Aids Awareness
Ana's Story: A Journey of Hope by Jenna Bush and Mia Baxter

Youth With HIV/AIDS: Living With the Diagnosis (Helping Youth With Mental, Physical, & Social Disabilities) by Kenneth McIntosh and Ida Walker

A Name on the Quilt : A Story of Remembrance by Jeannine Atkins and Tad Hills

Teen Guide to AIDS Prevention (Teen Guides Series) by Alan Edward Nourse

Chanda's Secretsby Allen Stratton (Annick Press, 2004)   

Until Whatever by Martha Humphreys (Scholastic, 1993)  

Children and the AIDS Virus: A Book for Children, Parents and Teachersby Rosemarie Hausherr (Clarion Books, 1989) 

Neal Hitchens, Voices That Care: Stories and Encouragements for People With AIDS/HIV and Those That Love Them “Fireside, 2001.

Neal Hitchens, Fifty Things You Can Do About Aids, “Fifty Things You Can Do About AIDS” Lowell House, 1992.

Allen Klein, The Courage to Laugh, Tarcher, 1998

Where Did AIDS Come From? (The Aids Awareness Library) by Anna Forbes (Library Binding - Aug 1997) (Copyright 1996 Cahners Business Information, Inc.)

Teenagers, HIV, and AIDS: Insights from Youths Living with the Virus (Sex, Love, and Psychology) (PowerKids Press, August 1997)

100 Questions and Answers About HIV and AIDS (Nov 2, 2007) by Joel Gallant (Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc.; 1 edition (November 2, 2007):

Animals in Danger
Will We Miss Them? Endangered Species (Nature's Treasures) by Alexandra Wright and Marshall H. Peck

Let's Take Care of Our New Fish (Let's Take Care of Books) by Alejandro Algarra, Rosa Maria Curto, and Sally-Ann Hopwood

A Kids' Guide to Protecting & Caring for Animals: How to Take Action! (A Kids' Guide to...) by Cathryn Berger Kaye

Who Cares About Animal Rights? (One World) by Michael Twinn and Arlette Lavie

Can We Save Them? Endangered Species of North Americaby David Dobson and James M. Needham (1997)

Endangered Animals by Lynn M. Stone (Childrens Press, 1984)

Wildlife Alert! The Struggle to Survive by Gene S. Stuart (National Geographic Society, 1980)  

Gene Baur, Farm Sanctuary: Changing Hearts and Minds About Animals and Food, 2008.

Diane Leigh, One at a Time: A Week in an American Animal Shelter, 2005.

Dian Fossy, Gorillas in the Mist, Maringer Books, 2000.

Animals in Danger (Visual Reference Library) (Jun 12, 2003) by Janine Amos, (Steck-Vaughn, January 1995)

Animals in Danger (Jan 1, 1999) by Ellen Catala

Oxford Bookworms Factfiles: Stage 1: 400 Headwords Animals in Danger (Oxford Bookworms: Factfiles) (Oxford University Press, 1996)

Community Safety
Creative Storytelling: Building Community/Changing Lives by Jack Zipes

Character Education: 43 Fitness Activities for Community Building by Donald R. Glover and Leigh Ann Anderson

The Great, Great, Great Chicken War by David de la Garza

Conflict Resolution: The Win-Win Solution (Teen Issues) by Carolyn Casey

Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale by John Steptoe (Scholastic, 1987)

Kissing The Rain by Kevin Brooks (Scholastic, 2005)

Escaping the Giant Waveby Peg Kehret (Simon and Schuster Books, 2003)

Lois Ann Yamanaka, Wild Meat and the Bully Burgers: A Novel, Picador, 2006

Forrest Carter, The Education of Little Tree, University of New Mexico Press, 25th anniversary edition 2001.

Trevor Romain, “Bullies Are a Pain in the Brain” Free Spirit Publishing, 1997.

Crime Prevention and Community Safety: New Directions (Published in association with The Open University) (Sage Publications Ltd. 2002)

Young People, Drugs and Community Safety (Jan 1999) by Alan Marlow and Geoffrey Pearson

Rougher Justice: Anti-social Behaviour And Young People by Peter Squires and Dawn E. Stephen, University of Brighton, UK (Ashgate, 2000)

Elders

Blackfoot Children and Elders Talk Together (Native Americans) by E. Barrie Kavasch

Grandpa Mouse and Little Mouse: A Tale about Respecting Elders by Sarah Albee and Aky-Aka Cr Eations

What Grandmas Do Best What Grandpas Do Best by Laura Numeroff and Lynn Munsinger

World's Oldest Living Dragon (Dragon Slayers' Academy)by Kate McMullan (Grosset and Dunlap, 2006)

Journey by Patricia MacLachlan (Delacorte Press, 1991)

After the Rain by Norma Fox Mazer (Avon Books, 1987)

John Langone, “Growing Older:  What Young People Should Know About Aging” Little Brown & Co, 1991

Pat Schweibert and Chuck DeKlyen,”Tear Soup”, Grief Watch, 2005.

