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Take Charge

Help students recognize and use their power to shape outcomes. Encouraging agency helps students move from passive participant to active decision-maker in their learning and lives.
By: National Education Association
Published: August 1, 2025

Books of the month:

Books of the month:

Elementary

A Sky That Sings

cover of A Sky that Sings showing a young girl with eyes closed and a cane outside listening to birds in the sky

A Sky That Sings

by Anita Sanchez & George Steele

Mia, a blind girl who enjoys identifying birds by their distinct calls and songs, leads her aunt through the park on a bird-listening adventure.
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Middle Grade

The Lumbering Giants of Windy Pines

cover of The Lumbering Giants of Windy Pines showing two kids in a dark forest. One is standing the other is in a wheelchair

The Lumbering Giants of Windy Pines

by Mo Netz

Almost-twelve-year-old Jerry, a wheelchair-using Jewish girl with an imaginary dragon named Paul, braves haunted woods with her new friend Chapel to confront both real and mythical monsters to save her family and a strange Georgia town.
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Young Adult

Diet Soda Club

cover of Diet Soda Club showing an illustration or a partically crushed soda can with the book title

Diet Soda Club

by Chaz Hayden

After their mother takes off with her boyfriend, high schooler Reed is left to care for his ten-year-old sister Beatrice, who has spinal muscular atrophy, and turns to making fake IDs to cover their living expenses and growing hospital bills.
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Disability Pride Month

Disability Pride Month is an important time to honor the diversity and uniqueness of each person in the disability community and celebrate people who have disabilities. Check out our Read Across America booklist with titles that highlight a wide range of disability experiences and stories of characters with disabilities. Or, find resources to support educators, families, and students with disabilities.

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18

Mandela Day

Celebrate Mandela Day and read Nelson Mandela by Kadir Nelson.
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