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Publisher
Carolrhoda Books
Pub. Date
©2021.
Language
English
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"A love bird who doesn't like kisses? Rissy's friends and family wonder if she's sick, confused, or rude. But kisses make Rissy uncomfortable. Can she show everyone there's not one right way to share affection?"--
Author
Series
New kid (Jerry Craft) volume 2
Language
English
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2020-2021 Middle School TAB Nominations
2020-2021 Middle School TAB Nominations E-Books and E-Audiobooks
2021 Graded Reading Lists: Grades 5 & 6
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2020-2021 Middle School TAB Nominations E-Books and E-Audiobooks
2021 Graded Reading Lists: Grades 5 & 6
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Description
New York Times bestselling author Jerry Craft returns with a companion book to New Kid, winner of the 2020 Newbery Medal, the Coretta Scott King Author Award, and the Kirkus Prize. This time, it's Jordan's friend Drew who takes center stage in another laugh-out-loud funny, powerful, and important story about being one of the few kids of color in a prestigious private school.
Eighth grader Drew Ellis is no
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Language
English
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Black Lives Matter: Books to Start a Conversation
Bookmarks: Celebrating Black Voices with Marley Dias
Bookmarks: Celebrating Black Voices with Marley Dias
Description
Other students laugh when Rigoberto, an immigrant from Venezuela, introduces himself but later, he meets Angelina and discovers that he is not the only one who feels like an outsider.
Author
Series
Birdie volume 3
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
When five-year-old Birdie's mother promises to take her to a salon to tame her long, unruly hair, Birdie looks at magazines and consults her friends to find the style that is perfect for her.
Author
Series
I am Otter volume 4
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
When Otter starts a school, Teddy becomes sad because the other students are all good at something and it seems he is not.
8) Flo
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
While the other pandas try to rush her from one activity to another, Flo enjoys relaxing, stopping to smell the roses, and really seeing the world around her.
Author
Series
Flight school volume 2
Publisher
Atheneum
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Even though his penguin friends would rather swim, Penguin dreams of flying.
10) Oddbird
Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Language
English
Description
It's SO hot outside. All the fancy birds are gathered around the water, wishing they could cool off. But they don't want to get wet and ruin their fine feathers. Oddbird isn't worried about his feathers; he wants to go for a refreshing dip. But he doesn't fit in. He's not fancy, or colorful. He's just... different. The other birds don't want him around. How can he join them? --from Amazon.
11) Old hat
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
After buying one outrageous hat after another in an attempt to keep up with the latest fashions set by his teasing animal friends, Harbet the dog learns that true happiness comes from being yourself.
Author
Series
Tacky the penguin books volume 8
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Goodly, Lovely, Angel, Neatly, Perfect, and Tacky are having a wonderful Christmas, complete with an unusual tree, when Tacky's odd behavior saves them from a group of hunters.
Author
Series
The Dunderheads volume 2
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
The Dunderheads--a gang of misfits with unique and unusual talents--come to the aid of one of their own when Spider is falsely arrested for stealing jewelry.
16) What I am
Author
Publisher
Viking Children's Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Description
A young narrator describes herself as many things at the same time - a girl, a granddaughter, Indian, American, both selfish and generous, mean and kind - and these seeming contradictions are precisely what makes her a unique individual.
17) Geraldine
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Struggling to fit in as the only giraffe in a school of children, reluctant newcomer Geraldine meets fellow outcast Cassie and learns how to stand out by being herself, playing by her own rules, and staying true to her new friend.
18) Piggy Bunny
Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Liam is a piglet who wants to be the Easter Bunny when he grows up, but no one believes he can do it until, with a lot of practice and some help from his grandparents, he shows them all.
Author
Publisher
Childs Play (International) Ltd
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Lucy the cat knows how to do everything just right--from eat with a spoon and fork to fold paper stars--so all her friends ask her to help them, until she meets Toshi the panda, who has his own ways of doing things.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"Chee-Kee, a young panda, moves with his parents to a new land of opportunity. Just when he's resigned to never fit in, Chee-Kee finds a way to use his own experience and ingenuity to save the day and show that he's one of a kind in all the best ways"--
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