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Compestine, Ying Chang

1 hold on 1 copy

Summary: "The memoir of Ying Chang Compestine's childhood growing up in China during the Cultural Revolution"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Rocky Pond Books 2024

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Takei, George

Summary: "Star Trek actor, activist, and author George Takei shares his empowering and moving story about growing up in Japanese American incarceration camps during WWII"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Books for Young Readers 2024

Copies Available at Woodmere

2 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 TAK

Trump, Donald

Summary: Composed entirely of quotations from President Donald Trump in the wake of Hurricane Florence. On September 19, 2018, Trump paid a visit to New Bern, North Carolina, one of the towns ravaged by Hurricane Florence. It was there he showed deep concern for a boat that washed ashore. "At least you got a nice boat out of the deal," said President Trump to hurricane victims. "Have a good time!" he...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2018

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 TRU

Kimura, Yukie

Summary: "When Yukie Kimura was eight years old, her family lived on a tiny island near the coast of northern Japan, where her father was a lighthouse keeper. Her days were filled with adventure and nature: collecting seagull eggs to bake cookies, finding fresh seafood on the shore, and digging for fossils in a cave. But it was also 1945, the final year of World War II. Then, during one sunny weekend,...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2023

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 KIM

Neri, Greg

Summary: Long before they became one of the most beloved and successful duos of all time, Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel were just two kids growing up in Queens, New York -- best friends who met in a sixth-grade production of Alice in Wonderland and bonded over girls, baseball, and rock'n'roll

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2018

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC NER

Flack, 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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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"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Studio 2021

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MOR

Curry, Parker

Summary: While playing dress-up, Parker and her siblings imagine endless possibilities for future careers.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Spotlight 2022

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Golabek, Mona

Summary: "In pre-World War II Vienna, Lisa Jura was a musical prodigy who dreamed of becoming a concert pianist. But when enemy forces threatened the city--particularly the Jewish people that lived there--Lisa's parents were forced to make a difficult decision. They chose to send Lisa to London for safety through the Kindertransport--a rescue effort that relocated Jewish children. As Lisa yearned to be...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2021

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 921 GOL

Curry, Parker

Summary: "Parker grows a backyard garden with her two grandmothers, Nana and Mom Mom"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Spotlight 2022

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN CUR

Curry, Parker

Summary: "Parker writes letters to her friend Gia while she travels across the U.S. and visits states such as Georgia and New Mexico"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Spotlight 2022

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN CUR

Abrams, Stacey

Summary: When she is chosen to compete in the local spelling bee, Stacey learns that, win or lose, her words are powerful, and sometimes perseverance is the most important word of all, in this debut picture book from the iconic voting rights advocate.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021

Copies Available at Woodmere

2 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ABR

Javaherbin, Mina

Summary: "While Mina is growing up in Iran, the center of her world is her grandmother. Whether visiting friends next door, going to the mosque for midnight prayers during Ramadan, or taking an imaginary trip around the planets, Mina and her grandma are never far apart. At once deeply personal and utterly universal, Mina Javaherbin's words make up a love letter of the rarest sort: the kind that shares a...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2019

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE JAV

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE JAV

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE JAV

Arnold, Caroline

Summary: Inspired by the logs and adventures of Juliet Fish Nichols, a female lightkeeper who kept the light shining through the fog following the 1906 San Francisco earthquake,

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Cameron Kids 2022

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ARN

Gladden, Yolanda

Summary: Most people think that the Brown vs. Board of Education decision of 1954 meant that schools were integrated with deliberate speed. But the children of Prince Edward County located in Farmville, Virginia, who were prohibited from attending formal schools for five years knew differently, including Yolanda. Told by Yolanda Gladden herself, cowritten by Dr. Tamara Pizzoli and with illustrations by...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2022

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 GLA

Summary: "In Tubing Rocks!, Molly and friends have their eye on a spectacular water tube for sale at the Trading Post, but they don't have enough money to buy it. They'll need a solution fast, because Auntie Midge has her eye on the tubular tube, too!"--Provided by publisher.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2020

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Flack, Roberta

Summary: "Legendary singer Roberta Flack reflects on her early childhood and her love of music"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Anne Schwartz Books 2023

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Waugh, Kathy

Summary: When Molly plans a birthday surprise, a moose gets in the way! Can Molly's quick thinking save the day?

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2019

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN WAU

Philip, Simon

Summary: "How on earth do you resist the most amazing cake? One little girl is about to find out just how hard it can be..." -- Dust jacket.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2020

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE PHI

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE PHI

Johnson, Princess Daazhraii

Summary: "When some scientist friends ask Molly to help track cranes, she can't wait to lend a hand."--Publisher's description.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, HarperCollins Publishers 2020

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Barretta, Gene

Summary: Before Steven Spielberg made films, he watched them. Naturally inventive with a vivid imagination, he was known for creating stories inspired by the world around him. Films and the magic they contained became an escape from the bullying and antisemitism he received, and from tension in his parents' marriage. Baretta captures the unique ways Spielberg's memories influenced his career and helped...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2022

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 SPI

Camper, Cathy

Summary: "Yallah! From January to December, join some busy kids as they partake in traditions old and new. There's so much to do, whether it's learning to write Arabic or looking at hijab fashion sites while planning costumes for a local comic convention. With details as vivid as the scent of jasmine and honeysuckle perfume (made to remind Mom of Morocco), children bond with friends, honor tradition,...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2022

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: J 390.0953 CAM
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 390.0953 CAM

Zaslove, Mark

Summary: When Anka, Tooey's new sled dog, goes missing, what can Molly and Tooey do to make sure the log dog finds her way home?

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HaperCollins Publishers 2019

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JBR GREEN ZAS

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN ZAS

Kim, Hyo-eun

Summary: "A cinematic journey through the Seoul subway that masterfully portrays the many unique lives we travel alongside whenever we take the train. A poetic translation of the bestselling Korean picture book."--Amazon.com.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Scribble 2021

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE KIM

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