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Be Kind by Pat Zietlow Miller
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA picture book about the power of kindness.When Tanisha spills grape juice all over her new dress, her classmate contemplates how to make her feel better and what it means to be kind... -
![Ruby Finds a Worry by Tom Percival]()
Ruby Finds a Worry by Tom Percival
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA sensitive and reassuring story about what to do when a worry won't leave you alone. Meet Ruby—a happy, curious, imaginative girl. But one day, she finds something unexpected: a Worry. It's not such a big Worry, at first. But every day, it grows a little bigger... And a little bigger... Until eventually, the Worry is ENORMOUS and is all she can think about... -
![I Like Myself! by Karen Beaumont]()
I Like Myself! by Karen Beaumont
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsHigh on energy and imagination, this ode to self-esteem encourages kids to appreciate everything about themselves--inside and out. Messy hair? Beaver breath? So what! Here's a little girl who knows what really matters.At once silly and serious, Karen Beaumont's joyous rhyming text and David Catrow's wild illustrations unite in a book that is sassy, soulful--and straight from the heart... -
![The Brighton Mermaid by Dorothy Koomson]()
The Brighton Mermaid by Dorothy Koomson
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsBrighton Beach, 1993Teenagers Nell and Jude find the body of a young woman and when no one comes to claim her, she becomes known as the Brighton Mermaid. Nell is still struggling to move on when, three weeks later, Jude disappears.Twenty-five years on, Nell is forced to quit her job to find out who the Brighton Mermaid really was - and what happened to her best friend that summer... -
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![A Friend Like That by Marissa Finch]()
A Friend Like That by Marissa Finch
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsWho needs enemies when you have a friend like that? I should wonder why I feel so comfortable with Taylor. Why I’m so enamored with a stranger I met at a bar.I should, but I don’t. Alice Brewster is at a low point. After being let go from her job at the ritzy Grant Hotel, she spends her days at a dingy Manhattan pub just so she won’t have to tell anyone the shameful truth... -
![His Uptown Girl by Liz Talley]()
His Uptown Girl by Liz Talley
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLife doesn't follow rules... Jazz pianist Dez Batiste knows this all too well. It's taken him years to return to New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina swept away what mattered most. His musician's soul is still lost in the wreckage, but he's after a brand-new future by opening an Uptown jazz club. Too bad the distractingly sexy Eleanor Theriot is getting in his way... -
![A New Home by Tania de Regil]()
A New Home by Tania de Regil
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAs a girl in Mexico City and a boy in New York City ponder moving to each other's locale, it becomes clear that the two cities -- and the two children -- are more alike than they might think.But I'm not sure I want to leave my home.I'm going to miss so much.Moving to a new city can be exciting... -
![A Blue Kind of Day by Rachel Tomlinson]()
A Blue Kind of Day by Rachel Tomlinson
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA moving picture book debut about depression, sensory awareness, and the power of listening, from psychologist and author of Teaching Kids to be Kind.Coen is having a sniffling, sighing, sobbing kind of day.His family thinks they know how to cheer him up. His dad wants to go outside and play, Mom tells her funniest joke, and his little sister shares her favorite teddy. Nothing helps... -
![The Meanest Thing To Say by Bill Cosby, Varnette Hon Eywood]()
The Meanest Thing To Say by Bill Cosby, Varnette Hon Eywood
Rated: 3.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThis easy-to-read story about peer pressure by comedian and storyteller Bill Cosby is now a Scholastic Reader!Michael Reilly has introduced a new game to Little Bill and his friends. You get twelve chances to say something mean to another kid--and whoever comes up with the biggest insult is the winner... -
![What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma by Stephanie Foo]()
What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma by Stephanie Foo
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsA searing memoir of reckoning and healing by acclaimed journalist Stephanie Foo, investigating the little-understood science behind complex PTSD and how it has shaped her life "Achingly exquisite . . . providing real hope for those who long to heal...Categorized as:
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![It's Not You: Identifying and Healing from Narcissistic People by Ramani Durvasula]()
It's Not You: Identifying and Healing from Narcissistic People by Ramani Durvasula
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA transformative guide to protecting and healing yourself from the narcissism you can’t see, from psychologist and preeminent narcissism expert Dr. Ramani DurvasulaIt’s not always easy to tell when you’re dealing with a narcissist... -
![Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom by bell hooks]()
Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom by bell hooks
