Binny even brings in decorations and sweets to share with her friends.

Through Binny's experience, the book celebrates the traditions of Diwali and the joy of sharing one's culture with others. It also highlights the beauty of diversity and the wonder of different religious festivals.

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An engaging story that helps to create awareness of the blind and visually impaired.

When Yusuf is told to do a show-and-tell activity on his family’s favourite colours, he is unsure if he should ask Uncle Daniel, who is blind. But Yusuf soon learns that Uncle Daniel knows of many colours; he even has a favourite.

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This book describes the grievances of losing the little ones. We can still feel connected with our loved ones in heaven, by praying for them.

The book enables the adult to read with the young ones about the loss and grief.

It serves as an educational resource for parents to relate the loss of feelings for the loved ones. (Published in 2020)

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This story is about what do families look like? Who’s in your family? And how can families change? With delightful illustrations, this glorious celebration of family diversity talks about lone-parent families, adoptive, foster, divorced, remarried, and mixed race families, and lots, lots more, showing little children that families come in all shapes and sizes.

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A Day With No Words by Tiffany Hammond (2023)

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A Day With No Words by Tiffany Hammond (2023)

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This story is about the bond between mother and child and how they use a tablet to communicate with those around them. It sheds light into how families who uses nonverbal communication utilizes tools like tablets to help "speak" to one another. It promotes normalizing different communication methods outside our typical verbal speech, as well as providing representation of neurodiversity and autism in a way that affirms and celebrates differences.

It is written by an autistic mother of 2 autistic sons.

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A Day With No Words [Hammond, Tiffany, Cosgrove, Kate] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. A Day With No Words

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Written by: Corrina Luyken     Published January 1, 2021

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Through poetic text and exquisite illustrations of children reveling in nature, this picture book explores the various ways we as human beings are strong, creative, and connected to others. Each of us is like a tree, with roots and fruit, and an enduring link to everything else in nature. The tree in me is strong. It bends in the wind, and has roots that go deep . . . to where other roots reach up toward their own trunk-branch-crown and sky.

As Corinna Luyken did in her award-winning My Heart, she again provides an invigorating conversation-starter that contains a world of truths--about self-esteem, community, and living a meaningful life.

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You are always enough and more than I hope for

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You are always enough and more than I hope for

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Emily's first picture book You're Always Enough: And More Than I Hoped For is a special parent-child book that builds self-confidence in children by filling them with love, offering grace, and inviting them to find their own way to become who they're meant to be.

From a very early age, we learn to struggle with mistakes, fear messing up, and worry about not being good enough. But Emily Ley's life-giving message of "grace, not perfection" gives kids the freedom to be themselves without any expectations--because they're already fully loved and treasured just the way they are. Pairing heartwarming rhymes with a timeless art style, this picture book

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Written by: Rachel Ip Illustrated by: Natelle Quek Publication date: 11 April 2024

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When Poppy and Robin's parents separate, everything starts to change around them. They soon have two homes, different routines and big mixed up feelings.

But as family life begins to take new shape, the siblings discover that even the biggest changes in life get easier, and happiness can grow again, if you take it one day at a time...

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Written by: Shannon Olsen Illustrated by: Sandie Sonke                  Publication date: 19 May 2021

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A letter from your teacher: On the First day of school

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A letter from your teacher: On the First day of school

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From the author and illustrator of Our Class is a Family, this heartwarming picture book helps teachers in welcoming their new group of students on the first day of school. Through a letter written from the teacher’s point of view, students are given the message that their new teacher is someone they will get to form a special bond with. Their teacher is not only there to help them academically, but also to cheer them on, and to provide a caring, safe environment for them to learn and grow. During back to school time, teachers are wanting to set the tone for the new year. In addition to establishing rules and procedures, they are ready to get to know their kids and start building positive relationships. This is a read aloud that helps with laying that foundation, and it serves as a great starting point for get-to-know-you activities and class community building. There is a blank space on the last page for teachers to sign their own name, so that students know that the letter in the book is coming straight from them. With its sincere message and inclusive illustrations, A Letter From Your Teacher is a valuable addition to any elementary school teacher’s classroom library.

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The BIG Feelings book for children - Sharon Selby (2022)

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The BIG Feelings book for children - Sharon Selby (2022)

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This book talks about the big emotions and how children can learn to manage those big emotions as well as providing children with strategies on how to deal when they are hit by this big emotions and feelings.

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The Big Feelings Book for Children: Mindfulness Moments to Manage Anger, Excitement, Anxiety, and Sadness

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It's normal for kids to experience feelings so big that they're hard to manage! Everyone feels angry sometimes--or sad, or excited! That's why The Big Feelings Book for Children is filled with engaging exercises that show kids how to use mindfulness to work through tough emotions and feel happier fast.

What sets this book apart from other feelings books for children:

4 big feelings --Kids will learn how to handle anger, excitement, anxiety, and sadness with helpful mindfulness activities.

