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School Stories: Selected K-12 Literature about the School Experience

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  • 85 Videos
  • 64 Book Readings
  • 207 Lesson Plans
  • Total of 1024 resources

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Wonder
Wonder
  • by R.J. Palacio
    • Multimedia Resources: 36
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    All American Boys
    All American Boys
  • by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely
    • Multimedia Resources: 34
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    Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family's Fight for Desegregation
    Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family's Fight for Desegregation
  • by Duncan Tonatiuh
    • Multimedia Resources: 32
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    Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, The
    The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
  • by Sherman Alexie and Ellen Forney
    • Multimedia Resources: 30
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    Love That Dog
    Love That Dog
  • by Sharon Creech
    • Multimedia Resources: 28
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    Locomotion
    Locomotion
  • by Jacqueline Woodson
    • Multimedia Resources: 27
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    Feathers
    Feathers
  • by Jacqueline Woodson
    • Multimedia Resources: 23
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    Inside Out & Back Again
    Inside Out & Back Again
  • by Thanhha Lai
    • Multimedia Resources: 23
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    Make Way for Dyamonde Daniel
    Make Way for Dyamonde Daniel
  • by Nikki Grimes and R. Gregory Christie
    • Multimedia Resources: 20
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    George
    George
  • by Alex Gino
    • Multimedia Resources: 20
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    Lunch Lady and the League of Librarians
    Lunch Lady and the League of Librarians
  • by Jarrett J. Krosoczka
    • Multimedia Resources: 19
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    Fine, Fine School, A
    A Fine, Fine School
  • by Sharon Creech and Harry Bliss
    • Multimedia Resources: 18
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    Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse
    Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse
  • by Kevin Henkes
    • Multimedia Resources: 18
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    Razia's Ray of Hope: One Girl's Dream of an Education
    Razia's Ray of Hope: One Girl's Dream of an Education
  • by Elizabeth Suneby and Suana Verelst
    • Multimedia Resources: 18
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    Chasing Vermeer
    Chasing Vermeer
  • by Blue Balliett and Brett Helquist
    • Multimedia Resources: 17
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    Thank You, Mr. Falker
    Thank You, Mr. Falker
  • by Patricia Polacco
    • Multimedia Resources: 17
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    No Talking
    No Talking
  • by Andrew Clements and Mark Elliott
    • Multimedia Resources: 16
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    Hate That Cat
    Hate That Cat
  • by Sharon Creech
    • Multimedia Resources: 16
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    Out of My Mind
    Out of My Mind
  • by Sharon M. Draper
    • Multimedia Resources: 16
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    Hooray for Diffendoofer Day!
    Hooray for Diffendoofer Day!
  • by Dr. Seuss, Jack Prelutsky, and Lane Smith
    • Multimedia Resources: 16
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    Dragonslayer
    Dragonslayer
  • by Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm
    • Multimedia Resources: 15
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    Planet Middle School
    Planet Middle School
  • by Nikki Grimes
    • Multimedia Resources: 14
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    Breaking Through
    Breaking Through
  • by Francisco Jiménez
    • Multimedia Resources: 13
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    Fabled Fourth Graders of Aesop Elementary School, The
    The Fabled Fourth Graders of Aesop Elementary School
  • by Candace Fleming
    • Multimedia Resources: 13
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    Stargirl
    Stargirl
  • by Jerry Spinelli
    • Multimedia Resources: 13
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    Armando and the Blue Tarp School
    Armando and the Blue Tarp School
  • by Edith Hope Fine, Judith Pinkerton Josephson, and Hernan Sosa
    • Multimedia Resources: 13
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    Fifty Cents and a Dream: Young Booker T. Washington
    Fifty Cents and a Dream: Young Booker T. Washington
  • by Jabari Asim and Bryan Collier
    • Multimedia Resources: 13
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    This Side of Home
    This Side of Home
  • by Renée Watson
    • Multimedia Resources: 13
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    Tiger Boy
    Tiger Boy
  • by Mitali Perkins and Jamie Hogan
    • Multimedia Resources: 13
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    Totally Joe
    Totally Joe
  • by James Howe
    • Multimedia Resources: 12
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    Virgie Goes to School with Us Boys
    Virgie Goes to School with Us Boys
  • by Elizabeth Fitzgerald Howard and E.B. Lewis
    • Multimedia Resources: 12
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    Wemberly Worried
    Wemberly Worried
  • by Kevin Henkes
    • Multimedia Resources: 12
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    Maizon at Blue Hill
    Maizon at Blue Hill
  • by Jacqueline Woodson
    • Multimedia Resources: 12
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    Absolutely Almost
    Absolutely Almost
  • by Lisa Graff
    • Multimedia Resources: 12
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    Remember: The Journey to School Integration
    Remember: The Journey to School Integration
  • by Toni Morrison
    • Multimedia Resources: 11
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    Ruby's Wish
    Ruby's Wish
  • by Shirin Yim Bridges and Sophie Blackall
    • Multimedia Resources: 11
