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The Sparkling Still working group continually reviews new resources and new books that address Sparkling Still topics. The following books are new to the list as of 2015-16. These books are listed in the Sparkling Still LibraryThing collection with the tags SSnew15 and SSnew16(*). For more information about the Sparkling Still LibraryThing collection click here.
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Racial/Social Justice
Aging
Bullying
Civil Rights
Climate Change and Extreme Wheather
Differently Abled
Fearfulness
Hunger
Immigration
Moving
Responding to Violence
Separation
Earthcare
Equality
Integrity
Peace
Racial/Social Justice
A Taste of Freedom: Gandhi and the Great Salt March by Elizabeth Cody Kimmel. Walker Childrens, 2014. ISBN: 9780802794673
Beatrice’s Goat by Page McBrier. Aladdin, 2004. ISBN: 9780689869907
Black, White, Just Right! by Marguerite W. Davol. Albert Whitman & Company, 1993. ISBN: 9780807507858
Boycott Blues: How Rosa Parks Inspired a Nation by Andrea Davis Pinkney. Greenwillow Books, 2008. ISBN: 9780060821180
Freedom’s School by Lesa Cline-Ransome. Jump At The Sun, 2015. ISBN: 9781423161035
Friends for Freedom: The Story of Susan B. Anthony & Frederick Douglass by Suzanne Slade. Charlesbridge, 2014. ISBN: 9781580895682
Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez by Kathleen Krull. HMH Books for Young Readers, 2003. ISBN: 9780152014377
I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World by Malala Yousafzai. Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2014. ISBN: 9780316327930
I Am Mixed by Garcelle Beauvais. Stranger Comics, 2013. ISBN: 9780578110875
*Joelito’s Big Decision by Ann Berlak. Hard Ball Press, 2015. ISBN 9780986240096
Last Stop on Market Street by Matt De La Peña. G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers, 2015. ISBN: 9780399257742
*Little Melba and Her Big Trombone by Katheryn Russell-Brown. Lee & Low Books, 2014. ISBN: 9781600608988
Malala Yousafzai: Warrior with Words by Karen Leggett Abouraya. StarWalk Kids Media, 2014. ISBN: 9781630833169
Mumbet’s Declaration of Independence by Gretchen Woelfle. Carolrhoda Books, 2014. ISBN: 9780761365891
One Hen: How One Small Loan Made a Big Difference by Katie Smith Milway. Kids Can Press, Ltd., 2008. ISBN: 9781554530281
Riding to Washington by Gwenyth Swain. Sleeping Bear Press, 2007. ISBN: 9781585363247
Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family’s Fight for Desegregation by Duncan Tonatiuh. Harry N. Abrams, 2014. ISBN: 9781419710544
The Can Man by Laura E. Williams. Lee & Low Books, 2010. ISBN: 9781600602665
The Great Migration: Journey to the North by Eloise Greenfield. Amistad, 2010. ISBN: 9780061259210
This Is the Rope: A Story From the Great Migration by Jacqueline Woodson. Nancy Paulsen Books, 2013. ISBN: 9780399239861
*Those Shoes by Maribeth Boelts. Candlewick, 2009. ISBN: 9780763642846
*Trombone Shorty by Troy Andrews. Harry N. Abrams, 2015. ISBN: 9781419714658
Hard Issues – Aging
Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge by Mem Fox. Kane Miller Book Pub, 1989. ISBN: 9780916291266
Hard Issues – Bullying
Bully by Patricia Polacco. G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers, 2012. ISBN: 9780399257049
Confessions of a Former Bully by Trudy Ludwig. Dragonfly Books, 2012. ISBN: 9780307931139
Just Kidding by Trudy Ludwig. Tricycle Press, 2006. ISBN: 9781582461632
My Secret Bully by Trudy Ludwig. Dragonfly Books, 2015. ISBN: 9780553509403
Stick and Stone by Beth Ferry. HMH Books for Young Readers, 2015. ISBN: 9780544032569
