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Book cover of 1 TINY BUBBLE - THE STORY OF OUR LAST UN
1 TINY BUBBLE - THE STORY OF OUR LAST UN
By: karen krossing | Published: September 2022

"[An] introduction to the idea that every living organism on planet Earth shares the same origin. Imagine: Plant, insect, mammal--we developed from...

"[An] introduction to the idea that every living organism on planet Earth shares the same origin. Imagine: Plant, insect, mammal--we developed from the same basic ingredients. We all evolved from LUCA, which stands for our Last Universal Common Ancestor"--Provided by publisher.

Theme: Big Ideas

  • ISBN
    9781771474450
  • Binding
    Hardcover Canadian
  • Category
    Science - General
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Book cover of 1 WORLD 1 DAY
1 WORLD 1 DAY
By: barbara kerley | Published: May 2009

One World, One Day uses exquisite, moving photographs and Barbara Kerley’s poetic text to convey a simple yet profound concept: we are one...

One World, One Day uses exquisite, moving photographs and Barbara Kerley’s poetic text to convey a simple yet profound concept: we are one global family. This is a sophisticated concept book, presented as an elegant picture book with contributions from top international photographers. This beautiful photo book follows the course of one day in our world. Sunrise to sunset is captured in the essential things we all do daily, wherever we live in the world, and in the different ways we do them. The first meal of the day will take on a whole new dimension for American kids as an American pancake breakfast is contrasted with porridge in North Korea and churros in Spain. At the end, each image is reprinted as a thumbnail and accompanied by a detailed caption. Selected images feature photographers’ notes that share the thoughts and methodology involved in the making of the picture and reveal fascinating behind-the-scenes information. The photographers reflect on how the pictures might resonate within the theme of the global family. Such reflections are rooted in the life experiences of these well-traveled professionals. Their global viewpoints, in tandem with Barbara Kerley’s powerful message, set an ideal example for all future world citizens.

Theme: Big Ideas

  • ISBN
    9781426304606
  • Binding
    Hardcover
  • Category
    Social Studies - Countries (including Life In)
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$21.00
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Book cover of ALL THE WORLD
ALL THE WORLD
By: liz scanlon | Published: September 2009

All the world is here. It is there. It is everywhere. All the world is right where you are. Now. Following a circle of...

All the world is here. It is there. It is everywhere. All the world is right where you are. Now. Following a circle of family and friends through the course of a day from morning till night, this book affirms the importance of all things great and small in our world, from the tiniest shell on the beach, to warm family connections, to the widest sunset sky

Theme: Big Ideas

  • ISBN
    9781416985808
  • Binding
    Hardcover
  • Category
    Picture Book
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$25.99
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Book cover of ART OF STARVING
ART OF STARVING
By: sam miller | Published: June 2019

Winner of the 2017 Andre Norton Award for Outstanding Young Adult Science Fiction or Fantasy Book! “Funny, haunting, beautiful, relentless,...

Winner of the 2017 Andre Norton Award for Outstanding Young Adult Science Fiction or Fantasy Book! “Funny, haunting, beautiful, relentless, and powerful, The Art of Starving is a classic in the making.”—Book Riot Matt hasn’t eaten in days. His stomach stabs and twists inside, pleading for a meal, but Matt won’t give in. The hunger clears his mind, keeps him sharp—and he needs to be as sharp as possible if he’s going to find out just how Tariq and his band of high school bullies drove his sister, Maya, away. Matt’s hardworking mom keeps the kitchen crammed with food, but Matt can resist the siren call of casseroles and cookies because he has discovered something: the less he eats the more he seems to have . . . powers. The ability to see things he shouldn’t be able to see. The knack of tuning in to thoughts right out of people’s heads. Maybe even the authority to bend time and space. So what is lunch, really, compared to the secrets of the universe? Matt decides to infiltrate Tariq’s life, then use his powers to uncover what happened to Maya. All he needs to do is keep the hunger and longing at bay. No problem. But Matt doesn’t realize there are many kinds of hunger…and he isn’t in control of all of them. A darkly funny, moving story of body image, addiction, friendship, and love, Sam J. Miller’s debut novel will resonate with any reader who’s ever craved the power that comes with self-acceptance.

Theme: Big Ideas, Bullying issues, LGBTQ2S+

  • ISBN
    9780062456724
  • Binding
    Paperback
  • Category
    Young Adult Fiction
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$13.50
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Book cover of BEGIN AGAIN
BEGIN AGAIN
By: oliver jeffers | Published: October 2023

This book starts at the dawn of humankind following people on their journey from then until now, and then offers the reader a challenge: where do we...

This book starts at the dawn of humankind following people on their journey from then until now, and then offers the reader a challenge: where do we go from here? How can we think about the future of the human race more than our individual lives? How can we save ourselves? How can we change our story?

Theme: Conflict Resolution, Big Ideas

  • ISBN
    9780008579593
  • Binding
    Hardcover
  • Category
    Picture Book - Advanced
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$29.99
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Book cover of BIBLIOBURRO - TRUE STORY FROM COLOMBIA
BIBLIOBURRO - TRUE STORY FROM COLOMBIA
By: jeanette winter | Published: June 2010

Luis loves to read, but soon his house in Colombia is so full of books there's barely room for the family. What to do? Then he comes up with the...