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    Clara Lee and the Apple Pie Dream
    Clara Lee and the Apple Pie Dream
  • by Jenny Han and Julia Kuo
    • Multimedia Resources: 11
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    Year of Billy Miller, The
    The Year of Billy Miller
  • by Kevin Henkes
    • Multimedia Resources: 11
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    Freedom's School
    Freedom's School
  • by Lesa Cline-Ransome and James Ransome
    • Multimedia Resources: 11
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    Loser
    Loser
  • by Jerry Spinelli
    • Multimedia Resources: 10
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    Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie
    Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie
  • by David Lubar
    • Multimedia Resources: 10
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    True Believer
    True Believer
  • by Virginia Euwer Wolff
    • Multimedia Resources: 10
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    Sylvia & Aki
    Sylvia & Aki
  • by Winifred Conkling
    • Multimedia Resources: 10
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    Bluefish
    Bluefish
  • by Pat Schmatz
    • Multimedia Resources: 10
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    Malcolm at Midnight
    Malcolm at Midnight
  • by W.H. Beck and Brian Lies
    • Multimedia Resources: 10
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    Lulu and the Duck in the Park
    Lulu and the Duck in the Park
  • by Hilary McKay and Priscilla Lamont
    • Multimedia Resources: 10
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    My Name Is Maria Isabel
    My Name Is Maria Isabel
  • by Alma Flor Ada and K. Dyble Thompson
    • Multimedia Resources: 9
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    Miss Crandall's School for Young Ladies and Little Misses of Color: Poems
    Miss Crandall's School for Young Ladies and Little Misses of Color: Poems
  • by Elizabeth Alexander, Marilyn Nelson, and Floyd Cooper
    • Multimedia Resources: 9
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    La Mariposa
    La Mariposa
  • by Francisco Jiménez and Simon Silva
    • Multimedia Resources: 9
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    Upside Down Boy, The / El nino de cabeza
    Upside Down Boy, The / El nino de cabeza
  • by Juan Felipe Herrera and Elizabeth Gomez
    • Multimedia Resources: 9
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    Princess Posey and the First Grade Parade
    Princess Posey and the First Grade Parade
  • by Stephanie Greene and Stephanie Roth Sisson
    • Multimedia Resources: 9
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    Jack's Talent
    Jack's Talent
  • by Maryann Cocca-Leffler
    • Multimedia Resources: 8
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    Those Shoes
    Those Shoes
  • by Maribeth Boelts and Noah Z. Jones
    • Multimedia Resources: 8
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    Paper Things
    Paper Things
  • by Jennifer Richard Jacobson
    • Multimedia Resources: 8
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    First Day in Grapes
    First Day in Grapes
  • by L. King Perez and Robert Casilla
    • Multimedia Resources: 7
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    Make Lemonade
    Make Lemonade
  • by Virginia Euwer Wolff
    • Multimedia Resources: 7
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    Mrs. Watson Wants Your Teeth
    Mrs. Watson Wants Your Teeth
  • by Alison McGhee and Harry Bliss
    • Multimedia Resources: 7
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    Name Jar, The
    The Name Jar
  • by Yangsook Choi
    • Multimedia Resources: 7
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    Superhero School
    Superhero School
  • by Aaron Reynolds and Andy Rash
    • Multimedia Resources: 7
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    Dunderheads, The
    The Dunderheads
  • by Paul Fleischman and David Roberts
    • Multimedia Resources: 7
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    I Am Too Absolutely Small for School
    I Am Too Absolutely Small for School
  • by Lauren Child
    • Multimedia Resources: 7
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    Flabbersmashed about You
    Flabbersmashed about You
  • by Rachel Vail and Yumi Heo
    • Multimedia Resources: 7
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    Spy School
    Spy School
  • by Stuart Gibbs
    • Multimedia Resources: 7
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    Adam Canfield of the Slash
    Adam Canfield of the Slash
  • by Michael Winerip
    • Multimedia Resources: 6
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    Year of Miss Agnes, The
    The Year of Miss Agnes
  • by Kirkpatrick Hill
    • Multimedia Resources: 6
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    David's Drawings
    David's Drawings
  • by Cathryn Falwell
    • Multimedia Resources: 6
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    Good Enough
    Good Enough
  • by Paula Yoo
    • Multimedia Resources: 6
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    Dark Days of Hamburger Halpin, The
    The Dark Days of Hamburger Halpin
  • by Josh Berk
    • Multimedia Resources: 6
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    Forbidden Schoolhouse, The: The True and Dramatic Story of Prudence Crandall and Her Students
    The Forbidden Schoolhouse: The True and Dramatic Story of Prudence Crandall and Her Students
  • by Suzanne Jurmain
    • Multimedia Resources: 6
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    A+ Custodian, The
    The A+ Custodian
  • by Louise Borden and Adam Gustavson
    • Multimedia Resources: 5
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    Pa Lia's First Day
    Pa Lia's First Day
  • by Michelle Edwards
    • Multimedia Resources: 5
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    Stinky Stern Forever
    Stinky Stern Forever
  • by Michelle Edwards
    • Multimedia Resources: 5
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    Talent Show, The
    The Talent Show
  • by Michelle Edwards
    • Multimedia Resources: 5
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    Murder of Bindy MacKenzie, The
    The Murder of Bindy MacKenzie
  • by Jaclyn Moriarty
    • Multimedia Resources: 5
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    Snow Day!
