January
Theme: Determination
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A Chair For My Mother by Vera B. Williams is the story of a family who lost their home to a fire. Determined to buy a beautiful new chair, the family saves all of their coins to make the purchase. -growingbookbybook.com
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Sometimes you need stories that show determination and persistence through an event not through the course of a lifetime. The Boy and the Whale by Mordicai Gerstein fits that bill. After a whale is caught in a fishing net, a brave (mabye a little foolish too) boy cuts the net away to free it. Great determination was needed for this time-sensitive issue. growingbookbybook.com
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An addition to the nursery rhyme we all grew up with. This the story of how Humpty Dumpty had to face his fears and overcome them in After the Fall by Dan Santat. Humpty Dumpty used determination to get back up, and wait until the to find out what happen after he got back up.
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January 16th is Dr. Martin Luther King's Birthday