Elizabeth Dale
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In 2015, Chicago became the first city in the United States to create a reparations fund for victims of police torture, after investigations revealed that former Chicago police commander Jon Burge tortured numerous suspects in the 1970s, '80s, and '90s. But claims of police torture have even deeper roots in Chicago. In the late 19th century, suspects maintained that Chicago police officers put them in sweatboxes or held them incommunicado until they...
8) Izzy! Wizzy!
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Get to know Izzy and her silly magic spells! With easy-to-read text and a comprehension activity, this fun story helps young readers develop reading skills.
10) Bad Robot!
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Rob the robot is misbehaving. He doesn't stop, even when, Max and his mom tell him to. With carefully leveled text, young readers can follow along and find out what he does next!
12) Sports Day Star
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It's Sports Day for the penguins and everyone is excited except Pip. With the help of her friends, she finds the courage to try new things. Young readers will delight in this warm story.
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With one of the most powerful kicks in soccer, young Lily Parr is becoming a soccer star. That is until in 1921, when the Football Association in England bans women's soccer-a decision that will affect future generations! Will Lily and her team be able to overcome this hurdle, or will they have to give up doing what they love?
Trailblazer is based on the life of Lily Parr, one of the most famous female soccer players of all time. Parr eventually...
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A highly interactive book in which the reader is asked to perform actions to save little Ada May, as her brother is totally oblivious to the escalating consequences of the danger he has put her in, simply by bending over to feed the ducks! Children will scream with laughter as they tip, shake, blow, stamp, and shout at the book to avert catastrophe and save the day!
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It's l968 in America. Change is blowing in the wind, but seemingly far removed from the unrest in the cities is the small town of Mill Valley where for generations, the shadow of the Bellows family has loomed large. It is in their mansion on the edge of town that Sarah, a young girl with horrible secrets, turned her tortured life into a series of scary stories, written in a book that has transcended time.