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2024 Juneteenth Reading for Kids
3rd Grade Recommended Reads
Black Authors: Youth Nonfiction (SCPL-YS)
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3rd Grade Recommended Reads
Black Authors: Youth Nonfiction (SCPL-YS)
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Stymied by her unfinished family tree assignment for school, a young girl seeks Grandma's counsel and learns about her ancestors, the consequences of slavery, and the history of Black resistance in the United States.
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The best part of a young child's day is often opening a lunchbox and diving in. But how did all that delicious food get there? Who made the bread for the sandwich? What about the cheese inside? Who plucked the fruit? And where did the chocolate in that cookie get its start? From planting wheat to mixing flour into dough, climbing trees to machine-squeezing fruit, picking cocoa pods to stirring a vat of melted bliss, here is a clear, engaging look...
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It's time to wire up and get connected to one of the most complex areas of Minecraft--Redstone. Redstone experts guide you through all aspects of working with Redstone including mining, smelting, using repeaters, circuit components and circuit designs. This handbook also includes exclusive tips from game creator Notch himself and some of the most extraordinary Redstone creations ever made. So power up and get switched on to Redstone--it's electrifying...
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Classics Book Discussion: Winter Fairy Tales
Discover Ukraine
Holiday Spirit (Picture Books)
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Discover Ukraine
Holiday Spirit (Picture Books)
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One by one, animals in a snowy forest crawl into Nicki's lost white mitten to get warm until the bear sneezes, sending the animals flying up and out of the mitten. On each turn of the page, signature borders inspired by Ukrainian folk art hint at what animal is coming next.
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Celebrate Women's History Month - YOUTH
K&T - Women's History Month
OBD Women's History Month (March) - YOUTH
Women's History Month
K&T - Women's History Month
OBD Women's History Month (March) - YOUTH
Women's History Month
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Profiles the lives of thirteen American women who have left their mark on U.S. history, including Harriet Tubman, Helen Keller, Margaret Chase Smith, and Oprah Winfrey.
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Children's Authors and Illustrators Week
Explore the Classics - YOUTH
National Picture Book Month - November 2022
OBD 1000 Books Before Kindergarten - YOUTH
Explore the Classics - YOUTH
National Picture Book Month - November 2022
OBD 1000 Books Before Kindergarten - YOUTH
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All the other bulls run, jump, and butt their heads together in fights. Ferdinand, on the other hand, would rather sit and smell the flowers. So what will happen when Ferdinand is picked for the bullfights in Madrid? --Publisher.
10) Trombone Shorty
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Black Authors: Youth Biographies (SCPL-YS)
Black History Month
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Black History Month
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Hailing from the Tremé neighborhood in New Orleans, Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews got his nickname by wielding a trombone twice as long as he was high. A prodigy, he was leading his own band by age six, and today this Grammy-nominated artist headlines the legendary New Orleans Jazz Fest.
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Arab American Heritage Month Kids 2023
BPL Find Your Voice 2023
Celebrate Women's History Month - YOUTH
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BPL Find Your Voice 2023
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Malala's first picture book will inspire young readers everywhere to find the magic all around them. As a child in Pakistan, Malala made a wish for a magic pencil. She would use it to make everyone happy, to erase the smell of garbage from her city, to sleep an extra hour in the morning. But as she grew older, Malala saw that there were more important things to wish for. She saw a world that needed fixing. And even if she never found a magic pencil,...
12) Superfudge
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Peter describes the highs and lows of life with his younger brother, Fudge.
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Holidays for Everyone
Muslim Faith & Culture - picture books and more for kids
OBD Ramadan & Eid - YOUTH
Muslim Faith & Culture - picture books and more for kids
OBD Ramadan & Eid - YOUTH
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Explains the history of the holiday, discussing the customs and the celebration Eid al-Fitr.
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Black History Month - Teens
OBD Black History Month (February) - YOUTH
YA Books on Anti-Racism and Dealing with Discrimination
OBD Black History Month (February) - YOUTH
YA Books on Anti-Racism and Dealing with Discrimination
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This book is written for the young person who doesn't know how to speak up to the racist adults in their life. For the 14 year old who sees injustice at school and isn't able to understand the role racism plays in separating them from their friends. For the kid who spends years trying to fit into the dominant culture and loses themselves for a little while. It's for all of the Black and Brown children who have been harmed (physically and emotionally)...
16) Locomotive
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OBD Books Make Good Friends (March - May 2024) - YOUTH
OBD Caldecott Medal Winners - YOUTH
RLG Caldecott Medal List
OBD Caldecott Medal Winners - YOUTH
RLG Caldecott Medal List
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Learn what it was like to travel on the transcontinental railroad in the 1860s.
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2023 ALA Children's Award Winners and Nominees
Great Reads: 2nd thru 3rd grade
OBD Books for Second and Third Graders - YOUTH
Great Reads: 2nd thru 3rd grade
OBD Books for Second and Third Graders - YOUTH
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Illustrations and text describe how the Mixtecs create painted manuscripts, or codices, that reflect their way of life and document their history, science, land tenure, tribute, and sacred rituals.
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"World War II was over, and Berlin was in ruins. US Air Force Lieutenant Gail Halvorsen knew the children of the city were suffering. They were hungry and afraid. The young pilot wanted to help, but what could one man in one plane do?"--dust jacket flap.
20) From head to toe
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Can you do it? ' I can do it!' is the confidence-building message of this fun-filled interactive picture book. A variety of familiar animals invite young children to copy their antics, and as they play, they will learn such important skills as careful listening, focusing attention, and following instructions. Just as alphabet books introduce the very young child to letters and simple words, From Head to Toe introduces the basic body parts and simple...
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