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1) Fairest
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In a land where beauty and singing are valued above all else, Aza eventually comes to reconcile her unconventional appearance and her magical voice, and learns to accept herself for who she truly is.
2) Wonder
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Children's and Middle Grade Novels in Spanish and English/Novelas juveniles en español e inglés
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Ten-year-old Auggie Pullman, who was born with extreme facial abnormalities and was not expected to survive, goes from being home-schooled to entering fifth grade at a private middle school in Manhattan, which entails enduring the taunting and fear of his clasassmates as he struggles to be seen as just another student.
3) I am enough
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Shares a story of loving who you are, respecting others and being kind to one another.
4) Dear Girl
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Encourages readers to accept and love themselves as they are and advises them to be confident, curious, adaptable, and willing to speak up.
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Diverse Books - Celebrating Diversity
Diverse Books - Celebrating Diversity
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Rhyming text and illustrations celebrate being content with the skin in which one lives, whatever that skin might be. With the ease and simplicity of a nursery rhyme, this lively story delivers an important message of social acceptance to young readers. Themes associated with child development and social harmony, such as friendship, acceptance, self-esteem, and diversity are promoted in simple and straightforward prose. Vivid illustrations of children's...
9) My heart
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"From moments of great joy and exuberance to necessary times of quiet contemplation, your heart is your guide" --
10) Growing wings
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When wings start to appear on her back, eleven-year-old Linnet begins to understand some of her mother's strange behavior, but it isn't until she finds herself at a remote house in Montana with others who also have--or had--wings that she can really come to terms with her situation.
12) Flat Cat
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Flat Cat likes being flat--roaming anywhere and happy to be unseen--until one day when he becomes fluffy, he learns to enjoy the attention it brings, and grows to love being seen.
13) Sulwe
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When five-year-old Sulwe's classmates make fun of her dark skin, she tries lightening herself to no avail, but her encounter with a shooting star helps her understand there is beauty in every shade.
15) Tough cookie
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This gingerbread man was baked without ginger, and without ginger he does not feel like he is really a gingerbread man at all, so he causes all kinds of mischief in the bakery until the baker teaches him that his ingredients do not make him who he is, it is his character that defines him.
16) Someone new
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When three children, Jesse, Jason, and Emma, are confronted with new classmates from different ethnic backgrounds, they strive to overcome their initial reactions, and to understand, accept, and welcome Maria, Jin, and Fatima.
18) Giraffe problems
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"A giraffe struggles to feel comfortable with his neck"--
19) Short
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When Julia gets cast as a munchkin in a local production of "The Wizard of Oz," she has even more reason to hate her short stature. But as she gets to know the show's enthusiastic director and eccentric cast, Julia's summer might become worthwhile after all.
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