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Book List

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


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Be Green

Giving Thanks: a Native American Good Morning Message

By Jake SwampLee & Low Books

A Native American thanksgiving address is presented by a contemporary Mohawk chief who has delivered the address around the world.

Go Green by Caring for Water

Be Green

Go Green by Caring for Water

By Lisa BullardLerner Publications

Readers will learn about protecting a vital natural resource in this tale full of diverse characters and fun illustrations.

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Be Green

Go Green by Reusing

By Lisa BullardLerner Publications

Colorful illustrations and diverse characters will lead readers along a narrative that teaches them the environmental benefits of reusing.

Go, Go, Grapes

Be Healthy

Go, Go, Grapes

By April Pulley SayreBeach Lane Books

Celebrates the joys of healthy eating and invites youngsters on a rhyming photographed tour of a market that is filled with delicious fruits.

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Be a Neighbor

Goldy Luck and the Three Pandas

By Natasha YimCharlesbridge

One Chinese New Year, her mother sends Goldy Luck to the pandas next door with a plate of turnip cakes, but the pandas are out and disaster follows.

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Be Curious

Goodnight Lab: A Scientific Parody

By Chris FerrieSourcebooks Explore

A scientist bids goodnight to all of the tools and clutter in his laboratory in this variation on “Goodnight Moon.”

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Be Curious

Gravity

By Jason ChinRoaring Brook Press

Jason Chin has taken a complex subject and made it brilliantly accessible to young readers in this unusual, innovative, and very beautiful book.

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Be Polite

Grown-ups Never Do That

By Davide CaliChronicle Books

Grown-ups never misbehave, cheat, talk with their mouths full, or complain–despite ample evidence to the contrary.

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