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Publisher
Kids Can Press
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Double Take is a fact-packed look at how science is tackling stereotypes. In the intermediate grades, students are likely to encounter and recognize all kinds of stereotypes. Our brains constantly use categories to sort and label the things (and people) around us -- both with good results and frightening ones. This book explores how we all use stereotypes and how science can help us to build more equal societies, where fewer stereotypes exist and...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
In this book, Rodriguez shares her experience growing up in the shadow of low expectations, reveals how she was able to fake her own pregnancy, and reveals all that she learned from the experience. stereotypes, and how one girl found the strength to come out from the shadow of low expectations to forge a bright future for herself.
Author
Publisher
Lerner Publications
Pub. Date
[2025]
Language
English
Description
"Whether on the screen, the page, or the playing field, Indigenous peoples have often been represented by hurtful stereotypes. Learn about the history of Indigenous mascots and the activists pushing for change"-- Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"As Tsh Oxenreider, author of Notes From a Blue Bike, chronicles her family's adventure around the world--seeing, smelling, and tasting the widely varying cultures along the way--she discovers what it truly means to be at home. In her late thirties and as a mom to three kids under age ten, Tsh Oxenreider and her husband decided to spend a rather ordinary nine months in an extraordinary way: traveling the corners of the earth to see, together, the...
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks Explore
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"From the author of the New York Times bestselling book ME AND WHITE SUPREMACY comes the young readers' edition that teaches readers how to explore and understand racism and white supremacy and how young readers can do their part to help change the world"-- Provided by publisher
Structured as a 28-day guide targeted at white readers, the book aims to aid readers in identifying the impact of white privilege and white supremacy over their lives.
Author
Publisher
Lee & Low Books Inc
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"A nonfiction introduction to thirteen principles underlying the Black Lives Matter movement and organization, written in a style that children can understand and illustrated with portraits of icons, activists, and regular people"-- Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Clarion books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Why do we yawn? Do animals yawn? And why are yawns so CONTAGIOUS? Learn the answers to these questions and more in this fact-filled and funny nonfiction picture book. Why did you yawn before your piano recital? Do you yawn more than your grandmother? And is your pet dog really yawning because you are? Find out in The Yawn Book, a funny and fascinating book of facts, including the most unbelievable one: no one knows for sure why we yawn at all." --...
Author
Publisher
Cherry Lake Press is an imprint of Cherry Lake Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Learn how policy has shaped opportunity for American immigrants. Readers will understand what a "Dreamer" is and why they may hear that term in the news or their community. The Racial Justice in America: Latinx American series explores the issues specific to the Latinx community in a comprehensive, honest, and age-appropriate way. This series was written by Brenda Mendoza, an author, advocate, and winner of the 2022 Latinx Educator Impact Award from...
Author
Publisher
Cherry Lake Press is an imprint of Cherry Lake Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Find out how political status and the way we talk about it affect lives in the Latinx community. This title explores the nature of migration, its role in the history of civilization, and the rights and dignity inalienable to all people. The Racial Justice in America: Latinx American series explores the issues specific to the Latinx community in a comprehensive, honest, and age-appropriate way. This series was written by Brenda Mendoza, an author,...
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