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    Thematic Educator Guide: Climate Change

    Books can provide an entry point to climate change education at all levels. The picture books and chapter books included in this guide provide a broad appeal for today’s elementary school students.

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    Black History - Elementary School Titles

    • The Green Piano
      The Green Piano
      How Little Me Found Music
      Tonya Bolden, Roberta Flack, Hayden Goodman
      $18.99 US
      Hardcover
      Jan 10, 2023
    • Me and Muhammad Ali
      Me and Muhammad Ali
      Jabari Asim, AG Ford
      $17.99 US
      Hardcover
      Oct 18, 2022
    • Standing in the Need of Prayer
      Standing in the Need of Prayer
      A Modern Retelling of the Classic Spiritual
      Carole Boston Weatherford, Frank Morrison
      $18.99 US
      Hardcover
      Sep 20, 2022
    • I Have a Superpower
      I Have a Superpower
      Stephen Curry, Geneva Bowers
      $18.99 US
      Hardcover
      Sep 06, 2022
    • DK Life Stories Barack Obama
      DK Life Stories Barack Obama
      Amazing People Who Have Shaped Our World
      Stephen Krensky
      $6.99 US
      Paperback
      Sep 06, 2022
    • Black-Eyed Peas and Hoghead Cheese
      Black-Eyed Peas and Hoghead Cheese
      A Story of Food, Family, and Freedom
      Glenda Armand, Steffi Walthall
      $18.99 US
      Hardcover
      Sep 06, 2022
    • Blue
      Blue
      A History of the Color as Deep as the Sea and as Wide as the Sky
      Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond, Daniel Minter
      $18.99 US
      Hardcover
      Feb 15, 2022
    • Because Claudette
      Because Claudette
      Tracey Baptiste, Tonya Engel
      $17.99 US
      Hardcover
      Feb 01, 2022
    • Daddy Speaks Love
      Daddy Speaks Love
      Leah Henderson, E. B. Lewis
      $17.99 US
      Hardcover
      Jan 04, 2022
    • The Year We Learned to Fly
      The Year We Learned to Fly
      Jacqueline Woodson, Rafael López
      $18.99 US
      Hardcover
      Jan 04, 2022
    • The 1619 Project: Born on the Water
      The 1619 Project: Born on the Water
      Nikole Hannah-Jones, Renée Watson, Nikkolas Smith
      $18.99 US
      Hardcover
      Nov 16, 2021
    • Dream Street
      Dream Street
      Tricia Elam Walker, Ekua Holmes
      $17.99 US
      Hardcover
      Nov 16, 2021
    • Sky Watcher #5
      Sky Watcher #5
      Kelly Starling Lyons, Nneka Myers
      $6.99 US
      Paperback
      Nov 09, 2021
    • Calvin
      Calvin
      Vanessa Ford, JR Ford, Kayla Harren
      $16.99 US
      Hardcover
      Nov 09, 2021
    • Nina
      Nina
      A Story of Nina Simone
      Traci N. Todd, Christian Robinson
      $18.99 US
      Hardcover
      Sep 28, 2021
    • Change Sings
      Change Sings
      A Children's Anthem
      Amanda Gorman, Loren Long
      $18.99 US
      Hardcover
      Sep 21, 2021
    • What Is Black Lives Matter?
      What Is Black Lives Matter?
      Who HQ, Lakita Wilson, Gregory Copeland
      $4.99 US
      Paperback
      Sep 21, 2021
    • She Persisted: Ruby Bridges
      She Persisted: Ruby Bridges
      Kekla Magoon, Chelsea Clinton, Alexandra Boiger, Gillian Flint
      $5.99 US
      Paperback
      Aug 24, 2021
    • Black Boy Joy
      Black Boy Joy
      17 Stories Celebrating Black Boyhood
      $16.99 US
      Hardcover
      Aug 03, 2021
    • Carter Reads the Newspaper
