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New Hanover County Public Library Resources for New Hanover County Public Schools K-5
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3rd Quarter Book Suggestions, K-5th grade Students can use their ID number (lunch number) to check out books from the public library and access online resources. Here are some recommendations to supplement the third quarter of this year's school curriculum, Wit & Wisdom. For more suggestions, contact your librarian! This eNewsletter is interactive! Click on underlined words to learn more.
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Kindergarten Books: America, Then and Now
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Mike Mulligan and his steam shovel
by Virginia Lee Burton
Due to industrial progress, Mike and his trusty steam shovel, Mary Anne, are out of work, and they have one last chance to prove that Mary Anne can dig faster than one hundred men in order to save her from the scrap heap, in a timeless classic originally published in 1939 that combines friendship, determination, and ingenuity.
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Bowwow powwow : bagosenjige-niimi'idim
by Brenda J. Child
When Uncle and Windy Girl attend a powwow, Windy watches the dancers and listens to the singers. She eats and joins family and friends around the fire. Later, she falls asleep under the stars. Uncle's stories inspire visions: a bowwow powwow, where all the dancers are dogs. In these magical scenes, she sees veterans in a Grand Entry, a visiting drum group, and traditional dancers-- grass dancers and jingle-dress dancers-- all with telltale ears and paws and tails, celebrating in song and dance, and attesting to the wonder of the powwow.
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Imogene's last stand
by Candace Fleming
Fascinated by history, young Imogene is heartbroken when she learns that the Liddleton Historical Society is about to be destroyed to make room for a factory and so dons her best patriotic costume, grabs her flag, and races through the streets like Paul Revere to get the word out that the pending tragedy must be stopped.
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The blessing cup
by Patricia Polacco
A companion to the best-selling The Keeping Quilt describes how young Anna, a girl from an early 20th-century Russian Jewish family, moves to America and brings a beautiful china tea set that symbolizes God's blessings, family history and a plentiful life that reaches through subsequent generations.
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Grandfather's journey
by Allen Say
In his Caldecott-winning classic Allen Say offers a poignant account of a family's unique cross-cultural experience in America and Japan, in a story that warmly conveys his own love for the two countries and the strong and constant desire to be in both places at once.
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Radio rescue
by Lynne Barasch
In 1923, after learning Morse code and setting up his own amateur radio station, a twelve-year-old boy sends a message that leads to the rescue of a family stranded by a hurricane in Florida, in a tale based on the author's father's experiences as a young ham radio operator.
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The coquÃes still sing / : A Story of Home, Hope, and Rebuilding
by Karina Nicole González
Ã"Co-quÃ, co-quÃ!" The coquà frogs sing to Elena from her family's beloved mango tree--their calls so familiar that they might as well be singing, "You are home, you are safe." But home is suddenly not safe when a hurricane threatens to destroy everything that Elena knows.
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Nature is a sculptor : weathering and erosion
by Heather Ferranti Kinser
With wind and water, nature shapes our planet in amazing ways. Photos of geological marvels accompany lyrical verse in this exploration of the forces of weathering and erosion
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A storm called Katrina
by Myron Uhlberg
When flood waters submerge their New Orleans neighborhood in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, a young cornet player and his parents evacuate their home and struggle to survive and stay together
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Knowing your civil rights
by Christin Ditchfield
Explains the history and importance of civil rights, what they are and how you can protect and uphold them. Includes a section on the Bill of Rights.
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Two friends : Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass
by Dean Robbins
Sharing time regularly over tea to discuss their views about equality, civil rights activists and good friends Frederick Douglass and Susan B. Anthony exchange the stories that motivate their goals in a story inspired by a statue in their hometown of Rochester, New York.
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Separate is never equal : Sylvia Mendez & her family's fight for desegregation
by Duncan Tonatiuh
Shares the triumphant story of young Civil Rights activist Sylvia Mendez, an American citizen of Mexican and Puerto Rican heritage who, at the age of 8, worked with her parents and other community members to file a landmark lawsuit in federal district court to end segregated education in mid-20th-century California.
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Freedom on the menu : the Greensboro sit-ins
by Carole Boston Weatherford
Having always lived a life where they couldn't drink from the white fountains or swim at the local pools, a group of four teens decides to fight the system in the segregated South of the 1960s by taking seats at a lunch counter and requesting to be served--just the same and equal as every white person in the establishment.
