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Creating Conversations with Picture Books
Books that encourage discussion about tough issues.
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Dragons Don't Dance Ballet
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Jennifer Carson (ŷ Author)
4.39 avg rating — 90 ratings
score: 600,
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6 people voted
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Where is Uncle Al?
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Eva Hibbs (ŷ Author)
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 10 ratings
score: 300,
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3 people voted
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Last Stop on Market Street
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Matt de la Peña (ŷ Author)
4.30 avg rating — 18,084 ratings
score: 293,
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3 people voted
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Red: A Crayon's Story
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4.41 avg rating — 9,085 ratings
score: 282,
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3 people voted
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Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type
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4.28 avg rating — 94,230 ratings
score: 265,
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3 people voted
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The Journey
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4.25 avg rating — 4,217 ratings
score: 199,
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2 people voted
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Stepping Stones / حَصى الطُرُقات: A Refugee Family's Journey / رحلة عائلة لاجئة
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Margriet Ruurs (ŷ Author)
4.44 avg rating — 1,001 ratings
score: 197,
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2 people voted
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In Our Mothers' House
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4.31 avg rating — 1,405 ratings
score: 197,
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The Name Jar
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Yangsook Choi (ŷ Author)
4.39 avg rating — 6,664 ratings
score: 195,
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2 people voted
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The Other Side
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Jacqueline Woodson (ŷ Author)
4.51 avg rating — 8,536 ratings
score: 191,
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2 people voted
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Pink and Say
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4.49 avg rating — 11,649 ratings
score: 178,
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2 people voted
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Ruth and the Green Book
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4.32 avg rating — 2,479 ratings
score: 175,
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2 people voted
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Show Way
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Jacqueline Woodson (ŷ Author)
4.26 avg rating — 3,474 ratings
score: 164,
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2 people voted
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Freedom Summer
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Deborah Wiles (ŷ Author)
4.47 avg rating — 2,928 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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Absurdimals: Lola Goes to School
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4.77 avg rating — 13 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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Crocodile's Crossing: A Search for Home
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3.89 avg rating — 82 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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Bryla's Amazing Imagination: Bryla Visits the Moon
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LaTasha Reynolds (ŷ Author)
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 5 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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Rain Before Rainbows
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4.36 avg rating — 1,587 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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A Person Can Be ...
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Kerri Kokias (ŷ Author)
4.11 avg rating — 84 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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I Never Knew Your Name
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Sherry Garland (ŷ Author)
3.86 avg rating — 44 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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Fox: A Circle of Life Story
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Isabel Thomas (ŷ Author)
4.12 avg rating — 401 ratings
score: 99,
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1 person voted
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Luna's Red Hat: An Illustrated Storybook to Help Children Cope With Loss and Suicide
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Emmi Smid (ŷ Author)
4.10 avg rating — 104 ratings
score: 99,
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1 person voted
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All That Trash: The Story of the 1987 Garbage Barge and Our Problem with Stuff
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Meghan Mccarthy (ŷ Author)
3.72 avg rating — 345 ratings
score: 98,
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1 person voted
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The Circles in the Sky
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4.39 avg rating — 381 ratings
score: 98,
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1 person voted
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My Two Blankets
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4.30 avg rating — 950 ratings
score: 97,
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1 person voted
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What Happens Next
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Susan Hughes (ŷ Author)
3.69 avg rating — 201 ratings
score: 96,
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1 person voted
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What Can a Citizen Do?
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3.80 avg rating — 722 ratings
score: 95,
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1 person voted
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Bunnybear
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Andrea J. Loney (ŷ Author)
4.04 avg rating — 640 ratings
score: 94,
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1 person voted
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The Junkyard Wonders
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4.57 avg rating — 2,599 ratings
score: 93,
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1 person voted
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Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life by Ashley Bryan
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4.33 avg rating — 2,154 ratings
score: 92,
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1 person voted
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The Paper Bag Princess
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4.31 avg rating — 51,820 ratings
score: 91,
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1 person voted
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From Far Away
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4.02 avg rating — 494 ratings
score: 90,
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1 person voted
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Swimmy
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4.15 avg rating — 24,011 ratings
score: 89,
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1 person voted
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White Socks Only
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4.40 avg rating — 1,110 ratings
score: 88,
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1 person voted
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Whitewash
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4.09 avg rating — 57 ratings
score: 86,
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1 person voted
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Those Shoes
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Maribeth Boelts (ŷ Author)
4.45 avg rating — 3,991 ratings
score: 85,
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1 person voted
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Brave Girl: Clara and the Shirtwaist Makers' Strike of 1909
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Michelle Markel (ŷ Author)
4.21 avg rating — 3,693 ratings
score: 84,
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1 person voted
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Suki's Kimono
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4.24 avg rating — 1,133 ratings
score: 83,
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1 person voted
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I'm New Here
by
Anne Sibley O'Brien (ŷ Author)
4.19 avg rating — 915 ratings
score: 82,
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1 person voted
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Megan's Year: An Irish Traveler's Story
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3.54 avg rating — 65 ratings
score: 81,
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1 person voted
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In Andal's House
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3.50 avg rating — 48 ratings
score: 79,
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1 person voted
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The Tenth Good Thing About Barney
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4.28 avg rating — 1,430 ratings
score: 77,
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1 person voted
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Lily and the Paper Man
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Rebecca Upjohn (ŷ Author)
4.22 avg rating — 111 ratings
score: 76,
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1 person voted
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For the Right to Learn: Malala Yousafzai's Story
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Rebecca Langston-George (ŷ Author)
4.41 avg rating — 946 ratings
score: 75,
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1 person voted
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Every Day is Malala Day
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4.33 avg rating — 269 ratings
score: 74,
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1 person voted
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Each Kindness
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Jacqueline Woodson (ŷ Author)
4.42 avg rating — 7,643 ratings
score: 72,
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1 person voted
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Terrible Things: An Allegory of the Holocaust
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4.34 avg rating — 1,720 ratings
score: 70,
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1 person voted
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The Cats In Krasinski Square
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4.14 avg rating — 1,145 ratings
score: 69,
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1 person voted
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Benno and the Night of Broken Glass
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Meg Wiviott (ŷ Author)
4.12 avg rating — 558 ratings
score: 68,
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1 person voted
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