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2021.
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"This is the story of a circle. When we're first born, our circle is very small, but as we grow and build relationships, our circle keeps getting bigger and bigger to include family, friends, neighbors, community, and beyond. Brad Montague originally created Circles as an Instagram video adorably narrated by his kids, and now this picture book adaptation is the perfect way to start a conversation about how to expand our worlds with kindness and inclusivity--even...
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Pub. Date
2021.
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On Isaac's street most of the houses are decorated in red and green for Christmas including his friend, Teresa's, while Isaac's house is blue and white for Hanukkah; then someone smashes Isaac's window in the night, and Teresa comes up with a way to show support her friend--and gets the whole community to rally around their Jewish family.
6) Freewater
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After fleeing the plantation where they were enslaved, siblings Ada and Homer discover the secret community of Freewater, and work with freeborn Sanzi to protect their new home from the encroaching dangers of the outside world.
10) Paletero man
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Pub. Date
[2021]
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"Follow along with our narrator as he passes through his busy neighborhood in search of the Paletero Man. But when he finally catches up with him, our narrator's pockets are empty. Oh no! What happened to his dinero? It will take the help of the entire community to get the tasty treat now"--Provided by publisher.
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2020.
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Twelve-year-old Neva and her older brother Clayton have been left with their grandparents for the summer, and she is having a difficult time dealing with change: the changes to her body, changes with her relationships with her brother who is becoming involved with social activism and their multicultural community (and with Michelle, the sexy girl across the street), and with her best friend, Jamila, whose father is from Ghana--Neva is growing up and...
12) City beet
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Pub. Date
[2023]
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Victoria and her neighbor, Mrs. Kosta, grow such a spectacular beet garden that they need the entire neighborhood's help to pull out a giant beet.
14) Seeds of change
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Pub. Date
2024.
Description
Rhyming text illustrates how small acts become powerful seeds that improves oneself and the community.
15) This is a school
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Pub. Date
2022.
Description
A librarian and former ambassador of school libraries shares a touching celebration of schools and the people who make up the communities within them.
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Pub. Date
2016.
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Every day, nine-year-old Yasmin borrows a book from Book Uncle, a retired teacher who has set up a free lending library next to her apartment building. But when the mayor tries to shut down the rickety bookstand, Yasmin has to take her nose out of her book and do something. But what can she do? The local elections are coming up but she's just a kid. She can't even vote! Still, Yasmin has friends her best friend, Reeni, and Anil, who even has a black...
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Pub. Date
[2018]
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One tiny church mouse must find a way to bring the Christmas spirit to his little town when Parson gets sick and the usual Christmas Eve service is cancelled. Mouse never gives up hope as he prepares the nativity set and lights a small candle in the window to signal the villagers. Mouse's small act of faith sparks a chain reaction of hope and love, demonstrating that even the smallest creature can make a big difference.
19) The tiny star
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Pub. Date
2021.
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"A star falls to earth where it becomes a baby and is embraced and cared for by the community"--
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Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
When Littletown Library is destroyed by a tornado, it seems like book-loving Nia is the only one who cares; so she starts the "new free library" under the tree where she used to read, and writes out familiar stories and rhymes that are just a little bit wrong, and encourages the people who check them out to correct them--until soon the whole of Littletown is filled with people reading and writing books.