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Because We Are

by Mildred Pitts Walter

Picture book · ages 5–8 · grades K–3 · 560L · 192 pages · 1983

Why we'd hand it over

Mildred Pitts Walter's quiet, unsentimental look at how a child learns to see the humanity in people he'd overlooked—grounded in 1980s urban life and told without preaching.

Where to get it

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