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    Imani Makes a Difference
    Imani Makes a Difference
    Imani Makes a Difference
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    Imani Makes a Difference

    By Cicely Lewis and Anastasia Magloire Williams

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    Shimmer, sparkle, twirl . . . I am a compassionate girl!

    When Imani gets to know her new classmate, she decides to do something nice for them. She's just not sure what. Can Imani figure out a way to make a difference for her new classmate?

    Read Woke™ Books are created in partnership with Cicely Lewis, the Read Woke librarian, to reflect the diversity of our world.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLerner Publishing
    Release dateJan 1, 2024
    ISBN9798765615119
    Imani Makes a Difference
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    Cicely Lewis

    Cicely Lewis is a school librarian with a passion for creating lovers of reading based in Georgia. In 2017, she started the Read Woke challenge in response to the shootings of young unarmed black people, the repeal of DACA, and the lack of diversity in young adult literature. She was named the 2020 National Librarian of the Year by School Library Journal and Scholastic, a 2019 Library Journal Mover and Shaker and the 2019 National Teacher Award for Lifelong Readers by the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) and Penguin Random House (PRH).

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