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I funny volume 4
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 5
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English
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Wheelchair-bound middle school student Jamie Grimm's recent victory in the Planet's Funniest Kid Comic Contest leads to a television sitcom based on his life, but being the star of the show forces him to balance his newfound success with the responsibilities of being a good friend.
3) Pride colors
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Through gentle rhymes and colorful photographs of adorable children, Pride Colors is a celebration of the deep unconditional love of a parent or caregiver for a young child. The profound message of this delightful board book is you are free to be whoever you choose to be; you'll always be loved. Celebrated author Robin Stevenson ends her purposeful prose by explaining the meaning behind each color in the Pride flag: red = life, orange = healing, yellow...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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In Different Families, beginning readers will learn to celebrate diversity by appreciating the variety of configurations that can make a family. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text engage young readers as they draw inferences about how diversity makes our society stronger and more interesting.
An activity helps readers identify and appreciate their own unique family, while a picture glossary reinforces new vocabulary. Children...
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Sumac Lottery is the keeper of her family's traditions- from Pow Wow to Holi, Carnival to Hogmanay, Sumac's on guard to make sure that no Lottery celebration gets forgotten. But this winter all Sumac's seasonal plans go awry when a Brazilian visitor overstays his welcome. A terrible ice storm grounds all flights, so one of her dads and her favorite brother can't make it home from India. And then the power starts going out across the city...
Can Sumac...
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There are all sorts of families in the world. Some have a mom and a dad. Others have two dads or have two moms. This guidebook explores the joy of family in its varied forms, focusing on family life in homes with two moms. It examines key concepts such as teamwork, discussing feelings, family structure, and the many benefits of living with two moms under one roof.
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ATENCIÓN: Para aquellos que se consideran "lectores fieles" una pequeña advertencia: por favor no lean este especial de Navidad sin haber leído antes el libro "En el último volumen".
Por el simple hecho de que los pequeños detalles no serán absorbidos como se esperaba, y también para una mejor percepción de los acontecimientos, ya que este pequeño relato ocurre después del "capítulo final" y mucho antes del "epílogo".
8) I Am Me
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I Am Me is a children's book that touches on diversity and inclusion for all in a loving way for both children and adults. Addressing diversity and inclusion at a young age is essential to building strong relationships while encouraging love and acceptance in our hearts. It is okay to be who you are, no matter what you look like or where you are from. This book shows how we are all different, but also the same, in a delightful and colorful rhyming...
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¿Por qué no logra decidirse? Miles de mujeres latinoamericanas se han hecho esta pregunta después de notar que están siendo parte de una relación definida por la intermitencia. En este tipo de relaciones, el compromiso es el elemento relacional que parece nunca llegar. Para los hombres involucrados en este tipo de relaciones, el sentido de fidelidad parece haber sido previamente invertido en otra mujer: su madre, quien logra seducirlo, sin tener...
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Monogamy is for some, but it isn't for everyone. This memoir offers an unconventional approach to healing Black love through non-monogamous unions such as swinging, polyamory, and open relationships. This book offers readers a very tantalizing and seductive peak into non-monogamous culture, while offering suggestions on how to enter this Lifestyle. Join the author on her journey as she discovers her sexuality through her intimate experiences in the...
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The popular press has taken notice of two current trends in housing arrangements: three-generation households, and twenty-somethings staying at home longer. These are not separate trends, but part of a larger nationwide cultural shift to extended families reuniting.
“Together Again: A Creative Guide for Successful Multigenerational Living” is intended to make this cultural shift go smoothly. As it stands now the benefits of extended family living...
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Une petite fille qui s'appelle Robert? Eh oui! Son prénom, c'est un drle de cadeau que lui a laissé sa maman juste avant de mourir, et Robert le porte fièrement. Elle vit à la caserne o travaille son père pompier et, comme lui, elle rêve de combattre les incendies. Mais, c'est avant tout aux prétendantes de son papa que Robert s'attaque! La fillette a plus d'un tour dans son sac et gare à celles qui voudraient prendre la place de sa maman!...
13) Blended Families
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Students explore and understand the meaning of family relationships. Great books from prompting value-oriented discussions on caring, sharing, and loving.
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Courtney has to go to the hospital today where she will see lots of people who work in the hospital and help people. The hospital isn't a scary place. It's just a normal day in the life of Courtney, her brother Michael and their two mums.
This is a book, which allows families with same-sex parents explore what may happen when they go to the hospital. It also lets children discover the diversity of families and opens up conversations on same-sex parenting...
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Southern California, 2019. Eight-year-old African girl Daisy, adopted by a Caucasian gay couple David and Isiah, was feeling excited for her first presentation day at her local elementary school. However, her excitement and presentation were brutally dismissed when the class bully, Billy, and her other classmates shamed her for having a family dynamic that didn't exemplify the popular heteronormative model. She navigated through fighting the internal...
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Through this little journey, our magical chair helps to teach us about understating self-worth, compassion, respect, love and kindness, and working together. Also, that one's own imagination and creativity as well as faith and love for one another can conquer anything.
What we all have in common ...
That we all came from somewhere.
And, that is, how it all began.
17) Out of Order
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One million American children become part of blended family every year. What happens to stepsiblings when the oldest child suddenly becomes the middle child, and the youngest even younger? Out of Order delivers four electric points of view from stepsiblings, ages nine to fifteen, in a super-unsettled, scrambled-up family. An unforgettable Rock, Paper, Scissors tournament, plus 120 hazardous bug snacks, equals humor, insight, and serious indigestion....
18) A Christmas Song
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ATTENTION: A warning for the ones who considers themselves "faithful readers": please, don't read this Christmas special without having read "NO ÚLTIMO VOLUME" before.
For the simple fact that small details will not be absorbed as expected, and also, for a better perspection of events, since this short story takes place after the "final chapter" and long before the "epilogue".
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This book was written as a valuable tool to assist the Blended Family in understanding how valuable they are in striving to build a sustainable, cooperative, and compassionate family unit. Dr. Duane and Michele Mangum open up about their real-life experiences in being a part of the Blended Family. They provide step-by-step recommendations to help those in this dynamic family system to achieve better communication, acceptance, and forgiveness of everyone...
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This thoughtful book helps young readers explore families with members who have special needs or challenges. It will encourage readers to consider both similarities and differences and to accept differences and challenges as being OK. They'll learn how to help and support friends whose families might have their own unique differences.
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