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• Bored

  Sala, Felicita

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  “Rita was bored. She was so bored she couldn’t read. Or draw. Or think. Her toys were boring. Her room was boring.” Rita tries to shake off the boredom using every technique you might imagine, and a few you might not! But nothing works. Finally,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Dream Builder's Blueprint

  Dr. King's Message to Young People

  Duncan, Alice Faye,

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  On October 26, 1967, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke to a group of sixth through ninth grade students at Barrett Junior High School in Philadelphia. His speech was 1,765 words long. In this informational picture book, author Alice Faye Duncan…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Golden Hoops

  Lee, Jen Hayes,

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  Every year, Janey wishes for a pair of golden hoops: one for each ear. Ancient queens wore golden hoops. So do all of Janey’s favorite singers. The cool girls in Janey’s neighborhood wear golden hoops. Even the church ladies rock golden hoops. And…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• How to Hatch

  a Gosling's Guide to Breaking Free

  Ackerman, Sara Holly,

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  Goslings (baby geese) grow for 27 to 33 days inside the safety of their shells. Then, it’s time to break free! But how many steps does it take to hatch? Follow one tiny gosling as it finds its egg tooth and breaks its way into the big wide world.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Last Ember

  Dodd, Lily Berlin,

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  What would you do if the last egg of an extinct creature just happened to land in your hands? What if that creature was so dangerous it had to be destroyed? Once upon a time, in the Kingdom of Glaucus, there lived a dragon-like species called the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Ling & Ting's Lunar New Year

  Two Times Lucky

  Lin, Grace,

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  The Lunar New Year is almost here! Twin sisters Ling and Ting are hard at work preparing the house to welcome the New Year. But when Ting sweeps last year’s dust out the front door, she creates one big mess. The New Year enters through the front…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Mighty Macy

  Alexander, Kwame,

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  Have you ever stayed up past your bedtime to finish reading an “unputdownable” book? That’s exactly what third-grader Macy does after receiving a copy of, The Mighty Zora, the first book in a series, for her birthday! Macy can’t wait to check out…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Momo Sees the Sea

  Dwivedi, Avani

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  One day, Momo and Dadi (grandma) walk to the temple by the water. Dadi goes inside to chant and sing with her friends while Momo waits outside and looks for new ways to entertain himself. When Momo's ball splashes into the lotus pond, he dives in to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Moon Without Stars

  Miller, Chanel,

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  Luna and Scott have been best friends since they were little. The kind of friendship that feels like family - constant, unconditional, unchangeable. But seventh grade has a way of changing everything. It all starts when Luna becomes the book doctor…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• X Marks the Haunt

  Currie, Lindsay

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  Have you ever kept a parent’s job a secret? 12-year-old Will Stone is actually kind of proud of his mom’s role as executive director of Chicago’s Graceland Cemetery. Will loves sifting through the old, handwritten burial records and touring the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Wild Moon

  How the Lunar Phases Light Up Our World

  Powers, Andie,

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  “While you sleep, I am spinning. I dance in an oval around the earth. Pirouette! Pirouette! I hum a lullaby to this side of the planet and then to the other.” This luminous informational picture book explores the eight phases of the moon and their…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Women on a Mission

  the Remarkable Heroes Who Put Men on the Moon

  Slade, Suzanne,

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  In 1969, Neil Armstrong became the first man to set foot on the Moon. Meet twelve of the women whose research and innovation helped make key strides “for all mankind.” From Mary Golda Ross, a member of the Cherokee Nation, who helped NASA create a…Read moreRead more of this annotation