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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Amadi's snowman Amadi's snowman Katia Novet Saint-Lot As a young Igbo man, Amadi does not understand why his mother insists he learn to read, since he already knows his numbers and will be a businessman one day, but an older boy teaches him the value of… OL12960244W
Flight Flight Elizabeth Stow Ellison Twelve-year-old Samantha struggles with how to best help her artistic older brother and parents who will not have him tested for a learning disability. OL13614060W
Amber on the mountain Amber on the mountain Tony Johnston Isolated on her mountain, Amber meets and befriends a girl from the city who gives her the determination to learn to read and write. OL15037890W
Mr. George Baker Mr. George Baker Amy Hest,Jon J. Muth Harry sits on the porch with Mr. George Baker, an African American who is one hundred years old but can still dance and play the drums, waiting for the school bus that will take them both to the clas… OL15048623W
Media meltdown Media meltdown O'Donnell, Liam Pema, Jagroop, and Bounce discover media-making tools such as script writing on the Internet and produce a movie to get the news out when the corrupt developers who try to force Jagroop's father to s… OL15412741W
Words in the dust Words in the dust Trent Reedy Zulaikha, a thirteen-year-old girl in Afghanistan, faces a series of frightening but exhilirating changes in her life as she defies her father and secretly meets with an old woman who teaches her to … OL15571448W
Crossing to Paradise Crossing to Paradise Kevin Crossley-Holland When fifteen-year-old Gatty, an illiterate field-girl who sings beautifully, is selected for a pilgrimage, she travels from her home on an English estate to London, Venice, and eventually Jerusalem, … OL1955017W
Jeremiah learns to read Jeremiah learns to read Jo Ellen Bogart Elderly Jeremiah decides that it's finally time to learn to read. OL2009225W
Aunt Chip and the great Triple Creek dam affair Aunt Chip and the great Triple Creek dam affair Patricia Polacco Aunt Chip saves the town of Triple Creek, where everyone has forgotten how to read because of the invasion of television. OL25557W
Word builder Word builder Ann Whitford Paul Text explains how putting letters into words, words into sentences, sentences into paragraphs, paragraphs into chapters, ends up creating a book. OL2634934W
The rebellious alphabet The rebellious alphabet Jorge Diaz When an illiterate dictator bans all reading and writing, an old man devises an ingenious system of printing messages and poems for the people. OL3915891W
My mom can't read My mom can't read Muriel Stanek When Tina asks her mother for help in first-grade reading, she discovers to her shock that her mother can't read. A concerned teacher helps them to find tutors and they both learn to read together. OL4360216W
The upside-down reader The upside-down reader Wilhelm Gruber Sitting opposite Tina while she does her homework, her younger brother Tim learns to read right along with her, only he does it upside down. OL508582W
The case of the nearsighted neighbor The case of the nearsighted neighbor Linda Lee Maifair Fifth-grader Darcy's recently widowed neighbor cannot find his glasses anywhere, but when Luke, a classmate, explains to Darcy about the special reading class he attends, Darcy solves the mystery of … OL685578W