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"Written by a former Olympic consultant, this . . . book examines youth sports in America . . . from the organizations and companies that dominate organized youth sports to high-profile controversies ranging from burnout and out-of-control parents to the health risks of youth football"--Provided by publisher.

Cartoonist Tom Hart presents a graphic memoir about the untimely death of his young daughter, Rosalie.

"In the summer of 2011, just after Nour loses her father to cancer, her mother moves Nour and her sisters from New York City back to Syria to be closer to their family. In order to keep her father's spirit as she adjusts to her new home, Nour tells herself their favorite story--the tale of Rawiya, a twelfth-century girl who disguised herself as a boy in order to apprentice herself to a famous mapmaker. But the Syria Nour's parents knew is changing, and it isn't long before the war reaches their quiet Homs neighborhood. When a stray shell destroys Nour's house and almost takes her life, she and her family are forced to choose: stay and risk more violence or flee across seven countries of the Middle East and North Africa in search of safety--along the very route Rawiya and her mapmaker took eight hundred years before in their quest to chart the world"--Amazon.com.

Four English schoolchildren find their way through the back of a wardrobe into the magic land of Narnia and assist Aslan, the golden lion, to triumph over the White Witch, who has cursed the land with eternal winter.

"The teenagers of Disney's most infamous villains return to the Isle of the Lost to recruit a new batch of villainous offspring to join them at Auradon Prep"--IMDB.

A collection of four comics featuring the adventures of Franklin Richards, genius son of Reed and Sue Richards of the Fantastic Four, and his hapless robot nanny H.E.R.B.I.E., including "March Madness," "Would Be Warned," "Monster Mash," and "Football Fiasco.".

Franklin Richards, son of Fantastic Four genius Reed Richards, embarks on adventures and gets into trouble with his robot friend H.E.R.B.I.E.

The author recounts special moments with her grandmother while growing up in Iran.

Text and illustrations look at a variety of children from over forty countries as they wake up, eat, go to school, play, talk, and learn.

" ... bring(s) together fourteen educators who use global children's literature to help students explore their own cultural identities. The book lays out why this kind of global curriculum is important and how to make space for it within district and state mandates. Built around a curriculum framework ... , the ideas and strategies in Teaching Globally will help teachers integrate a global focus into existing literacy and social studies curricula, evaluate global resources, guide students as they investigate cross-cultural issues, and create classroom activities with an intercultural perspective"--Amazon.com.