communities

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communities

Police stations

2021
Let's take a trip to the police station. Follow along as police officers get ready for their day and spring into action when it is time to help.

Libraries

2021
It's time to visit the library! Get your library card and then explore all the library has to offer.

Hospitals

2021
Let's visit the hospital! Check in at the front desk, play games in the waiting room, talk to the doctors and nurses in the exam room, and even follow along as tests make their way to the lab.

Fire stations

2021
Take a trip to the fire station! See the gym where firefighters stay strong, the classroom where they learn, and even the beds where they sleep-when they aren't fighting fires, of course!.

I want to be an engineer

2021
A mother takes her daughter to work where she learns about engineers, and how they help the community.

This is a school

"A school isn't just a building; it is all the people who work and learn together. It is a place for discovery and asking questions. A place for sharing, for helping, and for community. It is a place of hope and healing, even when that community can't be together in the same room. Follow along on a day in the life of a school"--Provided by publisher.
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Freewater

After fleeing the plantation where they were enslaved, siblings Ada and Homer discover the secret community of Freewater, and work with freeborn Sanzi to protect their new home from the encroaching dangers of the outside world.
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Aviva vs. the dybbuk

"Since the 'accident' Aviva has lived with her mother in a tiny apartment above the mikvah that serves the women of their Orthodox shul. Aviva's good at sports. She's smart, but struggling a bit in school. She HAD a best friend, Kayla, but for mysterious reasons they've fallen out, and the other girls at school have sided against Aviva. Making matters worse, Aviva's mother has never quite recovered from the event that took Aviva's father's life. The community tries to help, but there's always a reason to turn down invitations to Shabbat dinner or other social occasions. Then there's the dybbuk, a ghostly boy who makes himself visible only to Aviva, and who does his best to cause trouble--emptying the purse of one visitor to the mikvah when she's not looking. Tearing up the check of another, when they really need the money. The dybbuk's antics start to get worse and worse, just as Aviva's deteriorated friendship with Kayla is pushed to a point of confrontation, and the town they both live in experiences a frightening escalation of anti-Semitic violence and vandalism...bringing up long-repressed memories of family tragedy. This story is intensely suspenseful and full of the questions so many middle schoolers face...from will I stop feeling so isolated at school to will our community be the target of intolerance and violence. But what gives this story such rich texture and detail are the surroundings and perspective of a contemporary Orthodox Jewish girl. Debut author Mari Lowe shows us the feelings of one appealing and vulnerable girl, in a story that is the definition of achieving the universal through the specific. Contributing to middle school readers what writers like Chaim Potok, Philip Roth, and Nathan Englander have given to adults, Mari Lowe combines elements of mystery, religion, and everyday troubles into an unforgettable story of one indomitable girl and the close community that is never more than a hands-reach away"--Provided by the publisher.

Pilgrimage pathways for the United States

creating pilgrimage routes to enrich lives, enhance community, and restore ecosystems
2021
"In this book, James E. Mills makes the inspiring case for the creation of a network of walking pilgrimage routes across the country. As more personalized spiritual beliefs emerge today, American pilgrimage routes offer the potential to heal societal divisions while also fostering a new ethos of humanitarianism and environmentalism"--Provided by publisher.

Vamos! Let's cross the bridge

2021
Little Lobo and his friends are going across the bridge for the big celebration in the town across the river. Soon, a traffic jam causes everything on the bridge to stop. Little Lobo and his friends worry that they won't make it in time for the celebration. But when the food trucks start making food and the band starts to play, they realize that they can have a party anywhere.

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