The Five Lives of Our Cat Zook by Joanne Rocklin
When their beloved cat falls ill and is taken for an extended stay at the veterinarian’s office, Oona imparts to her younger brother fairy-tale renditions of the cat’s previous lives which echo difficult family transitions, from their father’s death to their mother’s new relationship
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A is for Activist by Innosanto Nagara
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The Enormous Potato by Aubrey Davis
It’s harvest time and a farmer plants an enormous potato. When it is time to pull it out of the ground, he cannot do it alone. He calls on the help of all his farmhands, family, and friends, until finally a mouse comes and helps pull the potato out.
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We focus on helping kids develop the character skills (i.e. social and emotional skills) necessary to thrive in their lives, schools, and later in jobs and community, which is the “inside piece”. The “outside” part is being connected to the community through volunteerism. All of our programs combine these two elements!
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The Inside Out Club is positively impacting more than 3,000 children and their families each year.
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