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Unity in My Community - ROD Children's
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Unity in My Community - ROD Children's
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Armed with pencils, paints, dreams, and Grandma Addy's memories of how beautiful the neighborhood once was, Angel and others paint the big wall that had been cold, empty, and cheerless.
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"Set in Philadelphia during the Great Depression, this middle-grade historical novel tells the story of a twelve-year-old boy and his best friend as they attempt to stop a wall from being built at Shibe Park, home of the Philadelphia Athletics, that would block the view of the baseball field from their rooftops. In 1930s Philadelphia, twelve-year-old Jimmy Frank and his best friend Lola live across the street from Shibe Park, home of the Philadelphia...
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"A day at the playground starts out with a chalk wall to draw on, a water wall to splash in, a climbing wall to clamber up, and a wall of kids playing an all-in-good-fun game. But it isn't long before one child is excluded, as another child leads the rest in building a castle wall that comes between them and the child they are leaving out. There are other unkindnesses, and of course, hurt feelings. But when the bully bellows "MINE," declaring the...
10) The wall
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A young boy who loves to explore meets a young girl who encourages his community to discover the rich environment around them, despite the wall built around their homes.
11) Humpty Dumpty
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Humpty Dumpty at the Great Wall of China in a wordless retelling of the nursery rhyme.
12) Brick by brick
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A little mouse innocently plucks a flower from an old wall when a brick comes loose, and he can see through it for the first time. He and the other animals gradually and resolutely remove more and more bricks, until at last they can see another group of animals. Together they use the bricks that once divided them to construct a bridge to join their islands. This clever and touching wordless board book shows that walls can become bridges when everyone...
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"Un pequeño caballero está seguro de que el muro que está en medio del libro lo protege de los peligros que existen del otro lado: un tigre enojado, un rinoceronte gigante y un ogro malvado. Pero el caballero no ha visto al cocodrilo ni al creciente mar que emerge de su lado. De repente, su vida está en peligro, ¿quién podrá ayudarlo? Quizá el otro lado del muro tenga algunas cosas positivas después de todo. Este libro recuerda con humor...
15) Oye, pared
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"Armed with pencils, paints, dreams, and Abuela Addy's memories of how beautiful the neighborhood once was, a boy and his neighbors paint the big wall that had been cold, empty, and cheerless." --
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