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The Way I Used to Be

Written by Amber Smith

Eden was always good at being good. Starting high school didn’t change who she was. But the night...

9th - 12th
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Primeiros amigos/First Friends: As Formas/Shapes (Bilingual Portuguese & English)

Written by Mk Smith Despres and Illustrated by Aya Watanabe
Pre-K - Pre-K
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First Friends: Shapes

Written by Mk Smith Despres and Illustrated by Aya Watanabe

In our day care class, it's time to play. Let's find shapes along the way! There are triangles...

Pre-K - Pre-K
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Primeros amigos: Los números/First Friends: Numbers (Bilingual Spanish & English)

Written by Mk Smith Despres and Illustrated by Aya Watanabe

At drop off there's one kiss goodbye, one hug hello, and ten waves goodbye when it's time to go...

Pre-K - Pre-K
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First Friends: Numbers

Written by Mk Smith Despres and Illustrated by Aya Watanabe

At drop off there's one kiss goodbye, one hug hello, and ten waves goodbye when it's time to go...

Pre-K - Pre-K

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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Clock Striker, Volume 2: The Sharing Society

Written by Issaka Galadima with Frederick L. Jones

Clock Striker, Volume 2, is the exciting follow-up to the acclaimed first volume, featuring shonen...

7th - 9th
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Clock Striker, Volume 1: "I'm Gonna Be a SMITH!"

Written by Issaka Galadima with Frederick L. Jones

Clock Striker, now in graphic novel format, follows Shonen manga’s first Black female lead hero...

7th - 9th
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Rain Is Not My Indian Name

Written by Cynthia L. Smith
It's been six months since Cassidy Rain Berghoff’s best friend, Galen, died, and up until now she has succeeded in shutting herself off from the world.
6th - 8th

American Family Smith

Use this leveled reading passage with your students to practice fluency, build background knowledge...

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The True Story of the Three Little Pigs

Written by Jon Scieszka and Illustrated by Lane Smith

In this hysterical and clever fracture fairy tale picture book that twists point of view and...

K - 3rd
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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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Ordinary Mary's Extraordinary Deed

Written by Emily Pearson and Illustrated by Fumi Kosaka

Can one child's good deed change the world? It can when she’s Ordinary Mary―an ordinary girl from an...

2nd - 6th
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I Can Get Paid for That?

Written by Jo Stewart

This book is both an inspirational and a practical guidebook, and it profiles 99 interesting...

6th - 12th
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Read for Success: Perspectives & Perseverance
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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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Small in the City

Written and Illustrated by Sydney Smith

It can be a little scary to be small in a big city, but it helps to know you're not alone.

When you...

Pre-K - 2nd

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