Embracing Humanity
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“We Are All Alike, We Are All Different”
3:01 video – Voices and illustrations are for Kindergarten children who talk about how we are all alike and different. This video has been incorporated into a fun Inside Out Club project that can be accessed by clicking HERE.
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A Bad Case of Stripes by David Shannon
Camilla Cream is always worried about what others think of her. When she wakes up on the first day of school, she is covered in rainbow stripes! Will her classmates accept her for who she is?
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A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park
When the Sudanese civil war reaches his village in 1985, eleven-year-old Salva becomes separated from his family and must walk with other Dinka tribe members through southern Sudan, Ethiopia, and Kenya in search of safe haven. Based on the life of Salva Dut, who, after emigrating to America in 1996, began a project to dig water wells in Sudan.
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A Properly Unhaunted Place by William Alexander
In a world full of ghosts, Rosa and Jasper live in the only unhaunted town–but must spring to action when they realize the ghosts are lying in wait to take the town back
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Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff
Ten-year-old Albie has never been the smartest, tallest, best at gym, greatest artist, or most musical in his class, as his parents keep reminding him, but new nanny Calista helps him uncover his strengths and take pride in himself
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An American Tail
A little boy mouse, Fievel, journeys from Russia to America with his family to seek a new life free from cat persecution.
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Army Dog
When an army dog returns to the United States, he goes on a camping trip with his owner and tries to help him repair his relationship with his daughter.
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Be kind by Pat Zietlow Miller
When Tanisha spills grape juice all over her new dress, her classmate wants to make her feel better, wondering: What does it mean to be kind? From asking the new girl to play to standing up for someone being bullied, this moving story explores what kindness is, and how any act, big or small, can make a difference—or at least help a friend.
With a gentle text from the award-winning author of Sophie’s Squash, Pat Zietlow Miller, and irresistible art from Jen Hill, Be Kind is an unforgettable story about how two simple words can change the world.
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Because of Mr. Terupt by Rob Buyea
This story features seven different perspectives of seven students in Mr. Terupt’s fifth grade class. There is a new girl, the “brain”, the shy girl, the bully, the troublemaker, the low-self esteem girl and the student who hates school. Mr. Terupt knows how to deal with all of their personalities and one day an accident changes everyone.
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