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Book Lists & Behind-the-Scenes
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YA Fiction Round Up
There is nothing better than a good novel that draws the reader into a new world and story. These new young adult fiction books, including two graphic novels, dive into deeper topics while layering in adventure, action, and emotion!
Read Our YA Fiction Round Up >
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New High/Low Books
Looking to engage struggling and reluctant teen readers? Provide gripping, action-filled stories written at a lower reading level to support striving readers. Take a look at these new and exciting high/low books that readers will reach for again and again:
Check out these great series >
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Thought-Provoking Books for Earth Day and Every Day
Students will be the first to say that Earth Day is every day! So here is a list of books to inspire ways to protect this beautiful planet Earth and celebrate budding environmentalism.
Explore the Full List >
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Free Spring Picture Book Webinar
Explore inclusive, educational, and delightful new picture books. Register today to join us live, or to receive a link to the recorded webinar, plus a complete list of all titles recommended, free downloads, and more information. PD credit is available.
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Pair this with our previously recorded webinar on how to use picture books with tweens and teens.
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Not Just For Kids: How to Use Picture Books with Tweens and Teens
Are you pigeonholing your picture books, limiting them to just primary grades? Gain insights from librarians and literacy luminaries Betsy Bird, Cicely Lewis, and Susannah Richards as they discuss the benefits of and strategies for using picture books with older students—including middle grade and high schoolers.
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Social Emotional Learning Catalog
Browse our PDF catalog identifying books supporting specific Social and Emotional Learning competencies using the CASEL Five, from the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning. Catalog includes a key to help you identify the areas covered in our books, and an index in the back to locate titles by competency.
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Diverse Books Catalog
Browse our PDF catalog identifying books across eleven categories: #OwnVoices, Race &Ethnicity, Social Justice, Immigration& Refugees, LGBTQIA+, Mental Health & Neurodiversity, Physical Disability & Illness, Feminism, #MeToo, Social Class, and Celebrating Differences.
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Celebrate National Poetry Month!
Poetry is . . .
a canvas for self-expression
a gym to exercise creativity
a lab for processing emotions and complicated thoughts
a pruner for synthesizing information
a sticky note for reminders
a mixer for stirring up feelings
a bridge connecting minds and hearts.
Check out some of our most popular poetry books below and click the link for resources to help you celebrate National Poetry Month with students, including downloadable poetry posters, videos of authors reading their poems, and a printable for Poem-in-Your-Pocket Day, April 27.
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Grab Your Digital Copy of The Weight of Everything
It’s been six months since Sarah’s mom died. Three months since her dad fell apart. Sarah has left her fine arts boarding school to take care of her dad and her little brother, and now she’s trying to hold everything together at home while adjusting to the local public high school.
But then a school project prompts Sarah to delve into her mom’s Mexican and Guatemalan roots. As she learns more about this side of her heritage, Sarah starts to understand her mom better—and starts to face her own grief. When she stumbles upon a long-buried piece of history that mattered deeply to her mom, Sarah realizes she can’t carry her pain silently anymore. She has to speak up, and she can’t do it alone.
Download on NetGalley >
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New Reviews and Accolades
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★ Nearer My Freedom
“This moving found-verse adaptation of the formerly enslaved Equiano’s 1789 memoir makes a seminal work of history accessible to young readers.”
— New York Times Book Review
starred, ShelfAwareness
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★ Roads to Family
“Ginocchio tells engaging, lengthy stories, based on interviews, of several racially and ethnically diverse parents.”
—starred, Booklist
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The Weight of Everything
“Mickelson attentively showcases the mending power of tenderness, patience, and love in this moving read.”
— Publishers Weekly
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Men of the 65th
“An important read about an often forgotten piece of U.S. military history that celebrates its subject by forefronting their bravery in overcoming obstacles both foreign and domestic.”
— Publishers Weekly
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Strange Alliances
“Light background washes of color are pleasing to the eye, while pops of more saturated tones add emphasis.”
— Kirkus Reviews
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The Green Girls
“[For readers looking for stories ripped from the headlines or anyone who cares about saving the Earth.”
— School Library Journal
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