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Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 volume : chiefly color illustrations ; 21 cm
Description
"Every child matters, including you and me. With our orange hearts, we walk in harmony." As a young child, your little world can be full of big feelings. In this book, I, Phyllis Webstad, founder of Orange Shirt Day, show how sharing my story with the world helped me process my feelings. My true story encourages young children to open their hearts when others share their feelings, and be more comfortable sharing their own feelings, too. Listening...
3) Cuatro ojos
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2023
Description
"El sexto grado no es tan genial como Rex pens̤ó que sería. Es el único chico que no ha dado el estirón, y los abusones se lo recordar̀n a cada instante. Ya no puede confiar en su mejor amigo, y no puede dejar de pensar en una linda chica de su clase, que es posible esté interesada en él. Con tantas cosas sucediendo, a Rex todo le resulta borroso, ¡hasta su visión! Entonces descubre que necesita usar gafas, y su familia solo puede comprarle...
4) Weird!
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
41 p. : col. ill. ; 21 cm.
Description
When Luisa becomes the target of a school bully, she changes everything about herself to avoid being bullied.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Description
"You may think you know who keeps your school running. You know teachers and coaches, but there are many important careers in education. Let's do our homework by going On the Job at School."--Provided by publisher.
7) Cub
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
221 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Description
"Twelve-year-old Cindy has just dipped a toe into seventh-grade drama--with its complicated friendships, bullies, and cute boys--when she earns an internship as a cub reporter at a local newspaper in the early 1970s. A (rare) young female reporter takes Cindy under her wing, and Cindy soon learns not only how to write a lede, but also how to respectfully question authority, how to assert herself in a world run by men, and--as the Watergate scandal...
8) Other boys
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
201 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 23 cm
Description
"Damian is the new kid at school, and he has a foolproof plan to avoid the bullying that's plagued him his whole childhood: he's going to stop talking. Starting on the first day seventh grade, he won't utter a word. If he keeps his mouth shut, the bullies will have nothing to tease him about--right? But Damian's vow of silence doesn't work--his classmates can tell there's something different about him. His family doesn't look like the kind on TV:...
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
40 pages : color illustrations ; 31 cm
Description
""What is a school? Is it a building with classrooms? Or can it be any place where children learn?" The fascinating stories that follow will expand how young readers think of school, as they learn about the experiences of real children in thirteen different countries around the world"--Publisher.
Author
Pub. Date
2011, c2009
Physical Desc
[34] p. : col. ill. ; 22 cm.
Description
This is a nonfiction picture book about acceptance. It tells the tale of a 4-year-old boy who happily expresses his authentic self by enjoying "traditional girl" things like jewelry, sparkles, or anything pink. It is designed to start and continue a dialogue about unconditional friendship and teaches children and adults how to accept and support children for who they are and how they wish to look. Inspired by the author's own son, and by her own...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
44 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm.
Description
In school Kyle's persistent bullying is making Thomas feel like a nobody, and he needs help from his classmates and adults to understand and recapture his self-esteem--but Kyle needs help too. Includes activities for children and information on recognizing and preventing bullying for adults.
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
339 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Description
"The term "Apple" is a slur in Native communities across the country. It's for someone supposedly "red on the outside, white on the inside." Eric Gansworth is telling his story in Apple (Skin to the Core). The story of his family, of Onondaga among Tuscaroras, of Native folks everywhere. From the horrible legacy of the government boarding schools, to a boy watching his siblings leave and return and leave again, to a young man fighting to be an artist...
14) Ends/begins
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
30 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Description
"In 1964, two brothers are taken from the warm and loving care of their grandparents, and spirited away to a residential school, miles from home. James, assigned to manual work on the grounds, sees less and less of his younger brother, Thomas. James soon discovers the anguish that Thomas is living under, which leads to unspeakable tragedy. The pain and guilt that dogs James continues to affect his troubled son, Edwin (introduced in book 1). But a...
15) Not my girl
Author
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
36 unnumbered pages : colour illustrations ; 24 cm
Description
Two years ago, Margaret left her Arctic home for the outsiders' school. Now she has returned and can barely contain her excitement as she rushes towards her waiting family -- but her mother stands still as a stone. This strange, skinny child, with her hair cropped short, can't be her daughter. "Not my girl!" she says angrily. Margaret's years at school have changed her. Now ten years old, she has forgotten her language and the skills to hunt and fish....
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
40 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 26 cm
Description
"From Governor-General's Award-winning writer David A. Robertson comes this special edition of the timeless graphic novel that introduced the world to the awe-inspiring resilience of Betty Ross, and shared her story of strength, family, and culture. A school assignment to interview a residential school survivor leads Daniel to Betsy, who tells him her story. Abandoned as a young child, Betsy was soon adopted into a loving family. A few short years...
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