Alabed, 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 ALAChouhan, Anu
Summary: Meenu discovers the magic in her culture's tradition of hair oiling, and the bond she shares with her mother and grandmother. Includes Meenu's magic hair day tips.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE CHOCybela, Ana
Summary: Piper's family is always busy. Her mom and big sister, Susie, never have time to play with her. When Piper stumbles upon a group of friendly squirrels in her attic, she finally feels like she has found someone to play with. Soon though, mom finds out about Piper's squirrel friends and learns an important lesson ... she must remember to slow down and be present with each of her children.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kinetic Dandelions 2021
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE CYB (BASKET)Acabado, Hana
Summary: A young boy admires his mother's body art and each part of her life her tattoos show.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Running Press Kids 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ACACopies Available at East Bay
1 available in New Youth Materials, Call number: JE ACAButton, Lana
Summary: "Young Leah waxes dramatic when several classmates reject her invitation to play fairies with her. "Lonely Leah" is so busy declaiming her sorrows that she almost misses the quiet overtures of friendship being made by Lunda. The two finally connect and a joyful fairy frolic begins--but they are not too caught up in each other to notice a third lonely classmate, whom they welcome right in."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pajama Press 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BUTKhalil, Aya
Summary: The beautiful story of diversity follows a young girl named Kanzi whose most treasured reminder of her old home provides a pathway for acceptance in her new one.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tilbury House Publishers 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE KHAMorton, Aya
Summary: "A family celebrates both the chaotic moments of daily life and the way the years seem to pass by too quickly"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MORBrew-Hammond, Nana Ekua
Summary: "For centuries, blue powders and dyes were some of the most sought-after materials in the world. Ancient Afghan painters ground mass quantities of sapphire rocks to use for their paints, while snails were harvested in Eurasia for the tiny amounts of blue that their bodies would release. And then there was indigo, which was so valuable that American plantations grew it as a cash crop on the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 535.6 BRESehgal, Kabir
Summary: Bhangra Baby learns to step, hop, twist, and jump as he moves to the rhythm of the dhol.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beach Lane Books 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SEHReynoso, Naibe
Summary: A bilingual children's book that uses fantastical elements such as wrestlers, dragons, magicians, and dinosaurs to explore creative ways to fold the popular Mexican dish.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Con Todo Press 2020
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1 available in Juvenile World Languages, Call number: JE SPANISH REYSánchez Vegara, Ma Isabel (María Isabel)
Summary: Large colorful illustrations accent this brief biography of the famous French fashion designer Gabrielle Chanel, known as Coco Chanel.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Frances Lincoln Children's Books 2016
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Summary: Watch as astronauts blast off into space with this beautifully illustrated book. By simply holding the book up to the light, or shining a torch behind each page, young readers will be able to discover how astronauts work, eat and exercise on a space station, and will delight in following a crew from lift-off to touch-down. The innovative see-through feature fulfills a similar function to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kane Miller, a division of EDC Publishing 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SPANISH BROSmith, Danna
Summary: "When a box of cell phones is accidentally delivered to the zoo, one blue gnu quickly calls two white sheep, who plan a party - beep beep beep! Call by call, the party spreads around the zoo, but oh no! Who invited tiger, and who will he call on his new phone? A fun and colorful picture book romp, where we count from one to ten and down again in one huge party!"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amicus Ink 2022
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1 available in JE Concept Crates, Call number: JE SMIDewdney, Anna
Summary: "Join Llama Llama as he makes his way from A to Z in this colorful ABC board book illustrated in the classic Anna Dewdney style. From crayons to ice cream to kisses, Llama Llama introduces you to all of his favorite things"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BOARD DEWLazowski, Anna
Summary: "Abigail has a dark cloud. One day it appears and then it's always with her, taking different shapes. At school, it's a ball of worries following behind her. At ballet class, it's a fog that gets in the way of her grand jetés. At a birthday party, it's a shadow that takes away her appetite. How can Abigail find a way to step outside her dark cloud when it's always there? And then one day, she...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kids Can Press 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE LAZMcQuinn, Anna
Summary: Lola plants a flower garden with her parent's help, and watches it grow.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MCQMilbourne, Anna
Summary: This little girl follows her daddy everywhere - upstairs, downstairs, and even to the bathroom! She doesn't like being left alone - the world is so big and she's so small! Can she and her daddy find a solution?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Usborne Publishing 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Social Emo Milbourne 2021Welsh, Clare Helen
Summary: "A story about sisters. A story about love. A story about how it feels when someone close to you is diagnosed with a serious illness. A book to help name and explore the complicated feelings borne of heartbreaking situations."--Amazon.com
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kane Miller, a division of EDC Publishing 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE WELDewdney, Anna
Summary: In this engaging concept board book, Llama Llama learns about such opposites as big and small, awake and asleep, open and closed, and helps little ones learn them, too!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2023
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Summary: In mirroring stories set in Russia and Chile, Vera and Lucas long for a friend to share their separate, but surprisingly similar, adventures.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers 2023
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE DESMcQuinn, Anna
Summary: Lola learns all about bees when she visits her mother's friend, Zora, who is a beekeeper.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MCQMilbourne, Anna
Summary: A million is a very big number. But exactly how big? Piquito the penguin wants to know just that. Come with him on a journey of discovery and you can see for yourself.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc., by arrangement with UsbornePublishing Ltd. 2008
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1 available in Foreign Language, Call number: J468 SPANISH MILCushman, Abi
Summary: "Wombats are elusive, burrowing marsupials. Their teeth never stop growing, they have backwards pouches, and they're the only known animal to have cube-shaped poop. And if you ask their friend Snake, those aren't the only things that are weird about wombats!"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Greenwillow Books, an Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 599.2 CUSCompestine, Ying Chang
Summary: A retelling of the classic story, Little Red lives in a village near the Great Wall, trains in kung fu, and must save her grandmother and village from a mighty dragon. Inclues an author's note discusses how this reimagining is influenced by Chinese mythology, symbolism, traditional medicine, and other elements of Compestine's heritage.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books for Young Readers 2022