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Helping Kids Relate: Community
Stories to help children appreciate community. |
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Bellisario, Gina Let's Meet a Librarian Students learn what a librarian does and what kind of tools they use to find information. Easy Nonfiction Book |
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Brown, Marcia. Stone Soup: an Old Tale When three hungry soldiers come to a town where all the food has been hidden, they set out to make soup of water and stones, and all the town enjoys a feast. Easy Picture Book |
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Bunting, Eve Our Library A raccoon and his friends go to great lengths to make sure they will always have a library from which to borrow books. Easy Picture Book |
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Dooley, Norah. Everybody Bakes Bread A rainy-day errand introduces Carrie to many different kinds of bread, including chapatis, challah, and papusaa. Includes recipes. Easy Picture Book |
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Edwards, Clint Show Me Community Helpers : My First Picture Encyclopedia Provides information about members of the community through the use of color photographs and important terms. Easy Nonfiction Book |
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Hutchins, H. J. (Hazel J.) Mattland Matt creates an imaginary land -- Mattland -- by first creating a river with a stick drawn through swampy mud. Then a puddle becomes a lake, and some rocks become mountains. A girl appears with sticks which become a fence, and various bits of this and that which become landmarks and other locations in Mattland. When a rainstorm threatens to wash away Mattland, help arrives unexpectedly, and just in the nick of time! Easy Picture Book |
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Karas, G. Brian. The Village Garage Throughout the seasons the workers at the Village Garage are busy taking care of the town and its residents. Easy Picture Book |
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Kimmel, Eric A. Cactus Soup During the Mexican Revolution, when a troop of hungry soldiers comes to a town where all the food has been hidden, they charm the townspeople into helping make a soup from water and a cactus thorn. Easy Picture Book |
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Lynch, Kelly Mighty Mike Builds a Library When it looks like the town library won't get built due to a lack of money, Mighty Mike enlists the help of all his friends in the construction business to get the job done. Easy Picture Book |
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Milway, Katie Smith One Hen : How One Small Loan Made a Big Difference Based on a true story, tells of how a poor Ghanaian boy buys a chicken through a community loan program, which eventually helps lift him, his mother, and his community out of poverty. Children's Fiction Book |
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Moore, Inga. A House in the Woods Two Little Pigs whose small homes in the woods have been accidentally destroyed by Bear and Moose decide to build a house they can all share, and with the help of Beaver Builders they soon have a fine new home. Easy Picture Book |
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Niemann, Christoph The Police Cloud A small cloud that has always dreamed of becoming a police officer discovers that he might not be suited to the job. Easy Picture Book |
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Schrock, Jan West Give a Goat After hearing a story about a girl in Uganda whose life is changed for the better by the gift of a goat, a class of fifth-graders pulls together to raise funds to make a similar donation to someone in need. Easy Picture Book |
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Singer, Marilyn. Let's Build a Clubhouse Rhyming text describes how a group of children works together to build a clubhouse, using a variety of tools. Includes facts about each tool and its use. Easy Picture Book |
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Smith, Alex T. Home Four best friends share a home until each wants to live in a different location. They can't agree on where to go, so they go their separate ways, each taking a part of the house with them. What will bring the four not-so-best friends and their home back together? Easy Picture Book |
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Williams, Vera B. Music Music for Everyone Five-year-old Rosa plays accordion with her friends in the Oak Street Band and earns money to help her mother with expenses while her grandmother is sick. Easy Picture Book |
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