Social Emotional Learning

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Fall 2023

The Promise

A garden is a prayer. It is also a promise. In a Moroccan village, a Jewish boy and a Muslim boy are best friends. Jacob and Hassan play together every day in the cool shade of Jacob’s family Read More →

  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2023

The Queen on Our Corner

From the Series Lantana Global Picture Books

A thought-provoking story that encourages us all to sit up and take notice. Nobody notices the unhoused woman on the corner. Nobody, that is . . . except one young girl. Through her eyes, the Read More →

  • Lexile: 640
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2021

The Rabbi and His Donkey

Hamor the donkey proudly takes Rabbi Moses Maimonides to the sultan’s palace every day, until he is replaced by a faster horse. Then the wise rabbi and the old donkey are reunited, as each… Read More →

  • Dewey: [E]
  • Copyright: 2023

The Rabbi and the Reverend: Joachim Prinz, Martin Luther King Jr., and Their Fight against Silence

When Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his “I Have a Dream” speech at the March on Washington, he did not stand alone. He was joined by Rabbi Joachim Prinz, a refugee from Nazi Germany, who… Read More →

  • Lexile: 880
  • Dewey: 323.092/2 [B]
  • Copyright: 2021

The Really Old Forest: Rainforest Preservation – Australia

From the Series Green Earth Tales 2

Nicole lives in Millaa Millaa, in tropical Queensland, Australia. Her pen pal, Jack, lives in the United Kingdom and is very interested in the tropical rain forest that surround Millaa… Read More →

  • Lexile: 730
  • Dewey: [E]
  • Copyright: 2022

The Rocking Dead: Book 2

From the Series Dead Max Comix

Seventh grader Derrick's "Dead Max Comix" are such a hit in the school paper that he and Max start an advice column. Derrick and Doug should have asked for advice before they started a band… Read More →

  • Lexile: 230
  • Dewey: 741.5
  • Copyright: 2021
Spring 2024

The Rock in My Throat

At first, no one noticed when I stopped talking at school. In this moving true story, Kao Kalia Yang shares her experiences as a young Hmong refugee navigating life at home and at school.… Read More →

  • Dewey: 973/.0495972092 [B]
  • Copyright: 2024

The Runaways

The Runaways is an inter-generational adventure filled with warmth and humor from one of the world's great writers for children. Grandpa hates being in hospital. He thinks only of the place… Read More →

  • Lexile: 480
  • ATOS: 3.6
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2019

The Scar Boys

A severely burned teenager. A guitar. Punk rock. The chords of a rock 'n' roll road trip in a coming-of-age novel that is a must-read story about finding your place in the world . . . even if Read More →

  • Lexile: 910
  • ATOS: 6.1
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2014

The School Bus

From the Series Read about School (Read for a Better World ™)

There's a lot of responsibility that comes with riding a school bus. Instructive text and full-color photographs bring bus safety to life in this accessible book. Prepare new learners for… Read More →

  • Lexile: 360
  • Dewey: 371.8/72
  • Copyright: 2023

The School Library

From the Series Read about School (Read for a Better World ™)

School libraries are the hub for learning, community, and creating. Full-color photos and kid-friendly text highlight all the things a library can be. Prepare new learners for school with… Read More →

  • Lexile: 400
  • Dewey: 027.8
  • Copyright: 2023
2 titles

The Secret Games of Maximus Todd — Hardcover Set

From the Series The Secret Games of Maximus Todd

Fast-paced, humorous stories for early readers featuring dyslexia-friendly fun artwork and typography. Max might be a bit different, but he deals with issues all kids face: social skills,… Read More →

  • Copyright: 2021
  • Hardcover
  • List Price: $33.98
  • Your Price: $25.49
  • 2 titles

The Secret Life of Kitty Granger

Sixteen-year-old Kitty Granger has always known that others consider her peculiar. She hates noise and crowds, tends to fixate on patterns, and often feels acutely aware of her surroundings… Read More →

  • Lexile: 720
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2021

The Secret of the Plátano

Under the full moon, Abuela leads an enchanted dance, bows to the sky and the night winds, and helps her curious grandson discover the rhythm of his heartbeat while listening to the great… Read More →

  • Lexile: 460
  • Dewey: [E]
  • Copyright: 2022

The Secrets of Cricket Karlsson

Winner of the prestigious Swedish August Prize 2020. A bright, contemporary and fearless novel about an ordinary extraordinary eleven-year-old trying to win back her best friend and get her… Read More →

  • Lexile: 790
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2022

The Singer and the Scientist

It's 1937, and Marian Anderson is one of the most famous singers in America. But after she gives a performance for an all-white audience, she learns that the nearby hotel is closed to African Read More →

  • Lexile: 750
  • Dewey: 782.0092 [B]
  • Copyright: 2021

The Slave Trade: Black Lives and the Drive for Profit

From the Series American Slavery and the Fight for Freedom (Read Woke ™ Books)

Racism and profit were driving forces in the growth of slavery. The transatlantic trade of enslaved people saw millions of kidnapped Africans sent around the world, many of them to the… Read More →

  • Lexile: 1030
  • Dewey: 306.3/6209
  • Copyright: 2022

The Spots and the Dots

The Spots live on one side of the hill. The Dots live on the other. Both are fearful and suspicious of the other, but are they really all that different? When a young Spot and a young Dot… Read More →

  • Lexile: 540
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2020

The Summer Between Us

This coming-of-age story follows 18-year-old Adrian Carter as he graduates from high school and confronts difficult decisions about his future. As Adrian navigates the emotional highs and… Read More →

  • Lexile: 590
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2022

The Tale of the Tiny Man

A classic picture book from Sweden with a very happy ending about feeling lonely and finding friends. It is possible, after all, to have more than one friend! There was once a tiny man. One… Read More →

  • Lexile: 540
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2022

The Tigon and the Liger

From the Series Lantana Global Picture Books

Have you ever felt like you don’t fit in? Tyler the Tigon certainly did…until he met Lyla the Liger. Tyler the tigon has never fit in. Neither a tiger like his dad nor a lion like his mom,… Read More →

  • Lexile: 520
  • ATOS: 3.4
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2017
Spring 2024

The Trouble with Earth

Why didn't the other planets invite Earth to their vacation? Soon they'll find out the wonderful truth about Earth's "fleas" and change their minds . . . Earth turns up on the vacation she… Read More →

  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2022

The Truth Is

Named one of the best YA Latinx books of 2019 by Remezcla and HipLatina. A Bustle Book Club Selection A powerful exploration of love, identity, and self-worth through the eyes of a… Read More →

  • Lexile: 610
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2019

The Tumbling Tortoises

From the Series The Fabulous Cakes of Zinnia Jakes

Meet Zoe Jones (aka Zinnia Jakes), a nine-year-old SECRET PASTRY CHEF! Schoolgirl by day and chef by night! Zoe is ecstatic! She has won the Wildside Zoo’s endangered animals competition with Read More →

  • Lexile: 600
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2021