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Escape to the Forest

Ruth Yaffe Radin

For the child grappling with the concept of finding safety and hope during impossible times. A survival story about a fa

Cover of Escape From Saigon: How a Vietnamese War Orphan Became an American Boy

Escape From Saigon: How a Vietnamese War Orphan Became an American Boy

Long, an orphan born in Saigon, journeys from the final days of the Vietnam War to a new life in Ohio in this true story

Cover of Energy Island: How One Community Harnessed the Wind and Changed Their World

Energy Island: How One Community Harnessed the Wind and Changed Their World

For the child who wonders if one person can really make a difference, this inspiring true story shows how a small commun

Cover of Ellen Foster

After losing her mother and escaping her dangerous father, eleven-year-old Ellen Foster searches for a place to belong a

Cover of Eleanor's Story: An American Girl in Hitler's Germany

Eleanor's Story: An American Girl in Hitler's Germany

Eleanor Ramrath Garner

For the teen processing what it means to be caught between two worlds, this memoir explores survival and identity when h

Cover of Dust to Eat: Drought and Depression in the 1930s

Dust to Eat: Drought and Depression in the 1930s

Michael L. Cooper

For the child curious about how families survive hard times, this history explores the grit and struggle of the 1930s Du

Cover of A Dream of Freedom

A Dream of Freedom

Diane McWhorter

The long fight to end segregation and secure voting rights comes to life through the history of the nonviolent protests

Cover of Dia's Story Cloth

Dia's Story Cloth

An intricately embroidered Hmong story cloth serves as the canvas for a young girl's journey of immigration to a new hom

Cover of Dear Miss Breed: The True Stories of the Japanese American Incarceration During World War II and the Librarian Who Made a Difference

Dear Miss Breed: The True Stories of the Japanese American Incarceration During World War II and the Librarian Who Made a Difference

Joanne Oppenheim

When her young patrons were sent to internment camps in 1942, librarian Clara Breed fought to keep their spirits alive t

Cover of Dear Daisy, Get Well Soon

Dear Daisy, Get Well Soon

Cheer up a sick friend with a new gift for every day of the week, from colorful cards to five bright balloons, while pra

Cover of The Deaf Musicians

The Deaf Musicians

Paul Dubois Jacobs, Pete Seeger

For the child navigating a major life change who needs to see that a new challenge can lead to a beautiful, unexpected r

Cover of Dark Water

Fifteen-year-old Pearl finds first love on her uncle's avocado ranch, but she and a migrant worker are soon trapped by e

Cover of Dancing with Katya

Dancing with Katya

For siblings navigating a new reality after a medical diagnosis, this gentle story shows how love can redefine what it m

Cover of Covered Wagons, Bumpy Trails

Verla Kay's Historical Stories

Covered Wagons, Bumpy Trails

Bumpy trails and changing seasons mark a pioneer family's arduous journey by wagon train across the country to a new lif

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I Can Read Level 3

Clara and the Bookwagon

Nancy Smiler Levinson

A young farm girl in 1905 Maryland watches her world grow larger when she encounters a traveling book wagon and borrows

Cover of Christopher Mouse: The Tale of a Small Traveller

Christopher Mouse: The Tale of a Small Traveller

For the child who needs a gentle reminder that life is a journey of many chapters and that finding where you belong ofte

Cover of The Case of the Vanishing Golden Frogs

Sandra Markle's Science Mysteries

The Case of the Vanishing Golden Frogs

Join global scientists as they use the scientific method to track a mysterious fungus and save the vanishing golden frog

Cover of Bye, Mis' Lela

For children processing the death of a beloved caregiver. This gentle story helps kids navigate the transition from sadn

Cover of Bound for the North Star: True Stories of Fugitive Slaves

Bound for the North Star: True Stories of Fugitive Slaves

Dennis Brindell Fradin

John Brown’s own words carry us from a Virginia plantation to freedom in London, recounting a harrowing escape and a lif

Cover of Bound for America: The Story of the European Immigrants

Bound for America: The Story of the European Immigrants

Families left everything behind in Europe to seek a new life in America. These historical accounts reveal the courage an

Cover of The Book Itch: Freedom, Truth, and Harlem's Greatest Bookstore

The Book Itch: Freedom, Truth, and Harlem's Greatest Bookstore

Vaunda Micheaux Nelson

For the child curious about how books can change the world, this story celebrates the legacy of a legendary Harlem books

Cover of The Apprenticeship of Lucas Whitaker

The Apprenticeship of Lucas Whitaker

Cynthia DeFelice

During the 1850s tuberculosis epidemic, young Lucas Whitaker apprentices with a doctor using a new microscope to search

Cover of Annushka's Voyage

Annushka's Voyage

Two sisters carry their grandmother's Sabbath candlesticks as they travel from Russia to New York, holding onto their he

Cover of America Dreaming: How Youth Changed America in the Sixties

America Dreaming: How Youth Changed America in the Sixties

Laban Carrick Hill

Witness the power of young voices as they drive the radical movements of the 1960s, from civil rights to environmentalis

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