111 trees : how one village celebrates the birth of every girl [CitizenKid]by Singh, Rina 

BTSB Prebound(Kids Can Press, 2020)

BTSB #: 822718 Available

Dewey: 305.42/BAges: 6-8   
AR: 4.4 LG Lexile: 950

Genres:

Subjects: Paliwal, Sundar Sex discrimination against women - India Sex discrimination against women - India - Prevention Women's rights - India Equality Feminism Environmental protection India - Biography

Summary: After the deaths of his mother, and later his daughter, Sundar Paliwal knows what he has to do. He is determined to live in a place where girls and boys are treated equally and where the surrounding countryside is not ravaged by irresponsible mining. Sundar manages to convince the people of his village to welcome every girl born with the planting of 111 trees. His efforts have turned a desert village into a green oasis that is safe and prosperous for girls.

Global ocean [CitizenKid]by Strauss, Rochelle 

BTSB Prebound(Kids Can Press, 2022)

BTSB #: 860414 Available

Dewey: 551.46/NAges: 8-12   
Lexile: 1140

Genres:

Subjects: Ocean Water pollution Water conservation Wildlife conservation

Summary: Inspires kids to create their own ripples of change, encouraging them to pitch in to help heal and preserve the interconnected oceans that make up the global ocean.

Mimi's village : and how basic health care transformed it [CitizenKid]by Milway, Katie Smith 

BTSB Prebound(Kids Can Press, 2012)

BTSB #: 648596 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 5.8 LG Lexile: 980

Genres:

Subjects: Public health - Fiction Medical care - Fiction Nutrition - Fiction Malaria - Fiction Kenya - Fiction

Summary: The story of Mimi, a young girl, living in a small African village with no primary health care, and what she goes through when she gets sick.

On our way to Oyster Bay : Mother Jones and her march for children's rights [CitizenKid]by Kulling, Monica 

BTSB Prebound(Kids Can Press, 2016)

BTSB #: 534238 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
Lexile: 780 AD

Genres: Historical Fiction

Subjects: Jones, Mother,|d1837-1930 - Fiction Child labor - United States - History - Fiction

Summary: A fictionalized account of actual events that took place in 1903, a march with labor reformer Mother Jones from Pennsylvania to New York in order to demand that President Roosevelt put an end to child labor.

Planet ark : preserving Earth's biodiversity [CitizenKid]by Mason, Adrienne 

BTSB Prebound(Kids Can Press, 2013)

BTSB #: 610514 Available

Dewey: 577.23/NAges: 8-12   
AR: 6.9 MG Lexile: 1060

Genres:

Subjects: Ecology Biodiversity - Conservation Human influence on nature

Summary: Uses the metaphor of an ark to explain why biodiversity is important to the survival of living things, including us.

Razia's ray of hope : one girl's dream of an education [CitizenKid]by Suneby, Elizabeth 

BTSB Prebound(Kids Can Press, 2013)

BTSB #: 865166 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-11   
AR: 4.1 MG Lexile: 680

Genres: Multicultural Family Life

Subjects: Jan, Razia Girls - Education Girls' schools Afghanistan - Social conditions

Summary: A story about a young girl who must find a way to convince her father and brothers that she should go to school in Afghanistan.

Voice for the spirit bears : how one boy inspired millions to save a rare animal [CitizenKid]by Oliver, Carmen 

BTSB Prebound(Kids Can Press, 2019)

BTSB #: 688926 Available

Dewey: 599.78/BAges: 6-9   
AR: 4.3 LG Lexile: 780

Genres:

Subjects: Jackson, Simon,|d1982- Kermode bears - British Columbia - Great Bear Rainforest Rain forest ecology - British Columbia Great Bear Rainforest (B.C.)

Summary: An inspiring true story based on the early life of Simon Jackson, who founded the Spirit Bear Youth Coalition.