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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"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2021

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE ALE

Spencer, Renè

1 hold on 1 copy

Summary: Two children lost at sea must overcome a language barrier if they want to find a way home.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2024

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Bui, Hanh

Summary: A child living in a Vietnamese refugee camp learns their first word in English with a little help from their teacher and grandmother in this heart-warming picture book based on the author's childhood. --

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Feiwel and Friends 2024

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BUI

Winston, Sam

Summary: Fine artist Sam Winston, cocreator of the New York Times best-selling A Child of Books, celebrates the power of stories and written languages--and the imperative to preserve them. Once there were many stories in the world. There were stories with sunsets and wonderful tales filled with fairies and dinosaurs. But one day, a story decided that it was the best, the most important story ever. It...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Studio, an imprint of Candlewick Press 2022

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE WIN

Maslen, Bobby Lynn

Summary: Stories and pictures to make learning alphabet sounds enjoyable. Consonant blends, endings, and a few sight words advance reading skills and create more complex stories.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2006

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN MAS

Betancourt-Perez, Jessica

Summary: Newly arrived from Colombia, Isabella's first day of school in the United States is cancelled because of snow and when Isabella notices a girl playing outside she makes a new friend, despite the language barrier.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge 2021

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Maslen, Bobby Lynn

Summary: Twelve books carefully organized in presentation of short vowels and single consonants. Introduces the alphabet (except Q) with very basic three-letter words and short vowels.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2006

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Kertell, Lynn Maslen

Summary: "In Bob Books First stories you will find twelve easy-to-read and humorous books. Perfect for emerging readers, this set including kid-approved stories that progress gently through graded reading levels A, B, and C. With one-syllable words and short vowels, Bob Books First stories is a fun confidence builder, especially for kids in Kindergarten"--Publisher's description.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN KER

Kertell, Lynn Maslen

Contents: 1. Sam and Mat -- 2. Sam sat -- 3. Dinnertime -- 4. Pets -- 5. Dot and Mag -- 6. Dot and the big cat -- 7. The band -- 8. Hop and tap -- 9. The ant -- 10. Buzz, buzz, buzz -- 11. Bugs -- 12. Sun -- 13. Dan's plan -- 14. Cam's snack -- 15. The hen in the den -- 16. The red sled -- 17. Drip, drip, drip -- 18. Lin in the bin -- 19. The dog in the fog -- 20. The spot -- 21. In a huff -- 22. Bug and...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2015

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Beginning Readers - Pre-Reader (Orange), Call number: JBR ORANGE KER

Mills, Claudia

Summary: "Sixth grader Betsy is the one who informs her best friend, Lizard, that thousands of the world's languages are currently threatened by extinction; Betsy's mother is a linguistics professor working frantically to study dying languages before they are lost forever. But it is Lizard who, gripped by the magnitude of this loss, challenges Betsy, "What if, instead of WRITING about dying languages,...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2021

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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC MIL

Krans, Angela Pham

Summary: When Felix's grandmother comes from Vietnam to stay with his family in the United States, Felix realizes that he can help Grandma by teaching her English.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE KRA

Avant-garde, Zaila

Summary: "Scripps National Spelling Bee champion Zaila Avant-garde teaches young readers about the joy of learning new words in this Step 1 leveled reader"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Children's Books 2024

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1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN AVA

Dominguez, Angela N.

Summary: "The story of two giraffes - one English-speaking and one Spanish-speaking - that overcome the language barrier to forge a friendship"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2016

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Rose, Susan

Summary: When José is selected for the school soccer team, his dog Feliz eagerly helps him practice.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop 2023

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Togashi, Yoshihiro.

Summary: After braving a pit of poisonous snakes, Gon, Kurapika, Killua, and Leorio face a "reverse tournament" in which no one wants to be the last man standing and from which Killua could be immediately disqualified if his rage spins out of control.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Viz Media 2005

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1 available in Manga, Call number: YA FIC TOG

Corrigan, Kathleen

Summary: "Zack and Chet share memories of their wonderful times at the beach. Introductionary look at decoding multiple words using various digraphs as well as the suffix s. Each title includes a note to caregiver and word list"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Norwood House Press 2024

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1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN COR

Arena, Jen

Summary: In this story that incorporates Spanish words, Marta explores the world of opposites and animals.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2023

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Kertell, Lynn Maslen

Summary: A companion set to the bestselling Bob Books Beginning Readers set, featuring the classic Bob Books characters and some new ones, too!

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2021

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3 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN KER

Chang, Victoria

Summary: "In this ode to hardworking mommies everywhere, they may not always be fun or neat, but their toddlers love them no matter what"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Beach Lane Books 2015

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE CHA

Fuller, T. Nat

Summary: Different images identify such opposites as heroes and villains, smiles and frowns, and truths and lies.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Appleseed, an imprint of Abrams 2018

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FUL

Davidson, Leslie A.

Summary: "Children around the world give thanks to the sun, moon, wind, lightning and other natural elements in this poetic board book."--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Orca Book Publishers 2021

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE DAV BOARD

Togashi, Yoshihiro

Summary: Gon's going home to share his Hunter success with Aunt Mito, but Whale Island has a surprise in store for Gon--a message from his father to "come and find me." The only clues Gon has to go on are a strange ring and a JoyStation memory card for the video game Greed Island. But the game is so rare it can only be found at the Yorknew auction--for an astronomical price. And anyone who plays gets...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media, LLC 2021

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Manga, Call number: YA FIC TOG

Flanagan, Alice K.

Summary: Simple text and repetition of the letter "z" help readers learn how to use this sound.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: The Child's World 2017

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Amery, Heather.

Summary: Find the little yellow duck on each page.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Usborne Books 1998

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Preschool Amery 1998

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