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The good garden : how one family went from hunger to having enough

Milway, Katie Smith


Maria Luz learns new farming techniques to help her poor family in Honduras grow enough to feed themselves and sell produce at the market. Includes full-page color illustrations. Reading Level: 5.1. Interest Level: 3-6.
Date Published:2010

Teaching to strengths: supporting students living with trauma, violence, and chronic stress

Zacarian, Debbie


Includes real-world examples and research-based principles. Topics: working with diverse learners, creating a strengths-based classroom learning environment, scaffolding student-to-student relationships, fostering family and guardian engagement, using community assets to build partnerships.
Date Published:2017

Robots helping humans

Vizcarra, Natasha,


Everyday robots -- Exploring the unknown -- Rolling toward danger -- The big truth: Will robots take our jobs? -- Bio-inspired robots -- It came from Hollywood -- Personal story: From coding to robotics -- True statistics. School Library Journal, Explores the history and evolution of the science and technology of robots, and describes different ways that robots can help humans. Highlights how robots can perform jobs that are too dangerous for humans, and profiles bio-inspired robots. Includes color photographs, fact boxes, statistics, a timeline, a glossary, and additional resources. Reading level: 5.0. Interest level: 3-5.
Date Published:2026

Everyday robots -- Exploring the unknown -- Rolling toward danger -- The big truth: Will robots take our jobs? -- Bio-inspired robots -- It came from Hollywood -- Personal story: From coding to robotics -- True statistics. School Library Journal, Explores the history and evolution of the science and technology of robots, and describes different ways that robots can help humans. Highlights how robots can perform jobs that are too dangerous for humans, and profiles bio-inspired robots. Includes color photographs, fact boxes, statistics, a timeline, a glossary, and additional resources. Reading level: 5.0. Interest level: 3-5.

Date Published:2026

Spectacular space

Singer, Warren,


Includes index. Quick facts -- What is the universe? -- What can't we see? -- Black holes -- Galaxies -- Stars -- Supernovas -- Binary stars -- Solar system -- Asteroids, comets, meteors -- Constellations -- Alien life and UFOs -- Wormholes -- What we see is old news!. School Library Journal, An illustrated introduction to outer space, from the many billions of galaxies and stars we see in the night sky to mysterious celestial phenomena like black holes to our own neighborhood, the Solar System. Explores what scientists believe to be the origins of stars and planets, how the Solar System travels in space, and how the universe may evolve in the future. Includes full-color photographs and a glossary. Reading level: 4.4. Interest level: 3-5.
Date Published:2026

Includes index. Quick facts -- What is the universe? -- What can't we see? -- Black holes -- Galaxies -- Stars -- Supernovas -- Binary stars -- Solar system -- Asteroids, comets, meteors -- Constellations -- Alien life and UFOs -- Wormholes -- What we see is old news!. School Library Journal, An illustrated introduction to outer space, from the many billions of galaxies and stars we see in the night sky to mysterious celestial phenomena like black holes to our own neighborhood, the Solar System. Explores what scientists believe to be the origins of stars and planets, how the Solar System travels in space, and how the universe may evolve in the future. Includes full-color photographs and a glossary. Reading level: 4.4. Interest level: 3-5.

Date Published:2026

Differentiating Instruction in the Regular Classroom: How to Reach and Teach All Learners, Grades 3-12

Heacox, Diane,


Included are a variety of strategies to help teachers who are using differentiated instruction and are faced with a spectrum of student needs and styles. These strategies draw upon Benjamin Bloom's taxonomy of educational objectives, Howard Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences, the author's own experience as a classroom teacher, and the advice of teachers. The strategies include differentiating discussions, creating tiered assignments, and matrix plans for designing curriculum units. Additional chapters focus on evaluation in a differentiated classroom and how to manage both behavior and work tasks.
Date Published:2002

Included are a variety of strategies to help teachers who are using differentiated instruction and are faced with a spectrum of student needs and styles. These strategies draw upon Benjamin Bloom's taxonomy of educational objectives, Howard Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences, the author's own experience as a classroom teacher, and the advice of teachers. The strategies include differentiating discussions, creating tiered assignments, and matrix plans for designing curriculum units. Additional chapters focus on evaluation in a differentiated classroom and how to manage both behavior and work tasks.