Different ways to find calm --This book offers a mix of peaceful exercises that encourage kids either to move their body or pause and breathe.

Strategies for kids --Discover beginner-friendly activities with colorful pictures and clear instructions that make it easy for kids ages 5 to 7 to practice mindfulness.

Give little ones the tools they need to manage big feelings with this top choice in emotion books for kids.

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The Big Feelings Book for Children: Mindfulness Moments to Manage Anger, Excitement, Anxiety, and Sadness

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The Big Feelings Book for Children: Mindfulness Moments to Manage Anger, Excitement, Anxiety, and Sadness : Selby, Sharon: Amazon.sg: Books

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The book reassures children that the world is safe. Life is always good, and hurting hearts can heal and mend back to happiness. It provides comfort during difficult times. It helps the children to grieve in a healthy ways, friendly, a positive, and life-affirming help to cope with loss as a child. (Published in 2020)

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Written by: Vanessa Brantley-Newton. Publication date: 12 July 2022

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I am a canvas
Being painted on
By the words of my family
Friends
And community

From Vanessa Brantley-Newton, the author of Grandma's Purse, comes a collection of poetry filled with engaging mini-stories about girls of all kinds: girls who feel happy, sad, scared, powerful; girls who love their bodies and girls who don't; country girls, city girls; girls who love their mother and girls who wish they had a father. With bright portraits in Vanessa's signature style of vibrant colors and unique patterns and fabrics, this book invites readers to find themselves and each other within its pages

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Author:	Steve Asbell Illustrated by:	Steve Asbell             Published March 26, 2024  

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Flap Your Hands: A Celebration of Stimming

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Flap Your Hands: A Celebration of Stimming

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Synopsis:

This fascinating, groundbreaking picture book by an autistic creator celebrates stims--the repetitive movements that provide focused stimulation to people on the autistic spectrum.

When you're feeling overwhelmed
And the world's too much to bear...
If your feelings bubble over
But they have no place to go...
Maybe it would help to move!
Want to try a stim?

When four neurodivergent kids face some stressful moments, they use body movements called stims to self-regulate their emotions. One boy tickles the space next to his face; a girl flutters her fingers by her ears; another boy kicks his feet like splashy flippers; another girl directs her hands like a conductor! As the children say fun words, flap their hands, and engage in other stims, their actions build in energy and joyousness until their inner calm is restored.

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What will you be? -Yamile Saied Mendez (2021)

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What will you be? -Yamile Saied Mendez (2021)

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Endless possibilities with limitless potential is what we can be when we grow up.

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What Will You Be  by Yamile Saied Mendez and Kate Alizadeh Read Aloud by Dana Reads

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written by Kjersten Hayes             illustrated by Gladys Jose               Published by April 2020      

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Synopsis:

Elephants are great at many things...playing hide-and-seek is not one of them.

But The Elephant Hobby and Sport League is here to help all those frustrated, always "found" elephants out there with The Elephants' Guide to Hide-and-Seek. This handy guide offers sympathy, support and superior hiding solutions to elephants who long to overcome their size disadvantage when playing hide-and-seek.

A hilarious tongue-in-cheek book perfect for elephants and their best human pals.

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From blended families to foster families and all the families in-between, this colorful, inclusive picture book teaches children and grown-ups alike that no matter how a family is created, what truly makes a family is CHOOSING to LOVE.

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Why Do I Feel So Sad? By Tracy Lambert. Illustrated by Elena Napoli. Published on 28 July 2020

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This book is about overcoming grief and the different ways to overcome grief. Grief in many forms like changing school, death of a loved ones etc. It may look different for everyone and it reassures children that they are not alone in feeling, there's no right way to feel or heal.

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The Dinosaur Expect - Margaret McNamara (2018)

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The Dinosaur Expect - Margaret McNamara (2018)

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Mr. Tiffin and his students are back in another picture book, and this time the focus is on dinosaur-loving Kimmy. During a field trip to the natural history museum, Kimmy is thrilled to share what she knows about the Stegosaurus and the Archaeopteryx and even the ginormous Titanosaurus. That changes when one of her classmates questions whether girls can be paleontologists. Kimmy starts to feel shy. What if they can't? What if no one wants to hear what she has to say? It will take some help from Mr. Tiffin--and from a famous scientist--for Kimmy to find her voice again.

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"A pivotal moment in a child's life, handled with grace and sensitivity rather than conflict or ineffective lecturing."-starred review

"A beautifully crafted picture book."- Booklist, starred review

"This story is illustrated with great care and attention to detail from page one, and the text and artwork work together in harmony to bring home powerful messages about gender equality, evolving to improve, and being careful with the feelings of others."- School Library Journal, starred review

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The Dinosaur Expert by Margaret McNamara: 9780553511437 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

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Join Mr. Tiffin and his students on a trip to a natural history museum and learn all about dinosaurs and the scientists who discovered them! Mr. Tiffin and his students are back in another picture book,...