Luis loves to read, but soon his house in Colombia is so full of books there's barely room for the family. What to do? Then he comes up with the perfect solution--a traveling library! He buys two donkeys--Alfa and Beto--and travels with them throughout the land, bringing books and reading to the children in faraway villages. Beautiful! Complete with an author's note about the real man on whom this story is based.

Theme: Big Ideas, Libraries, Survival

  • ISBN
    9781416997788
  • Binding
    Hardcover
  • Category
    Picture Book
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$23.99
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Book cover of DIFFERENT ME
DIFFERENT ME
By: deborah blumenthal | Published: August 2015

Allie Johnston's secret wish since the day she was twelve is to have her nose done. But she's never told anyone-not her parents, or even her best...

Allie Johnston's secret wish since the day she was twelve is to have her nose done. But she's never told anyone-not her parents, or even her best friend, Jen. But when she starts visiting a plastic surgery discussion board on the Web, she finds people who get her for the first time in her life. Her new friends include two girls her age who share her obsession with changing their faces-but for very different reasons. A sharply written, insightful book about learning to be happy with who we are.

Theme: Big Ideas

  • ISBN
    9780807515754
  • Binding
    Paperback
  • Category
    Young Adult Fiction
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$13.99
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Book cover of DOWN TO EARTH - HOW KIDS HELP FEED THE W
DOWN TO EARTH - HOW KIDS HELP FEED THE W
By: nikki tate | Published: April 2013

Kids all over the world help collect seeds, weed gardens, milk goats and herd ducks. From a balcony garden with pots of lettuce to a farm with...

Kids all over the world help collect seeds, weed gardens, milk goats and herd ducks. From a balcony garden with pots of lettuce to a farm with hundreds of cows, kids can pitch in to bring the best and freshest products to their families' tables-and to market. Loaded with accessible information about the many facets of farming, Down to Earth takes a close look at everything from what an egg carton tells you to why genetic diversity matters-even to kids.

Theme: Big Ideas, Environmental Issues

  • ISBN
    9781459804234
  • Binding
    Hardcover Canadian
  • Category
    Social Studies - Issues (economic, Political And Social)
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$19.95
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Book cover of EVERYTHING THAT MAKES YOU
EVERYTHING THAT MAKES YOU
By: moriah mcstay | Published: March 2015

Theme: Big Ideas

  • ISBN
    9780062295484
  • Binding
    Hardcover
  • Category
    Young Adult Fiction
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$21.99
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Book cover of FAT ANGIE - REBEL GIRL REVOLUTION
FAT ANGIE - REBEL GIRL REVOLUTION
By: e charlton-trujillo | Published: March 2019

More trouble at school and at home — and the discovery of a missive from her late soldier sister — send Angie and a long-ago friend on an...

More trouble at school and at home — and the discovery of a missive from her late soldier sister — send Angie and a long-ago friend on an RV road trip across Ohio. Sophomore year has just begun, and Angie is miserable. Her girlfriend, KC, has moved away; her good friend, Jake, is keeping his distance; and the resident bully has ramped up an increasingly vicious and targeted campaign to humiliate her. An over-the-top statue dedication planned for her sister, who died in Iraq, is almost too much to bear, and it doesn't help that her mother has placed a symbolic empty urn on their mantel. At the ceremony, a soldier hands Angie a final letter from her sister, including a list of places she wanted the two of them to visit when she got home from the war. With her mother threatening to send Angie to a “treatment center” and the situation at school becoming violent, Angie enlists the help of her estranged childhood friend, Jamboree. Along with a few other outsiders, they pack into an RV and head across the state on the road trip Angie's sister did not live to take. It might be just what Angie needs to find a way to let her sister go, and find herself in the process.

Theme: LGBTQ2S+, Big Ideas

  • ISBN
    9780763693459
  • Binding
    Hardcover
  • Category
    Young Adult Fiction
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$22.99
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Book cover of FUGLY
FUGLY
By: claire waller | Published: November 2019

A wrenchingly honest, thought-provoking exploration of a girl judged and dismissed by society who must break the cycle of shaming that traps her in...

A wrenchingly honest, thought-provoking exploration of a girl judged and dismissed by society who must break the cycle of shaming that traps her in her real life and comforts her in her online one. In real life, eighteen-year-old Beth is overweight, shy, and geeky. She's been bullied all her life, and her only refuge is food. Online, though, she's a vicious troll who targets the beautiful, vain, oversharing It Girls of the internet. When she meets Tori, a fellow troll, she becomes her online girlfriend-slash-partner-in-crime. But then Tori picks a target who's a little too close to home for Beth. Unsettled, Beth decides to quit their online bullying partnership. The only problem is, Tori is not willing to let her go.

Theme: Big Ideas, Bullying issues

  • ISBN
    9781541544994
  • Binding
    Hardcover
  • Category
    Young Adult Fiction
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$27.99
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Book cover of FUTURE PERFECT
FUTURE PERFECT
By: jen larsen | Published: October 2015

Jen Larsen, author of the critically acclaimed memoir Stranger Here and a subject of the Oprah Winfrey Network TV show In Deep Shift with Jonas...

