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Book List

We’ve carefully curated book lists to go with each lesson.


Be Yourself Books

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Be Kind, Be Yourself

A New Day

By Brad MeltzerDial Books for Young Readers

After Sunday quits being a day of the week, the other days try out all sorts of candidates, until an act of kindness reminds them all that a little appreciation can go a long way.

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Be Yourself

Alma and How She Got Her Name

By Juana Martinez-NealCandlewick Press

Alma Sofia Esperanza Jose Pura Candela has way too many names! As she hears the stories of her namesakes, Alma starts to think it might be a perfect fit after all.

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Be Yourself

Be Who You Are

By Todd ParrLittle, Brown and Company

Children are encouraged to be proud of what makes them unique, where they come from, and how they express themselves and see the world.

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Be Yourself

Ben’s Adventures: A Day at the Beach

By Elizabeth GerlachCharleyHouse Press

Join Ben on his first adventure to the beach. He uses a wheelchair but shows he is just like any other child.

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Be Yourself

Eyes that Kiss in the Corners

By Joanna HoHarper an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers

A self-confident and strong young girl recounts how she shares her eyes–and so much more–with her mother, her amah and her little sister.

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Be Yourself

Giraffes Can’t Dance

By Giles AndreaeOrchard Books

Gerald the giraffe is too clumsy to dance with all the other animals at the Jungle Dance, until he finds the right music.

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Be Green, Be Yourself

Harriet Gets Carried Away

By Jessie SimaSimon & Schuster Books for Young Readers

While shopping with her two dads, Harriet is carried away by a waddle of penguins and must hatch a plan in order to get herself back to the store in the city.

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Be Yourself

I Am Jazz

By Jessica HerthelDial Books for Young Readers

The story of a transgender child who traces her early awareness that she is a girl in spite of male anatomy and the acceptance she finds through a wise doctor.

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