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Dealing with Feelings (WCD)
Mental Health Awareness Month 2022
OBD Social/Emotional Development - YOUTH
RLG Caldecott Medal List
Mental Health Awareness Month 2022
OBD Social/Emotional Development - YOUTH
RLG Caldecott Medal List
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A young girl is upset and doesn't know how to manage her anger but takes the time to cool off and regain her composure.
2) Nightwork
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"Harry Booth started stealing at nine to keep a roof over his ailing mother's head, slipping into luxurious, empty homes at night to find items he could trade for precious cash. When his mother finally succumbed to cancer, he left Chicago--but kept up his nightwork. Wandering from the Outer Banks to Savannah to New Orleans, he dons new identities and stays careful, observant, distant. He can't afford to attract attention--or get attached. Still, he...
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Explore the Classics - YOUTH
Friendship Stories
GPLD 2023 Fall Favorites: Beginning Readers
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Friendship Stories
GPLD 2023 Fall Favorites: Beginning Readers
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The adventures of best friends Frog and Toad, including Frog's suffering a bad cold and Toad's embarrassment over his unflattering bathing suit, are accompanied by material on the origins of books in the "I Can Read" series.
4) Mel fell
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"... follow Mel on her journey from downward fall to triumphant flight in this tale of self-confidence and taking a leap of faith."--
5) Zen shorts
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When Stillwater the giant panda moves into the neighborhood, the stories he tells to three siblings teach them to look at the world in new ways. Includes factual note on Zen.
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Alexander Madison is part lawyer, part pastor, and part con artist. When a Muslim imam is accused of instigating honor killings, Alex must decide whether to take the case that every other lawyer in town is running away from. He doesn't realize until it's too late that defending the imam may cost him the one thing in life he cares about most. Fatal Convictions is the story of a lawyer willing to risk it all and the women who must choose between faith...
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Frog and Toad books volume 2
I can read book
I can read picture book
I can read book and cassette volume ; level 2
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I can read book
I can read picture book
I can read book and cassette volume ; level 2
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Five further adventures of two best friends as they share cookies, plant a garden, and test their bravery. Frog and Toad are best friends -- they do everything together. When Toad admires the flowers in Frog's garden, Frog gives him seeds to grow a garden of his own. When Toad bakes cookies, Frog helps him eat them. And when both Frog and Toad are scared, they are brave together.
8) Rules
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Chapter Books Focused on Inclusion and Access (SCPL-YS)
K&T - Autism Acceptance Month
Neurodiversity
Sibling Stories
K&T - Autism Acceptance Month
Neurodiversity
Sibling Stories
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Frustrated at life with an autistic brother, twelve-year-old Catherine longs for a normal existence but her world is further complicated by a friendship with an young paraplegic.
9) The paperboy
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A paperboy and his dog enjoy the quiet of the early morning as they go about their rounds.
11) Creepy carrots!
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The carrots that grow in Crackenhopper Field are the fattest and crispiest around and Jasper Rabbit cannot resist pulling some to eat each time he passes by, until he begins hearing and seeing creepy carrots wherever he goes.
12) Honor: a novel
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2023 Read Widely: Central & South Asia
HPL Fall Fiction 2022
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HPL Fall Fiction 2022
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"Indian American journalist Smita has returned to India to cover a story, but reluctantly: long ago she and her family left the country with no intention of ever coming back. As she follows the case of Meena--a Hindu woman attacked by members of her own village and her own family for marrying a Muslim man--Smita comes face to face with a society where tradition carries more weight than one's own heart, and a story that threatens to unearth the painful...
13) Honor: a history
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The importance of honor is present in the earliest records of civilization. Today, while it may still be an essential concept in Islamic cultures, in the West, honor has been disparaged and dismissed as obsolete. In this lively and authoritative book, James Bowman traces the curious and fascinating history of this ideal, from the Middle Ages through the Enlightenment and to the killing fields of World War I and the despair of Vietnam. Bowman reminds...
14) P.G. County
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In the sprawling homes and upscale townhouses of the exclusive, largely African American Prince George’s County, the lives of five women intersect–and the secrets, scandals, loves, and losses that ensue are par for the course where power, beauty, and wealth reside. Barbara is the most influential woman in this swanky neighborhood, but she’s got her hands full–one hand is busy dealing with her husband’s wandering eye, while the other always...
15) Stories of honor
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Stories of Honor in the Social Emotional Library series presents real life, historical, and modern stories that celebrate honor as displayed in everyday life. Through the collection of five separate stories, thought-provoking issues and questions, as well as hands-on activities, encourage the development of critical life skills, empathy, and social emotional growth.
16) The thief
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Gen flaunts his ingenuity as a thief and relishes the adventure which takes him to a remote temple of the gods where he will attempt to steal a precious stone.
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"From the youngest living recipient of the Medal of Honor comes an extraordinary inspirational memoir that will change the life of every reader. Moving and unforgettable, You Are Worth It is an astonishing memoir from an extraordinary young leader"--provided by publisher.
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Explore the Classics - YOUTH
If You Like...Hatchet
OBD Books Make Good Friends (March - May 2024) - YOUTH
OBD Read Beyond The Beaten Path - YOUTH
If You Like...Hatchet
OBD Books Make Good Friends (March - May 2024) - YOUTH
OBD Read Beyond The Beaten Path - YOUTH
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A young boy relates his adventures during the year he spends living alone in the Catskill Mountains including his struggle for survival, his dependence on nature, his animal friends, and his ultimate realization that he needs human companionship.
20) Sector 7
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While on a school trip to the Empire State Building, a boy is taken by a friendly cloud to visit Sector 7, where he discovers how clouds are shaped and channeled throughout the country.
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