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Author: Elizabeth Cole Genre: Fiction Originally published:  September 30, 2021 Nicky is afraid that his friends will not accept him because of his new reading glasses. By talking to his peers on the way to school, he discovers the beauty of diversity and realizes that our diversity is actually our strength.

By: Dr.Seuss Illustrator: Dr.Seuss Published in  August 12, 1960 Genres: Children's literature, Fiction, Comedy   Green Eggs and Ham is a classic story about a picky eater . The nameless main character refuses to try green eggs and ham. Throughout the book, his friend Sam-I-am keeps insisting that he'd like them. Sam suggests all different places to try this dish, but his friend keeps refusing. This would be an activity I would do with my students.

 By: Whitney Stewart Published: April 16, 2009 His family was poor, and the happiest time of his childhood was spent living on a farm in Missouri. His affection for small-town life is reflected in Disneyland Main Streets around the world. With black-and-white illustrations throughout,  this biography reveals the man behind the magic.

By: Brad Meltzer  Published: September 11,2018 The Book tells a story from Neil Armstrong's childhood on a farm to his career as an engineer and pilot, and how he became the first person to walk on the moon. An activity you could do with your students is a timeline of their own life.  

Published: April 5, 2022 Author: Colin Kaepernick Illustrator: Eric Wilkerson I Color Myself Different is a joyful ode to Black and Brown lives based on real events in young Colin's life that are perfect for every reader's bookshelf. It's a story of self-discovery, staying true to one's true self, and advocating for change, even when you're very little. Activity:  You could do a journal about something they would change in the world if they could.  

  Published in 2009 Written: Ruby Bridges Genre: Biography, Textbook In 1960, six-year-old Ruby Bridges walked through an angry crowd and into a school where she changed history. This is the true story of an extraordinary little girl who helped shape our country when she became the first African- American to attend an all- white school in New Orleans. This is a great activity to do with your students:

 B y Chana Stiefel, illustrated by Susan Gal.   Yaffa loved her family and her town in Poland, but when the Nazis invaded, her family escaped with nothing except a few photos. Later in her life, she was asked to build an exhibit for the US Holocaust Memorial Museum. She used her own photographs as inspiration and found other photos from her Jewish neighbors who used to live in Eishyshok , too. The photographs show life, family, love, and community. An activity I would do is have students capture their own life by bringing in pictures from their homes town or maybe where their grandparents came from.

 This book was published in September 2019, Written By; Perkins, Mitali and Illustrated by Palacios, Sara. The level for this book would be good for K-3. It is about a little girl who travels with her mother and brother on Christmas to spend a short visit with her grandmother, on the fenced border between California and Mexico. Young Maria plans a clever way to deliver an oversized gift that will not fit through the fence slats.  An activity you can do is have your students come up with their own way to deliver oversize gifts.