Catalog Search Results
1) Class act
Author
Language
English
Description
"Eighth grader Drew Ellis recognizes that he is't afforded the same opportunities, no matter how hard he works, that his privileged classmates at the Riverdale Academy Day School take for granted, and to make matters worse, Drew begins to feel as if his good friend Liam might be one of those privileged kids and is finding it hard not to withdraw, even as their mutual friend Jordan tries to keep their group of friends together."--Provided by publisher....
2) Elemental
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (101 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
An all-new, original feature film set in Element City, where fire-, water-, land- and air residents live together. The story introduces Ember, a tough, quick-witted, and fiery young woman, whose friendship with a fun, sappy, go-with-the-flow guy named Wade challenges her beliefs about the world they live in.
Author
Language
English
Description
"From the infinitely inventive author of How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe comes a deeply personal novel about race, pop culture, assimilation, and escaping the roles we are forced to play."--
Every day Willis Wu leaves his tiny room in a Chinatown SRO and enters the Golden Palace restaurant, where Black and White, a procedural cop show, is in perpetual production. He's a bit player here too, but he dreams of being Kung Fu Guy--...
Author
Series
Publisher
Cavendish Square Publishing
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (32 pages) : color illustrations.
Language
English
Description
Every person is unique, so assigning characteristics to everyone in a group, regardless of whether it's by race, religion, gender, or sexual preference, is a fool's errand. This book helps students put aside stereotypes and prejudices so that they can treat everybody as the individual they are.
Author
Publisher
Essential Library
Pub. Date
[2019]
Lexile measure
1220L
Physical Desc
1 online resource (112 pages) : color illustrations.
Language
English
Description
Fighting Stereotypes in Sports delves into common stereotypes in sports, especially the sports or positions that are typically played by a certain race. It also examines the effects when the "norm" is disrupted. Features include a glossary, references, websites, source notes, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
Author
Publisher
Ten Speed Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xi, 225 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Outlines psychology-based strategies for focusing on a child's unique strengths rather than on gender expectations, counseling parents on how to avoid cultural inclinations that limit a child's potential.
Author
Series
Publisher
KidHaven Publishing
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (24 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color).
Language
English
Description
Racism is a difficult issue to face, but people must confront it if they hope to move beyond it. Confronting challenging social issues such as racism often begins with education. As readers discover the roots of racism in America and how it still isolates people from one another, they learn what their generation can do to combat racism create a more inclusive society. This sensitive topic is presented in an age-appropriate an informative way, using...
Series
Pub. Date
2001
Edition
Full screen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (1 hr. 36 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When a successful African-American author buys a house on an exclusive New England resort island, local law enforcement mistakes him for a thief and nearly kills him in a hilariously bungled attempt to protect the estate. But things go from loony to just plain wacky when the town's Police Chief attempts to cover up the embarrassing details of the event by planting a convicted criminal in the house to take the rap!
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
xi, 278 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Unconscious bias affects everyone. It can look like the disappointment of an HR professional when a candidate for a new position asks about maternity leave. It can look like preferring the application of an Ivy League graduate over one from a state school. It can look like assuming a man is more entitled to speak in a meeting than his female junior colleague. Meant for every manager who wants to understand and move past their own preconceived ideas,...
Author
Publisher
Kids Can Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Lexile measure
910L
Physical Desc
88 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Double Take is a fact-packed look at how science is tackling stereotypes. In the intermediate grades, students are likely to encounter and recognize all kinds of stereotypes. Our brains constantly use categories to sort and label the things (and people) around us -- both with good results and frightening ones. This book explores how we all use stereotypes and how science can help us to build more equal societies, where fewer stereotypes exist and...
Author
Pub. Date
2005
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xi, 372 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Author Thomas Sowell challenges many of the long-prevailing assumptions about blacks, Jews, Germans, slavery, and education. Plainly written, powerfully reasoned, and backed with a startling array of documented facts, Black Rednecks and White Liberals takes on the trendy intellectuals of our times and presents eye-opening insights into the historical development of the ghetto culture that is today wrongly seen as a unique black identity—a culture...
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Lexile measure
970L
Physical Desc
218 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
In this book, Rodriguez shares her experience growing up in the shadow of low expectations, reveals how she was able to fake her own pregnancy, and reveals all that she learned from the experience. stereotypes, and how one girl found the strength to come out from the shadow of low expectations to forge a bright future for herself.
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
When the National Animal Chorus gathers to perform the immortal works of Mr. Herbert Timberteeth, the performance doesn't go exactly as planned due to certain preconceived notions of what animals like to do.
15) Rory the Tea-rex
Author
Publisher
Lerner Publications
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Rory the Tea-Rex is new in town, and the other dinosaurs do not trust her because of her sharp teeth and claws--but when they realize they have misjudged her they have to set things right.
Author
Publisher
Flux
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
363 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Ethan Garrett is a star athlete dating the most popular girl in school and a devout Christian. Jade Fulton abhors joining things, hates everyone at their high school (except her best friend, Gia), and considers herself agnostic. When they are locked in an aerobics room overnight, their confinement forces them to push past the labels they've given each other, and learn there's a lot more to the other person than meets the eye. As they go back to their...
Author
Publisher
Chicago Review Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xiv, 237 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Containing practical, specific parenting advice; strategies for effecting change with educators, store managers, corporations, and more; and tips for challenging and changing the media, this essential guide gives parents the tools they need to fight back against the modern stereotyping and sexualization of young girls.
Author
Series
Publisher
Abdo & Daughters, an imprint of Abdo Publishing
Pub. Date
2020.
Lexile measure
950L
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
Introduces readers to the pride movement, from its beginnings at the Stonewall Riots to the LGBTQ rights movement, the first pride parade, the creation of the rainbow flag, and legislation such as the Matthew Shephard Act and the 2015 Supreme Court ruling that legalized same-sex marriage.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
630L
Physical Desc
243 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Sixth-graders Lauren and Tara have always done everything together, so it is only natural that they both try out for their middle school musical play about an "all-American" girl in 1958. Tara gets the lead role, as usual, because in the teacher's mind, Lauren, half Jewish and half Chinese, does not fit the image of all-American girl. Lauren is hurt but resolved to support her friend, but her two grandmothers are furious and they intend to do something...
Author
Publisher
Harper Perennial
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xx, 387 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
The author of the groundbreaking work Slut! explores the phenomenon of slut-shaming in the age of sexting, tweeting, and "liking." She shows that the sexual double standard is more dangerous than ever before and offers wisdom and strategies for alleviating its destructive effects on young women's lives. Young women are encouraged to express themselves sexually. Yet when they do, they are derided as "sluts." Caught in a double bind of mixed sexual...