Stacy McAnulty
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Books with Neurodiverse Characters (SCPL)
Caudill Nominees 2021
Mental Health Awareness Month 2022
Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award 2021
Caudill Nominees 2021
Mental Health Awareness Month 2022
Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award 2021
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A lightning strike made Lucy, twelve, a math genius, but, after years of homeschooling, her grandmother enrolls her in middle school and she learns that life is more than numbers.
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Reads You May Have Missed - Middle School
Rotolo 6th & 7th Grade Red Carpet Reads
Rotolo 8th Grade Red Carpet Reads
Rotolo Battle of the Books
Rotolo 6th & 7th Grade Red Carpet Reads
Rotolo 8th Grade Red Carpet Reads
Rotolo Battle of the Books
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"After seventh graders Benji and Felix "borrow" $20 from a lost wallet, the billionaire owner challenges them to spend over $5 million dollars in thirty days in order to learn life lessons about money"--
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Meet Mars! The red planet. Planet Marvelous. Favorite sibling of Earth (or so he claims). Sometimes they're close (just 34.5 million miles apart). Sometimes they need space (250 million miles apart)! Earth and Mars have a lot in common--clouds, mountains, polar icecaps. And while Earth has Earthlings, Mars makes a persuasive case for why people should make the journey to spend time with him. His day is 7 minutes longer! He is home to the largest volcano...
4) Excellent Ed
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Everyone in the Ellis family is excellent, except Ed the dog, who is determined to find something at which he, too, can excel.
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Dino files volume 1
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During a summer at his grandparents' dinosaur museum and dig, the Dinosaur Education Center of Wyoming, Frank, aided by his cousin Sam and cat Saurus, cares for a newly-hatched dinosaur while trying to keep its existence secret, both from his grandparents and from the neighbors.
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The Earth introduces readers to key moments in the planet's life, from its formation over four billion years ago to the present, including the Earth's position in the solar system, its layers, and when plants and animals began to inhabit the planet.
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Our universe volume 3
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"A light-hearted nonfiction picture book about the formation and history of the moon and its history in relation to earth--told from the perspective of the moon itself!"--
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Our universe volume 2
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"Meet Sun: He's a star! And not just any star--he's one in a billion. He lights up our solar system and makes life possible. With characteristic humor and charm, Stacy McAnulty channels the voice of Sun in this next celestial "autobiography." Rich with kid-friendly facts and beautifully illustrated, this is an equally charming and irresistible companion to Earth! My First 4.54 Billion Years."--Amazon.com.
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"It was like a game of tag, with one small act of kindness spreading throughout a small community of kids and teachers alike. Award-winning children's book author Stacy McAnulty packs a powerful punch with minimal text, providing a sweet message about all the small ways one can be kind. Illustrator Wendy Leach creates a diverse cast of characters while using color as a visual cue to how kindness is able to spread, even in a small community like a...
11) Beautiful
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"Every girl is unique, talented and lovable ... Every girl is beautiful"--Jacket.
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Dude, I am Ocean. You know my many names: Atlantic, Pacific, Arctic, Indian, Southern. It's all excellent me. My salt water flows across the planet as one. I have no flag. No nationality. My waves are for all. Life on Earth began in my epic waters I keep the global climate just right. And I have rad secrets. But I'm facing a major wipeout! Only by working together can we get back in the zone. It's you and me, dudes."--Publisher
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Rotolo 6th & 7th Grade Red Carpet Reads
Rotolo Battle of the Books
Understanding Blindness & Low Vision - Chapter Books
Rotolo Battle of the Books
Understanding Blindness & Low Vision - Chapter Books
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"When seventh-grader Eleanor reads an article online claiming that an asteroid will hit Earth in April, she starts an underground school club to prepare kids for the end of the world as we know it"--
14) Too big to hide
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Dino files volume 2
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Nine-year-old Frank, his cousin Sam, and cat Saurus's efforts to keep Peanut the newly-hatched dinosaur's existence a secret become more complicated when their grandmother finds a new fossil that looks like Peanut's horn, but a thousand times bigger, and a crew comes to make a movie about it.
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"Brains. 78% water, 100% delicious. A zombie chef who has sworn off eating brains salivates over this super powerful organ in this . . . picture book. From learning about how the brain processes messages from our five senses, to learning why wrinkly human brains are so much more powerful than smooth mouse brains, this is an introduction to the organ that does it all"--
16) Dear Santasaurus
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Naughty comes easily to Ernest. Nice is harder. But maybe if Ernest writes to Santasaurus about all the ways he's tried to be helpful and well-behaved, he can get that Jurassic Turbo Scooter X9 with the working headlight, racing fin, and secret compartment he has his eye on.
18) Love
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Love can be seen every day, everywhere, and everyone can show it.
19) Brave
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Every kid faces unique challenges, fears and pressures. Every kid can be brave. This book encourages kids to be brave in all the ways they can: trying new things, speaking their mind, confronting bullies, and more.