The Smallest Girl in the Smallest Grade by Justin Roberts. G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers, 2014. ISBN: 9780399257438
Trouble Talk by Trudy Ludwig. Tricycle Press, 2008. ISBN: 9781582462400
Hard Issues – Civil Rights
*A Bus of Our Own by Freddi Williams Evans. Av2 by Weigl, 2014. ISBN: 9780807509708
Boycott Blues: How Rosa Parks Inspired a Nation by Andrea Davis Pinkney. Greenwillow Books, 2008. ISBN: 9780060821180
Freedom’s School by Lesa Cline-Ransome. Jump At The Sun, 2015. ISBN: 9781423161035
My Name Is Truth: The Life of Sojourner Truth by Ann Turner. HarperCollins, 2015. ISBN: 9780060758981
*New Shoes by Susan Lynn Meyer. Holiday House, 2015. ISBN: 9780823435739
*Poet: The Remarkable Story of George Moses Horton by Don Tate. Peachtree Publishers (Revised edition), 2015. ISBN: 9781561458257
Riding to Washington by Gwenyth Swain. Sleeping Bear Press, 2007. ISBN: 9781585363247
Sojourner Truth’s Step-Stomp Stride by Andrea Davis Pinkney. Jump At The Sun, 2009. ISBN: 9780786807673
*The Book Itch: Freedom, Truth, and Harlem’s Greatest Bookstore by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson. Carolrhoda Books, 2015. ISBN: 9780761339434
*The Case for Loving: The Fight for Interracial Marriage by Selena Alko. Arthur A. Levine (Scholastic imprint), 2015. ISBN: 9780545478533
The Great Migration: Journey to the North by Eloise Greenfield. Amistad, 2010. ISBN: 9780061259210
This Is the Rope: A Story From the Great Migration by Jacqueline Woodson. Nancy Paulsen Books, 2013. ISBN: 9780399239861
*Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom: My Story of the Selma Voting Rights March by Lynda Blackmon Lowery, as told to Elspeth Leacock and Susan Buckley. Dial Books, 2015. ISBN: 9780803741232 (grades 4-7)
Under the Same Sun by Sharon Robinson. Scholastic Press, 2014. ISBN: 9780545166720
*Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer: The Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement by Carole Boston Weatherford. Candlewick, 2015. ISBN: 9780763665319 (grades 4-7)
Hard Issues – Climate Change / Extreme Weather
I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 by Lauren Tarshis. Scholastic Paperbacks, 2011. ISBN: 9780545206969
I Survived the Japanese Tsunami, 2011 by Lauren Tarshis. Scholastic Inc., 2013. ISBN: 9780545459372
Hard Issues – Differently-Abled
A Boy and a Jaguar by Alan Rabinowitz. HMH Books for Young Readers, 2014. ISBN: 9780547875071
*Emmanuel’s Dream: The True Story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah by Laurie Ann Thompson. Schwartz & Wade, 2015. ISBN: 9780449817445
The Art of Miss Chew by Patricia Polacco. G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers, 2012. ISBN: 9780399257032
Hard Issues – Fearfulness
Nana in the City by Lauren Castillo. Clarion Books, 2014. ISBN: 9780544104433
Hard Issues – Hunger
Last Stop on Market Street by Matt De La Peña. G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers, 2015. ISBN: 9780399257742
Hard Issues – Immigration
First Day In Grapes First Day In Grapes by L. King Pérez. Lee & Low Books, 2014. ISBN: 9781620141908
Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez by Kathleen Krull. HMH Books for Young Readers, 2003. ISBN: 9780152014377
Love As Strong As Ginger by Lenore Look. Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 1999. ISBN: 9780689812484
Marianthe’s Story: Painted Words and Spoken Memories by Aliki. Greenwillow Books, 1998. ISBN: 9780688156619
*My Name is Sangoel by Karen Williams and Khadra Mohammed. Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, 2009. ISBN: 9780802853073
