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You Need to Chill!

You Need to Chill!
by Juno Dawson (Author) and Laura Hughes (Illustrator)
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Booktalk: When Bill can’t be found at school one day, the imaginations of the other children run wild. Is he on vacation? Is he lost in the park? Has he been eaten by a shark? It’s up to Bill’s sister to explain that everyone needs to chill. *A sister acts as an LGBTQ ally by answering everyone’s questions about where her brother Bill has gone.*

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What to Bring

What to Bring
by Lorna Schultz Nicholson (Author) and Ellen Rooney (Illustrator)
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Booktalk: Malia and her family are spending a day outside when they notice something strange. Huge white-and-gray clouds fill the sky, planes zoom overhead, and the air smells funny. A forest fire is sweeping the area, and they need to evacuate their home.

Daddy tells Malia that she needs to choose what to bring. “Pick small things. Things important to you,” he says. But there’s so much that Malia wants to take with her! Her pillows and blankets. Her family of teddy bears. LOTS of books. As the pile in her room grows, and chaos swirls around her, Malia comes to realize that what is most important to her won’t fit in a backpack: her little brother, her cat, and her dog.

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