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Title: My Two Blankets Author:  Irena Kobald Illustrator: Freya Blackwood Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ISBN:  9780544432284 Audience:  Ages 4-10 Summary:  A young Sudanese immigrant wraps herself in the imaginary blanket of her old culture when her new country seems

Title: The Good Garden: How One Family Went from Hunger to Having Enough Author: Katie Smith Milway Illustrator: Sylvie Daigneault Publisher: Kids Can Press (September 1, 2010) ISBN: 978-1554534883 Audience: Ages 8-12 (grades 3-7) Summary: Maria Luz and her family are poor

Title: Cups Held Out Author: Judith L. Roth Illustrator: Brooke Rothshank Publisher: Herald Press (September 13, 2006) ISBN: 978-0836193169 Audience: ages 4 and up Summary: A young girl and her father cross the border into Mexico where she encounters poverty for the first time.

Title: Florence Nightingale Author: Demi Illustrator: Demi Publisher:  Henry Holt and Company Publication Date: 2014 Audience: Grades 1-4 Summary: Florence Nightingale was reared with every advantage: wealth, devoted parents, a fine library and a classical education, travel, and

Title: The Lions of Little Rock Author:  Kristen Levine Publisher:  Putnam Juvenile ISBN:  9780399256448 Audience:  Ages 10 and up Summary: In 1957 nine black students entered Central High School in Little Rock and President Eisenhower sent troops to protect them. The story was

Title: Sunday Is For God Author: Michael McGowan Illustrator: Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher Publisher: Schwartz Wade Books ISBN: 9780375984188` Audience: Ages 4-8 Summary: “Weekdays are for school. Saturday’s for having fun. But Sunday is the Lord’s day. Sunday is for God. That’s