Alessandri, Alexandra
Summary: "English just feels wrong to Isabel. She prefers her native Spanish. As she prepares for a new school, she knows she's going to have to learn. Her first day is uncomfortable, until she employs her crayons and discovers there's more than one way to communicate with new friends"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2021
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE ALECopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ALELe, Minh
Summary: A boy and his grandfather cross a language and cultural barrier using their shared love of art, storytelling, and fantasy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disney-Hyperion 2018
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE LECopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE LEJohansen, Iris
Summary: When an enemy from her past threatens to return, Margaret Douglas must go on the run. But danger is in hot pursuit, and Margaret finds herself matching wits with a man who refuses to be stopped. Turning from the hunted to the hunter, Margaret must use everything she has to not only survive, but defeat evil and prove she's no easy target.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC JOHCook, Julia
Summary: RJ says what he thinks ... no matter how it sounds or makes others feel. It's time RJ starts using a social filter when he speaks. With help from his parents, he learns he doesn't have to verbalize every thought that pops into his head. In fact, sometimes the less said the better.--Publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Boys Town Press 2014
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE FIC COOMás Davidson, Rachel
Summary: Rosie and her grandmother find a way to communicate despite speaking different languages.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beaming Books 2023
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1 available in New Youth Materials, Call number: JE MASTang, Marie
Summary: Yuna, who recently moved to the United States and does not speak English, is struggling to communicate with kids in her new neighborhood, but when she shows that she can do something very special with paper, a whole new world unfolds.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beaming Books, an imprint of 1517 Media 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE TANMenard, Rachel
Summary: Seventeen-year-olds Gen and Castor of Olympia race to be the first to complete six nearly impossible challenges to obtain their greatest desire, and only one will win while the other walks away with nothing--if she walks away at all.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flux 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC MENDabarera, Dinalie
Summary: "Sometimes, the moments that Sona spends with her Sinhalese grandfather, her seeya, are quiet. They speak different languages and don't always use words. But they do communicate in other ways. Sometimes, they're loud. They play dress-up, stomp in puddles, and pretend to be puppies. They cook pittu, tease each other when they're messy, and read to each other, even though they might not...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE DABClements, Andrew
Summary: The noisy fifth grade boys of Laketon Elementary School challenge the equally loud fifth grade girls to a "no talking" contest.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2007
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC CLEClements, Andrew
Summary: The noisy fifth grade boys of Laketon Elementary School challenge the equally loud fifth grade girls to a "no talking" contest.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Audio 2007
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1 available in Young Adult Audiobooks, Call number: CDA FICTION CLECook, Julia
Summary: Shows readers the steps to the fundamental social skills of accepting "no" and disagreeing appropriately. When RJ learns to use these skills the right way, he finds that rewards come his way, instead of arguments.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Boys Town Press 2011
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE FIC COOAlexander, Rilla
Summary: The new rooster has come along way but he is ready to crow for his new job, only nobody seems to understand his dialect--however they all appreciate his skill cooking breakfast.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ALEDraper, Sharon M. (Sharon Mills)
Summary: A brilliant, impatient fifth-grader with cerebral palsy, considered by many to be mentally retarded, discovers a technological device that will allow her to speak for the first time.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2012
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Summary: "A song is passed from one animal to another, uniting all living things and spreading joy across the world. Inspired by a bird in Michael Morpurgo's own garden, the uplifting story and breathtaking illustrations show us the beauty of nature and what is at stake."--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Two Hoots 2021
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Summary: Six children are at the park, one group speaks only English and the other only Spanish, but soon they learn to communicate through playing, dancing, and singing.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BERWeeks, Sarah.
Summary: Despite a language barrier, a dog and cat fall in love with the help of a buried trombone.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Laura Geringer Books 2009
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Summary: Considered by many to be mentally retarded, a brilliant, impatient fifth-grader with cerebral palsy discovers a technological device that will allow her to speak for the first time.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2010
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1 available in JT Fiction, Call number: JT Fiction Draper 2010Cook, Julia
Summary: When a couple of friends give RJ a compliment, he just isn't sure how to respond. When his teacher and parents tell him there are some things he needs to work on, his first reaction is to argue and make excuses. RJ learns what it means to receive positive and negative feedback, and how to respond appropriately, learning to accept and grow from criticism and compliments at home, school and with...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Boys Town Press 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC COOGreenidge, Kaitlyn
Summary: The Freeman family--Charles, Laurel, and their daughters, teenage Charlotte and nine-year-old Callie--have been invited to the Toneybee Institute in rural Massachusetts to participate in a research experiment. They will live in an apartment on campus with Charlie, a young chimp abandoned by his mother. The Freemans were selected for the experiment because they know sign language; they are...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Adult- Fantasy, Call number: Fiction Greenridge 2017Harrison, David L. (David Lee)
Summary: "Rrrrh!" means "Let's be friends" in tiger talk, but the other animals don't understand him and run away! Maybe the gentle "rum-pum-pum" of the drum can help him. The lonely tiger finds a drum. He strikes it with his tail--and friends start to follow: a monkey who says "chee-chee-chee" which means "I will come too" in monkey talk, a rhino who says "ouggh" which means "I will come too" in rhino...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: [Library Ideas, LLC] 2020
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Summary: "'Rrrrh!' means 'Let's be friends' in tiger talk, but the other animals don't understand him and run away! Maybe the gentle 'rum-pum-pum' of the drum can help him find a friend"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE HARCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE HARMacLachlan, Patricia
Summary: Grace's aunt Lily is a writer, but is often "flummoxed" by her own writing. Her stories don't go anywhere, her desk is a mess, and her writer's group can't help. So Lily posts an ad for an assistant. The next day, Grace opens the door, and there is Rex: a Labrador Retriever who will change Grace's life, and Lily's.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD MORButler, Dori Hillestad
Summary: King and Kayla are going to a sleepover at Jillian and Thor's house. They usually sleep downstairs, but not this time. Jillian says there's a ghost down there.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD FIC BUTSoontornvat, Christina
Summary: While on a field trip to Bokati Island with the mysterious Guardian Master Em, Plum must decide whether or not to reveal her own Guardian powers when an unseen force puts the entire ecosystem at risk.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2023