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Rising above : the Wataru "Wat" Misaka story
by Hayley Diep
A Japanese American boy born to immigrant parents, Wataru "Wat" Misaka liked to play basketball under the glow of stars and a small street lamp in Ogden, Utah. America was home to Wat, but with the onset of World War II, many people thought he didn't belong. "Go home!" they would shout as he dribbled the ball, but Wat continued, winning state tournaments in high school, becoming a national champion with the University of Utah, and serving in the U.S. Army. The New York Knicks took notice, and in 1947, Wat became the first person of color to play in the NBA. During a time when nearly all of America mistrusted and mistreated Japanese Americans, Wataru Misaka embodied courage and strength, pursuing the game he loved and becoming a symbol of hope for Japanese Americans sent to incarceration camps.
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Immigration to colonial America
by Jackie Heckt
Describes how upon arriving in America immigrants from Europe encountered native peoples, formed colonies, established governments, and slowly spread out across the continent
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American immigration : our history, our stories
by Kathleen Krull
An exploration of the timely topic of immigration by the award-winning co-author of Harvesting Hope explains how America was built on immigration and has become great through the contributions of such notables as Albert Einstein, George Takei and Elon Musk.
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Sybil Ludington : Revolutionary War rider
by E. F. Abbott
A dramatized account based on the story of 16-year-old Sybil Ludington describes how two years after Paul Revere's iconic ride she risked her life on a nighttime journey to warn Revolutionary War soldiers about a British raid on her home in Danbury, Connecticut.
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Sophia's war : a tale of the Revolution
by Avi
In 1776, after witnessing the execution of Nathan Hale in New York City, which was newly occupied by the British army, young Sophia Calderwood resolves to do all she can to help the American cause, including becoming a spy.
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Spies : James Armistead Lafayette
by Kyandreia Jones
The year is 1781 and George Washington is commanding thousands of troops in Yorktown, Virginia, on the brink of the most important battle of the war. You are James Armistead, a brave and literate enslaved person in Virginia. Marquis de Lafayette, one of Washington s key officers, approaches you with the most critical choice of your life: do you join the Revolutionary army as a top secret spy or find freedom on your own terms? As a spy for the revolution, you might change the course of history, but whose liberty will you really be fighting for?
Looking for more books about Blacks in the Revolutionary War? Try African Americans and the Revolutionary War, Mary Bowser, or the picture book biography of James Armistead Lafayette.
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Haym Salomon : American patriot
by Susan Goldman Rubin
Introduces young readers to Haym Salomon, the Jewish immigrant from Poland credited with being the "Financier of the American Revolution."
Wondering about other immigrant Revolutionary War heroes? Try the Marquis de Lafayette.
Or to try to understand the conflict between the rebel or loyalist perspective try these novels: NC set Betrayal at Cross Creek, With Nothing But Our Courage about a post-war loyalist emigre, and about 1770s Williamsburg American Girl Felicity who has a loyalist friend in the second book.
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George vs. George : the American Revolution as seen from both sides
by Rosalyn Schanzer
Takes a unique and lively approach to the story of the American Revolution by weaving the tale around two quite similar leaders--George Washington and King George III--offering insights into the actions and convictions of participants on both sides of the Atlantic.
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Who comes with cannons?
by Patricia Beatty
When a runaway slave seeks refuge on her family's North Carolina farm, Truth Hopkins, a Quaker who opposes slavery and the Civil War, accompanies him on a dramatic trip to freedom via the Underground Railroad. Published in 1992.
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Robert Smalls : the boat thief
by Robert Francis Kennedy
Examines the life and military career of Robert Smalls, a Southern slave who coordinated the theft of a Confederate gunship, went on to be promoted to the rank of captain in the Federal Navy, and appealed to President Lincoln to enlist five thousand former slaves into the Union army, breaking the U.S. Armed Forces color barrier.
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Soldier song : a true story of the Civil War
by Debbie Levy
A poignant account of the important role of songs in rallying Union and Confederate troops during the American Civil War describes the particular relevance the song "Home, Sweet Home" had in providing inspiration and comfort to soldiers on a night when both sides put down their arms and found common ground.
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The mostly true adventures of Homer P. Figg
by W. R. Philbrick
Twelve-year-old Homer, a poor but clever orphan, has extraordinary adventures after running away from his evil uncle to rescue his brother, who has been sold into service in the Civil War.
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