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1) Together
Author
Publisher
Seven Stories Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"A poem about the transformational change that happens when people stop acting alone and start doing things together"--
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
As mysterious circumstances bring Giuseppe, Frederick, and Hannah together, their lives soon interlock like the turning gears in a clock and they realize that each one holds a key to solving the others' mysteries.
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"The Little Guys might be small, but they aim to be mighty. As they head off to find breakfast, they can conquer anything through teamwork---cross deep waters, dig through obstacles, and climb the tallest trees. Nothing can stop them! But as they begin to amass more than they need, the creatures in the forest ponder---what happens when no one can stop the Little Guys?"--
5) Unstoppable
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books LLC
Pub. Date
2020
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
When a bird and a crab team up to combine the advantages of flight and claws, it gives them an idea: why not expand the team to include other animals who have a special trait -- and soon they all set out to rescue their lake from development, because united together they are unstoppable.
Author
Publisher
Little Bee Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"In Josh's bedroom, tension mounts as each of his books battle over who will be chosen for story time. It's every book for itself--until Pirate Book needs rescuing, and the books must use their unique talents to save him."--
Author
Publisher
TarcherPerigee, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Based on more than twenty-five years of clinical work with juvenile offenders as well training parents, teachers, counselors and law enforcement, and supported by research in neuroscience, Changeable presents a radical new way of thinking about challenging and unwanted behavior -- Collaborative Problem Solving -- that builds empathy, helps others reach their full potential, and most of all really works. With illuminating scientific evidence, remarkable...
Author
Series
Elephant and Piggie books volume 1
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 0.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
While Piggie is determined to fly, Elephant is skeptical, but when Piggie gets a little help from others, amazing things happen.
12) Smart vs. strong
Author
Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
When Thunder gets stuck in quicksand, Cluck uses his smarts to free his friend.
15) Bigger than me
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Initially bewildered children learn how to navigate big concepts like democracy, pandemic, and understand things like solidarity"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
One child who wants to make a difference joins with another and, through a series of simple actions and others' help, succeeds in making the world a better place. Includes a mindfulness exercise and notes about the importance of taking one first step.
18) By Mouse & Frog
Author
Publisher
Viking, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA)
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Mouse has one idea about what a book should be and how to tell a story. Frog has another. What happens when these two very different friends try to create a book together?" --
19) The maze runner
Author
Series
Maze runner trilogy volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Formats
Description
Sixteen-year-old Thomas wakes up with no memory in the middle of a maze and realizes he must work with the community in which he finds himself if he is to escape.
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"In the tradition of Richard Dawkins's The Selfish Gene, Nichola Raihani's The Social Instinct is a profound and engaging look at the hidden relationships underpinning human evolution, and why cooperation is key to our future survival. Cooperation is the means by which life arose in the first place. It's how we progressed through scale and complexity, from free-floating strands of genetic material, to nation states. But given what we know about the...
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