Shiloh Hills Elementary Library: Notice and Note

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When she goes looking for "something beautiful" in her city neighborhood, a young girl finds beauty in many different forms. Better for 2nd and up.
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"What would you like to eat?" Fun rhyming book.

Good for younger students.

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Does Peanut Butter have a soulmate? Young readers will know the answer long before Peanut Butter does and laugh along with each mismatched pairing.

Quietly powerful book.

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After an adoptive mother tells her daughter all the reasons that she is her "real mother," the young girl realizes that her mother is right, even though they do not look alike.

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Aha for younger students. Young readers should be pleased to discover how Grey allows her edible hero to spend the rest of his days.

While separated from her family in the wilderness area along the Nahanni River, a wolf pup discovers that she can express her loneliness in a long, loud howl.

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Mole rescues a baby bird, cares for it, and loves it, until the day he realizes it is because he loves it that he must set it free.

Alex is not happy about being sent to his grandparents' retirement community while his parents go on a fabulous vacation. But as the week goes on, Alex's desperate emails to his parents turn into stories about ice cream before dinner and stickball with Grandpa. Before he knows it, Alex has made a surprising discovery: grandparents are way cooler than he thought!

A goldfish gives a personal account of his experiences while swimming around his bowl as it slowly fills with fish and other accessories, only to realize when he is relocated for a cleaning how much he misses them.

Good for younger students. Bella is always too loud and gets into trouble until she needs realizes she is on the wrong bus.
AA

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Will Amaroq be strong like the great wolf leader he was named after and be able to let Nutik go?
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Appropriate for upper elementary.
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How does an old woman who has outlived all her friends keep from being lonely?

Henry Brown doesn't know how old he is. Nobody keeps records of slaves' birthdays. All the time he dreams about freedom, but that dream seems farther away than ever when he is torn from his family and put to work in a warehouse. When Henry grows up and marries, he is again devastated when his family is sold at the slave market. Then one day, as he lifts a crate at the warehouse, he knows exactly what he must do: He will mail himself to the North. After an arduous journey in the crate, Henry finally has a birthday - his first day of freedom.

A homeless boy who lives in an airport with his father, moving from terminal to terminal trying not to be noticed, is given hope when a trapped bird finally finds its freedom.

"But what if I'm lonely?" the sea serpent asked.
Also good for CC.

What do you do with an idea? Especially an idea that's different, or daring, or a little wild? This is the story of one brilliant idea and the child who helps to bring it into the world.

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A contrast and contradiction text between self and society. Fun book.

Swim along with the pout-pout fish as he discovers that being glum and spreading "dreary wearies" isn't really his destiny.
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This book conveys a heartwarming and universal message: No matter how far away you go, you can always find your way home.

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In the late 1800s, Marianne travels westward on the Orphan Train in hopes of being placed with a caring family.

By the warmth of a campfire beneath a starry night sky, a Navajo youth named Boy-Strength-of-Blue-Horses listens to the tale of his birth from his grandfather. Although blind, the boy learns that he has the strength to cope with his condition and meet any challenge that comes his way.

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Retells the story of King Christian X and the Danish resistance to the Nazis during World War II.

When Tim and his parents visit his grandmother in the nursing home where she is recovering from a broken hip, everyone pretends to be happy until Tim helps them express their true feelings. Love this book because the wisdom comes from the young boy.

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Powerful words!

In Tanzania, Bernardi's mute grandfather makes him a wonderful music box and then helps him realize his dream of owning a soccer ball and going to school.
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