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Are you ready to embark on an exciting financial adventure with Bryce the Basketball Player? Join Bryce as he dribbles through the world of budgeting, teaching readers valuable financial lessons about money management. Discover the secrets to financial success as Bryce shares his wisdom on achieving a financial slam dunk. Learn how to take control of your income, track your expenses, and make smart financial choices. Dive into the pages of "Slam-Dunk...
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• Celebrates everyday heroes: Imagine a Garden shows readers how small acts of kindness, courage, and creativity can impact the lives of others.
• Rooted in real life: the seven poetic vignettes showcase the stories of real individuals making a difference in their communities.
• Critically acclaimed author: Rina Singh's previous books have received starred reviews from Kirkus, Publishers Weekly, and Booklist.
• Unique, stunning art...
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Join us for the first book of the CADY WHIRLWIND THUNDER MYSTERIES Winner of the Historical Society of Michigan's book award for Children & Youth (2020) Winner of the Midwest Book Award for Young Adult Fiction (2020) Winner of the Upper Peninsula Notable Books award (2020) Cady, a 13-year-old girl of Native American heritage, has experienced major changes in the past year-her father's marriage to a younger woman, a new baby brother, and a move from...
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Tecky watched his very old beaver hat fly into a puddle. Again. When would his new school bullies stop sneering at him, for being a Chief's son; descended from the great chief, Tecumseh, of the Shawnee people. The jeering slobs watched him cycle towards his sisters, who were waiting to grab him, like the old game. Living with their grandparents, managers of a trailer park for addicted Native Americans, was a new experience for the girls and Tecky....
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You probably know that plants and animals are different just by looking at them. But, if you were to look at samples of their cells, would you be able to differentiate them? Fret not, this book will teach you how scientists identify plants and animals by focusing on their similarities and differences at a microscopic level.
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>>World Whisperer Book 1
Rich with adventure and magic, Rachel Devenish Ford's debut fantasy is the tale of a fearful girl stepping into her true destiny.
As a fifteen-year-old outsider girl in the Worker village, Isika is destined for endless drudgery, serving her priest stepfather and worshiping the four goddesses of the Worker people. She doesn't fit in and she hates the goddesses, but her mother is dead, and her three remaining siblings need...
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44 pages / 6800 wordsSimon's world is finally turning around. He's at last gotten his very first real job, working at a local pet store in Grafton, Massachusetts. He's out of the reach of his overbearing older brother who somehow manages to do everything perfectly. Captain of the football team. Captain of the baseball team. In comparison, Simon is a failure. Nothing in his life ever seems to be right.
Even when Cindy starts hanging out at the pet...
88) Otoño en Londres
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«El hotel Ellesmere se halla al sur de Hyde Park, en uno de los barrios más elitistas de Londres, hogar del creador de Peter Pan: el célebre South Kensington».
Allí va a parar LILY, admitida en la universidad gracias a una beca y atónita por su lujosa residencia. Para MEREDITH, ese ambiente es muy común, al igual que para AVA, más interesada en que sus secretos no salgan a la luz pese a la insistencia de CONNOR, ese chico coreano que siempre...
89) World Whisperer
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A devastating sacrifice. A daring rescue. A new world of magic unveiled.
As a fourteen-year-old outsider girl in the Worker village, Isika is destined for endless drudgery, serving her priest stepfather and worshiping the four goddesses of the Worker people. She doesn't fit in and she hates the goddesses, but her mother is dead, and her three remaining siblings need her to be good and keep them safe. She can't think of anything beyond surviving each...
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The story of the Stonewall uprising has been adapted for young children in this book with a timeless message.A yellow square struggles to belong in a world full of pink circles and blue triangles. When she is rejected, she finds a home at Stonewall, a place where everyone understands that being different is good. All is well until the pink circles and blue triangles decide Stonewall must be destroyed.The Yellow Square of Stonewall is a story that...
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«En Las Vegas, el tiempo se congela entre fiestas y casinos».
Y por eso no es sorprendente que MEREDITH vaya a ir, aunque sí que lo es su propuesta. AVA no puede dejar de pensar que ahí hay algo extraño, por más que CONNOR intente tranquilizarla y que LILY no desconfíe porque lo único que quiere es no pensar en TOM ni FINN ni XIMENA ni JASMINE, puesto que lo que ha pasado es horrible, atroz, y ¿por qué OLIVER no puede limitarse a desaparecer...
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This very readable overview of natural history explores the dynamics that have made our planet so rich in biodiversity over time and supported the rise and dominance of our own species. Tracing the arc of evolutionary history, biologist William C. Burger shows that cooperation and symbiosis have played a critical role in the ever-increasing complexity of life on earth. Life may have started from the evolution of cooperating organic molecules, which...
93) Breathe for Me
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Tara Fowler can't wait to leave home. Raised by Maggie, her drunken mother, Tara, is desperate for love. With the help of her favorite teacher, Tara overcomes cold nights, empty cupboards, and an inappropriate teenage crush to finally graduate and leave Asheville, North Carolina.On the campus of A&T State University, she finds hope and a handsome boy named Marcus Stallings. He shares his family and faith with Tara, eventually finding a place in her...
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Holly has been keeping a low profile at school to avoid situations where the class bully can make unkind comments about her single sex parents and exclude her. Her strategy is upset when Azita, an Iranian refugee, joins her Year 7 class, and they become friends.
The two girls are opposites, and Holly's world expands in unexpected ways. It will take her on a journey towards independence and self-belief and towards a greater understanding of the natural...
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Looking for inclusive, multiracial children's books, for your classroom or home?
The perfect children's book to celebrate differences, this confidence-building picture book was, written to inspire children to celebrate their individuality, combat low self-esteem, bullying, and develop self-love.
Featuring a diverse group of children with various differences in background, ethnicity, ability and needs, ‘Perfect, Just Like You!’ is, designed to...
96) Demon's Arrow
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A poison arrow. A prophecy of two sisters. A journey into the heart of the resistance.
While Isika is preparing for her future role with the Maweel, members of the Karee tribe come to ask for help with the problem of masses of disappearing people. Meanwhile, Aria grows weaker daily from the poison arrow lodged inside her, and time seems to be growing short.
A disturbing Karee prophecy might contain more answers, and as Aria is pulled deeper into...
97) Home home
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After being hospitalized for depression, fourteen-year-old Kayla is sent from her home in Trinidad to live with her lesbian aunt in Canada. Although lonely at first, Kayla soon discovers new friends and a new sense of hope and belonging in a family that accepts her as she is, demonstrates unconditional love, and welcomes diversity.
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From ants to elephants, life has a place. Every plant, raindrop, animal, insect or bird plays its part in making our world the beautiful life-sustaining rock we call home. Understanding how important these things are to our survival has never been more important. 'Do you remember the elephants?' is not a question anyone should ever ask. Together we can change how we think, how we behave and how we respond to keep our home working as it should –...
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"Beautiful messages with inspiring art!" - Zeynep E., Language Acquisition Specialist We Can All Be Friends shows how much we have in common even though we are all different. Illustrations include diverse characters and settings from around the world, allowing children to see themselves in the book and learn about the world around them. This multicultural book, part of the Language Lizard Living in Harmony Series, includes access to detailed lesson...
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Rashmi is tired of helping her parents in their shop. She wants to have fun like her friends. But as she learns about her parents' struggles in the United States and sees how their shop helps customers, Rashmi realizes she might be lucky after all. Students will be inspired by this heartwarming, realistic fiction story that features diverse characters, vibrant illustrations, and compelling text to keep students engaged in reading. This hi-lo reader...
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