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Thomson, Bill

Summary: In this picture book with few words, three children find a typewriter on a carousel, and begin an adventure that helps them discover the wonder of words.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE THO

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE THO

Cook, Julia

Summary: When a classmate wins a contest, Brad brags about how he won an even bigger contest. When another student breaks his arm, Brad blabs about how he broke BOTH his arms AND his legs. Children and adults will get a real kick out of Brad's tall tales as he learns the difference between being a "pull-upper" and a "one-upper!"--Publisher.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Boys Town Press 2014

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Juvenile Paperback, Call number: JE FIC COO

Cook, Julia

Summary: Isabella enjoys shouting out her thoughts, ideas and feelings so much, it's earned her the nickname "Decibella!". Young readers will be entertained as she learns the "five volumes" of voice-- whisper, 6-inch, table-talk, strong speaker, and outside-- and that different situations require a different tone.--Publisher.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Boys Town Press 2014

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC COO

Reid, C. L.

Summary: Emma and her grandmother bake a special birthday meal for Emma's father.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint 2024

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE REI

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JBR PURPLE REI

Summary: Peppa attends her first sleepover with all of her friends at Zoe's house and has a wonderful time.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2016

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile World Languages, Call number: JE SPANISH PEP

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"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2021

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE ALE

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ALE

Betancourt-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.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge 2021

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Dominguez, Angela N.

Summary: "The story of two giraffes - one English-speaking and one Spanish-speaking - that overcome the language barrier to forge a friendship"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2016

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Avant-garde, Zaila

Summary: "Scripps National Spelling Bee champion Zaila Avant-garde teaches young readers about the joy of learning new words in this Step 1 leveled reader"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Children's Books 2024

Copies Available at Woodmere

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

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JBR GREEN AVA

Mora, Pat

Summary: "An inspiring collection of the author's own glorious poems celebrating a love of words and all the ways we use and interact with them: reading, speaking, writing, singing, and storytelling. Includes a glossary of Spanish words used in the poems"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Lee & Low Books 2018

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 811 MOR

Martinez-Neal, Juana

Summary: "Explora las maravillas de la Amazonía con Zonia, una niña asháninka, cuyas alegres aventuras en la selva se interrumpen un día por un misterioso y desconcertante descubrimiento." --contraportada.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2021

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J468 MAR SPANISH

Willems, Mo

Summary: Piggie is upset because a whale took the ball she found, but Gerald finds a solution that pleases all of them.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion Books for Children, an imprint of Disney Book Group 2015

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile World Languages, Call number: JBR GREEN SPANISH WIL

Willems, Mo

Summary: Geraldo está cansado y gruñón. ¿Soñará con Cerdita? ¿O ella no lo dejará soñar?

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion Books for Children 2021

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Winston, Sam

Summary: Fine artist Sam Winston, cocreator of the New York Times best-selling A Child of Books, celebrates the power of stories and written languages--and the imperative to preserve them. Once there were many stories in the world. There were stories with sunsets and wonderful tales filled with fairies and dinosaurs. But one day, a story decided that it was the best, the most important story ever. It...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Studio, an imprint of Candlewick Press 2022

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE WIN

Mills, Claudia

Summary: "Sixth grader Betsy is the one who informs her best friend, Lizard, that thousands of the world's languages are currently threatened by extinction; Betsy's mother is a linguistics professor working frantically to study dying languages before they are lost forever. But it is Lizard who, gripped by the magnitude of this loss, challenges Betsy, "What if, instead of WRITING about dying languages,...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2021

Copies Available at Woodmere

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

Davies, Jacqueline

Summary: Evan and his younger sister, Jessie, react very differently to the news that they will be in the same class for fourth grade and as the end of summer approaches, they battle it out through lemonade stands, each trying to be the first to earn one hundred dollars.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2014

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J468 CAM SPANISH

McDonald, Kirsten

Summary: Carmen mantiene al hada de los dientes ocupada. Ha perdido sus dos dientes delanteros, y ahora uno de sus dientes inferiores se mueve por todos lados. Pero Carlos no puede conseguir que se mueva ni un solo diente, ni siquiera un poquito. No ha recibido ni una sola visita del hada de los dientes. Descubra cómo Carlos y Carmen solucionan los problemas de diente de Carlos.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Calico Kid, an imprint of Magic Wagon 2020

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile World Languages, Call number: JBR PURPLE SPANISH MCD

Martinez-Neal, Juana

Summary: "Alma es conocida por sus icónicas rayas, ¡pero hay más que le gustaría mostrarte! Tiene brazos, manos y dedos para acariciar a un pájaro como mascota, además de piernas, pies, dedos de los pies y un adorable vientre. debajo de su corazón siempre presente" --

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2023

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: BOARD MAR

Rose, Susan

Summary: José is confused when his newly adopted dog does not understand his Spanish commands.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop 2023

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE ROS

Summary: From calypso, soca, and soukous to New Orleans brass, country, and Latin rhythms, embark on a musical celebration with this lively collection of Spanish-learning children's songs.

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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Gibson, Ginger Foglesong

Summary: In this bilingual story that introduces descriptive adjectives, words for the weather, months, and a child's seasonal wardrobe, children enjoy what makes each season special.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: [Library Ideas, LLC] 2020

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J READ-ALONG GIB

Raúl 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...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Versify, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2023

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE RAU

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE RAU

Kann, Victoria.

Summary: A little girl who is obsessed with the color pink eats so many pink cupcakes that she herself turns pink.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Rayo 2011

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile World Languages, Call number: JE SPANISH KAN

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: SPANISH 468 KAN

Florence, Melanie

Summary: "This picture book explores the intergenerational impact of Canada's residential school system that separated Indigenous children from their families. The story recognizes the pain of those whose culture and language were taken from them, how that pain is passed down and shared through generations, and how healing can also be shared. Stolen Words captures the beautiful, healing relationship...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Second Story Press 2017

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FLO

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