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So far from the sea

Bunting, Eve

Laura and her family are moving, so they are coming to visit the Manzanar War Relocation Center one last time. Years ago, this center was used to house anyone living in the United States that were of Japanese descent. These people were forced to leave their homes and come to the center because Japan bombed the United States. The center is bare now except for all of the memories and the cemetary, including her grandfather's grave.

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acceptance, airplane, american, anger, anticipation, assertiveness, author's note, awareness, bias, bravery, change, citizen, cold, community, conflict, confusion, critical thinking, crow, culture, death, differences, discrimination, diversity, family, fear, feelings, flowers, forgiveness, generations, ghosts, grandparents, growing up, history, illness, japanese, loss, memories, monuments, mountains, moving, prison, sea, sky, snow, survival, verbal communication, war

Soccer game!

Maccarone, Grace

Two teams of young children play a game of soccer which consists of dribbling, passing, falling, slipping on the grass, and, finally, one of the teams scoring.

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african american, diversity, exercise, games, multicultural, running, soccer, sports, teamwork

Ste-e-e-e-eamboat a-comin'!

Esbaum, Jill

A steamboat that travels along the Mississippi River comes to a small quiet town. The passengers have goods to sell and places to travel. This beautiful boat helps people to accomplish their tasks.

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boat, bodies of water, careers, decision making, diversity, immigrants, nonverbal communication, rhyme, stress management, travel

Sweet clara and the freedom quilt

Hopkinson, Deborah

Claro makes a quilt that describes the path that slaves must take to walk to freedom. She runs away with Jack and gets to freedom because of the quilt.

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assertiveness, clothing, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, diversity, family, freedom, goal setting, love, parents, quilt, siblings, slavery, verbal communication

The alphabet tree

Lionni, Leo

The alphabet tree is full of letters. After the storm, all the letters grouped together because they were afraid. A bug and a caterpillar teach teamwork so the letters can say something important.

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alphabet, assertiveness, bug, caterpillar, closeness, cooperation, creativity, critical thinking, diversity, freedom, insects, peace, sequence, teamwork, tree, verbal communication, weather, wind

The best nest

Mueller, Doris

Long ago, magpie nests were the envy of all other birds. To help the other birds, Maggie Magpie patiently explains how to build a nest. But some birds are impatient and fly off without listening to all the directions, which is why, to this day, bird nests come in all different shapes and sizes. This clever retelling of an old English folktale teaches the importance of careful listening.

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adaptation, amphibians, animals, baby, birds, butterfly, diversity, frustration, grasshopper, lizard, nonverbal communication, owl, parents, patience, raccoon, reptiles, sadness, teaching, tree, turtle, verbal communication

The calico jungle

Ipcar, Dahlov

A mother makes her son a beautiful quilt that has many pictures of animals on it. He looks at the quilt and imagines what it would be like to be in the jungle.

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animals, clothing, diversity, dreams, elephant, imagination, jungle, mythical, quilt, unicorns, verbal communication

The crayon box that talked

DeRolf, Shane

While walking through a toy store, a little girl overhears a box of crayons arguing. Yellow and green don't like red and no one likes orange, but for no apparent reason. After buying the box of crayons, she takes them home and begins to draw a picture. Using every color in the box, the little girl created a picture. As she completed her drawing and began to walk away, she heard the crayons resolve their hatred and realize the beauty they make when they all work together.

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argument, beauty, clouds, colors, community, conflict, diversity, friendship, opinions, relationship, resolution, walking

The dancer

Burstein, Fred

A little girl is on her way to ballet class with her father when they encounter various people and things through the city. Descriptive words about the city are written in three languages: Spanish, English, and Japanese.

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dancing, discovery, diversity, english, exercise, japanese, language, multicultural, practice, spanish, walking

The great encounter: A special meeting before columbus

Piercy, Patricia A

An African American tells the story of the discovery of America from a different point of view. He brings new knowledge to an excited and interested elementary classroom while telling the historical story.