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsIn Teaching to Transgress, bell hooks—writer, teacher, and insurgent black intellectual—writes about a new kind of education, educations as the practice of freedom. Teaching students to "transgress" against racial, sexual, and class boundaries in order to achieve the gift of freedom is, for hooks, the teacher's most important goal...Categorized as:
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![Too Scared to Tell by Cathy Glass]()
Too Scared to Tell by Cathy Glass
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe true story of a 6-year-old boy with a dreadful secret.Oskar's school teacher raises the alarm. Oskar's mother is abroad and he has been left in the care of 'friends', but has been arriving in school hungry, unkempt, and with bruises on his arms, legs and body. Experienced foster carer Cathy Glass is asked to look after him, but as the weeks pass her concerns deepen... -
![Uses of the Erotic: The Erotic as Power by Audre Lorde]()
Uses of the Erotic: The Erotic as Power by Audre Lorde
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThere are many kinds of power, used and unused, acknowledged or otherwise. Thus begins this powerful essay; Uses of the Erotic defines the power of the erotic, names the process by which women have been stripped of this power, and considers how women can reclaim it... -
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![The Deepest Well: Healing the Long-Term Effects of Childhood Adversity by Nadine Burke Harris]()
The Deepest Well: Healing the Long-Term Effects of Childhood Adversity by Nadine Burke Harris
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsDr. Nadine Burke Harris was already known as a crusading physician delivering targeted care to vulnerable children. But it was Diego — a boy who had stopped growing after a sexual assault — who galvanized her journey to uncover the connections between toxic stress and lifelong illnesses...Categorized as:
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![Uniquely Human: A Different Way of Seeing Autism by Barry M. Prizant, Tom Fields-Meyer]()
Uniquely Human: A Different Way of Seeing Autism by Barry M. Prizant, Tom Fields-Meyer
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsAutism is usually portrayed as a checklist of deficits, including difficulties interacting socially, problems in communicating, sensory challenges, and repetitive behavior patterns. This perspective leads to therapies focused on ridding individuals of autistic symptoms. In Uniquely Human, Dr. Barry M...Categorized as:
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![Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture by Roxane Gay]()
Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture by Roxane Gay
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsIn this valuable and revealing anthology, cultural critic and bestselling author Roxane Gay collects original and previously published pieces that address what it means to live in a world where women have to measure the harassment, violence, and aggression they face, and where they are “routinely second-guessed, blown off, discredited, denigrated, besmirched, belittled, patronized, mocked,... -
![Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life by Marshall B. Rosenberg]()
Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life by Marshall B. Rosenberg
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsDo you hunger for skills to improve the quality of your relationships, to deepen your sense of personal empowerment or to simply communicate more effectively? Unfortunately, for centuries our culture has taught us to think and speak in ways that can actually perpetuate conflict, internal pain and even violence...Categorized as:
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![Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center by bell hooks]()
Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center by bell hooks
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA sweeping examination of the core issues of sexual politics, bell hooks' new book Feminist Theory: from margin to center argues that the contemporary feminist movement must establish a new direction for the 1980s...Categorized as:
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![Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex by Angela Chen]()
Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex by Angela Chen
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsAn engaging exploration of what it means to be asexual in a world that's obsessed with sexual attraction, and what we can all learn about desire and identity by using an ace lens to see the worldWhat exactly is sexual attraction and what is it like to go through the world not experiencing it? What does asexuality reveal about consent, about compromise, about the structures of society? This...Categorized as:
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![White Women: Everything You Already Know About Your Own Racism and How to Do Better by Regina Jackson, Saira Rao]()
White Women: Everything You Already Know About Your Own Racism and How to Do Better by Regina Jackson, Saira Rao
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA no-holds-barred guidebook aimed at white women who want to stop being nice and start dismantling white supremacy... -
![Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome: America's Legacy of Enduring Injury and Healing by Joy DeGruy]()
Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome: America's Legacy of Enduring Injury and Healing by Joy DeGruy
