Morales, Areli
Summary: "In the first picture book written by a DACA dreamer, Areli Morales tells her own powerful and vibrant immigration story of moving from a quiet town in Mexico to the bustling and noisy metropolis of New York City"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Studio 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MORKing, Kathleen
Summary: "The founder of the world-renowned Tate's Bake Shop shares how her obsession with baking the perfect chocolate chip cookie as a child led to her starting a cookie company that grew into a multimillion-dollar empire"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 KINMorales, Yuyi
Summary: "An illustrated picture book autobiography in which award-winning author Yuyi Morales tells her own immigration story"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Neal Porter Books, Holiday House 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MORCopies Available at Woodmere
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MORMorales, Yuyi
Summary: "This Spanish edition of Caldecott Honoree Yuyi Morales's Dreamers, published simultaneously with the English edition, is the author's own immigration story and a tribute to the transformative power of hope. and reading. In 1994, 25-year-old Yuyi Moralestraveled from her home in Xalapa, Mexico, to the San Francisco Bay Area with her two-month-old son, Kelly, in order to secure permanent...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Neal Porter Books, Holiday House 2018
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1 available in Juvenile World Languages, Call number: JE SPANISH MORFlack, Roberta
Summary: "Legendary singer Roberta Flack reflects on her early childhood and her love of music"--
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: [Library Ideas, LLC] 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.Sotomayor, Sonia
Summary: "As the first Latina Supreme Court Justice, Sonia Sotomayor has inspired young people around the world to reach for their dreams. But what inspired her? For young Sonia, the answer was books! They were her mirrors, her maps, her friends, and her teachers. They helped her to connect with her family in New York and in Puerto Rico, to deal with her diabetes diagnosis, to cope with her father's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 2018
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB SOTOMAYOR SOTAlabed, Bana
Summary: Bana's mother tells her of the strong bana tree that grows in their homeland, Syria, and how Bana's strength helped her survive war, being a refugee, and starting fresh in a new country.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Salaam Reads 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ALAJones, Jennifer
Summary: In this inspiring picture book autobiography, the first Black Radio City Rockette shares how she proved that everything is possible when you believe you belong.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublisher 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 JONCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB JONES JONHarris, Kamala
Summary: "Senator Kamala Harris's picture book memoir in which she tells her life story and shows how everyone can be a superhero"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 HARKing, Coretta Scott
Summary: This picture book adaptation of her critically acclaimed adult memoir paints a vivid portrait of the wife of Martin Luther King, Jr. and a singular 20th-century American civil and human rights activist who fought for justice against all odds, becoming an unforgettable champion of social change.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Godwin Books, Henry Holt and Company 2024