Jen Larsen, author of the critically acclaimed memoir Stranger Here and a subject of the Oprah Winfrey Network TV show In Deep Shift with Jonas Elrod, tells a liberating story of hard-won self-acceptance—a tale of one girl, who knows that weight is just a number, and that no one is completely perfect. This is a distinct, complex debut from a new voice in YA with an unforgettable main character whose doubts and insecurities will resonate with readers, and shed light on the dangers of taking on others' expectations instead of your own. Underscored by a fierce intelligence and a dry, disarming wit, Future Perfect will satisfy fans of such authors as Maureen Johnson.

Theme: Big Ideas

  • ISBN
    9780062321237
  • Binding
    Hardcover
  • Category
    Young Adult Fiction
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$21.99
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Book cover of HOME OF THE BRAVE
HOME OF THE BRAVE
By: katherine applegate | Published: December 2008

A man I helped to settle here taught me a saying from Africa. I'll bet you would like it: A cow is God with a wet nose. Kek comes from Africa...

A man I helped to settle here taught me a saying from Africa. I'll bet you would like it: A cow is God with a wet nose. Kek comes from Africa where he lived with his mother, father, and brother. But only he and his mother have survived. Now she's missing, and Kek has been sent to a new home. In America, he sees snow for the first time, and feels its sting. He wonders if the people in this new place will be like the winter-cold and unkind. But slowly he makes friends: a girl in foster care, an old woman with a rundown farm, and a sweet, sad cow that reminds Kek of home. As he waits for word of his mother's fate, Kek weathers the tough Minnesota winter by finding warmth in his new friendships, strength in his memories, and belief in his new country.

Theme: Immigration, Written in Verse, Character Education, Diversity, Big Ideas, Activism

  • ISBN
    9780312535636
  • Binding
    Paperback
  • Category
    Junior Fiction
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$11.99
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Book cover of HT BUILD YOUR OWN COUNTRY
HT BUILD YOUR OWN COUNTRY
By: valerie wyatt | Published: August 2009

How to Build Your Own Country is an interactive and totally original learning experience that shows kids how to build their very own country from...

How to Build Your Own Country is an interactive and totally original learning experience that shows kids how to build their very own country from scratch. This book, the only one of its kind, offers children the expertise and advice they'll need to plant their flag in the backyard, in the bedroom or online. Kids will be amazed to discover that anyone can do it. Nation-building advice is peppered with examples of events that have shaped countries throughout history, teaching young readers about government, elections, geography and global issues. Backed up with lots of amazing examples of real micronations - some established or ruled by kids - How to Build Your Own Country promises to inspire, entertain and inform young nation-builders. Want to build your very own country from scratch? It's easy: Step 1: Stake Out Your Identity ... with a flag, money and a national anthem. Learn how to put your country's name on the map. Step 2: Run the Country ... with a government, constitution, laws and an economy. Step 3: Meet the Neighbors ... and join other nations on the big issues that face the whole world, such as poverty, global warming, security and international aid. How To Build Your Own Country is part of CitizenKid: A collection of books that inform children about the world and inspire them to be better global citizens.

Theme: Big Ideas, Government

  • ISBN
    9781554533107
  • Binding
    Hardcover Canadian
  • Category
    Social Studies - Countries (including Life In)
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$18.99
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Book cover of I HAVE THE RIGHT TO BE A CHILD
I HAVE THE RIGHT TO BE A CHILD
By: alain serres | Published: April 2012

Selected for the IRA Notable Books for a Global Society List, selected for the Children's Literary Assembly 2013 Notable Children's Books and the...

Selected for the IRA Notable Books for a Global Society List, selected for the Children's Literary Assembly 2013 Notable Children's Books and the USBBY Outstanding International Book List With a very simple text accompanied by rich, vibrant illustrations a young narrator describes what it means to be a child with rights -- from the right to food, water and shelter, to the right to go to school, to be free from violence, to breathe clean air, and more. The book emphasizes that these rights belong to every child on the planet, whether they are "black or white, small or big, rich or poor, born here or somewhere else." It also makes evident that knowing and talking about these rights are the first steps toward making sure that they are respected. A brief afterword explains that the rights outlined in the book come from the Convention on the Rights of the Child, which was adopted by the UN General Assembly in 1989. The treaty sets out the basic human rights that belong to children all over the world, recognizing that children need special protection since they are more vulnerable than adults. It has been ratified by 193 states, with the exception of Somalia, the United States and the new country of South Sudan. Once a state has ratified the document, they are legally bound to comply with it and to report on their efforts to do so. As a result, some progress has been made, not only in awareness of children's rights, but also in their implementation. But there are still many countries, wealthy and poor, where children's basic needs are not being met. To read a summary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, go to www.unicef.org/crc/files/Rights_overview.pdf.

Theme: Advanced Picture Book, Social Justice , Big Ideas, Activism

  • ISBN
    9781554981496
  • Binding
    Hardcover
  • Category
    Picture Book
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$19.99
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