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Summary: For the traditional Japanese celebration of Girls' Day, Yoko receives a special gift from her grandparents in Japan: a doll named Miki that has been passed down through her family for generations. Yoko is so excited to share Miki with the class that she disobeys her mother, who tells her, "Miki is too delicate to take to school."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disney/Hyperion Books 2011
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Summary: Yoko helps Timothy learn to play the bells of Sarna so that he can perform a solo in the school talent show.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion Books for Children 2002
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Summary: Harry has trouble keeping his hands off his classmates until Tina thinks of the perfect piece of gym equipment to teach him about personal space.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Katherine Tegen Books 2011
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Summary: At bedtime, Grandma tells Max and Ruby three favorite stories about themselves.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2010
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Summary: On her second birthday, Sophie gets up on the wrong side of the crib and behaves terribly until her grandmother has an inspiration.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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Summary: Jennie is as close to her grandfather as a mouse can be, and when he suddenly dies she keeps thinking she sees him turning a corner, sitting on a bench, heading for the pier, or walking along their beloved beach, seeking the elusive Queen's teacup seashell.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick 2012
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Summary: When Mrs. Jenkins proposes the class paint dinosaurs, Doris's unusual artistic talent is not recognized until the class visits a modern art museum.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion Books for Children 2001
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Summary: Brothers Willie and Taddie share stories about their father, Abraham Lincoln, from 1859 to 1865.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2009
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Summary: Baby bunny Max chooses an outfit for playing in the snow.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2009
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Summary: Baby bunny siblings Max and Ruby put toys and puzzles away before going to bed. On board pages.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2009
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Summary: While they are at work a mother and father send powerful "love waves" to their child at home, offering reassurance and comfort in their absence.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2011
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Summary: Kindergartner Yoko not only learns to write her letters and numbers in English, she shows her teacher and fellow students how to write their names using Japanese calligraphy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion Books for Children 2008
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Summary: When Yoko moves from Japan to California, she decides to make and send origami swans to her grandmother for her birthday.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disney/Hyperion Books For Children 2009
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Summary: When Yoko brings sushi to school for lunch, her classmates make fun of what she eats--until one of them tries it for himself.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disney/Hyperion Books 2009
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Summary: Max's sister Ruby gives him a windup toy lobster for his birthday.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 1998
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Summary: Max and Ruby spend so much on emergencies while shopping for Grandma's birthday presents, that they just barely have enough money left for gifts.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Puffin Books 2000
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Summary: Despite the doubts of some classmates and her native-born Japanese mother's inability to read English, Yoko finds the key to reading and catches up with the other students in putting new leaves on the classroom's book tree.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disney-Hyperion Books 2012
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Summary: The students in Mrs. Jenkins' class explore the careers they'd like to have when they grow up, including Yoko who wants to be a Japanese teacher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion Books for Children 2003
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Summary: When Yoko and her classmates become sick, Mrs. Jenkins comes up with a great idea to identify who might be responsible for spreading germs.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion Books For Children 2002
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Summary: While Ruby plans a Fourth of July doll picnic, Max sends letters to Santa to ask for "a bright red Sand-Spitter Motorcycle with Bigfoot tires," but the letters are delivered to his grandmother, instead, and she must try to decipher the pictures. Includes lift-up flaps.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Group 2004
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Summary: Yoko and her classmates welcome Juanita, a new student from Texas, to their classroom.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Volo 2002
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Summary: When Yoko gets lost in the airport, she uses her sign-reading skills to find her way back to her mama.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disney Hyperion Books 2013
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Summary: Max makes an earthworm cake for Grandma's birthday and helps Ruby with her angel surprise cake. At the store, the grocer can't read all of the shopping list, until Max solves the problem by drawing a picture.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 1997
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Summary: On Easter morning, when Ruby finds all ten of the marshmallow chicks hidden by the Easter Bunny, Grandma must quickly think of a way to make things fair for Max.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2007