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Childhood of Jesus volume 3
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"After The Childhood of Jesus and The Schooldays of Jesus, the Nobel prize-winning author completes his haunting trilogy with a new masterwork, The Death of Jesus. In Estrella, David has grown to be a tall ten-year-old who is a natural at soccer, and loves kicking a ball around with his friends. His father Simón and Bolívar the dog usually watch while his mother Inés now works in a fashion boutique. David still asks many questions, challenging...
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Obayda's family is in need of some good fortune. Her father lost one of his legs in a bomb explosion, forcing the family to move from their home city of Kabul to a small village, where life is very different and Obayda's father almost never leaves his room. One day, Obayda's aunt has an idea to bring the family luck-- dress Obayda, the youngest of her sisters, as a boy, a bacha posh. Now Obayda is Obayd. Life in this in-between place is confusing,...
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Raised in South Carolina and New York, Woodson always felt halfway home in each place. In vivid poems, she shares what it was like to grow up as an African American in the 1960s and 1970s, living with the remnants of Jim Crow and her growing awareness of the Civil Rights movement. Touching and powerful, each poem is both accessible and emotionally charged, each line a glimpse into a child's soul as she searches for her place in the world. Woodson's...
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By recognizing and accepting their childis feelings, parents can improve their childis emotional resilience. The Power of Validation is the first book to explain this critical process and offer parents skills they can use to validate and empower children in order to reduce behavioral problems, instill confidence, and increase childrenis ability to regulate their own emotions.
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As his extended family gathers for their annual Midwinter Festival magic competition, Aster decides to enter the contest meant for witches, despite the lingering discomfort and hostility of certain family members. Meanwhile, Ariel struggles to accept her new family's love while her estranged aunt attempts to lure her away by poisoning her self-esteem.
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"Identities are the ways that people think about and see themselves. Family, culture, and values shape our identities, but it is important to be happy with who you are. GEnder often makes up a large part of our identity. Whether male or female, a person's gender is more about which sex they strongly identify themselves as being. An activity encourages further discussion"--Back cover.
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"Who are you? How do the identities you hold-like your racial or gender identity-impact you every day? How do they impact others? These big and important questions are key to understanding ourselves. Part of being your true self means learning about group identities and how they affect our experience of the world. With kid-friendly explanations of key ideas and relevant scenarios, this text will help young kids explore their identities and how it...
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The Glass Castle meets The Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother in this dazzlingly honest and provocative family memoir by former child actress and current Fox Business Network anchor Melissa Francis.
When Melissa Francis was eight years old, she won the role of lifetime: playing Cassandra Cooper Ingalls, the little girl who was adopted with her brother (played by young Jason Bateman) by the Ingalls family on the world's most famous primetime soap opera,...
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"While young children are avid observers and questioners of their world, adults often shut down or postpone conversations on complicated topics because it's hard to know where to begin. Research shows that talking about issues like race and gender from the age of two not only helps children understand what they see, but also increases self-awareness, self-esteem, and allows them to recognize and confront things that are unfair, like discrimination...
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"The Social Justice Standards from Teaching Tolerance are a proven framework for developing anti-bias in students. In Understanding Identity, students learn how the ways they and others identify leads to a richer community. Readers will see the domain of identity in action and learn best practices as they interact with others--and themselves. Engaging inquiry-based sidebars encourage students to think, create, guess, and ask questions around the content....
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Emma just medium volume 1
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"Even though her family calls her Emma Bemma, Emma knows she is really just Medium. That's because she's the middle kid between her two brothers, who everyone calls Big and Little. Big thinks he's the coolest kid on the planet now that he's 10. And everyone thinks Little is just adorable even when he picks his nose and eats it! What if she could get out of being the middle by taking on a new role? What if she acted BIG? Or even bigger than that?"--...
16) Yo
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From birth to the arrival of a brand-new sibling, expressive silhouettes and simple declarations show a child's growing awareness and identification with family and home.
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Proud To Be In Between is a children's book based on a true story. This book is intended to address multiethnic identity for youth, centered around learning, empowering and awareness. The goal is to build and strengthen awareness for cultural identity in hopes that it will inspire individuals facing similar questions and situations. Bridging perspectives is a great way for families to teach their children about their multicultural background. I hope...
18) Who am I?
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A beginner bilingual book that introduces fundamental identity concepts for both boys and girls.
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"Cada niño es único. Algunos evitan las multitudes, a otros les toma un poco más de tiempo aprender cosas nuevas, algunos andan en silla de ruedas, y otros están descubriendo sus emociones. Pero sin importar cómo son, todos los niños tienen que oir tres cosas: Eres amado. Tienes un propósito. Eres extraordinario."-- Provided by publisher.
"Every child is unique. Some avoid crowds, some take extra time to learn new things, some ride in wheelchairs,...
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"¿Cuántos modelos familiares hay en la actualidad? Todas las familias son únicas y especiales. Este libro enseña a los niños las diversas estructuras familiares de una manera sencilla y divertida."--Cover page 4.
Alex asks his mother if their family is normal and she teaches him that families are all different in their own ways with different struggles and strengths.
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