Debbie Levy
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2024 Women's History Month for Kids
Find Your Voice! Nonfiction!
Jewish American Heritage Month
Jewish American Heritage Month - Kids
Find Your Voice! Nonfiction!
Jewish American Heritage Month
Jewish American Heritage Month - Kids
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Traces the achievements of the celebrated Supreme Court justice through the lens of her many famous acts of civil disagreement against inequality, unfair treatment, and human rights injustice.
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"In May 2011, unbeknownst to his owner, [Goldendoodle] Dozer slipped out of his yard in Highland, Maryland, enticed by the sight of people running past. The runners were participating in the Maryland Half Marathon, a race benefitting the University of Maryland Greenebaum Cancer Center. Dozer joined the two thousand runners in the race, inspiring everyone along the thirteen-mile race course"--Dust jacket flap.
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"The Earth is facing a climate crisis that it can't fight on its own. Luckily, the Earth has another important power: the power of people! And people have the power to change, protect, innovate, and invent. Thanks to the power of nature and the ingenuity of people, change is in the air!"--
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Can one document really change the world? In June, 1215 King John of England met with a group of nobles in a meadow on the banks of the Thames River. There, John affixed his royal seal to a document designed to bring about peace between the king and a group of rebellious nobles. This attempt failed miserably, and the two parties were soon at war again. Yet the ideas laid out in the document-which would later be called Magna Carta-lived on, and would...
7) Underwater
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Twelve-year-old Gabe has big ambitions. His anxiety about growing up is matched by his fear that he'll be crazy (like his brother). But he finds some relief in his underwater computer game.
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5th Grade Recommended Reads
Nonfiction Graphic Novels (SCPL-YS)
OBD Women's History Month (March) - YOUTH
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This biographical graphic novel explores the life of celebrated Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Justice Ginsburg is a modern feminist icon - a leader in the fight for equal treatment of girls and women in society and the workplace. She blazed trails to the peaks of the male-centric worlds of education and law, where women had rarely risen before. She has often said that true and lasting change in society and law is accomplished slowly,...
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"In 1956, one year before federal troops escorted the Little Rock 9 into Central High School, fourteen year old Jo Ann Allen was one of twelve African-American students who broke the color barrier and integrated Clinton High School in Tennessee. At first things went smoothly for the Clinton 12, but then outside agitators interfered, pitting the townspeople against one another. Uneasiness turned into anger, and even the Clinton Twelve themselves wondered...
18) The Vietnam War
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Explores the origins, crucial battles, key characters, and public sentiment of this divisive conflict.
20) Bigotry
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Presents a historical view of causes and effects of stereotypes, hate groups, hate crimes, and the legal and other methods used to combat them, with emphasis on recent incidents in the United States.