Date Published:2002

Dragon is coming

Gorbachev, Valeri.


Mouse frightens all the animals when she believes that a big gray thundercloud overhead is really a dragon coming to eat the sun and all of them. Reading level: 1.5. Interest level: PS-2.
Date Published:2009

Benito's Dream Bottle

Nye, Naomi Shinab


Fearing that his grandmother has stopped dreaming, Benito helps her to fill her "dream bottle" once more. Six traits of writing: ideas and content. Reading level: 3.0. Interest level: PS-3.
Date Published:1995

Big moon tortilla

Cowley, Joy


When Marta ruins her homework and breaks her glasses, Grandmother soothes her with an ancient story and one of her delicious tortillas. Reading level: 3.8. Interest level: K-3.
Date Published:1998

Grandparents song

Hamanaka, Sheila


A rhyming celebration of ancestry and of the diversity that flourishes in this country. Written in a lyrical rhyming text. Illustrations feature wood sculpture, beadwork, and other media. Reading level: 3.0. Interest level: K-3.
Date Published:2003

Down the road

Schertle, Alice


Hetty is very careful with the eggs she has bought on her very first trip to the store, but she runs into trouble when she stops to pick apples. May be used with the Being a Writer strategy. Six traits of writing: conventions. Reading level: 3.4. Interest level: K-3.
Date Published:1995

Red-eyed tree frog

Cowley, Joy


This frog found in the rain forest of Central American spends the night searching for food while also being careful not to become dinner for some other animal. May be used with the trade books in science strategy.
Date Published:1999

Counting

Bryant-Mole, Karen


A teddy bear introduces the numbers from one to ten with words, numerals, and pictures. May be used with the trade books in mathematics strategy. Content standard: number and operations. Reading level: 2.0. Interest level: K-3.
Date Published:2000

My house

Barton, Byron


Jim the cat introduces readers to the rooms and important things of his house, including his bedroom, litter box, and the kitchen. Reading level: 0.5. Interest level: PK-K.
Date Published:2016

Each tiny spark

Cartaya, Pablo


Emilia Torres thought her life would return to normal when Dad returned from deployment, but instead she finds it unraveling. Dad shuts himself off from Emilia and her mom and abuela, spending his time working on his classic car. One day, though, Dad invites her in to help him work, and begins teaching Emilia how to weld even. Unfortunately, at the same time, one of her classmates, her best friend Gus, finds himself in the middle of a community-rupturing conflict. Reading level: 4.5. Interest level: 5-8 Lexile: 680.
Date Published:2019

Emilia Torres thought her life would return to normal when Dad returned from deployment, but instead she finds it unraveling. Dad shuts himself off from Emilia and her mom and abuela, spending his time working on his classic car. One day, though, Dad invites her in to help him work, and begins teaching Emilia how to weld even. Unfortunately, at the same time, one of her classmates, her best friend Gus, finds himself in the middle of a community-rupturing conflict. Reading level: 4.5. Interest level: 5-8 Lexile: 680.

Date Published:2019

Dad, Jackie, and Me

Uhlberg, Myron


This fictionalized story reveals how Uhlberg's father, who is deaf, personally relates to the first African-American player in major league baseball as someone who also has to overcome discrimination. The shared excitement of father and son during a Giants vs. Dodgers game at Ebberts Field is contagious, as readers experience the tension of the game as well as that generated by racist Giants fans. The boy's embarrassment as his father chants Jackie Robinson's name vanished by the season's last game when Robinson throws the ball straight to his father and, amazingly, he catches it in his bare hand. Expressive watercolor paintings capture the fashions and flavor of 1940s New York in muted browns and greens. The endpapers are actual scrapbooks of old newspaper articles about Robinson. May be used in units on tolerance. Literary device: point of view. Six traits of writing: ideas. Reading level 3.8. Interest level 2-4.
Date Published:2005