The Great Migration: An American Story by Jacob Lawrence. HarperCollins, 1995. ISBN: 9780064434287
The Great Migration: Journey to the North by Eloise Greenfield. Amistad, 2010. ISBN: 9780061259210
This Is the Rope: A Story From the Great Migration by Jacqueline Woodson. Nancy Paulsen Books, 2013. ISBN: 9780399239861
Yoon and the Jade Bracelet by Helen Recorvits. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008. ISBN: 9780374386894
Hard Issues – Moving
Bad Bye, Good Bye by Deborah Underwood. HMH Books for Young Readers, 2014. ISBN: 9780547928524
Hard Issues – Responding to Violence
*The Librarian of Basra: A True Story from Iraq by Jeanette Winter. HMH Books for Young Readers, 2005. ISBN: 9780152054458
The Promise by Nicola Davies. Candlewick, 2014. ISBN: 9780763666330
*Smoky Night by Eve Bunting. HMH Books for Young Readers, 1999. ISBN: 9780152018849
Hard Issues – Separation
Coming on Home Soon by Jacqueline Woodson. G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers, 2004. ISBN: 9780399237485
Crow Call by Lois Lowry. Scholastic Press, 2009. ISBN: 9780545030359
Testimonies – Earthcare
A Boy and a Jaguar by Alan Rabinowitz. HMH Books for Young Readers, 2014. ISBN: 9780547875071
Before We Eat: From Farm to Table by Pat Brisson. Tilbury House Publishers, 2014. ISBN: 9780884483526
Blizzard by John Rocco. Disney-Hyperion, 2014. ISBN: 9781423178651
Magic Trash by J. H. Shapiro. Charlesbridge, 2015. ISBN: 9781580893862
My Father’s Hands by Joanne Ryder. HarperCollins, 1994. ISBN: 9780688091897
*One Plastic Bag: Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of the Gambia by Miranda Paul. Millbrook Press, 2015. ISBN: 9781467716086
The Bee Who Spoke: The Wonderful World of Belle and the Bee by Al MacCuish. Thames & Hudson, 2014. ISBN: 9780500650271
The Promise by Nicola Davies. Candlewick, 2014. ISBN: 9780763666330
*Rachel Carson and Her Book That Changed the World by Laurie Lawlor. Holiday House (Reprint edition), 2014. ISBN: 9780823431939
*The Red Bicycle by Jude Isabella. Kids Can Press (Citizen Kid), 2015. ISBN: 9781771380232
The Tree Lady: The True Story of How One Tree-Loving Woman Changed a City Forever by H. Joseph Hopkins. Beach Lane Books, 2013. ISBN: 9781442414020
Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt by Kate Messner. Chronicle Books, 2015. ISBN: 9781452119366
Wangari Maathai: The Woman Who Planted Millions of Trees by Franck Prévot. Charlesbridge, 2015. ISBN: 9781580896269
Winter Is Coming by Tony Johnston. Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books, 2014. ISBN: 9781442472518
Testimonies – Equality
Malala Yousafzai: Warrior with Words by Karen Leggett Abouraya. StarWalk Kids Media, 2014. ISBN: 9781630833169
*Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl’s Courage Changed Music by Margarita Engle. HMH Books for Young Readers, 2015. ISBN: 9780544102293
Testimonies – Integrity
The Golden Rule by Ilene Cooper. Harry N. Abrams, 2007. ISBN: 9780810909601
Testimonies – Peace
A Little Peace by Barbara Kerley. National Geographic Children’s Books, 2007. ISBN: 9781426300868
*Finding the Friendship Dolls: A True Story How Children Can Help Create World Peace through Toys by Charlotte Pack. BookSurge Publishing, 2009. ISBN: 9781439262238
Mercedes and the Chocolate Pilot by Margot Theis Raven. Sleeping Bear Press, 2002. ISBN: 9781585360697
One World, One Day by Barbara Kerley. National Geographic Children’s Books, 2009. ISBN: 9781426304606
*Peace is an Offering by Annette LeBox. Dial Books, 2015. ISBN: 9780803740914