    Snow Day!
  • by Lester L. Laminack and Adam Gustavson
    • Multimedia Resources: 5
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    Shin-chi's Canoe
    Shin-chi's Canoe
  • by Nicola I. Campbell and Kim LaFave
    • Multimedia Resources: 5
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    Book of Coupons, A
    A Book of Coupons
  • by Susie Morgenstern and Serge Bloch
    • Multimedia Resources: 5
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    Speak to Me: And I Will Listen Between the Lines
    Speak to Me: And I Will Listen Between the Lines
  • by Karen English and Amy June Bates
    • Multimedia Resources: 5
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    Zero Tolerance
    Zero Tolerance
  • by Claudia Mills
    • Multimedia Resources: 5
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    Poem in Your Pocket, A
    A Poem in Your Pocket
  • by Margaret McNamara and G. Brian Karas
    • Multimedia Resources: 5
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    John Hancock Club, The
    The John Hancock Club
  • by Louise Borden and Adam Gustavson
    • Multimedia Resources: 4
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    Garmann's Summer
    Garmann's Summer
  • by Stian Hole
    • Multimedia Resources: 4
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    Spinning Through the Universe: A Novel in Poems from Room 214
    Spinning Through the Universe: A Novel in Poems from Room 214
  • by Helen Frost
    • Multimedia Resources: 4
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    When Sophie's Feelings Are Really, Really Hurt
    When Sophie's Feelings Are Really, Really Hurt
  • by Molly Bang
    • Multimedia Resources: 4
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    Kalpana's Dream
    Kalpana's Dream
  • by Judith Clarke
    • Multimedia Resources: 3
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    How Many Seeds in a Pumpkin?
    How Many Seeds in a Pumpkin?
  • by Margaret McNamara and G. Brian Karas
    • Multimedia Resources: 3
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    Very Big Bunny, A
    A Very Big Bunny
  • by Marisabina Russo
    • Multimedia Resources: 3
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    Sprout: Or My Salad Days, When I Was Green in Judgment
    Sprout: Or My Salad Days, When I Was Green in Judgment
  • by Dale Peck
    • Multimedia Resources: 3
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    Pictures for Miss Josie
    Pictures for Miss Josie
  • by Sandra Belton and Benny Andrews
    • Multimedia Resources: 3
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    When I Get Older: The Story Behind 'Wavin' Flag'
    When I Get Older: The Story Behind 'Wavin' Flag'
  • by K'Naan, Rudy Gutierrez, and Sol Guy
    • Multimedia Resources: 3
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    Edda: A Little Valkyrie's First Day of School
    Edda: A Little Valkyrie's First Day of School
  • by Adam Auerbach
    • Multimedia Resources: 3
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    I Will Never Get a Star on Mrs. Benson's Blackboard
    I Will Never Get a Star on Mrs. Benson's Blackboard
  • by Jennifer K. Mann
    • Multimedia Resources: 3
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    Schools of Hope: How Julius Rosenwald Helped Change African American Education
    Schools of Hope: How Julius Rosenwald Helped Change African American Education
  • by Norman H. Finkelstein
    • Multimedia Resources: 3
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    Diary of Ma Yan, The: The Struggles and Hopes of a Chinese Schoolgirl
    The Diary of Ma Yan: The Struggles and Hopes of a Chinese Schoolgirl
  • by Yan Ma
    • Multimedia Resources: 2
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    Back to School Tortoise
    Back to School Tortoise
  • by Lucy M. George and Merel Eyckerman
    • Multimedia Resources: 2
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    Apple Orchard Riddle, The
    The Apple Orchard Riddle
  • by Margaret McNamara and G. Brian Karas
    • Multimedia Resources: 2
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    Best Teacher in Second Grade, The
    The Best Teacher in Second Grade
  • by Katharine Kenah and Abby Carter
    • Multimedia Resources: 1
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    Guess the Baby
    Guess the Baby
  • by Simon French and Donna Rawlins
    • Multimedia Resources: 1
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    New Kid, The
    The New Kid
  • by Mavis Jukes
    • Multimedia Resources: 1
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