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Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 27 cm
Language
Español
Description
En una primera visita sin sus papás a la casa de su abuela en las afueras de la Ciudad de México, una niña descubre lo que hace que la abuela tan especial.
On a first solo visit to her grandmother's home outside Mexico City, a young girl discovers what makes Grandma so special.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 29 cm
Language
English
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Description
"The true story of John Meyers and Charles Bender, who in 1911 became the first two Native American pro baseball players to face off in a World Series, teaches important lessons about resilience, doing what you love in the face of injustice, and the fight for Native American representation in sports"--
14323) Hear my voice: the testimonies of children detained at the southern border of the United States
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 29 cm
Language
English
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Description
Este libro, una historia de niños contada por niños, no fue fácil de contar o escuchar. Pero no es solo una historia sobre la crueldad y la negligencia de los adultos, sino que a fin de cuentas, es también la historia de la fuerza, valentía y esperancza de los niños.
In Spanish and in English, a first-person account of children's experiences in detention at the southern U.S. border. Every day, children in migration are detained at the US-Mexico...
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"Dear Ruby, Hear Our Hearts is a compilation of letters from concerned young students about today's issues, including bullying, climate change, gun violence, and racism. Reading Ruby's intuitive and inspirational responses, young readers will embrace the courage to be brave, bold, and confident"--
"National civil rights activist and icon Ruby Bridges responds to letters from thoughtful and concerned young students from across America."I've heard...
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
41 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
A collection of 21 riotous tales and riddles about the Mullah Nasruddin. Why does Mulla Nasruddin spoon yoghurt into the river? What is the reason he rides his donkey backwards? Why does he paint a picture that is blank? And is he crazy to move into the house of the man who's just burgled him? Find out all about the amazing antics of Nasruddin in these twenty-one hilarious stories and riddles, famous throughout the Middle East for their jokes, riddles...
Author
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Rhythmic verse presents three sisters who moved from Puerto Rico to New York City as children and grew up to be pioneering activists in their Bronx community, focusing on schools, libraries, and the arts.
14328) Even robots can be thankful!
Author
Series
The Robots books volume 2
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
In three stories, Red Robot and Blue Robot learn that gratitude is not always easy, but best friends are something to be thankful for.
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations, color maps ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"There's more to a river than meets the eye. The story of the Elwha River in Washington state is one of both environmental harm and restoration involving advocacy, persistence, cooperation, and hope."--
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
48 unnumbered pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 24 x 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"Marie Tharp earned a graduate degree in geology in the 1940s, at a time when scientific careers were largely unavailable to women. Marie's vision and tenacity paved the way for her to become one of the greatest oceanographic cartographers of the 20th century. She was the first person to map the ocean floor and discover the 40,000 mile long Mid-Ocean Ridge and Rift Valley. Her astounding discovery supported the theory of continental drift, which led...
14331) The brain storm
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"Sometimes you've just got to work it out. Follow along as a bad mood pesters a young boy and ends up rubbing off on all those around him. After a frustrating day under his version of a little dark cloud, he discovers that ultimately working through your feelings and emotions begins with you. This unique picture book contains no words so readers are left to "read" the story by interpreting the unique illustrations themselves"--from Amazon.
14332) If Mama sings
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
16 unnumbered board pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 15 cm.
Language
English
Description
Celebrates the comfort and confidence a mother's voice brings to her child.
14333) Vanishing colors
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 31 cm
Language
English
Description
"As a young refugee girl takes shelter for the night, the world appears bleak. But as she starts thinking about her happy memories, she finds the courage to hope for a better future"--
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
23 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"In this illustrated choose-your-own-ending book, Kirsten is playing Hide-and-Go Seek with her sister. Will she follow the rules or cheat? Readers make choices for Kirsten and read what happens next, with each story path leading to different consequences. Includes four different endings and discussions questions"--
14336) No more hitting
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Little Hamster is very upset! None of his friends will let him join in any of their games. That's because when Little Hamster gets mad, he hits HARD--and that hurts. Will he learn how to play nicely? This gentle, endearing story helps toddlers understand why it's so much better--and more fun!--to treat others with kindness and respect." --
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
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Description
Introduces young readers to the power of civil debate through a story about some upper-elementary-aged Chilean students who are divided on the issue of whether a much-loved old monkey puzzle tree should be cut down to make room for new science classrooms and computer labs at their school. Includes monkey puzzle tree facts.
14338) Mary who wrote Frankenstein
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 30 cm
Language
English
Description
How does a story begin? Sometimes it begins with a dream, and a dreamer. Mary is one such dreamer, a little girl who learns to read by tracing the letters on the tombstone of her famous feminist mother, Mary Wollstonecraft, and whose only escape from her strict father and overbearing stepmother is through the stories she reads and imagines. Unhappy at home, she seeks independence, and at the age of sixteen runs away with poet Percy Bysshe Shelley,...
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