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Fun Family Read-Alouds for 2nd Grade and Older
Middle School Project Lit Titles
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Fun Family Read-Alouds for 2nd Grade and Older
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Roz the robot discovers that she is alone on a remote, wild island with no memory of where she is from or why she is there, and her only hope of survival is to try to learn about her new environment from the island's hostile inhabitants.
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"Tells the story of a young Native American girl stranded for eighteen years on San Nicolas Island, off the coast of California. In addition to the text of the original book, this special edition includes two excised chapters published here for the first time, as well as a critical introduction and essays that offer ... background on the archaeological, legal, and folkloric history of Native Americans in California"--Provided by publisher.
5) Coral reefs
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Introduces coral reefs to young readers, including structure, life cycle, habitat, and other animals plants that live there.
10) Islandborn
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1st Grade Reading
Books for Summer, in English and Spanish/Libros para el verano, en inglés y español
Diverse Books - African/Black Experience in the World
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Books for Summer, in English and Spanish/Libros para el verano, en inglés y español
Diverse Books - African/Black Experience in the World
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"Lola was just a baby when her family left the Island, so when she has to draw it for a school assignment, she asks her family, friends, and neighbors about their memories of her homeland ... and in the process, comes up with a new way of understanding her own heritage"--
11) Notorious
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Told in different voices, on Centerlight Island, halfway between the United States and Canada, middle-schoolers Keenan and ZeeBee team up to seek gold rumored to be hidden there a famous gangster.--
12) The old boat
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2nd Grade Reading
Main Children's Staff Picture Book Favorites
Multicultural Literature and Nature Education
Main Children's Staff Picture Book Favorites
Multicultural Literature and Nature Education
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"Off a small island, a boy and his grandfather set sail in their beloved fishing boat. They ride the waves, catching wants and wishes and seeing the wonders of the ocean. But soon the boy is sailing the boat himself, drifting further from shore as the waters grow muddied and turbulent. When a storm washes him ashore, he sees home in a new light. He decides to turn the tides of his fortune, cleaning the island's waters and creating a new life with...
14) Islands
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Simple text and color photographs explain how islands form, types of islands, and life on islands.
15) Fog Island
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No one has ever returned from the mysterious Fog Island, but when Finn and Cara get castaway on its murky shores, they discover things are not quite as they expect. Will anyone ever believe them?
16) South Korea
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This book tells about life in South Korea. It describes the land, the wildlife, its cities, its holidays, and the food they eat.
17) Pablo and Birdy
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Pablo, nearly ten, has many questions about his origins and how he arrived at Isla as a baby, but finding the answers may mean losing his lifetime companion, Birdy the parrot.
18) Coral reefs
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This book introduces coral reefs and describes the coral polyps and other animals that live there.
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Key features include photo captions that give facts about the flora and fauna of the environment, clear, age-appropriate language explains well-researched data, sidebars give focused explanations and descriptions, latest information on how environmental changes have impacted these habitats, meets curriculum standards for the study of biomes, and observer tips provide young naturalists methods in the field.