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10 Books to Read AloudFebruary 2019
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The rabbit listened
by Cori Doerrfeld
A metaphorical tale of empathy and friendship follows the experiences of a small child who is offered well-intentioned advice from his animal friends in the wake of a loss but only finds comfort with the last animal, a rabbit who just quietly listens.
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You hold me up
by Monique Gray Smith
Diverse families and friends help to hold one another up by being kind, sharing, learning, playing, laughing, and doing other supportive things together
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A sick day for Amos McGee by Philip Christian Steadmos, who spends time with the animals at the zoo everyday, learns the true meaning of friendship when he is too sick to make it to the zoo and the animals come calling to cheer him up.
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That's not funny!
by Jeanne Willis
When Hyena puts a banana skin in Giraffe's path, causing a chain reaction of accidents that Hyena finds hilarious, he soon learns what it is like to be the butt of a joke.
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Adrian Simcox does not have a horse
by Marcy Campbell
Refusing to believe that a boy in her community who lives in a tiny house really has a beautiful horse of his own, a little girl becomes angry and complains about the boy before learning valuable lessons in empathy and imagination.
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I am human : a book of empathy
by Susan Verde
The team behind I Am Peace presents a hopeful celebration of empathy and family that meditates on the great and challenging aspects of being human, revealing how it is okay to make mistakes while emphasizing the power of good choices and being compassionate.
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How to be a lion
by Ed Vere
When Leonard the lion and his friend Marianne, a duck, are confronted by a pack of lion bullies, they find a creative way to stand up for themselves.
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One
by Kathryn Otoshi
Introduces young readers to numbers, counting, and primary and secondary colors by offering the story of ill-tempered Red who got too powerful for his own good and had to be brought down to size by One--a single entity with the courage to stand up for what was right.
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Each kindness
by Jacqueline Woodson
When Ms. Albert teaches a lesson on kindness, Chloe realizes that she and her friends have been wrong by making fun of new student Maya's shabby clothes and refusing to play with her.
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Enemy pie
by Derek Munson
Hoping that the enemy pie which his father makes will help him get rid of his enemy Jeremy Ross, a little boy finds that instead it helps make a new friend.
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