The collection supports students by providing:

• A year-long reading experience that builds reading engagement, vocabulary, comprehension, critical thinking, and meaningful classroom conversations while supporting schoolwide literacy initiatives and the academic, social, and emotional growth of every learner.
• High-interest, culturally responsive books aligned to monthly themes that reflect the school year, cultural celebrations, and student experiences.
• Meaningful connections to literacy, social-emotional learning, STEM, history, the arts, and career exploration that reinforce classroom learning while inspiring curiosity and achievement.
• Diverse authors, role models, and real-world changemakers representing a wide range of cultures, backgrounds, careers, and life experiences, helping every student see themselves—and others—with pride and respect.
• Developmentally appropriate opportunities for discussion and reflection that promote identity, resilience, empathy, kindness, leadership, goal setting, perseverance, and student voice through inspiring literature—both fiction and nonfiction.

Key Features and Highlights:

• Depth of Knowledge student questions aligned to standards
• Individual and group activities to support social-emotional learning
• Glossary to build student vocabulary
• Primary sources to help students relate to the story in a personal way

Book of the Month: Grades K-5 (1 copy of 12 titles) – 9798886343465 – $204.13

• Amazing Annabelle – Summer Vacation (Paperback) – 9781947829107 – $9.00
• Daring David End of the Year is Here (Paperback) – 9781947829404 – $10.95
• Dream it! Sing it! Do it! (Hardcover) – 9798886341102 – $21.95
• Emma (Hardcover) – 9781682656426 – $18.63
• Homeless, Not Helpless (Hardcover) – 9798886341676 – $21.95
• Kiara Moves to a New Neighborhood (Hardcover) – 9781953038470 – $9.95
• Me and My Afro (Hardcover) – 9781735408514 – $14.95
• Neema’s Reason to Smile (Hardcover) – 9781682655849 – $17.95
• Super Jacob (Hardcover) – 9798886340280 – $19.95
• The Lonely Princess (Hardcover) – 9781682656594 – $14.95
• Until Now: The Story of My Life (Hardcover) – 9798886341119 – $21.95
• Why Not Me? (Hardcover) – 9798886341133 – $21.95

Book of the Month: Grades 6-8 (1 copy of 12 titles) – 9798886343472 – $154.40

• Make It Happen!: Dr. Alfredo Quinones, Surgeon (Upper Level) (Paperback) – 9781682655818 – $10.95
• Mitzi Mufflin, Principal for a Day (The Mortimer Potts School Series Book #2) (Paperback) – 9798886340815 – $10.95
• Morris Flip, Sound Machine (The Mortimer Potts School Series Book #3) (Paperback) – 9798886340792 – $10.95
• Make It Happen!: Stephen Ritz, Urban Farmer (Upper Level) (Paperback) – 9781682656167 – $10.95
• The Cook Book – A Recipe for Success (Hardcover) – 9798886340617 – $21.95
• Emancipated: My Family’s Fight for Freedom (Paperback) – 9781682653548 – $14.95
• Make It Happen! Judaline Cassidy (Upper Level) (Paperback) – 9781682656747 – $10.95
• Make It Happen! Domingo Zapata (Upper Level) (Paperback) – 9781682656723 – $10.95
• Make it Happen! Blake Leeper, Sprinter (Upper Level) (Paperback) – 9798886341058 – $10.95
• Juneteenth Freedom (Hardcover) – 9798886340822 – $18.95
• Make it Happen! Jason Derulo, Singer (Upper Level) (Paperback) – 9798886341096 – $10.95
• Make It Happen!: Anaya Willabus, Writer (Upper Level) (Paperback) – 9781682656228 – $10.95