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Title: We Shall Overcome: The Story of a Song Author: Debbie Levy Illustrator: Vanessa Brantley-Newton Publisher: Disney – Jump At The Sun (December 17, 2013) ISBN: 978-1423119548 Audience: Ages 6-8, Grades 1-3 Summary: This is the story of a song, but not just any song. It

Title: Jane, the fox & me Author: Fannie Britt Illustrator: Isabelle Arsenault Publisher:  Groundwood Books Publication Date:  September 1, 2013 (English translation) ISBN: 9781554983605 Audience:  Grades 5 and up Summary: This coming of age graphic novel tells the story o

Title: For Pete’s Sake Author: Ellen Stoll Walsh Illustrator:  Ellen Stoll Walsh Publisher: Harcourt Brace & Company ISBN: 015200324x Audience: Preschool Summary: Pete, a young alligator, worries that he is not at all like his three best friends, who are all flamingos. 

Title: Martin & Mahalia: His Words, Her Song Author: Andrea Davis Pinkney Illustrator: Brian Pinkney Publisher: Little, Brown and Company Publication Date: 2013 ISBN: 9780316070133 Audience: Grades 2 – 4 Summary:  Martin Luther King, Jr. and Mahalia Jackson were born, a

Title: The Chickens Build a Wall Author: Jean-Francois Dumont Illustrator: Jean-Francois Dumont Publisher:  Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, 2013 ISBN:  9780802854223 Audience:  Ages 4-8 Summary:  When a little hedgehog appears in the barnyard, the suspicious farm animals

Name of Book:  Sloppy Joe Author:  Dave Keane Illustrator:  Denise Brunkus Publisher:  Harper Collins 2009 ISBN:  978-0-06-171021-6 Audience:  Ages 4 – 8 Summary:  Sloppy Joe is about a young boy whose habit of being “sloppy” causes him to be ostracized by others, even his

Name of Book:  City Dog, Country Frog Author:  Mo Willems Illustrator:  Jon J. Muth Publisher:  Hyperion Books for Children ISBN:  9781423103004 Audience:  Age 3 and up Summary:  It is a beautiful spring day when City Dog first visits the country.  By the time the reader sees him

Name of Book:  The Tallest of Smalls Author:  Max Lucado Illustrator:  Maria Monescillo Publisher:  Tommy Nelson: A Division of Thomas Nelson Publishers Audience:  Ages 4 – 10 (but could be used with middle schoolers) Summary:  The Tallest of Smalls is the story of a young boy

Name of Book:  The Hunger Games Author:  Suzanne Collins Book Design:  Phil Falco Publisher:  Scholastic Press Audience:  Ages 12 and up Summary:  The first in a trilogy of science fiction stories, The Hunger Games is written for adolescent youth and older due to graphic and

Name of Book: Goin’ Someplace Special Author: Patricia C. McKissack Illustrator: Jerry Pinkney Publisher: Antheneum Books ISBN: 0689818858 Audience: Ages: 6 – 12 Summary: Patricia C. McKissack recounts her own story of growing up in racially segregated Nashville, Tennessee during