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We Are All Dots:A Big Plan for a Better World by Giancarlo Macri and Carolina Zanotti

When a set of prosperous dots on one page and another set of impoverished dots on the other meet, readers are taken through their struggle to bridge their differences.

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We Planted A Tree by Diane Muldrow

We Planted a Tree is a quiet picture book showing families around the world planting trees and enjoying the many benefits of trees.

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We’Re All Wonders by Rj Palacio

A reminder to all that everyone is special in their own way. This book discusses acceptance and making the world a kinder place.

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Weslandia by Paul Fleischman

One summer, Wesley decides to create his own civilization, using his knowledge to grow new plants and find new ways to live, peaking curiousity in himself and those around him.

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What About Moose? By Corey Rosen Schwartz

Deciding to build a treehouse together, Fox, Toad, Bear, Porcupine and Skunk decide to follow a plan and work as a team only to have their efforts upended by a bossy Moose who wants to insinuate his own ideas into the project.

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What Are Wants and Needs by Barbara Gottfried Hollander

For young people, it can be easy to confuse what one wants as opposed to what one actually needs. This thoughtful resource elucidates the basic concepts of wants and needs and how they fit into the economic landscape. Readers will be asked to consider the different priorities of cultures from around the world, offering a more global overview, as well as a perspective on what people needed in the past. The text nudges the idea of needs further with a discussion of emotional needs and what those might be.

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What Do I Want? What Do I Need? by Rachel Eagen

This title discusses the important difference between wants and needs, and how it relates to money. Through imaginative activities and relatable “What would you do?” scenarios, children will learn how to weigh the pros and cons of a purchase, and to equate smart money choices with examples from their own lives.

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What Does it Mean to be Kind? By Rana DiOrio

Teaches children about what it means to be kind by discussing the importance of caring, patience, forgiveness and acceptance, giving children and adults alike the opportunity to live more fully and richly

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When Jessie Came Across the Sea by Amy Hest

Jessie is choosen to sail to America and leave her grandmother behind in their small european town. This is a story of how Jessie works hard to eventually bring her grandmother across the great ocean as well.

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