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Chocolate Fever: Book Talk

A Book Talk is a short introduction of a book to students to activate prior knowledge, build...

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...

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What Is A Friend?

Written by Sylvia Vardell & Janet Wong

To learn to be a good friend, kids need models of friendship. The 41 poems in this book guide us in...

3rd - 7th

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...

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What Is A Family?

Written by Sylvia Vardell & Janet Wong

DNA can tell us who our family members are, but we all know that family means more than just...

3rd - 7th
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Blue Stars: Mission One: The Vice Principal Problem

Written by Cynthia Leitich Smith & Kekla Magoon and Illustrated by Molly Murakami

When cousins Riley Halfmoon and Maya Dawn move to Urbanopolis to live with their activist grandma...

3rd - 7th
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Going for Gold: Wilma Rudolph and the 1960 Olympics

Written by Chris Bowman and Illustrated by Eugene Smith

From a young age, Wilma Rudolph faced many challenges. A childhood polio survivor, she was unable to...

3rd - 7th
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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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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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Goosebumps HorrorLand: The Wizard of Ooze

Written by R.L. Stine
Marco Gonzales and his friend, Gabriella Smith, are excited when they find a special edition of The...
3rd - 7th
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Chocolate Fever

Written by Robert Kimmel Smith and Illustrated by ‎Gioia Fiammenghi
Henry Green loved chocolate probably more than anybody in the world. So much so, that he made...
3rd - 7th

Angelica Banks: Meet the Authors

Meet the authors of Finding Serendipity. Writers Heather Rose and Danielle Wood combined their...

Teacher's Guide to Finding Serendipity and A Week without Tuesday

This guide is aligned with Common Core Standards for the fifth grade but can be applied to grades...

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