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Whale Quest: Working Together to Save Endangered Species
https://www.teachingexpertise.com/classroom-ideas/earth-day-books-for-kids/ 41 Earth Day Books For Kids To Celebrate Our Beautiful Planet by Jill Webb Below is a list of 41 book titles for kids that are great for Earth Day! The list… View →
Being a Good Teammate
“An appealingly minimal primer on the fundamentals of sportsmanship and social-emotional learning.”—Booklist View →
Dev Tries His Best
“An appealingly minimal primer on the fundamentals of sportsmanship and social-emotional learning.”—Booklist View →
Asking for Help
“Social-emotional learning and early literacy skills come together in this new series. . . . With thoughtful features to support beginning readers, this series is recommended for collections needing SEL materials.”—School Library Journal View →
Happy Roo Year: It's Rosh Hashanah
“Kids will learn the word ‘marsupial’ along with all the holiday traditions through this upbeat tale.” — Lisa Silverman, retired Library Director, Sperber Jewish Community Library, Los Angeles; Co-Editor, Children’s and Teen Literature, AJL View →
Baugh, Helen. Spots and the Dots, The Marion Deuchars, Illus. Pic. Bk. Andersen, 09/2021. 36pp. $17.99 978-1-72843-890-0 ADDITIONAL GRADES View →
Classified: The Secret Career of Mary Golda Ross, Cherokee Aerospace Engineer
“Through realistically cartooned digital illustrations and straightforward text, readers learn how Ross’s experiences reflected these traits. Because she valued learning and had a passion for math, Ross was able to persevere.”—The Horn Book Magazine View →
Brisket Helps Miryam with Online Learning
“For instructional, therapeutic reading, with a dog narrator as the spoonful of sugar.”—Kirkus Reviews View →
A Rainy Day Story
“There’s much to learn from this simple story; it delivers the kind of lesson that sticks. Once absorbed, it can change a child’s outlook and will last for a lifetime.” — Michal Hoschlander Malen, Jewish Book Council View →
Matzah Craze
“But Gallegos’s peppy, animation-like illustrations feel true enough to school life, depicting an inclusive student body eager to learn—and to nosh.” — Publishers Weekly View →
The Great Passover Escape
“This book presents an excellent introduction to the Biblical Zoo in Jerusalem, a wonderful place for children of all ages to learn about animals mentioned in the Bible as well as endangered species.” — Rachel Glasser, AJL Newsletter, retired… View →
There Was a Young Rabbi: A Hanukkah Tale
“‘There Was a Young Rabbi: A Hanukkah Tale’ will help children to learn about Hanukkah’s festivities and rituals, and about the Jewish holiday itself.” — James A. Cox, Midwest Book Review View →
Beni's War
“What I enjoyed most in this book is the personified experience of a tween; how accurately the author described such everyday inner stories as magical thinking (‘get better’), the angst of being bullied, the elevating feeling of forgiving someone, the excitement of… View →
Bot Battles
“This series features captivating examples of battling and racing robots paired with familiar community helper robots. Readers will want to learn more.”—School Library Journal View →
The Super Bowl: Football's Game of the Year
“Readers will enjoy learning how teams end up in the finals and championship games before reliving triumphant moments . . .”—School Library Journal View →
Does Your Dog Speak Hebrew?: A Book of Animal Sounds
“Young preschoolers will enjoy learning animal names and sounds in multiple languages, and the reminder that, ‘A cow and parah both say, ‘Moo!’ in English…and in Hebrew too!’ adds a nice note of cross-cultural unity.” — Rebecca Fox, Children’s Librarian II,… View →
Undecided, 2nd Edition: Navigating Life and Learning after High School
“A useful and comprehensive handbook for teens contemplating life after high school.”—Kirkus Reviews View →
Genomics: A Revolution in Health and Disease Discovery
“An excellent bridge between real-world technology applications of biotechnology and what students learn in their biology classrooms.”—starred, School Library Journal View →
You'll Find Me
“Death is a particularly difficult topic to discuss with children, but this book helps to broach the subject gently and with respect for young people’s sensibilities. . . . An excellent choice for children who are dealing with the loss of a loved one or just learning about… View →
The Huffalots
“A sweet, quiet book to help kids learn that as fast as feelings come, they can also go.”—Kirkus Reviews View →
Fight Pollution, Big Bird!
“[M]akes learning about sustainability a fun endeavor . . . A great series that is ideal for any early learning collection.”—School Library Journal, Series Made Simple View →
Manjhi Moves a Mountain
“A finely illustrated true story to encourage social emotional learning that belongs in most collections.”—School Library Journal View →
I Love Matzah
“A toddler (and later his baby brother) eats matzah all day long during Passover. For breakfast, lunch, dinner and snack, he shares the various ways he likes it—with milk, with jam, with cheese, etc. Not a lot here, but this little rhyming story is very useful in sharing the… View →