Poverty & Homelessness
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Yard Sale
$7.99 Read more“While the topic of moving is covered in a multitude of picture books, this one looks at it from a difficult perspective that most authors choose to avoid or gloss over.” — School Library Journal (st… [more below]
- Author: Bunting, Eve
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: April 25 2017
- ISBN10: 0763693057
- Language: English
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Dust for Dinner
$5.99 Add to cartJake and Maggy lived on a farm where they loved to sing and dance to the music from Mama’s radio. Then terrible dust storms came and ruined the land. The family had no choice but to auction off the fa
- Series: I Can Read Level 3 #1
- Author: Turner, Ann
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: February 01 1997
- ISBN10: 006444225X
- Language: English
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Enly and the Buskin’ Blues
$19.99 Read moreTwelve-year-old Enly Wu Lewis is determined to go to band camp and follow in the footsteps of his musician father, who died years ago.
But his mom, a single parent working two jobs, is saving every
- Author: Liu, Jennie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: February 07 2023
- ISBN10: 1728424569
- Language: English
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Cartwheeling in Thunderstorms
$8.99 Add to cartEven a life on the untamed plains of Africa can’t prepare Wilhelmina for the wilds of an English boarding school in this “gripping, magical, and heartwarming tale of resilience, friendship, and hope” … [more below]
- Author: Rundell, Katherine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: March 01 2016
- ISBN10: 1442490624
- Language: English
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Lyddie
$8.99 Add to cartFrom two-time Newbery award-winning author Katherine Paterson.
When Lyddie and her younger brother are hired out as servants to help pay off their family farm’s debts, Lyddie is determined to find a w- Author: Paterson, Katherine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: January 01 1995
- ISBN10: 0140373896
- Language: English
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Oliver Twist
$18.99 Add to cartCharles Dickens’ classic story of a young boy who seeks his fortune on the streets of London.
After Oliver Twist asks nasty Mr Bumble for more food, he has to flee the workhouse for the streets of Lon- Author: Dickens, Charles
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: February 27 2018
- ISBN10: 0241331269
- Language: English
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The Can Man
$12.95 Add to cartTo earn money, a young boy decides to collect and redeem empty soft drink cans, but ends up giving away his money to help a local homeless man.
Tim’s birthday is just a week away, and more than anythin
- Author: Williams, Laura E.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: August 01 2017
- ISBN10: 1620145774
- Language: English
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The Patron Thief of Bread
$19.99 Read moreA beautifully crafted middle-grade novel spiced with magic–and gargoyles!–from the acclaimed author of Hour of the Bees and Race to the Bottom of the Sea.
Fished from the river as an infant and rais- Author: Eagar, Lindsay
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: May 11 2022
- ISBN10: 1536204684
- Language: English
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Y Entonces, ?Boom! / And Then, Boom!
$12.95 Add to cartAmazon Mejores libros para ni?os del 2024 (hasta ahora)
Esta es la historia de Joe, un muchacho tan valiente como sus superh?roes favoritos. La autora de la aclamada Estrella de mar regresa con otra e- Author: Fipps, Lisa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 260
- Publish Date: June 25 2024
- ISBN10: 9798890980991
- Language: Spanish
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Toby Finds a Home: A story about homelessness
$22.95 Add to cartA homeless cat named Toby roams the streets of Portland, Oregon in search of food and friendship. One afternoon, Toby’s nose leads him to a warm and welcoming cafe, where people from all walks of life
- Author: Showers, Marie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 34
- Publish Date: August 19 2024
- ISBN10: 9798990958302
- Language: English
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Blue Willow
$8.99 Add to cartTo Janey Larkin, the blue willow plate was the most beautiful thing in her life, a symbol of the home she could only dimly remember. Now that her father was an itinerant worker, Janey didn’t have a ho… [more below]
- Series: Newbery Library, Puffin
- Author: Gates, Doris
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: September 30 1976
- ISBN10: 0140309241
- Language: English
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Don’t Ask the Dragon
$10.99 Read moreDon’t Ask the Dragon is a beautifully illustrated picture book exploring friendship, belonging and overcoming your fears
Waterstones – The Best Books of 2022: Baby & Toddler
This is the story of Alem, a… [more below]
- Author: Sissay, Lemn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: September 26 2023
- ISBN10: 1838854002
- Language: English
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Una Nueva Cosecha (a New Harvest)
$16.95 Add to cartThere are people who, for whatever reason, lose everything. Rodrigo was one of them. But there was one thing he didn’t lose, and that was hope.
Rodrigo has lost his family home due to a devastating tor
- Author: Expósito Escalona, Cristina
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 28
- Publish Date: October 10 2021
- ISBN10: 8418302305
- Language: Spanish
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Make Your Mark, Make a Difference: A Kid’s Guide to Standing Up for People, Animals, and the Planet
$13.99 Add to cartTake the first steps into activism with this comprehensive middle grade guide that empowers readers to choose and become knowledgeable in a cause they are most passionate to reform, and to create mean… [more below]
- Author: Galat, Joan Marie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: February 13 2024
- ISBN10: 1582708444
- Language: English
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My Beautiful Birds
$18.95 Add to cartA New York Times Notable Children’s Books selection. The moving story of one boy’s refugee experience in the Syrian Civil War and the birds who help him on the road to emotional healing
Behind Sami, t
- Author: del Rizzo, Suzanne
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: March 08 2017
- ISBN10: 1772780103
- Language: English
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Brooklyn Bridge
$19.99 Add to cartIt’s the summer of 1903 in Brooklyn and all fourteen-year-old Joseph Michtom wants is to experience the thrill, the grandeur, and the electricity of the new amusement park at Coney Island. But that do
- Author: Hesse, Karen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: November 08 2011
- ISBN10: 0312674287
- Language: English
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Uncle Wille and the Soup Kitchen
$7.99 Add to cartA gentle and age-appropiate introduction to two key issues of our time–hunger and homelessness–from a kid’s point of view. This empathy-building book is good for sharing at home or in a classroom.
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- Series: Reading Rainbow Books
- Author: DiSalvo-Ryan, Dyanne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: April 24 1997
- ISBN10: 0688152856
- Language: English
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Adrian Simcox Does Not Have a Horse
$18.99 Add to cartA classic in the making, this heartwarming story about empathy and imagination is one that families will treasure for years to come.
Adrian Simcox tells anyone who will listen that he has a horse–the- Author: Campbell, Marcy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: August 14 2018
- ISBN10: 0735230374
- Language: English
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The In-Between
$8.99 Add to cartFor fans of Enchanted Air by Margarita Engle and Life in Motion by Misty Copeland, this middle grade memoir in verse with “stellar writing [and] perfect pacing” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) chroni… [more below]
- Author: Van Heidrich, Katie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 295
- Publish Date: January 30 2024
- ISBN10: 1665920130
- Language: English
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Caged Warrior
$13.99 Add to cartA ferocious novel, Caged Warrior is like a great fight movie, a tour-de-force of relentless conflict, but one that is leavened with rich characters and meaningful and loving relationships.
McCutcheon… [more below]- Series: Caged Warrior
- Author: Sitomer, Alan Lawrence
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: April 28 2015
- ISBN10: 1484722809
- Language: English
