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Dreamers: Guide for Families

Dreamers printable guide for families provides hands-on activities and ideas for extension projects...

Dreamers: Extension Activities for Educators

Dreamers printable extension activities for educators provides interdisciplinary-themed, project...

Dreamers: Vocabulary Scaffold

Dreamers printable vocabulary scaffold guide pairs 10 challenge words from the story with short...

The Banana-Leaf Ball: Guide for Educators

The Banana-Leaf Ball printable Guide for Educators provides suggestions for activating student...

The Banana-Leaf Ball: Guide for Families

The Banana-Leaf Ball printable Guide for Families provides hands-on activities and ideas for...

The Banana-Leaf Ball: Extension Activities for Educators

The Banana-Leaf Ball printable extension activities for educators provides interdisciplinary-themed...

The Banana-Leaf Ball: Vocabulary Scaffold

The Banana-Leaf Ball printable vocabulary scaffold guide pairs 10 challenge words from the story...

111 Trees: Guide for Educators

111 Trees: How One Village Celebrates the Birth of Every Girl printable Guide for Educators provides...

111 Trees: Guide for Families

111 Trees: How One Village Celebrates the Birth of Every Girl printable Guide for Families provides...

111 Trees: Extension Activities for Educators

111 Trees: How One Village Celebrates the Birth of Every Girl printable extension activities for...

111 Trees: Vocabulary Scaffold

111 Trees: How One Village Celebrates the Birth of Every Girl printable vocabulary scaffold guide...

Dreamers: Frayer Model

Use this graphic organizer to deepen vocabulary knowledge.

Dreamers: Word Search

After reading Dreamers by Yuyi Morales use this printable and interactive Word Search puzzle to...

Dreamers: Criss Cross

This printable and interactive criss cross puzzle aligns with Dreamers by Yuyi Morales.

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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...

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Mardi Gras Almost Didn't Come This Year

Written by Kathy Z. Price and Illustrated by Carl Joe Williams

That zany beat in our feet is ‘cause of Pop-Pop, our pa. He sure loved himself some Mardi Gras! “It...

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The Paper Boat: A Refugee Story

Written and Illustrated by Thao Lam

At her home in Vietnam, a girl rescues ants from the sugar water set out to trap them. Later, when...

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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...

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111 Trees: How One Village Celebrates the Birth of Every Girl

Written by Rina Singh and Illustrated by Marianne Ferrer

In a small village in India, a boy grows up to make a huge difference in his community by planting...

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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...

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The Memory Coat

Written by Elvira Woodruff and Illustrated by Michael Dooling

This moving story of a Jewish family's immigration to America from Russia may be jeopardized by a...

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Lola Out Loud: Inspired by the Childhood of Activist Dolores Huerta

Written by Jennifer Torres and Illustrated by Sara Palacios

Her grandpa calls her “Lolita Siete Lenguas”—Little Lola, Seven Tongues, all fighting to be heard...

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Four Feet, Two Sandals

Written by Karen Lynn Williams and Illustrated by Khadra Mohammed

When relief workers bring used clothing to the refugee camp, everyone scrambles to grab whatever...

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Drum Dream Girl

Written by Margarita Engle and Illustrated by Rafael Lopez

Girls cannot be drummers. Long ago on an island filled with music, no one questioned that rule—until...

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