      Carter Reads the Newspaper
      The Story of Carter G. Woodson, Founder of Black History Month
      Deborah Hopkinson, Don Tate
      $8.99 US
      Paperback
      Aug 03, 2021
    • The Green Piano
      The Green Piano
      How Little Me Found Music
      Tonya Bolden, Roberta Flack, Hayden Goodman
      $18.99 US
      Hardcover
      Jan 10, 2023
    • Me and Muhammad Ali
      Me and Muhammad Ali
      Jabari Asim, AG Ford
      $17.99 US
      Hardcover
      Oct 18, 2022
    • Standing in the Need of Prayer
      Standing in the Need of Prayer
      A Modern Retelling of the Classic Spiritual
      Carole Boston Weatherford, Frank Morrison
      $18.99 US
      Hardcover
      Sep 20, 2022
    • I Have a Superpower
      I Have a Superpower
      Stephen Curry, Geneva Bowers
      $18.99 US
      Hardcover
      Sep 06, 2022
    • DK Life Stories Barack Obama
      DK Life Stories Barack Obama
      Amazing People Who Have Shaped Our World
      Stephen Krensky
      $6.99 US
      Paperback
      Sep 06, 2022
    • Black-Eyed Peas and Hoghead Cheese
      Black-Eyed Peas and Hoghead Cheese
      A Story of Food, Family, and Freedom
      Glenda Armand, Steffi Walthall
      $18.99 US
      Hardcover
      Sep 06, 2022
    • Blue
      Blue
      A History of the Color as Deep as the Sea and as Wide as the Sky
      Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond, Daniel Minter
      $18.99 US
      Hardcover
      Feb 15, 2022
    • Because Claudette
      Because Claudette
      Tracey Baptiste, Tonya Engel
      $17.99 US
      Hardcover
      Feb 01, 2022
    • Daddy Speaks Love
      Daddy Speaks Love
      Leah Henderson, E. B. Lewis
      $17.99 US
      Hardcover
      Jan 04, 2022
    • The Year We Learned to Fly
      The Year We Learned to Fly
      Jacqueline Woodson, Rafael López
      $18.99 US
      Hardcover
      Jan 04, 2022
    • The 1619 Project: Born on the Water
      The 1619 Project: Born on the Water
      Nikole Hannah-Jones, Renée Watson, Nikkolas Smith
      $18.99 US
      Hardcover
      Nov 16, 2021
    • Dream Street
      Dream Street
      Tricia Elam Walker, Ekua Holmes
      $17.99 US
      Hardcover
      Nov 16, 2021
    • Sky Watcher #5
      Sky Watcher #5
      Kelly Starling Lyons, Nneka Myers
      $6.99 US
      Paperback
      Nov 09, 2021
    • Calvin
      Calvin
      Vanessa Ford, JR Ford, Kayla Harren
      $16.99 US
      Hardcover
      Nov 09, 2021
    • Nina
      Nina
      A Story of Nina Simone
      Traci N. Todd, Christian Robinson
      $18.99 US
      Hardcover
      Sep 28, 2021
    • Change Sings
      Change Sings
      A Children's Anthem
      Amanda Gorman, Loren Long
      $18.99 US
      Hardcover
      Sep 21, 2021
    • What Is Black Lives Matter?
      What Is Black Lives Matter?
      Who HQ, Lakita Wilson, Gregory Copeland
      $4.99 US
      Paperback
      Sep 21, 2021
    • She Persisted: Ruby Bridges
      She Persisted: Ruby Bridges
      Kekla Magoon, Chelsea Clinton, Alexandra Boiger, Gillian Flint
      $5.99 US
      Paperback
      Aug 24, 2021
    • Black Boy Joy
      Black Boy Joy
      17 Stories Celebrating Black Boyhood
      $16.99 US
      Hardcover
      Aug 03, 2021
    • Carter Reads the Newspaper
      Carter Reads the Newspaper
      The Story of Carter G. Woodson, Founder of Black History Month
      Deborah Hopkinson, Don Tate
      $8.99 US
      Paperback
      Aug 03, 2021

