Raúl Colón
1) Draw!
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
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Description
In this wordless picture book, a boy who is confined to his room fills his sketch pad with lions and elephants, then imagines himself on a safari.
2) Imagine!
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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Description
"When a boy visits an art museum and one of the paintings comes to life, he has an afternoon of adventure and discovery [that] changes how he sees the world ever after"--
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
Presents the life of the scientist responsible for the first map of the ocean floor, describing her experiences with sexism and her pioneering work which led to the confirmation of the theory of continental drift.
6) Baseball is
Author
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
©2014.
Language
English
Description
Presents a visual tribute to the history of baseball.
7) Abuelo
Author
Publisher
HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
An illustrated story about a boy and his grandfather, and the family bond that can span miles.
Author
Publisher
Luna Rising
Pub. Date
[2007]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
As a boy, Gabito had the ability to imagine many things. He lived in a small house with a large family. He would grow up to become a writer known as Gabriel García Márquez.
Sumario en español: Como un niño, Gabito tenía la capacidad de imaginar muchas cosas. Él vivió en una pequeña casa con una gran familia. Él llega a ser un escritor conocido como Gabriel García Márquez.
Author
Publisher
Random House Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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Description
A mighty lion takes a reluctant reader on a journey through their imagination at the library.
After a young boy goes to sleep upset that he's getting a book for his birthday, he's visited in the night by Patience and Fortitude, the two stone lions who guard the New York Public Library. Soon, he's magically whisked away from his cozy home in the Bronx, and the two mighty lions show him the wonder of the library. There, the inquisitive Latino boy discovers...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
Natalie waits for the day when her soldier father will come home from war, in a book inspired by the author's granddaughter and her family's true story.
11) Annie and Helen
Author
Publisher
Schwartz & Wade Books
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Introduces Helen Keller and Annie Sullivan, focusing on their relationship and interspersed with letters that Annie wrote home detailing Helen's early communication progress.
Author
Publisher
Calkins Creek, an imprint of Highlights
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
On November 19, 1916, at 8:25 a.m., Ruth Law took off on a flight that aviation experts thought was doomed. She set off to fly nonstop from Chicago to New York City. Sitting at the controls of her small bi-plane, exposed to the elements, Law battled fierce winds and numbing cold. When her engine ran out of fuel, she glided for two miles and landed at Hornell, New York. Even though she fell short of her goal, she had broken the existing cross-country...
15) As good as anybody: Martin Luther King and Abraham Joshua Heschel's amazing march towards freedom
Author
Publisher
A.A. Knopf
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
The story of two icons for social justice, how they formed a remarkable friendship and turned their personal experiences of discrimination into a message of love and equality for all.
Author
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Six year-old Angela of Limerick, Ireland, worries for the Baby Jesus on the altar of St. Joseph's Church near School House Lane where she lives and on the damp, cold December nights the baby is sure to need her help.