Dotti Enderle, Grandpa for Sale, Flashlight Press, 2007.

Minding Our Elders: Caregivers Share Their Personal Stories by Carol Bradley Bursack (Paperback - Aug 22, 2005)

Generators: 20 Activities to Recharge Your Intergenerational Group (Jul 30, 2005) by Jennifer Griffin-Wiesner MEd, (Search Institute Publishing, 2005)

Caring for Someone with Memory Loss (Carers Handbook) by Toni Battison

The Environment
Hall, J. (2007). A Hot Planet Needs Cool Kids: Understanding Climate Change and What You Can Do About It. Green Goat Books.

Green, J. (2005). Why Should I Recycle? (Why Should I?). Barron’s Educational Series.

Roca, N. (2007). The Three R's: Reuse, Reduce, Recycle (What Do You Know About? Books). Barron’s Educational Series.

Be a Friend to Trees by Patricia Lauber (Scholastic, 1994)  

50 Simple Things Kids Can Do to Save the Earthby the Earth Works Group (Andrews and McNeal, 1990)  

Where Does the Garbage Go? by Paul Showers (Harper Collins Publishers, 1994)  

Marian Hale, Dark Water Rising, Henry Holt and Co., 2006

Andrea Vansteenhouse and Irene Rawlings, The Clothesline, Gibbs Smith, 2002.

Dr. Seuss and Theodore Geisel, The Lorax (Classic Seuss), Random House Books 1971.

The Adventures of a Plastic Bottle: A Story About Recycling (Little Green Books) by Alison Inches and Pete Whitehead (Paperback - Jan 6, 2009) (Little Green Books, 2009)

Garbage and Recycling (Young Discoverers: Environmental Facts and Experiments) by Rosie Harlow and Sally Morgan (Paperback - April 15, 2002) (KingFisher Publications, 2001)

Recycling (True Books: Environment) by Rhonda Lucas Donald (Paperback - Mar 2002), (Children’s Press, 2001)

Gardening
Ehlert, L. (1992). Planting a Rainbow. Voyager Books.

Garland, S. (2009). Eddie's Garden and How to Make Things Grow. Frances Lincoln children’s Books.

Halsey, M. (2000). Three Pandas Planting (Aladdin Picture Books). Alladin.

The Carrot Seedby Ruth Krauss (Harper Collins, 2005)

Christmas Farm by Mary Lyn Ray (Harcourt, 2008)

Play With Plants by Millicent E. Selsam (Morrow, 1978)  

Gary Larson, There's a Hair in My Dirt! A Worm's Story, Harper Paperbacks, 1999.

Barbara Cooney, Miss Rumphius Viking Juvenile, 1982.

Felder Rushing, Dig, Plant, Grow: A Kid's Guide to Gardening, Cool Springs Press, 2004.

Kids Container Gardening : Year-Round Projects for Inside and Out by Cindy Krezel and Bruce Curtis (2005):

Ready, Set, Grow!: A Kid's Guide to Gardening by Rebecca Spohn (Spiral-bound - April 2007), (Good Year Books, 1995, 2007):

Kid's Gardening: A Kid's Guide to Messing Around in the Dirt/With Seeds, Shovel by Kevin Raftery and Kim Gilbert Raftery (Klutz, 1989):

Hunger and Homelessness

Testa, M. (1996). Someplace to Go. Albert Whitman & Company.

Gunning, M. (2004). A Shelter in Our Car. Children’s Book Press.

Homelessness by Carole Seymour-Jones (New Discovery Books, 1993)

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (Scholastic Press, 2008)

Malnutrition by Don Nardo (Lucent Books, 2007)

Lynn Blodgett, “Finding Grace: The Face of America's Homeless, Earth Aware Editions, 2007.

Cathryn Berger Kaye, A Kids' Guide to Hunger & Homelessness: How to Take Action! (Service Learning for Kids), Free Spirit Publishing; Workbook edition, 2007.

Ann McGovern, The Lady in the Box,  Turtle Books, 1999.