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    2022 Notable Social Studies Titles

    • Amira's Picture Day
      Amira's Picture Day
      Reem Faruqi, Fahmida Azim
      $17.99 US
      Hardcover
      Apr 13, 2021
    • Areli Is a Dreamer
      Areli Is a Dreamer
      A True Story by Areli Morales, a DACA Recipient
      Areli Morales, Luisa Uribe
      $17.99 US
      Hardcover
      Jun 08, 2021
    • Bright Star
      Bright Star
      Yuyi Morales
      $18.99 US
      Hardcover
      Sep 07, 2021
    • Calvin
      Calvin
      Vanessa Ford, JR Ford, Kayla Harren
      $16.99 US
      Hardcover
      Nov 09, 2021
    • Change Sings
      Change Sings
      A Children's Anthem
      Amanda Gorman, Loren Long
      $18.99 US
      Hardcover
      Sep 21, 2021
    • The Cot in the Living Room
      The Cot in the Living Room
      Hilda Eunice Burgos, Gaby D'Alessandro
      $17.99 US
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      Jun 01, 2021
    • Families Can
      Families Can
      Dan Saks, Brooke Smart
      $8.99 US
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      Apr 06, 2021
    • Fatima's Great Outdoors
      Fatima's Great Outdoors
      Ambreen Tariq, Stevie Lewis
      $17.99 US
      Hardcover
      Mar 30, 2021
    • Lucas at the Paralympics
      Lucas at the Paralympics
      Igor Plohl, Urska Stropnik Sonc
      $17.99 US
      Hardcover
      Jun 08, 2021
    • Milo Imagines the World
      Milo Imagines the World
      Matt de la Peña, Christian Robinson
      $18.99 US
      Hardcover
      Feb 02, 2021
    • My First Day
      My First Day
      Phung Nguyen Quang, Huynh Kim Lien
      $18.99 US
      Hardcover
      Feb 16, 2021
    • My Two Border Towns
      My Two Border Towns
      David Bowles, Erika Meza
      $17.99 US
      Hardcover
      Sep 14, 2021
    • Nathan's Song
      Nathan's Song
      Leda Schubert, Maya Ish-Shalom
      $17.99 US
      Hardcover
      Feb 16, 2021
    • Nina
      Nina
      A Story of Nina Simone
      Traci N. Todd, Christian Robinson
      $18.99 US
      Hardcover
      Sep 28, 2021
    • Our Skin: A First Conversation About Race
      Our Skin: A First Conversation About Race
      Megan Madison, Jessica Ralli, Isabel Roxas
      $14.99 US
      Hardcover
      May 25, 2021
    • The Passover Guest
      The Passover Guest
      Susan Kusel, Sean Rubin
      $18.99 US
      Hardcover
      Jan 19, 2021
    • Saving American Beach
      Saving American Beach
      The Biography of African American Environmentalist MaVynee Betsch
      Heidi Tyline King, Ekua Holmes
      $17.99 US
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      Apr 13, 2021
    • Someone Builds the Dream
      Someone Builds the Dream
      Lisa Wheeler, Loren Long
      $20.99 US
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      Mar 23, 2021
    • Song for Jimi
      Song for Jimi
      The Story of Guitar Legend Jimi Hendrix
      Charles R. Smith Jr., Edel Rodriguez
      $22.99 US
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      Nov 23, 2021
    • Sprouting Wings
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      The True Story of James Herman Banning, the First African American Pilot to Fly Across the United States
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      $17.99 US
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      Jan 05, 2021
    • Amira's Picture Day
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      $17.99 US
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      Apr 13, 2021
    • Areli Is a Dreamer
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      $17.99 US
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      Jun 08, 2021
    • Bright Star
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      $18.99 US
      Hardcover
      Sep 07, 2021
    • Calvin
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      Vanessa Ford, JR Ford, Kayla Harren
      $16.99 US
      Hardcover
      Nov 09, 2021
    • Change Sings
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      Amanda Gorman, Loren Long
      $18.99 US
      Hardcover
      Sep 21, 2021
    • The Cot in the Living Room
      The Cot in the Living Room
      Hilda Eunice Burgos, Gaby D'Alessandro
      $17.99 US
      Hardcover
      Jun 01, 2021
    • Families Can
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      Dan Saks, Brooke Smart
      $8.99 US
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      Apr 06, 2021
    • Fatima's Great Outdoors
      Fatima's Great Outdoors
      Ambreen Tariq, Stevie Lewis
      $17.99 US
      Hardcover
      Mar 30, 2021
    • Lucas at the Paralympics
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      Igor Plohl, Urska Stropnik Sonc
      $17.99 US
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      Jun 08, 2021
    • Milo Imagines the World
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    • My First Day
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      Feb 16, 2021
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      Sep 28, 2021
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      May 25, 2021
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      Jan 19, 2021
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