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Author
Series
Magic tree house. Merlin missions volume 11
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
When eight-year-old Jack and his seven-year-old sister, Annie, join a group of nineteenth-century explorers aboard the H.M.S. Challenger, they learn about the ocean, solve the mystery of its fabled sea monster, and gain compassion for their fellow creatures.
6) Love
Author
Publisher
RP KIDS
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Love can be seen every day, everywhere, and everyone can show it.
13) Perdu
Author
Publisher
Peachtree Publishing Company, Inc
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
The moving, beautifully illustrated story of a little lost dog and his search for a place to call home. Poor Perdu is all alone as he journeys from the countryside to the city in search of a home. The city is a big place when you are very small, but is it possible that someone is looking out for Perdu?
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
As Lola helps her mother at the family's hotel, she learns about compassion, social injustice, and how one voice can lead to change. Includes author's note on Dolores Huerta, a labor organizer who co-founded the National Farm Workers Association.
15) Lunch every day
Author
Publisher
KO Kids Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Based on the true story of a boy named Jimmy who takes another kid's lunch at school every day. But through the power of kindness he is transformed into a compassionate human being.--Publisher.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Suhaila's wish to know her deceased grandmother is granted when a golden ladder appears at her window and Grandma Annie invites her on a journey to the moon, where they welcome people who are facing tragedy. Includes facts about the painting and woman who inspired the story.
17) I see you
Author
Publisher
Magination Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"A wordless picture book that depicts a homeless woman who is not seen by all the life around her, except by a little boy. Ultimately, in a gesture of compassion, this boy approaches this woman, in an exchange where he sees her and she experiences being seen"--
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