Medina, Juana
Summary: Bright and colorful, this picture book is filled with affirmations while building self-worth and improving communication skills for kids, and adults, of all ages.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Versify, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2021
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Summary: "This joyful picture-book homage to a day of community and inclusion--and to the joys of anticipation--is also a comprehensive history. With bright, buoyant illustrations and lyrical, age-appropriate rhyme modeled on "'Twas the Night Before Christmas," ittackles difficult content such as the Stonewall Riots and the AIDS marches. On the night before Pride, families everywhere are preparing to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2022
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Summary: Rhyming verse envisions the bedtime rituals of animals of all kinds, from whales to otters, squirrels to gorillas.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction Larsen 2017Larsen, Mylisa
Summary: Simple, rhyming text introduces readers to the names of babies across the animal kingdom.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beach Lane Books 2024
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Summary: Illustrations and rhyming text portray children experiencing a range of emotions, including frustration, shyness, jealousy, and pride.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Parenting Press 2000
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 152.4 CAICopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 152.4 CAIArnold, Elana K.
Summary: "Have you ever walked a chicken on a leash? Well, chicken expert Starla Jean will let you know first hand, it's not easy. But that doesn't stop Starla from taking her pet chicken, Opal Egg, and her baby sister, Willa, out on a stroll through the neighborhood. On their walk, they stumble upon a mysterious bead. And then another! Before they know it, there's a conundrum on their hands, and it's...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2023
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE ARNPhung, Nguyen Quang
Summary: "This is no ordinary first journey. The rainy season has come to the Mekong Delta, and An, a young Vietnamese boy, sets out alone in a wooden boat wearing a little backpack and armed only with a single oar. On the way, he is confronted by giant crested waves, heavy rainfall and eerie forests where fear takes hold of him. Although daunted by the dark unknown, An realizes that he is not alone and...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Make Me a World 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE PHUCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE WLD Culture Phung 2021McCarthy, Jenna
Summary: Lola, who knows a lot, worries when her big sister, Charlotte, tells her that everyone at school will know more than she does, but when their mother suggests she list all her areas of expertise, Lola realizes that one important thing she knows is that she is ready to learn more.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2016
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE FIC MCCArnaldo, Monica
Summary: When a kindergarten class arrives for the first day at school, they are greeted only by the words "Mr. S" on the chalkboard and a delicious-looking sandwich, resulting in merry mayhem as the kids wonder if the sandwich is their teacher.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ARNCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE ARNBrown, Monica
Summary: "The story of political powerhouse twins Juliaan and Joaquain Castro began in the small room that they shared with their grandmother Victoriana in San Antonio, Texas. Victoriana crossed the border from Mexico into Texas as a six-year-old orphan, marking the start of the family's American journey. Her daughter Rosie, Juliaan and Joaquain's mom, was an activist who helped the barrio through local...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 BROArnold, Elana K.
Summary: "When a family brings home two abandoned duck eggs and waits for them to hatch, they read, learn and laugh until one day Pip and Zip are born!"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ARNBrown-Wood, JaNay
Summary: A young girl named Amara asks readers to help her search for pumpkins on her farm in preparation for a potluck with her friends, in this joyful celebration of cool-weather fruits and vegetables.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Peachtree 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BROCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC BROArnaldo, Monica
Summary: "Grub is a lonely raccoon. Rumbling in the trash. Looking for food. Seed is, well, a seed! Patiently waiting in the trash. Hoping someone will plant it. When the two finally meet, they realize they might be able to help each other! Grub has just one big question first: What will Seed grow? Could Seed grow Grub's favorite food, mouthwatering cheeseburgers? Seed isn't sure what a cheeseburger is...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ARNMikai, Monica
Summary: A little girl visits a beautiful city garden, learning a world of wisdom from all the flowers.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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Summary: In this story based on the author's life, a young homeless girl finds a different kind of home in the library.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus Giroux 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SIGSobel, June
Summary: Joe and his trusty pup help out on a hot summer day in Motor City when the local car wash becomes overcrowded with customers.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2021
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Summary: A young Asian girl notices that her eyes look different from her peers but by drawing from the strength of the powerful women in her life, she recognizes her own beauty and discovers a path to self-love and empowerment.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE HOCopies Available at Kingsley
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE HOCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE HOHo, Joanna
Summary: A young Asian boy notices that his eyes look different from his peers' after seeing his friend's drawing of them. After talking to his father, the boy realizes that his eyes rise to the skies and speak to the stars, shine like sunlit rays, and glimpse trails of light from those who came before-in fact, his eyes are like his father's, his agong's, and his little brother's, and they are...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: [Library Ideas, LLC] 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J READ-ALONG HOHo, Joanna
Summary: A young Asian boy notices that his eyes look different from his peers' after seeing his friend's drawing of them. After talking to his father, the boy realizes that his eyes rise to the skies and speak to the stars, shine like sunlit rays, and glimpse trails of light from those who came before--in fact, his eyes are like his father's, his agong's, and his little brother's, and they are...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Collins Publishers 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE HOHo, Joanna
Summary: "Her son will be courageous and kind, powerful and curious, and blaze his own trail. He will know that it is okay to cry, or be scared, or uncertain. Above all, he will know that he is more than enough exactly as he is. An extraordinary gift for Mother's Day and loved ones everywhere" --
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE HOMurray, Diana
Summary: When Mama has to work late, Little Dozer does not think he will be able to fall asleep but Papa knows his bedtime routine, right down to Mama's special song.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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Summary: "Someday, Maybe is an inventive and inspiring picture book that imagines the exciting jobs, discoveries, and innovations that children dream of for their futures"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2023
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Summary: Five baby chickens want to have some fun and visit with the other farm animals before bedtime.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Imprint 2020
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Summary: No one likes "Josh the Tattler" because he tattles way too much. But one night, Josh wakes up to find that his tongue is very long, yellow, and covered in bright purple spots, and itchy. Will a bad case of tattle tongue teach him a lesson?
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: National Center for Youth Issues 2006