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhile African Americans managed to emerge from chattel slavery and the oppressive decades that followed with great strength and resiliency, they did not emerge unscathed. Slavery produced centuries of physical, psychological and spiritual injury...Categorized as:
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![Recovering from Emotionally Immature Parents: Practical Tools to Establish Boundaries & Reclaim Your Emotional Autonomy by Lindsay C. Gibson]()
Recovering from Emotionally Immature Parents: Practical Tools to Establish Boundaries & Reclaim Your Emotional Autonomy by Lindsay C. Gibson
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIn this important sequel to Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents , author Lindsay Gibson offers powerful tools to help you step back and protect yourself at the first sign of an emotional takeover, make sure your emotions and needs are respected, and break free from the coercive control of emotionally immature parents... -
!["You Should Be Grateful": Stories of Race, Identity, and Transracial Adoption by Angela Tucker]()
"You Should Be Grateful": Stories of Race, Identity, and Transracial Adoption by Angela Tucker
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAn adoption expert and transracial adoptee herself examines the unique perspectives and challenges these adoptees have as they navigate multiple cultures“Your parents are so amazing for adopting you! You should be grateful that you were adopted.”Angela Tucker is a Black woman, adopted from foster care by white parents...Categorized as:
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![Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World by Tyson Yunkaporta]()
Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World by Tyson Yunkaporta
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThis remarkable book is about everything from echidnas to evolution, cosmology to cooking, sex and science and spirits to Schrödinger’s cat.Tyson Yunkaporta looks at global systems from an Indigenous perspective. He asks how contemporary life diverges from the pattern of creation. How does this affect us? How can we do things differently?Sand Talk provides a template for living...Categorized as:
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![Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning by Cathy Park Hong, Sarah Liu]()
Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning by Cathy Park Hong, Sarah Liu
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsPoet and essayist Cathy Park Hong blends memoir, cultural criticism, and history to expose the truth of racialized consciousness in America. Binding these essays together is Hong's theory of "minor feelings." As the daughter of Korean immigrants, Cathy Park Hong grew up steeped in shame, suspicion, and melancholy...Categorized as:
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![Sprache und Sein by Kübra Gümüşay]()
Sprache und Sein by Kübra Gümüşay
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsKübra Gümüşay beschreibt wie Sprache unser Denken prägt und unsere Politik bestimmt. „Ein beeindruckendes Buch, poetisch und politisch zugleich.“ Margarete StokowskiDieses Buch folgt einer Sehnsucht: nach einer Sprache, die Menschen nicht auf Kategorien reduziert. Nach einem Sprechen, das sie in ihrem Facettenreichtum existieren lässt...Categorized as:
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![Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think, and Do by Jennifer L. Eberhardt]()
Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think, and Do by Jennifer L. Eberhardt
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsFrom one of the world's leading experts on unconscious racial bias, a personal examination of one of the central controversies and culturally powerful issues of our time, and its influence on contemporary race relations and criminal justice.We do not have to be racist to be biased. With a perspective that is scientific, investigative, and personal, Jennifer L...Categorized as:
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![Culturally Responsive Teaching and The Brain: Promoting Authentic Engagement and Rigor Among Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students by Zaretta Lynn Hammond, Yvette Jackson]()
Culturally Responsive Teaching and The Brain: Promoting Authentic Engagement and Rigor Among Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students by Zaretta Lynn Hammond, Yvette Jackson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA bold, brain-based teaching approach to culturally responsive instructionThe achievement gap remains a stubborn problem for educators of culturally and linguistically diverse students... -
![You Have to Be Prepared to Die Before You Can Begin to Live: Ten Weeks in Birmingham That Changed America by Paul Kix]()
You Have to Be Prepared to Die Before You Can Begin to Live: Ten Weeks in Birmingham That Changed America by Paul Kix
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFrom journalist Paul Kix, the riveting story, never before fully told, of the 1963 Birmingham Campaign―ten weeks that would shape the course of the Civil Rights Movement and the future of America.It’s one of the iconic photographs of American A Black teenager, a policeman and his lunging German Shepherd. Birmingham, Alabama, May of 1963...
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