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10 best books like How to Avoid Extinction (Paul Acampora): Keith Haring: The Boy Who Just Kept Drawing, Stef Soto, Taco Queen, The Bicycle Spy, Sergeant Reckless: The True Story of the Little Horse Who Became a Hero, Garvey's Choice, The Harlem Charade, Two Dogs in a Trench Coat Go to School, Captain Superlative, Grand Canyon, Step Right Up: How Doc and Jim Key Taught the World about Kindness

Keith Haring: The Boy Who Just Kept Drawing
AuthorKay Haring
ISBN0525428194
Iconic pop artist Keith Haring comes to life for young readers in this picture book biography lovingly written by his sister

This one-of-a-kind book explores the life and art of Keith Haring from his childhood through his meteoric rise to fame. It sheds light on this important artist's great...
Stef Soto, Taco Queen
AuthorJennifer Torres
Estefania "Stef" Soto is itching to shake off the onion-and-cilantro embrace of Tia Perla, her family's taco truck. She wants nothing more than for her dad to get a normal job and for Tia Perla to be put out to pasture. It's no fun being known as the "Taco Queen" at school. But just when it looks like Stef is...
The Bicycle Spy
AuthorYona Zeldis McDonough
ISBN0545850959
Can Marcel make the ride of his life?
Marcel loves riding his bicycle, whether he's racing through the streets of his small town in France or making bread deliveries for his parents' bakery. He dreams of someday competing in the Tour de France, the greatest bicycle race. But ever since Germany's...
Sergeant Reckless: The True Story of the Little Horse Who Became a Hero
AuthorPatricia McCormick
ISBN0062292595
The inspiring true story of Reckless, the brave little horse who became a Marine.

When a group of US Marines fighting in the Korean War found a bedraggled mare, they wondered if she could be trained to as a packhorse. They had no idea that the skinny, underfed horse had one of the biggest and bravest...
Garvey's Choice
AuthorNikki Grimes
ISBN1629797405
Garvey’s father has always wanted Garvey to be athletic, but Garvey is interested in astronomy, science fiction, reading—anything but sports. Feeling like a failure, he comforts himself with food. Garvey is kind, funny, smart, a loyal friend, and he is also overweight, teased by bullies, and...
The Harlem Charade
AuthorNatasha Anastasia Tarpley
ISBN0545783879
WATCHER. SHADOW. FUGITIVE.

Harlem is home to all kinds of kids. Jin sees life passing her by from the window of her family's bodega. Alex wants to help the needy one shelter at a time, but can't tell anyone who she really is. Elvin's living on Harlem's cold, lonely streets, surviving on his own...
Two Dogs in a Trench Coat Go to School
AuthorJulie Falatko
Little dog Waldo and big dog Sassy are the best at what they do. They keep out squirrels and imminent intruders. They make sure there are no stray meatballs or muffin crumbs in the kitchen. And most of all, they protect their boy, Stewart. But something is wrong. Every day Stewart trudges off to an awful...
Captain Superlative
AuthorJ.S. Puller
"Have no fear, citizens! Captain Superlative is here to make all troubles disappear!"

Red mask, blue wig, silver swimsuit, rubber gloves, torn tights, high top sneakers and . . . a cape? Who would run through the halls of Deerwood Park Middle School dressed like this? And why?

Janey-quick...
Grand Canyon
AuthorJason Chin
ISBN1596439505
Rivers wind through earth, cutting down and eroding the soil for millions of years, creating a cavity in the ground 277 miles long, 18 miles wide, and more than a mile deep known as the Grand Canyon.

Home to an astonishing variety of plants and animals that have lived and evolved within its walls...
Step Right Up: How Doc and Jim Key Taught the World about Kindness
AuthorDonna Janell Bowman
ISBN1620141485
William -Doc- Key had a special way with animals. Growing up enslaved in Tennessee, Doc was sent to plantations around the state to care for sick and wounded animals. When the Civil War ended and Doc was freed, he began to dream of breeding a winning racehorse. But those dreams were dashed when his colt...
Bravo!: Poems About Amazing Hispanics
AuthorMargarita Engle
ISBN0805098763
Musician, botanist, baseball player, pilot—the Latinos featured in this collection come from many different countries and from many different backgrounds. Celebrate their accomplishments and their contributions to a collective history and a community that continues to evolve and thrive...
Chef Roy Choi and the Street Food Remix
AuthorJacqueline Briggs Martin
ISBN0983661596
Chef Roy Choi calls himself a “street cook.”
He wants outsiders, low-riders,
kids, teens, shufflers and skateboarders,
to have food cooked with care, with love,
with sohn maash.

"Sohn maash" is the flavors in our fingertips. It is the love and cooking talent that Korean...
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