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, Call number: JE ALEPolacco, Patricia
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 Fiction Polacco 2018Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE POLOtheguy, Emma
Summary: When Reina's cousin Andrés comes for a visit, it's not as much fun as she'd imagined it would be, but their friendship soon blossoms when Reina shares her city with Andrés.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2024
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE OTHSalazar, Alicia
Summary: Camila plans to create a computer video called "How to be a fashion star", but first she must design a new outfit (with sequins) with the help of her best friend, Bea.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint 2024
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE SALRaúl 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 RAUOtheguy, Emma
Summary: "Reina and her friend, Lila, practice gymnastics on Saturdays. It's Reina's favorite part of the week. But when Lila gets a puppy, Reina has to practice gymnastics by herself. Also, Lila's dog is HUGE and Reina is afraid to admit to her friend that she is scared. What can Reina do?"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2023
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE OTHDumond-Desir, Samanka
Summary: When she and her family find a cat and, after no luck finding its owner, decide to keep her, Haitian American kindergartener Liline must come up with the perfect name.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Paw Prints Publishing 2023
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1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN DUMPrice, Dorothy H.
Summary: J.C. is going to the Spring Flower Festival with his grandparents and little sister, and he is worried that he will not get home in time to join his best friends Amir and Vicky at the zoo.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, an imprint of Capstone 2023
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE PRIGreene, Kerisa
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 GREMillner, Denene
Summary: In this heartfelt story about self-discovery, Miles Morales, aka Spider-Man, explores what it means to be an artist, a superhero and himself as he befriends a fellow artist who helps him learn more about his Puerto Rican heritage and the importance of his neighborhood.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Marvel 2023
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Summary: It's the first day of school for Zoe, a young girl with hearing loss who dreams of playing on her school's soccer team. But, self-conscious of her hearing aids, Zoe is too nervous to try out. With the help of and perspectives from new friends, what begins as a bumpy, anxiety-filled start for Zoe, soon transitions into an eye-opening experience about what it means to be different--and what it...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop 2024
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Summary: "Archie's Poppy Uncle is marrying Emma's Aunt Julie, and Archie is asked to look after Emma, who has never been to an Indian wedding"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE RUTLyons, Kelly Starling
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
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JBR GREEN LYOCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE LYOBetancourt-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 BETLasky, Kathryn
Summary: "Yossel, along with his family, flees anti-Jewish Russian pogroms in the late nineteenth century and settles in the American Southwest where he forges a friendship with Thomas, a Native American Navajo boy"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge Publishing 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE LASBrown, Keah
Summary: Sam, who has cerebral palsy, goes back-to-school shopping with her best friends.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kokila, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2022
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Summary: "Parker writes letters to her friend Gia while she travels across the U.S. and visits states such as Georgia and New Mexico"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Spotlight 2022
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1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN CURFaruqi, Saadia
Summary: After carefully planning a visit with Aly and Emma, Yasmin is disappointed to see that they want to play on their own, but a creative compromise may make everyone happy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint 2020
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Summary: Amanda and Kara are cousins and best friends in an intertribal Native American family; but Kara's family leaves the city and moves back to the Rez, making both girls sad--but the summer reunion reminds them that they will always be cousins.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge 2022
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE GOOCopies Available at East Bay
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE GOOLiu, Dane
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