AV2 fiction readalong

Purim is coming, and the animals on the farm are putting on a play!.

A passport and rhyming text celebrate the author's adventures discovering differences as well as similarities, from "A" for the variety of animals that populate the planet to "Z" for the time zones that mark the days around the world.

Each letter of the alphabet is represented by a name or word derived from some aspect of the country of Canada, and each term is presented in a rhyme and then further explained in a note.

Grandma Lena discovers a huge turnip in her garden that she can't even pull out of the ground, so she asks Grandpa, Uncle Isadore, Aunt Netty, and the family dog to help her.

Although she really wants to go to school, walking the five miles is very difficult for Mabel Jean and the other African-American children, so she tries to find a way to get a bus for them the same as the white children have. Based on real events in Mississippi.

"A lyrical story about enjoying nature in all its forms and being a good steward to the Earth"--Provided by publisher.

A big, bad wolf wants to learn to be good, but it's challenging. When he makes friends with a girl instead of eating her, she gives him a makeover and shares her toys.

A biography of Mary Edwards Walker, who shocked people in the last half of the 1800s by wearing men's pants and becoming one of the first women physicians in the United States. During the Civil War, she tended to the wounded on both sides, was given an officer's post, was arrested as a spy, and spent several months in a prison in Atlanta, Georgia. After the war, Mary Walker became the first female recipient of the Medal of Honor.

"The true story about the girl who grew up to be the 'Shark Lady' and became one of the most inspiring scientists in the world"--Provided by publisher.

When Tuyet finds out that her Vietnamese family is having duck rather than turkey for Thanksgiving dinner, she is upset until she finds out that other children in her class did not eat turkey either.