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 Easy, Call number: JE ALEWillems, Mo
Summary: Geraldo está cansado y gruñón. ¿Soñará con Cerdita? ¿O ella no lo dejará soñar?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion Books for Children 2021
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1 available in Juvenile World Languages, Call number: JBR GREEN WILRaúl the Third
Summary: "Little Lobo and his friends are excited for the out-of-this-world book festival the Guadalupian Library hosts every year! Everyone has a special book they're looking for, but there's so much to see and do first. From cookbook demonstrations and comics workshops to mask making and language classes, this library has something for everyone. Can Little Lobo, Bernabé, Kooky Dooky, Coco Rocho, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Versify, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE RAUFenske, Jonathan
Summary: Crabby is expecting just another boring day in the ocean, but Plankton decides to throw a best friends party--and even Crabby's long list of things he wants at the party will not deter him.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Acorn/Scholastic, Inc. 2023
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Summary: "The Vasylenko family are all adventurers who love wild places and wild things. All, that is, except young Oktober. He also dreams of adventure, but it's the kind that takes place between the pages of a book, indoors, where it's safe and warm. Unlike the rest of his family, he dreads venturing out where it's cold, wet, and home to a creature he calls the Wilderness. His father assures him the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MCCWillems, Mo
Summary: Cerdita ha sido invitada a una fiesta pro primera vez. Pero ¿qué se pondrá? Geraldo, el experto en fiestas, sabe exactamente cómo ayudarla, ¿o no?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion Books for Children 2021
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1 available in Juvenile World Languages, Call number: JBR GREEN SPANISH WILJohnston, Aviaq
Summary: Nalvana feels like all of her friends have some type of superpower. She has friends with super speed (who always beat her in races), friends with super strength (who can dangle from the monkey bars for hours), and friends who are better than she is at a million other things. Nalvana thinks she must be the only kid in town without a superpower. But then her mom shows Nalvana that she is unique...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Inhabit Media Inc. 2017
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Summary: Archie and Zack are inseparable, both in elementary school and outside it, but Archie is having trouble telling Zack about his love, so he writes a letter, from A. to Z.; in fact he writes a lot of letters, but they do not sound right so he hides them, and though his other friends, Zelda, Zinnia, and Zuzella, find the letters, they all understand who the letters are really for.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Abrams 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE KIRBailey, Catherine
Summary: Lucy loves Sherman the lobster from the time they meet at Flotsam's Fish Market. When she learns of Chef Pierre's plans for Sherman, she takes action to rescue the eighteen-pound, eighty-year-old crustacean.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction Bailey 2017Sterling, Holly
Summary: Thomas wants to be a ballet kid! He and his friends meet at the dance studio to take lessons from Mr. Elliot, their ballet instructor. The children stand at the barre and practice their feet positions--first position, second position--as well how to plie and releve. And then it's time to saute, or jump! Finally, the ballet kids get to choose their costumes for the Winter Show where they are...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE STEBaptiste, Tracey
Summary: "An encounter between a brown mermaid and pirate launches a humorous tale of friendship that shows how kindness and empathy go beyond words."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Algonquin Young Readers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BAPMaynor, Megan
Summary: When Ella and Penguin discover they do not both enjoy the same things, they are upset because they think friends have to match each other perfectly.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2017
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Summary: Soon after her beloved grandmother's death, Trisha's family moves to a diverse California neighborhood where she meets Stewart and his grandmother, Miss Eula, who brings people together to help a grieving neighbor.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE POLOlsen, Elizabeth
Summary: "Meet Hattie Harmony, Worry Detective. She's always there to help her friends when they need her. And the first day of school can cause a lot of jitters--from speaking in front of the class to taking the bus. Hattie always finds the perfect tools to calm her friends' bodies and minds. But when her own fears start to bubble up, can Hattie learn to overcome them herself?"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE OLSDaywalt, Drew
Summary: Monkey has a big box, which he tells Cake has a cat inside, but only when the box is closed; Cake suggest that maybe it is a dinosaur instead, and the two friends puzzle over how they can solve the problem of finding out what is in the box, if it is always empty when opened.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2019
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE DAYTodd, Brandon
Summary: "Meet Clarke and Miguel! They are new friends. They love going on adventures! Together, they make a map of their town. And they find a sweet treasure!"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Acorn/Scholastic Inc. 2023
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Summary: Just before Chinese New Year, Dandan discovers that her family is moving to America, far away from her best friend Yueyue; before they leave Yueyue gives her a stack of red paper and a spool of string so she can share the art of paper cutting with Americans--and when Chinese New Year comes around again Dandan remembers Yueyue's gift and introduces her new friend Christina to this ancient art.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE LIUBetancourt-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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BETWillems, Mo
Summary: Piggie ruins a perfectly good day by telling Gerald the elephant that she is going, sending him into a panic.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion Books for Children 2010
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1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN WILDe Regil, Tania
Summary: At Grandma's house, where Julia is staying without her parents for the first time, the breeze is sweet like jasmine. Mornings begin with sugared bread, and the most magnificent hot chocolate cures all homesickness. There's something about this place and about Grandma. Like how she can tell when Julia has been quietly picking limes from the garden. Or that she can see the future--and knows when...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2022
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Summary: With all the endless, creative fun a child can have with a rock, the best thing one can do with one is to share it with a friend. Includes facts about rocks and rock collecting.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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Summary: Told in rhyme, Thelma the pony wants to be a unicorn--but when her wish comes true she discovers that there is a downside to fame, and realizes that she was happier at home with her friend.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction Blabey 2017Kuefler, Joseph
Summary: When a lost duckling waddles onto their jobsite, Digger and his friends learn how to do more than just scoop, hoist, and push.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: [Library Ideas, LLC] 2022
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Summary: "Ty turns an ordinary day in the sandbox into a fun beach day. He wiggles his toes in the sand, finds seashells, builds a castle, and splashes in the ocean. When his neighbor's beach ball flies into his backyard, Ty learns that a beach day is even better with a friend"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021