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Chocolate milk, por favor!

2015

by Maria Dismondy and Donna Farrell

"Johnny is a big fan of school but that all changes when the new kid, Gabe arrives. Gabe doesn't speak any English, and that doesn't stop Johnny from going out of his way to be unkind. What will Johnny do when Gabe starts to make new friends? Will he join in the fun of making a new friend or turn the other way? Johnny realizes a powerful message in this story where student differences are celebrated. Read to find out how chocolate milk plays a major role in the discovery of the real universal language"--Back cover

Cross Group

Lailah’s lunchbox

2015

by Reem Faruqi and Lea Lyon

Now that she is ten, Lailah is delighted that she can fast during the month of Ramadan like her family and her friends in Abu Dhabi, but finding a way to explain to her teacher and classmates in Atlanta is a challenge until she gets some good advice from the librarian, Mrs. Carman.

Beautiful Life Cross Group

Love will see you through

2015

by Angela Farris Watkins and Sally Wern Comport

The niece of Martin Luther King Jr. reveals six timeless and universal principles that encompass the civil rights leader's greatest legacy, reinforcing the truth that "the universe honors love."

Biography Cross Group Oppression & Resilience

Never give up

2015

by Kathryn Cole and Qin Leng

Shaun is strong enough to know that even things that don't come easily can be mastered through determination and hard work. Learning to ride his two-wheeler with the help of his friend Nadia, he overcomes his fear and the teasing of the other children in the park and manages to impress friends and bullies alike.

Any Child Cross Group

Pocahontas

2015

by Joanne Mattern

"Meet Pocahontas!Fact-filled Rookie Read-About Biographies introduce the youngest readers to influential women and men, both past and present. Colorful photos and age appropriate text encourage children to read on their own-as they learn about people like Serena Williams, Neil Armstrong, Rosa Parks, Anne Frank and many more. Pocahontas' people, the Powhatan, were already living in Virginia when the first English settlers arrived. Without the help and friendship of this young American Indian girl, the settlers at Jamestown would surely have starved to death. She is one of America's earliest heroes." -- publisher

Cross Group

Poet: The Remarkable Story of George Moses Horton

2015

by Don Tate

"In the nineteenth century, North Carolina slave George Moses Horton taught himself to read and earned money to purchase his time though not his freedom. Horton became the first African American to be published in the South, protesting slavery in the form of verse"--Publisher

Biography Cross Group Oppression & Resilience

Tilt your head, Rosie the red

2015

by Rosemary A. McCarney and Yvonne Cathcart

When other children at her school make fun of new classmate Fadimata's headscarf, Rosie steps in to find a solution

Cross Group

Josephine: The Dazzling Life of Josephine Baker

2014

by Patricia Hruby Powell and Christian Robinson

A portrait of the passionate performer and civil rights advocate Josephine Baker, the woman who worked her way from the slums of St. Louis to the grandest stages in the world. Meticulously researched by both author and artist, Josephine's powerful story of struggle and triumph is an inspiration and a spectacle, just like the legend herself

Biography Cross Group Oppression & Resilience

Mumbet’s Declaration of Independence

2014

by Gretchen Woelfle and Alix Delinois

Mumbet's Declaration of Independence tells the story of a Massachusetts slave from the Revolutionary era--in 1781, she successfully used the new Massachusetts Constitution to make a legal case that she should be free

Biography Cross Group Oppression & Resilience

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