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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Ever since the Taylors moved out of the apartment building Ashley Sanchez and Ashlee Taylor have been looking for something they could do together--they try basketball and painting class, but somehow their skills do not quite match.
2) Someone new
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
490L
Language
English
Formats
Description
When three children, Jesse, Jason, and Emma, are confronted with new classmates from different ethnic backgrounds, they strive to overcome their initial reactions, and to understand, accept, and welcome Maria, Jin, and Fatima.
Author
Series
Lola Levine volume 3
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
82 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A new girl has joined Lola Levine's second-grade class. When they get off on the wrong foot, they are forced to spend time together ... and learn they have more in common than they thought"--
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Eighth-grader Jewel has all the usual middle school problems (crush on an unattainable boy, ex-BFF), but the thing that is making life a torment at school is the horn growing out of her forehead, which cannot be removed simply; she has two friends she can depend on and an invisible unicorn companion, but she would really like to be normal in time to read her essay in regional French speaking competition--and maybe she has found a doctor who can do...
Author
Publisher
Pajama Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 510L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"Lili Macaroni loves every feature she has inherited from a family member, but when she starts kindergarten she is teased for those very traits. Burdened by unhappiness, she creates a polka-dotted butterfly and imagines it flying her sorrows away--and finds she has introduced a powerful tool for conversations about emotions, self-esteem, and resilience."--
Author
Series
Unicorn and Yeti volume 5
Publisher
Acorn/Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.8 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
56 pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
Yeti and Unicorn cannot always agree, whether it is about which shape is most pleasing, whose style of painting is best, or, more serious, how to divide up a pie--but the two friends always find a way past their differences, because their friendship is important to both.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A warm and witty portrait of child prodigy and world-famous classical musician Glenn Gould. Glenn was a child who knew his own mind -- he liked boats but did not like fishing; he enjoyed puns and pranks but did not like bullying; he loved learning but did not like school ... but more than anything else he loved to play the piano. Glenn had a professional performing career by the time he was fifteen; he gave concerts all over the world in his twenties....
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
This lyrical picture book from Tony award–winning producer Ashlee Latimer models joyful self-acceptance
Francis loves learning new words. At school, when her class is reviewing words that begin with the letter "F," someone sneers "Fat, like Francis." Francis always thought "fat" was a warm word-like snuggling with Mama or belly rubs for her puppy. But now "fat" feels cold, and Francis feels very small.
After school, Baba takes Francis to the...
10) Dino Duckling
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
610L
Language
English
Formats
Description
A funny and touching celebration of difference, based on Hans Christian Andersen's The Ugly Duckling. Dino Duckling can dive, swim and fish just like his duckling brothers and sisters. But when the time comes for the family fly south for the winter, Dino Duckling finds he really is different!
11) Carrot & pea
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.6 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
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Description
Although he is different in size, color, and shape, the peas like and accept their friend, Colin the carrot.
12) You and me both
Author
Publisher
Owlkids Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
14) Lucy Ladybug
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First U.S. Edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
As spotless Lucy Ladybug flies through the seasons, she acquires some spots, only to find her new spots are different from the other ladybugs.
15) Mouse & Giraffe
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 32 cm
Language
English
Description
Mouse and Giraffe are neighbors, but because of their relative sizes, their experiences are very different, so they usually disagree; however, when Mouse catches cold, they find something they both agree on.
16) Rawr!
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
c2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Rex is bigger than anyone else at school, and everybody is scared at him--but he reminds us that "rawr" means hello in dinosaur language.
Author
Publisher
Larrikin House
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
My dad has a shadow that's blue as a berry, and my mom's is as pink as a blossoming cherry. There's only those choices, a 2 or a 1. But mine is quite different, it's both and it's none. A heartwarming and inspiring book about being true to yourself and moving beyond the gender binary, by best-selling children's book creator Scott Stuart.
18) Bertolt
Author
Publisher
Enchanted Lion Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
This is a charming, touching story about an imaginative boy whose best friend is an oak tree named Bertolt. The boy admits to being an outlier among his peers, but insists that while he is alone, he is never lonely. Being independent suits him, and he considers his difference to be his advantage.
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge Publishing
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly color illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Formats
Description
A sloth and a jaguar compare their preferred speeds and try to move at the other's speed, but eventually agree that their own speeds suit them best.
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