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Book List

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


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Be Green

And Tango Makes Three

By Justin RichardsonSimon & Schuster Books for Young Readers

At New York City’s Central Park Zoo, two male penguins fall in love and start a family by taking turns sitting on an abandoned egg until it hatches.

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Be Polite

Are Pirates Polite?

By Corinne Demas & Artemis RoehrigOrchard Books

A rowdy menagerie of pirates, despite their unruly appearance and swashbuckling activities, lead by example by saying please and displaying other acts of courtesy.

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Be a Leader, Be Persistent

At the Mountain’s Base

By Traci SorellKokila

At the mountain’s base sits a cabin under an old hickory tree. And in that cabin lives a family — loving, weaving, cooking, and singing.

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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 a Leader, Be Persistent

Bears at the Beach

By Shirley ParenteauCandlewick Press

Big Brown Bear and the four little bears have fun at the beach, filling their buckets with water and building a sandcastle.

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Be Creative

Beautiful Oops

By Barney SaltzbergWorkman Publishing Company

A life lesson that all parents want their children to learn: It’s OK to make a mistake. A mistake is an adventure in creativity, a portal of discovery.

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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 Healthy

Bilal Cooks Daal

By Anoosha SyedSalaam Reads

Bilal and his father invite his friends to help make his favorite dish, daal, then all must wait patiently for it to be done.

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