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Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
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Publisher Annotation: From New York Times bestselling Joanna Ho, of Eyes that Kiss in the Corners, and award-winning educator Liz Kleinrock, comes a powerful companion picture book about adoption and family. A young girl who is a transracial adoptee learns to love her Asian eyes and finds familial connection and meaning through them, even though they look different from her parents’. Her family bond is deep and their connection is filled with love....
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
Español
Description
Los hijos adoptivos son muy deseados. Una dulce historia para contar la espera de los padres adoptivos. La llegada de la niña o niño y la felicidad de la familia. Uno de los pocos álbumes que hablan de la adopción de una forma tan hermosa. Un libro tan tierno como necesario.
Adopted children are very wanted. A sweet story to talk about the long wait for the parents. The arrival of the child and the happiness of the family. One of the few picture...
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Right before Wavie's mother died, she gave Wavie a list of instructions to help her find her way in life, including this one: Be brave, Wavie B! You got as much right to a good life as anybody, so find it! But little did Wavie's mom know that events would conspire to bring Wavie back to Conley Hollow, the Appalachian hometown her mother tried to leave behind. Now Wavie's back in the Holler--and in the clutches of her Aunt Samantha Rose. Life with...
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Series
Life of a cactus volume 1
Language
English
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New friends and a mystery help Aden, thirteen, adjust to middle school and life at a dying western theme park in a new state, where her being born armless presents many challenges.
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Mermaid tales volume 20
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Pearl needs her merfriends' help when she's named Winter Princess and finds out she's going to be a big sister in this sparkling Mermaid Tales adventure. Pearl is over the moon when she gets the fin-tastic news that she's been picked to be the next Winter Princess! She can't help gushing to Shelly, Kiki, and Echo about the beautiful dress she'll get to wear and how all eyes will be on her when she makes her big speech at the Winter Festival. She can't...
86) Hijito pollito
Author
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
Español
Description
Little Chick loves his mommy: she has lovely soft fur, whiskers that tickle him, and a long, beautiful tail. Little Chick's mommy is a cat, and he thinks his one-of-a-kind family is amazing and very special. Offering an important lesson about diversity and the many forms of happiness, this story will charm children with its illustrations while tackling the subjects of adoption and different kinds of families. Little Chick believes that love reaches...
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Series
Cleo Edison Oliver volume 2
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Successful businesswoman Fortune A. Davies has announced a new website where "kidpreneurs" can upload ads for their businesses and Cleo and her friend Caylee are sure this is the their big break to get funding for their personalized barrettes, Passion Clips--but producing an internet ad using their classmates is proving difficult, and Cleo is further distracted by her desire to find her birth parents.
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Do you believe in angels? Bert and Betty Brown do, because Bert discovered one in his shirt pocket the other day while he was driving his bus. All of a sudden they had a little boy of their very own to care for - how heavenly! Bert and Betty's friends think Angelino is lovely. So do Nancy and Jack and Alice from school. But the Head Teacher, Mrs. Mole, is not so sure. Neither is Professor Smellie. And who is the mysterious Man in Black who claims...
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Ben Coffin has never been one for making friends. As a former foster kid, he knows people can up and leave without so much as a goodbye. Ben prefers to spend his time with the characters in his favorite sci-fi books...until he rescues an abandoned mutt from the alley next-door to the Coney Island Library. Scruffy little Flip leads Ben to befriend a fellow book-lover named Halley-yes, like the comet-a girl unlike anyone he has ever met. Ben begins...
Author
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
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Flora and her brother, Julian, don't believe they were born. They've lived in so many foster homes, they can't remember where they came from. And even now that they've been adopted, Flora still struggles to believe in forever. So along with their new mother, Flora and Julian begin a journey to go back and discover their past-for only then can they really begin to build their future.
91) Soar
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
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Description
Moving to Hillcrest, Ohio, when his adoptive father accepts a temporary job, twelve-year-old Jeremiah, a heart transplant recipient, has sixty days to find a baseball team to coach.
92) Cooper
Author
Series
The puppy place. Main series volume 35
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Charles meets Cooper, a spunky Corgi, while rehearsing for a play, and needs the little dog in order to stay comfortable while onstage.
93) Sweetie
Series
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Charles loves their new foster puppy, Sweetie, but their own dog, Buddy, becomes jealous of the attention Sweetie receives.
94) Princess
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
When Charles discovers Princess, a cute but spoiled Yorkie puppy, he is determined to help her friend a new home where she can get the love and attention she needs.
95) Duchess
Author
Series
Kitty corner volume 3
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
When Mia discovers that Duchess's owner is moving, she offers to help. But it won't be easy finding someone who will want to spoil the pretty white Persian.
96) Domino
Author
Series
Kitty corner volume 4
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
When Michael finds a small tuxedo kitten lost in the snow, he discovers that Domino's identification tag is missing, and tries to reunite the kitten with his rightful owners.
Author
Series
Gifted clans volume 1
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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After thirteen-year-old Hattie Oh casts a dangerous spell so her adopted sister, Riley, will get a share of her inherited magic, Riley must undertake a near-impossible quest to save Hattie from death.
98) Gizmo
Author
Series
The puppy place. Main series volume 32
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Welcome to the Puppy Place, where every puppy finds a home! Charles and Lizzie Peterson love puppies. Their family fosters these young dogs, giving them love and proper care, until they can find the perfect forever home. Charles meets Gizmo, a Sheltie puppy with a lot of energy. Aunt Amanda suggests an agility class for the little doggy to burn off his extra energy. But at the class, Gizmo hardly does any of the tricks. Can Charles find a way to help...
99) Baxter
Series
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
"Charles and Lizzie Peterson love puppies. Their family fosters dogs that are in need of a permanant home. Baxter is a Portuguese water dog whose owner has just lost her job. Lizzie offers to foster the puppy, until they can find the perfect forever home. But Baxter can't be left alone for more than a few minutes without getting upset. Can Lizzie help this little doggy?" - Cover.
100) Jackson finds a home
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
Jackson, a big brown dog, lives at an animal shelter and dearly wants to be adopted.
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