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The Tyrell Show

The Tyrell Show: Season One

Written by Miles Grose and Illustrated by Shaz Enrico Lym
RIF Summer Camp: Artistic Avenues Badge. The Tyrell Show: Season One follows 11-year-old Tyrell as he navigates the stresses of sixth grade by hosting an imaginary, real-time podcast in his head.
3rd - 7th
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Where's Waldo?

Written and Illustrated by Martin Handford
RIF's 60th Anniversary Highlighted Book for 1987. Readers search crowded, detailed scenes to find Waldo and his friends in this interactive picture book phenomenon.
K - 4th

Whoosh! Lonnie Johnson's Super Soaking Stream of Inventions: Guide for Families (አማርኛ)

Use this Discussion Guide before, during, and after reading with your child.

Pierre the Penguin: Guide for Families (አማርኛ)

Use this Discussion Guide before, during, and after reading with your child.

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Explosion at the Poem Factory

Written by Kyle Lukoff and Illustrated by Mark Hoffmann
RIF Summer Camp: Artistic Avenues Badge. When piano teacher Kilmer Watts loses his job, he takes a position at a poem factory where poetry is produced by machines and assembly lines. As he learns to build poems using technical elements, everything changes when the machines break down.
1st - 4th

Follow Chester!: Guide for Families (Español)

Follow Chester!: A College Football Team Fights Racism and Makes History printable Guide for...

The Banana-Leaf Ball: Guide for Families (Español)

The Banana-Leaf Ball: How Play Can Change the World printable Guide for Families provides hands-on...

The Book Itch: Guide for Families (Español)

The Book Itch printable Guide for Families provides hands-on activities and ideas for extension...

Follow Chester: Guide for Educators

Follow Chester!: A College Football Team Fights Racism and Makes History printable Guide for...

Follow Chester: Guide for Families

Follow Chester!: A College Football Team Fights Racism and Makes History printable Guide for...

Follow Chester: Extension Activities for Educators

Follow Chester!: A College Football Team Fights Racism and Makes History printable extension...

Follow Chester: Vocabulary Scaffold

Follow Chester!: A College Football Team Fights Racism and Makes History printable vocabulary...

The Book Itch: Guide for Educators

The Book Itch: Freedom, Truth & Harlem's Greatest Bookstore printable guide for educators provides...

The Book Itch: Guide for Families

The Book Itch: Freedom, Truth & Harlem's Greatest Bookstore printable guide for families provides...

The Book Itch: Extension Activities for Educators

The Book Itch: Freedom, Truth & Harlem's Greatest Bookstore printable extension activities for...

The Book Itch: Vocabulary Scaffold

The Book Itch: Freedom, Truth & Harlem's Greatest Bookstore printable vocabulary scaffold guide...

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Wild River

Written by Rodman Philbrick
RIF Summer Camp: Reading Explorers Badge. Told from four perspectives, this story follows a group of very different kids whose lives unexpectedly intersect over the course of one day. When a prank leaves Virgil trapped in a well, the others must rely on courage, determination, and teamwork to find and rescue him. Along the way, they discover friendship, embrace their differences, and learn what it means to be a hero.
4th - 8th
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The Banana-Leaf Ball: How Play Can Change the World

Written and Illustrated by Katie Smith Milway

Separated from his family when they were forced to flee their home, a young East African boy named...

3rd - 7th
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Follow Chester!: A College Football Team Fights Racism and Makes History

Written by Gloria Respress-Churchwell and Illustrated by Laura Freeman

In 1947, no African American player can play at a southern school; in return, the opposing team...

1st - 4th
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The Book Itch: Freedom, Truth & Harlem's Greatest Bookstore

Written by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson and Illustrated by R. Gregory Christie

In the 1930s, Lewis's dad, Lewis Michaux Sr., had an itch he needed to scratch―a book itch. How to...

2nd - 5th

Whoosh! Lonnie Johnson's Super Soaking Stream of Inventions: Guide for Families (en Español)

Use this Discussion Guide before, during, and after reading with your child.

Pierre the Penguin: Guide for Families (en Español)

Use this Discussion Guide before, during, and after reading with your child.

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Greetings from Witness Protection!

Written by Jake Burt

The marshals are looking for the perfect girl to join a mother, father, and son on the run from the...

4th - 6th
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Lizzie Demands a Seat

Written by Beth Anderson

In 1854, Elizabeth "Lizzie" Jennings, an African American schoolteacher, fought back when she was...

2nd - 5th

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