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Books for Kids

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Into the Ring
Steph Mided
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Ellie in First Position
Brian Freschi
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The Kingdom Over the Sea
Zohra Nabi
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The Ruby Code
Jessica Khoury
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Simon B. Rhymin' Gets in the Game
Dwayne Reed
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The Super Secret Octagon Valley Society
Melissa de la Cruz 
    

  
  
  
  

    
  
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
    
      

      

          

            

          
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                    Ab(solutely) Normal: Short Stories that Smash Mental Health Stereotypes Cover Image
                  
                  
                    

                      Ab(solutely) Normal: Short Stories that Smash Mental Health Stereotypes                    

                  

                                      

                      Nora Shalaway Carpenter & Rocky Callen, eds.                     

                                  

                              

                  
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                      Black Girl You Are Atlas                    

                  

                                      

                      Renée Watson                    

                                  

                              

                  
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                      How the Boogeyman Became a Poet                    

                  

                                      

                      Anthony R. Keith, Jr.                    

                                  

                              

                  
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                      If Only I Had Told Her                    

                  

                                      

                      Laura Nowlin                    

                                  

                              

                  
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                      Just Another Epic Love Poem                    

                  

                                      

                      Parisa Akhbari                    

                                  

                              

                  
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                      So Let Them Burn                    

                  

                                      

                      Kamilah Cole                    

                                  

                          

                

      



    

  
  
  
  

    
  
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
    
    

  
  
  
  

      
          

        

          

            

              
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                      Take a Father to School Day 2024                    
                  


                                      

                      
Pittsburgh Public Schools will be celebrating Take a Father to School Day on May 17th. This annual event invites students to bring a supportive male figure with them to school…

                    

                                  

                
                  
                
              

            

                    

        

    
  


    
  
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
    
    

  
  
      



  
  

        

      

        
          

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