This fictionalized story reveals how Uhlberg's father, who is deaf, personally relates to the first African-American player in major league baseball as someone who also has to overcome discrimination. The shared excitement of father and son during a Giants vs. Dodgers game at Ebberts Field is contagious, as readers experience the tension of the game as well as that generated by racist Giants fans. The boy's embarrassment as his father chants Jackie Robinson's name vanished by the season's last game when Robinson throws the ball straight to his father and, amazingly, he catches it in his bare hand. Expressive watercolor paintings capture the fashions and flavor of 1940s New York in muted browns and greens. The endpapers are actual scrapbooks of old newspaper articles about Robinson. May be used in units on tolerance. Literary device: point of view. Six traits of writing: ideas. Reading level 3.8. Interest level 2-4.

Date Published:2005

Dog breath: the horrible trouble with Hally Tosis

Pilkey, Dav


Hally, the Tosis family dog, has such bad breath that Mr. and Mrs. Tosis plan to give her away, until she proves to be an invaluable watchdog. Six traits of writing: word choice. Reading level: 3.4. Interest level: K-3.
Date Published:1994

Ada Lace, take me to your leader

Calandrelli, Emily


When eight-year-old Ada uses her love of science and technology to tinker with a ham radio, Nina hears sounds that she thinks are space aliens. May be used in a STEM unit. Reading level: 4.0. Interest level: 2-4. Lexile: 570.
Date Published:2018

100 things I love to do with you

Schwartz, Amy


Illustrations, easy-to-read test, rhyming couplets, and a diverse cast of characters celebrate the many things friends can enjoy doing together. Features several small vignettes on a page. Interest level: PK-1.
Date Published:2017

Aaron Slater, illustrator

Beaty, Andrea


This is the fifth story in Questioneers series (Sofia Valdez, Future Prez, 2019). It features neurodivergent Aaron, who loves hearing stories and drawing pictures but can't make sense of written words. Depicted in the illustrations as a brown-skinned lad growing up with two moms, Aaron is crushed as he struggles to read. His efforts to hide the issue (identified in the afterword as dyslexia) by blending in fail when a new second-grade teacher asks everyone to write a true story. Endnote states that the rhymed narrative is printed in a dyslexic-friendly font Reading level: 4.0. Interest level: K-3.
Date Published:2021

This is the fifth story in Questioneers series (Sofia Valdez, Future Prez, 2019). It features neurodivergent Aaron, who loves hearing stories and drawing pictures but can't make sense of written words. Depicted in the illustrations as a brown-skinned lad growing up with two moms, Aaron is crushed as he struggles to read. His efforts to hide the issue (identified in the afterword as dyslexia) by blending in fail when a new second-grade teacher asks everyone to write a true story. Endnote states that the rhymed narrative is printed in a dyslexic-friendly font Reading level: 4.0. Interest level: K-3.

Date Published:2021

Bad dog school

Joosse, Barbara M.


Harris's family decides that his dog Zippy should go to dog obedience school, but after he is trained, they miss the old Zippy. The family re-trains Zippy, even inviting him to lie on the sofa that is now protected with a sheet. The descriptive language keeps the action moving. Watercolor cartoons are filled with realistic details. Trails of muddy footprints scamper across the endpapers and title page, leading the reader right into the story. Reading level: 3.1. Interest level: K-3.
Date Published:2004

Harris's family decides that his dog Zippy should go to dog obedience school, but after he is trained, they miss the old Zippy. The family re-trains Zippy, even inviting him to lie on the sofa that is now protected with a sheet. The descriptive language keeps the action moving. Watercolor cartoons are filled with realistic details. Trails of muddy footprints scamper across the endpapers and title page, leading the reader right into the story. Reading level: 3.1. Interest level: K-3.

Date Published:2004