Salima Alikhan

Girls Survive

Emmi in the City (Feb-2019)

Smithsonian Historical Fiction

Marika Marches for Equality (Jan-2022)
Ollie Escapes the Great Chicago Fire (Jan-2022)

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  The Pied Piper of Austin
  

  • Sep-2009
  • / General Fiction
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  The people of Austin, Texas, had a serious problem. Everywhere they went, the bats went, too. In this regional adaptation of the popular fairytale, the Pied Piper of Austin helps the city get its bat situation under control....

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  Emmi in the City
  

  • Feb-2019
  • / General Fiction
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  Girls Survive
  

  Although Emmi has lived in Chicago for two years, she finds it hard to love her adopted city. As a German immigrant n the early 1870s, she's often teased by her America-born peers. But when the Great Fire breaks out on October 8, 1871, Emmi and her e...

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  Mary Shelley's Monster
  

  • Dec-2019
  • / Historical
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  In this historical fiction book, Mary Shelley and her husband Percy travel to meet Lord Byron at his home by Lake Geneva, Switzerland. When Lord Byron challenges his guests to write a ghost story, Mary's story is inspired by a dream she had. A dream ...

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  Mary Shelley's Monster Read-Along
  

  • Dec-2019
  • / Fantasy
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  Soraya and the Mermaid
  

  • Nov-2020
  • / Fantasy
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  11/16/2020Ten-year-old Soraya, whose name means “star” in Persian, is lonely: her father has left, her mother doesn’t understand her love of comics, and her “whole class thinks a weirdo.” On a school trip to an aquar...

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  Soraya and the Dragon
  

  • Aug-2021
  • / Fantasy
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  Months after her adventure rescuing Estelle the Mermaid from the Bayside Aquarium, Soraya is still having trouble fitting in at school and home. But when her class goes on a new field trip to the Balabrook Caverns, Soraya soon learns that new adventu...

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  Marika Marches for Equality
  

  • Jan-2022
  • / General Fiction
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  Smithsonian Historical Fiction
  

  Middle-schooler Marika is caught between two worlds. She and her friend Beth are passionate about women’s rights, and they plan to join a national rally to support the cause. But it’s 1970, and the equal rights movement has a lot of resis...

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  Ollie Escapes the Great Chicago Fire
  

  • Jan-2022
  • / General Fiction
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  Smithsonian Historical Fiction
  

  Twelve-year-old Ollie is struggling to get by as an orphan in 1871 Chicago. He finds work as a servant for the wealthy Burnham family, including caring for five-year-old Leo Burnham. But Ollie has a little sister of his own—Eliza. Ollie saves e...

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  It's About Time
  

  • Sep-2022
  • / General Fiction
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  Expanding your child’s reading horizons is easy with fiction books from Teacher Created Materials! In Salima Alikhan’s “It’s About Time”, eight-year-old Yuri’s mother wants to share her culture with her daughter. W...

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  Soraya and the Yeti
  

  • Oct-2022
  • / Fantasy
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  Friends. Soraya has to pinch herself to believe it. Ever since she shared a dragon adventure with them, Naomi and Christoff actually seem to like hanging out with her. Now they’re on a ski trip with their fourth-grade class. When Soraya discove...

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  I Can Be All Three
  

  • Jun-2023
  • / General Fiction
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  Our Favorite Day of the Year meets Alma and How She Got Her Name in this warm, lyrical picture book about a child who learns to celebrate her multicultural identity and finds pride in all the stories and worlds that live inside of her.When it’s Mul...

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  Soraya and the Lake Monster
  

  • Feb-2025
  • / General Fiction
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  The mud...the bugs...Soraya is not sure she wants to be on an educational camping trip. Naomi had to drag her and Christoff along. But adventure awaits the three friends when they meet a mysterious magical creature and learn of a terrible threat to t...

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