Theule, Larissa
Summary: "From a lowly mixture of stone, sand, water, and cement have sprung sidewalks, streets, and skyscrapers, . . . lighthouses and . . . palaces, long bridges and massive dams. In ancient building practices, in modern engineering, and in the architecture of the future, humble concrete plays a mighty role in the creation of the human-made world. With facts and . . . running narrative in the form of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2022
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Summary: For Hương, life in Saigon, Vietnam is mostly normal--at least, as normal as it can be while a war is going on. But when her family decides to take the last flight out of the country to build a new life in America, Hương worries about missing her home. Through new friends and old traditions, Hương learns that no matter where we go, the smell of home and the taste of love can be found anywhere,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Feiwel and Friends 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE GRETheule, Larissa
Summary: A young girl feels lost after the death of her mother, but when she and her father visit their lake house, she takes out the small boat she and her mom built together and somehow, in the wind and rain, reconnects with her mother's love.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2023
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Summary: "Wearing their hard hats, safety goggles, and work boots, a team of toddlers are busy building away. Using excavators, shovels, and bulldozers, they are hard at work making their perfect playhouse blueprint come to life. Jaunty rhyme perfectly complements the playful and bouncing illustrations in this kid pleaser." -- Amazon.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE GUEWeissman, Elissa Brent
Summary: From their homes in New York and New Zealand, cousins Noah and Nora have a competition to decide who can have the world's best Hanukkah, winter or summer, but as the eight nights of Hanukkah go on, they realize they have more in common than they thought.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books for Young Readers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE WEIField, Jim
Summary: "Monsieur Roscoe is going on vacation. Join him and his goldfish, Fry, as they camp, ski and sail their way through the trip of a lifetime, learning lots of new French words along the way."--Back cover.
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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 FRENCH FIEField, Jim
Summary: "Sen̋or Roscoe is going on vacation! Join him and his goldfish, Fry, as they camp, ski and sail their way through the trip of a lifetime, learning lots of new Spanish words along the way." -- Page 4 of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kane Miller, a division of EDC Publishing 2020
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Summary: "In Manau National Park in Peru, an amazing fourteen different species of monkeys live together. That's more than in any other rainforest in the world! How can they coexist so well? Find out in this lyrical, rhyming picture book that explores each monkey's habits, diet, and home, illustrating how this delicate ecosystem and its creatures live together in harmony"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beach Lane Books 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 599.8 STEStiveson, Melissa
Summary: Illuminates all the hopeful ways children around the world make wishes. Includes backmatter on the traditions of wish-making.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE Wld Cult StivesonMarr, Melissa
Summary: "In beautiful poetry and vivid photographs, Melissa Marr shares her feelings of awe while watching a real-life herd of majestic wild horses in Arizona. When they appear, the wind itself seems to stand still. They are grand in their movements as they do all the things horses do--splash through rivers, care for young, stomp and whinny. It is clear they are not tame, and this is part of their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nancy Paulsen Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 599.665 MARStewart, Melissa
Summary: "When a whale passes away, its body sinks to the ocean floor and becomes an energy-rich food source for organisms living in the deep sea"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Studio, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 577.7 STEIwai, Melissa
Summary: Gigi loves the Japan Day Festival! When Ojiji volunteers at the origami booth, Gigi can't wait to make a paper crane like Ojiji's. But folding paper is harder than it looks, and Gigi is disheartened when she sees her paper crane next to Ojiji's. Will Gigi give up or will she try her best?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2024
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Summary: Bear Cub spies a pair of underpants hanging from a tree branch and sets out to find their owner, but they belong to none of his forest friends.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Children's Books 2021
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Summary: Daddy Plays Disc Golf is a rhyming story about playing disc golf that both tells a story about a father and his daughter while teaching children how to play the game. Clever, joyful, and beautifully illustrated this story will bring the game to life and will be a pleasure to read!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rusty Patch Publishing, LLC 0000
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE DAV (BASKET)Rodrigues, André
Summary: "Unhappy with Lion, the king of the jungle, the animals hold an election to choose a new leader"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nancy Paulsen Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House, LLC 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE RODCole, Johnnetta B.
Summary: "It has been said that a proverb is a short sentence based on long experience. African Proverbs is An Oprah Book about the power of proverbs, how they evolve over time, and the wisdom of various cultures in Africa. Whether you're young or old, proverbs can open your mind to new ways of seeing the world. We underestimate children, assuming they are incapable of understanding metaphor and deeper...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.9096 COLArmstrong, Mia
Summary: Mia offers a glimpse into the life of a child with Down syndrome.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ARMMetz, Chrissy
Summary: In simple, rhyming text, animals describe the many things they pray to God for, as their little ones grow right before their eyes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flamingo Books 2023
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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 OLSMárquez, Melissa Cristina
Summary: "Maren the whale shark loves her life as the biggest, brightest fish in the sea. She spends her days exploring the water around her and finding fresh new snacks as she travels. But one day, the ocean goes dark and Maren's adventures come to a halt. With only the glow from the scales on her back and her best friend, Remy the remora, by her side, Maren sets out on her greatest quest yet--to cross...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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Summary: Once upon a time, in the middle of a group of seven thousand happy islands named after King Philip of Spain, there lived a lady named Doña Esmeralda. She had a big bouffant hairdo and was much smaller than you. And she was always hungry... And so begins the wickedly hilarious tale of one very old, but very stylish little lady who loves to eat, but can only find the ooey, gooey, mushy, smelly...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2022
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Summary: Mia has a homework assignment to think of five words that apply to herself--but when other kids laugh at her she is beset by negative words that buzz about in her brain.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Jabberwocky, an imprint of Sourcebooks Kids 2024
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Summary: Illustrations and text follow a girl's journey to overcome her fear of the special dessert she loves so much: La Rosca de Reyes, a sweet bread with a baby Jesus figurine baked into it and eaten on Three Kings' Day.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE RICMárquez, Melissa Cristina
Summary: At la Playita del Condado in Puerto Rico, Meli meets a crab, Jaiba, who takes her on a dreamlike underwater adventure, teaches her about the importance of shark conservation, and reveals Meli's ultimate destiny--to become the Mother of Sharks.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop 2023