Category: picture book

Paper Planes
by Jim Helmore (Author) and Richard Jones (Illustrator)
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Booktalk: Mia and Ben are the very best of friends. They live side by side at the edge of a great, wide lake and together they sail, and swing, and sing. But the thing they love the most is making paper planes. They dream of one day being able to make a plane that will fly all the way across the lake, and their planes become more and more intricate.

But one day: terrible news. Ben’s family is moving far, far away. How can Mia and Ben stay best friends if they are so far apart? And how will they ever realize their dream of making a plane that can fly across their lake?

Snippet:
They promised to never
forget one another,
and they swapped planes
as they said their good-byes.

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I Can Help
by Reem Faruqi (Author) and Mikela Prevost (Illustrator)
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Booktalk: When Ms. Underwood asks if anyone wants to help Kyle, Zahra always volunteers. She loves spending time with Kyle–he’s creative and generous, and he makes the funniest jokes at lunch. But when Zahra’s other classmates start teasing her for helping him, she starts making choices she regrets.

Snippet: “Kyle is such a baby,” says Tess.

“He looks weird,” says Ashley.

I want to keep swinging but I stop.

I want to stop listening, but my ears listen harder.

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