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Diverse Books for Guided Reading Levels O-P

Engage readers in grades 3-4 with these appropriately leveled books that introduce readers to Mandarin words, Hispanic songs, and compelling characters, both real and imagined.

These Guided Reading Levels O-P titles include longer text, varied vocabulary that requires interpretation, and more sophisticated themes. Starring a range of diverse characters, these captivating stories feature real-life heroes like Rosa Parks, William Kamkwamba, and the Loving family, as well as fictional—and relatable—kids who live very different lives, but experience similar childhood struggles.

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Bobby vs. Girls (Accidentally)

Grades 4 - 5
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Bobby Ellis-Chan has a really big secret: His best friend is a girl. But now he's in fourth grade, and things are changing. 

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The Case For Loving

Grades 3 - 6
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This is the story of one brave family who fought an unfair law against interracial marriage, taking their case all the way to the Supreme Court—and winning!

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Eight Days

Grades 2 - 4
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When Junior is trapped for eight days beneath his collapsed house after an earthquake in Haiti, he uses his imagination for comfort. 

Board Book

My First Mandarin Words

Grades Pre-K - 1
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Learn English and Mandarin words with panda cousins Gordon and Li Li in this charming and colorful bilingual first words book!

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Meet fourth-grader Sarai, who tackles any obstacle thrown her way and learns super valuable lessons along the way.

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The Story of Ruby Bridges

Grades 2 - 3
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This beautiful picture book tells the true story of six-year-old Ruby Bridges who enrolled in a whites-only school in New Orleans in 1960.

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Ugly Cat & Pablo

Grades 3 - 4
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Ugly Cat is dying for a paleta, or ice pop, and when his friend Pablo attempts to get one for him, things go horribly—and hilariously—wrong.

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Granddaddy's Gift

Grades 3 - 5
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When her grandfather registers to vote while living in segregated Mississippi, an African American girl begins to understand why he insists that she attend school.

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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

Grades 3 - 5
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Persevering against the odds, William built a functioning windmill out of junkyard scraps, and thus became the local Malawi hero who brought electricity to his village.

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Riding Freedom

Grades 4 - 5
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A top-notch horse rider, a legendary stagecoach driver, and the first woman to vote in the state of California, Charlotte Parkhurst was a real person with a larger than life story.

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A Thirst for Home

Grades 3 - 4
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Alemitu lives with her mother in a poor village in Ethiopia. When she is adopted by an American family, she vows to never forget her homeland and the mother who gave up so much for her. 

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Alvin Ho

Grades 3 - 4
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Alvin Ho is afraid of nearly everything, but if there is one thing Alvin is absolutely terrified of, it is speaking in school.

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Tar Beach

Grades 2 - 3
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One night, up on the rooftop of her family's Harlem apartment building, the stars lift her up, and Cassie Louise Lightfoot is flying over the city, claiming everything she sees as her own.

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Pablo's Tree

Grades K - 2
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Pablo is excited to visit his grandfather on the day after his fifth birthday because his grandfather has decorated a special tree every year since the day Pablo was adopted.

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The Talking Eggs

Grades 3 - 4
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This 1989 Caldecott Honor Book retells a Creole folktale about two sisters whose distinctly different personalities affect the outcome of their lives.

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Make Way for Dyamonde Daniel

Grades 2 - 4
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Dyamonde Daniel may be new in town, but with her can-do attitude and awesome brain power, she takes the whole neighborhood by storm.