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acceptance, african american, critical thinking, discovery, diversity, fear, feelings, history, multicultural, native american, nonverbal communication, school, self esteem, storytelling

The lost and found house

Cadnum, Michael

A moving truck and moving men load items from a boy's house until the house is empty. The boy and his parents feel differently as they leave and travel to their new house. The boy meets two children and hopes someday they will be his friends!

The other side

Woodson, Jacqueline

A fence not only divides two properties -- it segregates two families because of their different cultures. Initial fears from the parents cause them to set rules that will forbid the friendship of their young daughters. Little did they know that their daughters would break the barrier as they climbed the fence together to see the world as it should be, not as it is.

The song of the day birds and the night birds

Ipcar, Dahlov

Among the different types of birds, we see which kinds of birds live in the day and the night. We are able to see what they do, sing, and eat while in their environment.

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birds, bluejay, comparisons, day, differences, diversity, environment, music, night, sparrow, uniqueness, verbal communication

Together in pinecone patch

Yezerski, Thomas

Keara and Stefan are from Ireland and Poland, respectively, and each tell the stories of their families. They meet in the United States in Pinecone Patch, PA. They overcome deep stereotypes and prejudices to be married and bring two families together.

We're all special

Maguire, Arlene

Children of diverse backgrounds are shown and differences are emphasized. Every child has different interests and strengths and all characteristics should be valued. Everyone is special!

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activities, appearance, differences, diversity, hobby, individuality, multicultural, rhyme, self confidence, self esteem, speech, uniqueness

What am i?

Charles, N.

Through the use of colors and shapes, you can see different fruit and people.

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colors, critical thinking, differences, diversity, food, nutrition, rainbow, shapes

What I like about me!

Zobel-Nolan, Allia

Features are what make each of us different. The children of this story like their unique appearance.

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acceptance, body parts, differences, diversity, multicultural, rhythm, self esteem

What's wrong with julio

Ormsby, Virginia

Julio has just moved to the United States and does not speak English. At school he always causes trouble. When the school realizes his parents did not come to the United States with him, they have a fundraiser so that he can call home.

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aggression, assertiveness, change, conflict resolution, coping, diversity, family, feelings, friendship, loneliness, multicultural, parents, school, self esteem, spanish, teamwork, verbal communication

Which is willy?

Bright, Robert

Willy the penguin wants to be different. He goes to the city, but he is too different than the people there. So he goes back to the South Pole and discovers he is different because of what he is inside.

Who bop?

London, Jonathon

Join this celebration of dance and jazz music!A cat named Jazz-Bo leads a band that plays at the sock hop. All the animals gather together for a fun time of dance and rhyme.

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animals, assertiveness, body parts, cat, celebration, chaos, dancing, diversity, dog, exercise, feelings, frog, happiness, hare, instruments, lion, party, rhyme, rhythm, sheep, snake

Who was the woman who wore the hat?

Patz, Nancy

In the Jewish Historical Museum in Amsterdam, a lone hat is on display in a glass case. It is all that remains of a woman's life. A pictorial and poetic view of this hat, worn during the Holocaust, is poignantly expressed.

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author's note, clothing, discrimination, diversity, family, feelings, germany, history, Jewish, memories, multicultural, museum, photograph, prejudice, relationship, religion, war

Why we go to the dentist

Clark, Rosalyn

Let's take a trip to the dentist to learn more about what dentists do in order to develop and maintain a healthy smile for each of their patients. First, the dentist takes x-ray images of the patient's teeth and performs a routine checkup on the teeth and gums. Next, the dentist explains how to properly clean your teeth using a toothbrush and floss each day. Now you know more about the dentist, and why it is so important to go for checkups on a regular basis.

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body parts, child care, cleanliness, critical thinking, dentist, diseases, diversity, education, germs, hygiene, nonverbal communication, routine, tools, verbal communication, vocabulary

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