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Farm On Nippersink Creek

Farm On Nippersink Creek: Stories from a Midwestern Childhood

Written by Jim May
Discover a heartwarming collection of stories about growing up in the rural Midwest during the 1950s.
3rd - 10th
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Big Doc's Girl

Big Doc's Girl

Written by Mary Medearis
Big Doc's Girl is a classic coming-of-age story set in rural Arkansas, following a young woman named Mary as she balances her dreams of becoming a concert pianist with her family responsibilities.
3rd - 6th

The Doctor With an Eye for Eyes: Guide for Families (en Español)

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

The Doctor with an Eye for Eyes: Guide for Families (አማርኛ)

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

The Doctor with an Eye for Eyes: Guide For Families

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

Follow Chester: Extension Activities for Educators

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

The Book Itch: Extension Activities for Educators

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

The Doctor with an Eye for Eyes: Discussion Guide

Discussion guide for using before, during and after reading.

The Doctor with an Eye for Eyes: Frayer Model

Use this graphic organizer to deepen vocabulary knowledge.

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The Doctor with an Eye for Eyes: The Story of Dr. Patricia Bath

Written by Julia Finley Mosca and Illustrated by Daniel Rieley
Meet Dr. Bath―the scientist who never lost sight of her dreams!
Pre-K - 4th
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Finding Langston

Written by Lesa Cline-Ransome

It's 1946. Langston's mother has just died, and now they're leaving the rest of his family and...

4th - 7th
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Human Kindness: True Stories of Compassion and Generosity that Changed the World

Written by John Francis and Illustrated by Josy Bloggs

Join the Planetwalker, John Francis, on an exploration of kindness, great and small. From the...

3rd - 7th
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How to Make a Better World: For Every Kid Who Wants to Make a Difference

Written by Keilly Swift and Illustrated by Rhys Jefferys

If you are a kid with big dreams and a passion for what is right, you just might be a world-changer...

2nd - 4th
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The Bell Witch Haunting (Paranormal Mysteries)

Written by Blake Hoena and Illustrated by D. Brady

On a small farm in rural Tennessee, a mysterious spirit was tormenting a family. Quilts were pulled...

3rd - 8th
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Artifact Hunters

Written by Janet Fox

Isaac Wolf can travel through time. But he's also in a race against it.

With tensions in Prague...

3rd - 7th
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American as Paneer Pie

Written by Supriya Kelkar

As the only Indian American kid in her small town, Lekha Divekar feels like she has two versions of...

3rd - 7th
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Like Nothing Amazing Ever Happened

Written by Emily Blejwas

A poignant story of a boy picking up the pieces of his life after the unexpected death of his father...

4th - 7th
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Flooded Earth

Written by Mardi McConnochie

Twins Will and Annalie thought the hardest part about this year was going to be their separation...

4th - 7th
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Most Perfect Thing in the Universe

Written by Tricia Springstubb

Eleven-year-old Loah Londonderry is definitely a homebody. While her mother, a noted ornithologist...

4th - 7th
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The Hero Next Door: A We Need Diverse Books Anthology

From We Need Diverse Books, the organization behind Flying Lessons & Other Stories, comes another...

3rd - 7th
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Me and Sam Sam Handle the Apocalypse

Written by Susan Vaught

Jesse is on the case when money goes missing from the library and her dad is looking like the #1...

3rd - 7th
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The Season of Styx Malone

Written by Kekla Magoon

Meet Caleb and Bobby Gene, two brothers embarking on a madcap, heartwarming, one-thing-leads-to...

3rd - 7th
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Bird in Me Flies

Written by Sara Lundberg

What do you do when it feels impossible to live up to everything expected of you? When the only...

4th - 7th
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The Roswell UFO Incident (Paranormal Mysteries)

Written by Blake Hoena and Illustrated by Tate Yotter

In the late 1940s, the world watched as a small town in New Mexico was splashed across newspaper...

3rd - 8th

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