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Literature has the power to transport the reader to a different time or place. It allows young readers to be exposed to new and wonderful ideas. My students come from a variety of backgrounds and I strive to celebrate and acknowledge these backgrounds in many different ways. My hope is to expand my classroom library so that every student can see themselves in a character. The books "School's First Day of School", "This is the way we go to school", "It's Back to School We Go" and "The Name Jar", depict how children across the world go to school, what it might feel like to be new to school in America, and what it is like to accept your name even though it might be different than your classmates. These books will be read at the beginning of the school year to begin to create an open and accepting environment. "Keena Ford and The Second Grade Mix-Up", "When This World Was New", "Elizabeti's School", "King for the Day", and "Yang the Youngest and His Terrible Ear", are third grade level chapter books whose main character's are culturally diverse. These books will be used in small reading groups and will foster discussions about adversity, perseverance, and telling the truth. All of my students have heard of Nancy Drew an American detective, but not all of my students have hear of Precious Ramotswe a detective from Africa. "The Great Cake Mystery", "The Mystery of Meerkat Hill", and "The Mystery of the Missing Lion", are part of the Precious Ramotswe series. Lastly, "Freedom on the Menu" is a third grade level book about the Greenboro Sit-Ins. I am asking for a class set so that the whole class can engage with this important text.
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