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Book List

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


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Be Generous

Molly on the Moon

By Mary Robinette KowalRoaring Brook Press

Molly is good at making things for herself, but her brother is too young, so she has to learn to share.

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Be Healthy

Monsters Don’t Eat Broccoli

By Barbara Jean HicksKnopf Books for Young Readers

Adventure along with monsters who refuse to eat their broccoli – and then discover it is not so bad after all.

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Be Creative

Moses Goes to a Concert

By Isaac MillmanSquare Fish

Moses and his school friends are deaf, but like most children, they have a lot to say. They communicate in American Sign Language, using visual signs and facial expressions.

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Be Kind, Be Persistent, Be Yourself

My Brother Charlie

By Holly Robinson PeeteScholastic Press

A girl tells what it is like living with her twin brother who has autism and sometimes finds it hard to communicate with words, but who, in most ways, is just like any other boy.

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Be Healthy

My Daddy Is A Pretzel

By Baron BaptisteBarefoot Books

While other children’s parents are veterinarians, gardeners, and builders, one father is able to become a dog, a tree, and a bridge using various yoga poses.

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Be Persistent

My First Day

By Nguyen Quang PhungMake Me a World

Though the setting and culture is not what American children are used to, the challenges and fears of starting kindergarten are universal.

My Friend Ben Won't Share cover

Be Generous

My Friend Ben Won’t Share

By Charles BeylAlbert Whitman & Company

Chip and his best friend Ben love to play together, but when they fight over the same truck suddenly playing together is not so fun–until it is again.

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Be Creative, Be Kind

My Friend Suhana: A Story of Friendship and Cerebral Palsy

By Shaila AbdullahLoving Healing Press

This heartwarming tale is of a little girl who forms a close bond with a child with cerebral palsy through her art.

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