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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,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC MILAlessandri, 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 ALESpencer, Renè
Summary: Two children lost at sea must overcome a language barrier if they want to find a way home.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Pig has promised to make pies for everyone, but he doesn't have enough letters to make them. Dog has a magical way to help Pig keep his promise - it's all about the letter S. Frog thinks that in order to build a big rocket he needs big, uppercase letters. But when he needs to rescue the Little Piggies in out space, he learns that r-o-c-k-e-t works as well. All the friends have a ball trying to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by NCircle Entertainment 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV WORSummary: "An ex-Marine haunted by a tragic past, Tommy Riordan returns home and enlists his father, a recovering alcoholic and his former coach, to train him for an MMA tournament awarding the biggest purse in the history of the sport. Tommy's estranged brother Brendan, a former MMA fighter unable to provide for his family as a public school teacher, also enters the competition. Set on a collision...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lionsgate 2011
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE WARSummary: Includes 16 episodes originally broadcast on PBS Kids, designed to help children with letter recognition.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by NCircle Entertainment 2009
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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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BETAvant-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"--
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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 AVAWindness, Kaz
Summary: A worm and a caterpillar are best friends. When one of them is about to go through a big change, they both learn what is inside is what counts.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Spotlight 2023
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Summary: "The story of two giraffes - one English-speaking and one Spanish-speaking - that overcome the language barrier to forge a friendship"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2016
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Babies from all over the world get ready for bed, and say "good night" in fifteen of the world's most spoken languges.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Bee Books 2023
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Summary: When José is selected for the school soccer team, his dog Feliz eagerly helps him practice.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop 2023
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE ROSManushkin, Fran
Summary: Katie's Aunt Patty is the new mayor, and Katie and her friends attend her first city council meeting, brimming with ideas about what their neighborhood needs--like free ice cream, puppies, and a new park where children can play in safety.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint 2021
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1 available in Juvenile World Languages, Call number: JBR PURPLE SPANISH MANZentner, Jeff
Summary: "Colton Gentry is riding high. His first hit in nearly a decade has caught fire, he's opening for country megastar Brant Lucas, and he's married to one of the hottest acts in the country. But he's hurting. Only a few weeks earlier, his best friend Duane was murdered onstage by a mass shooter at a country music festival. One night, with his trauma festering and Jim Beam flowing through his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing 2024
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC ZENBui, 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. --
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Publisher / Publication Date: Feiwel and Friends 2024
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Summary: A helpful magpie misunderstands her friends' requests, but they soon discover her gifts are more useful than they first thought.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE HUNAbe, Julie
Summary: When a love potion gone wrong causes Cam to forget his best friend Remy completely, they travel through Tokyo to rediscover his memories, make new ones, and maybe even fall in love all over again.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wednesday Books 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC ABEDes Lauriers, Eva
Summary: At the Senior Sunrise overnight, Natalia must work with ex-best friend Ethan to find seven of the class's confessional letters before any secrets, including their own, are revealed.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2024
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Summary: "Shinta Arakawa wants nothing more than to pass his shin'uchi exam--the test that would make him a top-rank headliner and master storyteller in the traditional Japanese art of rakugo. Akane Osaki, his daughter and biggest fan, spies on him while he practices and learns his routines for herself. When rakugo master Issho Arakawa expels everyone after the exam with no explanation, a fire is lit...
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Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media, LLC 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC SUESummary: A one armed boxer (who happens to be a martial arts expert) is targeted by the blind master of the flying guillotine who wants revenge for the death of two disciples. Includes twelve minutes of film not seen in the original release version.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pathfinder Home Entertainment 2002
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN MASDavidson, Leslie A.
Summary: "Children around the world give thanks to the sun, moon, wind, lightning and other natural elements in this poetic board book."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Orca Book Publishers 2021
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE DAV BOARDDominguez, Angela
Summary: "Two baby giraffes meet a baby ostrich and must guess how their potential new friend is feeling"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2018
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Summary: When his teacher asks him to write a persuasive argument about something he really wants, fourth-grader Calvin creates a unique way to express his desire for a dog.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wendy Lamb Books 2010
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED SALSohn, Won-Pyung
Summary: Yunjae was born with a brain condition called Alexithymia that makes it hard for him to feel emotions like fear or anger. He lives with his mother and grandmother above their used bookstore, decorated with colorful post-it notes that remind him when to smile, when to say "thank you," and when to laugh. When a shocking act of random violence shatters his world, it leaves him alone and on his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperVia, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021