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Newbery Medal | Winners And Honorees | 2020-Current
Tricky Topics: Talking About Illness with Children
Newbery Medal | Winners And Honorees | 2020-Current
Tricky Topics: Talking About Illness with Children
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Publisher Annotation: Reha feels torn between two worlds: school, where she’s the only Indian American student, and home, with her family’s traditions and holidays. But Reha’s parents don’t understand why she’s conflicted—they only notice when Reha doesn’t meet their strict expectations. Reha feels disconnected from her mother, or Amma, although their names are linked—Reha means “star” and Punam means “moon”—but they are...
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Publisher Annotation: When a teacher asks her class what one thing they would save in an emergency, some students know the answer right away. Others come to their decisions more slowly. And some change their minds when they hear their classmates? responses. A lively dialog ignites as the students discover unexpected facets of one another?and themselves. With her ear for authentic dialog and knowledge of tweens? priorities and emotions, Linda Sue Park...
11) Birdie
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Still grieving for her father, twelve-year-old Birdie struggles to adjust to many changes, including when her grandmother, her mother, and her best friends all begin dating.
14) Get up, stand up
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Chronicle Books
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[2019]
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Children are encouraged to resist bullying and stand up for their rights.
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Brown Books Kids
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[2023]
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English
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This old car has been everywhere from the backyard to the sky, from the hills to the water. Bouncing between the mud in the ground and the clouds up high, the old car is loved by a clever young boy, just as readers will love this singsong story from an iconic children's author duo.
18) The do more club
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Rocky Pond Books
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2023.
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English
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Publisher Annotation: A Jewish boy's bravery and kindness are tested after an antisemitic attack on his middle school in this rousing novel-in-verse.
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2020 Youth Media Awards: Caldecott, Coretta Scott King, Newbery, and Printz!
2023-2024 OBOB 6th-8th Grade
Amina's Voice Read-alikes
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2023-2024 OBOB 6th-8th Grade
Amina's Voice Read-alikes
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New York Times bestseller and Newbery Honor Book!
A gorgeously written, hopeful middle grade novel in verse about a young girl who must leave Syria to move to the United States, perfect for fans of Jason Reynolds and Aisha Saeed.
Jude never thought she'd be leaving her beloved older brother and father behind, all the way across the ocean in Syria. But when things in her hometown start becoming
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Wisdom Publications
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[2020]
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English
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"Destined to be classic: a tale from the Buddhist sutras told in the memorable and engaging rhyming verse in the tradition of Dr. Seuss and Shel Silverstein. Children and their parents will both love it, and be encouraged. Illustrated in a style that brings both humor and tradition, by the renowned and award-winning illustrator of Wisdom's Illustrated Lotus Sutra, and many other books. I See You, Buddha will help children (and their parents) difficulty...
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