communities

A community can be any size, from a small farming town or village to a giant metropolis. Communities can be made up of many different types of people. This book explains what a community. Thought-provoking sidebars encourage young readers to engage with the material, while vocabulary call-outs and the glossary help expand language skills. This volume is sure to inspire a lively discussion and works well with lower elementary social studies curricula.

Nervous for her talent show performance, Aurora spots a butterfly and is inspired to conjur a magical butterfly with her hands which sets off a chain reaction of support and empowerment among the global Deaf community.

In this nonfiction title, carefully leveled text and full-color photographs introduce the emergent reader to all the exciting things to see in a city. Pairs with the fiction title Wait, Ride, Walk.

"Follow along with our narrator as he passes through his busy neighborhood in search of the Paletero Man. But when he finally catches up with him, our narrator's pockets are empty. Oh no! What happened to his dinero? It will take the help of the entire community to get the tasty treat now"--Provided by publisher.

Co-authored by one of Mahatma Gandhi's grandsons, who draws from both Gandhi's philosophies and those of Maria Montessori, this primer encourages children to celebrate the peace that can be found in us all.

After fleeing the plantation where they were enslaved, siblings Ada and Homer discover the secret community of Freewater, and work with freeborn Sanzi to protect their new home from the encroaching dangers of the outside world.

In 2008 South Side Chicago, ten-year-old Montgomery "Monty" Carver's hunt to find the origins of a mysterious golden key leads him to discover the rich history of his community.

Illustrations and simple, rhyming text introduce kids work together to give back to their community.

"In this . . . story told in rhyming verse, a boy and his grandmother, are preparing for a big neighborhood bake-off. See the loving (and sticky!) moments of their tender relationship, along with the many other warm bonds that exist within their community"--Provided by publisher.

Bibi is an elderly flamingo who looks out for the flock, and especially the babies--but when it looks like she will not be able to migrate the rest of the flock tell her it is their turn to look out for her.