A Kids' Guide to Hunger & Homelessness: How to Take Action! (Service Learning for Kids) by Cathryn Berger Kaye  (Free Spirit Publishing, Inc.2007)

The War On Hunger by Ron Fridell  (Twenty First Century Books, 2003)

The Visible Poor: Homelessness in the United States by Joel Blau (Paperback - May 13, 1993), (Oxford University Press, 1993)

Immigrants

Yang, B. (2007). Hannah Is My Name: A Young Immigrant's Story. Candlewick.

Maestro, B. (1996). Coming To America: The Story Of Immigration. Scholastic Press.

Woodruff, E. (1999). The Memory Coat. Scholastic Press.

I Hate English! by Ellen Levine (Scholastic, 1989)

If Your Name Was Changed At Ellis Island by Ellen Levine (Scholastic, Inc, 1993)

Immigration by Kelly C. Anderson (Lucent Books, 1993)

Daniel Rothenberg, With These Hands : The Hidden World of Migrant Farmworkers Today, University of California Press, 2000.

Kathleen Krull, Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez, Harcourt Children’s Books, 2003.

Carmen Lomas Garza, In My Family/En mi familia, Children’s Book Press; Bilingual edition, 2000.

The Inner World of the Immigrant Childby Cristina Igoa

Kids Like Me: Voices of the Immigrant Experience by Judith M. Blohm and Terri Lapinsky (Paperback - Mar 15, 2006), (Nicholas Brealy Publishing Co., 2006)

Kids Working It Out: Stories and Strategies for Making Peace in Our Schools by Tricia S. Jones and Randy Compton (Paperback - Dec 2, 2003), (Jossey-Bass, 2003)

Literacy
Pawagi, M. (1998). The Girl Who Hated Books. Second Story Press.

Morris, C. (2007). The Boy Who Was Raised by Librarians. Peachtree Publishers.

Berger Kaye, C. (2007). A Kids' Guide to Helping Others Read and Succeed: How to Take Action (Service Learning for Kids). Free Spirit Publishing.

Mr. George Baker by Amy Hest (Candlewick Press, 2004)

A Picture of Freedom: The Diary of Clotee, a Slave Girl, Belmont Plantation, Virginia 1859 (Dear America Series )by Patricia C. McKissack (Scholastic, 1997)

A Story for Bearby Dennis Haseley (Silver Whistle/ Harcourt, 2002)

Greg Mortenson, Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time, Penguin, 2007.

John Corcoran, The Teacher Who Couldn't Read: One Man's Triumph Over Illiteracy,  Kaplan Publishing, 2008.

Cathryn Berger Kaye, A Kids' Guide to Helping Others Read and Succeed: How to Take Action (Service Learning for Kids), Free Spirit Publishing; Workbook edition, 2007.

Buried Treasures in the Classroom: Using Hidden Influences to Enhance Literacy Teaching and Learning (Kids Insight Series) by Amy Seely Flint and Mary Riordan-Karlsson (2001)

You Can Teach Someone to Read; A How-To Book for Friends, Parents and Teachers by Lorraine Peoples (Paperback - Jan 2000) (GloBooks Publishing, 2000, 2001)

The Kids' Book Club Book: Reading Ideas, Recipes, Activities, and Smart Tips for Organizing Terrific Kids' Book Clubs (May 10, 2007) by Judy Gelman and Vicki Levy Krupp

Social Change
Burnett, K. (2001). If the World Were Blind...: A Book About Judgement and Prejudice. GR Publishing.

Halpin, M. (2004). It's Your World--If You Don't Like It, Change It: Activism for Teenagers. SimonPulse.

Hunter, Z. (2008). Generation Change: Roll Up Your Sleeves and Change the World . Zondervan/Youth Specialties.

When Marian Sang: The True Recital of Marian Anderson by Pam Munoz Ryan (Scholastic Press, 2002)  

Vote! by Eileen Christelow (Clarion Books, 2003)  

Mississippi Challenge by Mildred Pitts Walter (Bradbury Press, 1992)

Social Needs and Disabilities
Dibsie, P. (2003). Love Heels: Tales from Canine Companions for Independence. Yorkville Press.

Lewis, B. (2007). In Jesse's Shoes. Bethany House.

Sabin, E. (2007). The Special Needs Acceptance Book: Being a Friend to Someone with Special Needs.Watering Can Press.

When Pigs Fly by June Rae Woods (The Putnam Grossen Group, 1993)

Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko (G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 2004)

Tangerine by Edward Bloor (Scholastic, Inc., 1997)