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21) Lola gets a cat
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More than anything Lola would like a cat, but first she must learn how to care for it.
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Henry Heckelbeck volume 2
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When new student Max challenges Henry for the position of goalie on the soccer team, he must decide whether using the Book of Spells would make him a cheater.
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Rainbow Fish (Picture books) volume 9
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When Rainbow Fish meets a new friend, Humbert, he isn't sure what to think. Humbert tells all kinds of strange stories: Somewhere at the bottom of the ocean there's a plug! There's a blue whale living near here . . . and he's going to eat up all of our food. But before Rainbow Fish and his friends panic, they realize that Humbert just likes to make up tall tales. Rainbow Fish and his friends soon come up with an idea that might make them all happy-even...
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Award-winning artist Sweet tells the story of the puppeteer Tony Sarg, capturing his genius, his dedication, his zest for play, and his long-lasting gift to America--the inspired helium balloons that would become the trademark of Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.
26) Dreamers
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[2018]
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"An illustrated picture book in which award-winning author Yuyi Morales tells her own immigration story"--
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Little Blue Truck is back for another adventure--now available in Spanish!Zooom! Wooeeee . . . ! "Make way!" The big city sure is a speedy, noisy place for a country truck like Blue. Everywhere Blue looks, he sees buses, police cars, taxis, vans, a street sweeper, and even the mayors limousine. With everyone pushing to be first, soon theres a giant traffic jam! But even a wrangle-tangle is no match for El camioncito Azul, who comes to the rescue in...
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Feeling different, especially as a kid, can be tough. But in the same way that different types of plants and flowers make a garden more beautiful and enjoyable, different types of people make our world more vibrant and wonderful. In Just Ask, United States Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor celebrates the different abilities kids (and people of all ages) have. Using her own experience as a child who was diagnosed with diabetes, Justice Sotomayor...
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Publisher Annotation: Jean-Michael Basquiat and his unique, collage-style paintings rocked to fame in the 1980s as a cultural phenomenon unlike anything the art work had ever seen. But before that, he was a little boy who saw art everywhere: in poetry books and museums, in games and in the words that we speak, and in the pulsing energy of New York City. Now, award-winning illustrator Javaka Steptoe's vivid text and bold artwork echoing Basquiat's...
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Lola books (Anna McQuinn) volume 1
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Every Tuesday Lola and her mother visit their local library to return and check out books, attend story readings, and share a special treat.
32) Love is powerful
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"A little girl carries a big message--and finds it ... amplified by the rallying crowd around her--in an empowering story for the youngest of activists"--Publisher marketing.
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2024 Spring Family Story Time Books
AAPI Picture Books
Diversity Picture Books
Islamic Heritage - Picture Books
AAPI Picture Books
Diversity Picture Books
Islamic Heritage - Picture Books
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Faizah relates how she feels on the first day her sister, sixth-grader Asiya, wears a hijab to school.
34) I'm new here
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Maria is from Guatemala, Jin is from Korea, and Fatima is from Somalia. All three are new to their American elementary school, and each has trouble speaking, writing, and sharing ideas in their new school. Through self-determination and with encouragement from their peers and teachers, the students learn to feel confident and comfortable in their new school without losing a sense of their home country, language, and identity
Three children from other...
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Kaia is the brave type. Like hottest-hot-pepper brave. But there is one thing that scares her: BEES! And right now, thousands of bees live on her roof because Kaia's dad is a beekeeper. Her dad says that the world needs bees and that's why they are beekeepers. But only he goes on the roof, not Kaia - unless she can find a way to be the brave girl she always says she is. Against a sunny city setting, author Maribeth Boelts and illustrator Angela Dominguez...
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Questioneers (Chapter books) volume 3
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Iggy is delighted when Ada Twist's Aunt Bernice inherits a mansion featuring his favorite architectural periods, but unless the Questioneers can find its missing antiques, the house may be lost forever. Includes information about Art Deco and Art Nouveau, facts about unusual cats, a recipe for ice cream, and a biographical note on Ida B. Wells.
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Narwhal and Jelly volume 4
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[2019]
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Publisher Annotation: Narwhal and Jelly . . . and Otty?! Exuberant Narwhal and skeptical Jelly test the waters of adding a new friend to their pod when they meet Otty the super-adventurous otter in the fourth book of this blockbuster early graphic novel series!
39) Outside, inside
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Something strange happened on an unremarkable day just before the season changed. Everybody who was outside . . . . . . went inside. Outside, it was quieter, wilder, and different. Inside, we laughed, we cried, and we grew. We remembered to protect the ones we love and love the ones who protect us. While the world changed outside, we became stronger on the inside and believed that someday soon spring would come again.
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