Social Themes - Poverty & Homelessness
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Lulu and the Hunger Monster / Lulú Y El Monstruo del Hambre
$16.99 Read moreAward-winning Lulu and the Hunger Monster is also available as a bilingual book in Spanish and English.
When Lulu’s mother’s van breaks down, money for food becomes tight and the Hunger Monster comes i
- Series: Food Justice Books for Kids
- Author: Talkin, Erik
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: September 27 2022
- ISBN10: 1631987259
- Language: Spanish
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Sunny Parker Is Here to Stay
$17.99 Add to cartA determined girl spends the summer before middle school learning to stand up for her low-income community in this funny, fast-paced read just right for fans of Kelly Yang’s Front Desk.
Sunny Parker l- Author: Finnegan, Margaret
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: April 23 2024
- ISBN10: 166593008X
- Language: English
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The Night Bus Hero
$8.99 Read moreWhat does it take to turn a bully into a hero? Empathy and the power of forgiveness take center stage in this poignant novel–now in paperback!–by the award-winning author of The Boy at the Back of t… [more below]
- Author: Raúf, Onjali Q
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: February 07 2023
- ISBN10: 0593382064
- Language: English
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A Good Night for Mr.Coleman
$19.99 Add to cartA story about believing in yourself and something bigger.
An inspiring, imaginatively illustrated children’s book written by Kathy Izard, award-winning author of The Hundred Story Home, and illustrated
- Author: Izard, Kathy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 18 2019
- ISBN10: 0997778423
- Language: English
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The Can Man
$12.95 Add to cartTo earn money, a young boy decides to collect and redeem empty soft drink cans, but ends up giving away his money to help a local homeless man.
Tim’s birthday is just a week away, and more than anythin
- Author: Williams, Laura E.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: August 01 2017
- ISBN10: 1620145774
- Language: English
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Y Entonces, ?Boom! / And Then, Boom!
$12.95 Read moreAmazon Mejores libros para ni?os del 2024 (hasta ahora)
Esta es la historia de Joe, un muchacho tan valiente como sus superh?roes favoritos. La autora de la aclamada Estrella de mar regresa con otra e- Author: Fipps, Lisa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 260
- Publish Date: June 25 2024
- ISBN10: 9798890980991
- Language: Spanish
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Toby Finds a Home: A story about homelessness
$22.95 Add to cartA homeless cat named Toby roams the streets of Portland, Oregon in search of food and friendship. One afternoon, Toby’s nose leads him to a warm and welcoming cafe, where people from all walks of life
- Author: Showers, Marie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 34
- Publish Date: August 19 2024
- ISBN10: 9798990958302
- Language: English
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Una Nueva Cosecha (a New Harvest)
$16.95 Add to cartThere are people who, for whatever reason, lose everything. Rodrigo was one of them. But there was one thing he didn’t lose, and that was hope.
Rodrigo has lost his family home due to a devastating tor
- Author: Expósito Escalona, Cristina
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 28
- Publish Date: October 10 2021
- ISBN10: 8418302305
- Language: Spanish
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My Beautiful Birds
$18.95 Read moreA New York Times Notable Children’s Books selection. The moving story of one boy’s refugee experience in the Syrian Civil War and the birds who help him on the road to emotional healing
Behind Sami, t
- Author: del Rizzo, Suzanne
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: March 08 2017
- ISBN10: 1772780103
- Language: English
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Uncle Wille and the Soup Kitchen
$7.99 Read moreA gentle and age-appropiate introduction to two key issues of our time–hunger and homelessness–from a kid’s point of view. This empathy-building book is good for sharing at home or in a classroom.
“B
- Series: Reading Rainbow Books
- Author: DiSalvo-Ryan, Dyanne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: April 24 1997
- ISBN10: 0688152856
- Language: English
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Adrian Simcox Does Not Have a Horse
$18.99 Add to cartA classic in the making, this heartwarming story about empathy and imagination is one that families will treasure for years to come.
Adrian Simcox tells anyone who will listen that he has a horse–the- Author: Campbell, Marcy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: August 14 2018
- ISBN10: 0735230374
- Language: English
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The Cedarville Shop and the Wheelbarrow Swap
$16.95 Add to cartA Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection
From the award-winning author of Small Mercies, named a Best Middle-Grade Book of 2020 by Kirkus Reviews
“I’ve decided that some people put out fires and l
- Author: Krone, Bridget
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 188
- Publish Date: October 18 2022
- ISBN10: 1946395668
- Language: English
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Carry Me Home
$18.99 Read more“A poignant and powerful reminder that homelessness is not hopelessness.” –Kirby Larson, author of Newbery Honor book Hattie Big Sky
Two sisters struggle to keep their father’s disappearance a secre- Author: Fox, Janet
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: August 24 2021
- ISBN10: 1534485082
- Language: English
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And Then, Boom!
$18.99 Add to cartA gripping new novel in verse by the author of the Printz Honor-winning Starfish, featuring a poverty-stricken boy who bravely rides out all the storms life keeps throwing at him
Joe Oak is used to li- Author: Fipps, Lisa
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: May 07 2024
- ISBN10: 059340632X
- Language: English
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Heroes Like Us: Two Stories: The Day We Met the Queen; The Great Food Bank Heist
$16.99 Read moreFrom Onjali Q. Rauf, acclaimed author of The Boy At the Back of the Class, come two poignant tales of modern-day heroism, featuring supermarket theives, a visit with the Queen, and plenty of laughs!
T- Author: Ra?f, Onjali Q
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: November 15 2022
- ISBN10: 0593488199
- Language: English
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A Letter to Mrs. Roosevelt
$7.99 Add to cartEleven-year-old Margo Bandini has never been afraid of anything. Her life in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, with Mama and Papa and her little brother, Charlie, has always felt secure. But it’s 1933, and the… [more below]
- Author: Coco De Young, C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: August 08 2000
- ISBN10: 0440415292
- Language: English
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Carry Me Home
$8.99 Read more“A poignant and powerful reminder that homelessness is not hopelessness.” –Kirby Larson, author of Newbery Honor book Hattie Big Sky
Two sisters struggle to keep their father’s disappearance a secre- Author: Fox, Janet
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: August 16 2022
- ISBN10: 1534485090
- Language: English
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A Single Shard
$18.99 Add to cartThe Newbery Medal-winning tale of an orphan boy whose dream of becoming a master potter leads to unforeseen adventure in ancient Korea.
Tree-ear is an orphan boy in a 12th-century Korean village renown
- Author: Park, Linda Sue
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: April 23 2001
- ISBN10: 0395978270
- Language: English
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The Benefits of Being an Octopus
$19.99 Read moreEdutopia’s “25 Essential Middle School Reads from the Last Decade,” NPR Best Book of 2018, Bank Street List for Best Children’s Books of 2019, Named to the Vermont Dorothy Canfield Fisher List, Maine’… [more below]
- Author: Braden, Ann
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: September 04 2018
- ISBN10: 1510737480
- Language: English
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Tune It Out
$8.99 Read moreFrom the author of the acclaimed Roll with It comes a moving novel about a girl with a sensory processing disorder who has to find her own voice after her whole world turns upside down.
Lou Montgomery- Author: Sumner, Jamie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: August 31 2021
- ISBN10: 1534457011
- Language: English
