Mora, Oge
Summary: When the aroma of Omu's homemade stew fills the air, her neighbors arrive, one by one, for a taste until all is gone except for her generous spirit.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MORMora, Oge
Summary: ¡Todos en el vecindario sueñan con probar el delicioso guiso de Omu! Uno por uno, siguen sus narices hacia el delicioso aroma. Y uno por uno, Omu ofrece una porción de su comida. Pronto la olla está vacía. ¿Ha sido tan generosa que ya no le queda nada?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2020
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1 available in Juvenile World Languages, Call number: JE SPANISH MORHelgerson, Joseph
Summary: "When a furry, four-legged beast from the distant past appears in their park, the local animals are concerned about unwanted attention from humans. Gilly the Possum, assistant to raccoon Mayor Crawdaddy, is tasked with figuring out where the lost galumpus came from . . . and how to get him home again. While Gilly and the Mayor don't agree on much, they can agree on one thing: with a huge...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023
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2 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC HELTallandier, Muriel
Summary: When Susanne leaves her city home to visit her grandmother, she finds a very special tree of her own in the forest. Each time she returns to the tree, she observes something unique about it--from the sheltering protection of its branches to the scratchy surface of its bark.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Blue Dot Kids Press 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE TALPercival, Tom
Summary: Alfonzo the goat is very happy wearing his new coat to stroll through the forest, but as he helps a series of friends in need, his coat becomes increasingly shabby.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE PERMoahloli, Refiloe
Summary: A picture book exploring the idea of ubuntu--a concept of shared humanity, compassion, and oneness.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amazon Crossing Kids 2022
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Summary: When Madeline Finn attends the Blessing of the Animals with Bonnie and Star, she finds herself thinking about the gifts each of us have to offer, and looks for an opportunity to share hers with the animals at her local shelter.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Peachtree Publishing Company Inc. 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE PAPJaffari, Laleh
Summary: "When the rain comes the elephant likes to put up his umbrella and invite his friends underneath. One day the umbrella is swept away by the wind and meets the leopard and the bear, who have very different ideas about how to use the umbrella."--Back cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tiny Owl Publishing Ltd. 2019
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE JAFKim, Carol
Summary: Jina and her classmates are determined to collect the most food for the local food pantry so they can pick out books for the library--but when a classmate's home is damaged in a fire, the class votes to donate much of the food they collected to his family instead.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint 2024
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC KIMBiedrzycki, David
Summary: A boy and his pet dragon discover the meaning of the Christmas spirit.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC BIEHayes, Joe.
Summary: Sisters Rosa and Blanca are so kind, thoughtful, and generous--and such good gardeners--that their Mamá who lives between the two winds up with a great deal of corn, tomatoes, and red hot chiles.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cinco Puntos Press 2013
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J468 SPANISH VALPendergrass, Daphne
Summary: For Owlette, it is time to be a hero and learn an important lesson: it feels good to be a giving owl!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Spotlight 2017
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JBR GREEN PJMO'Neill, Diane
Summary: Molly and her mom do not always have enough food, so when they visit their local food pantry Molly she sees her classmate Caitlin who is embarrassed to be there, so Molly helps Caitlin realize everyone needs help sometimes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Albert Whitman & Company 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE O'NEBarnhill, Kelly Regan
Summary: When a child goes missing from the Orphan House in the town of Stone-in-the-Glen, the mayor suggests the kindly Ogress is responsible, but the orphans do not believe that and try to make their deluded neighbors see the real villain among them.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Algonquin Young Readers 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC BARCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC BARGreene, Stephanie
Summary: "Valentine's Day is coming! Posey is so excited about her special ballet recital and giving cards to everyone at school. Then she learns that one of her classmates doesn't have any valentines to give out. Can Princess Posey and her tutu find the perfect way to help?"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Puffin Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) 2014
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1 available in J Series, Call number: JBR BLUE GREAuyeung, Pearl
Summary: "Once upon a morning in Hong Kong, in the alley of Tai Yuen Street, a girl is promised a mooncake with a double-yolk center ... the special mooncake seems like the only excitement on an otherwise boring day in the market where nothing changes ... until an exhausted stranger falls to his knees right in the street! He ran through forests, swam through rivers, and even stowed away on a ship, all...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Page Street Kids 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE AUYMackall, Dandi Daley.
Summary: During the Great Depression, Jack helps his mother make cookies for the needy at their church, learns the story of how the first Christmas cookies were used to spread the gospel to people who could not read, then finds a way to bring that story to life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Zonderkidz 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC MacKann, Victoria
Summary: While attending a yard sale, Pinkalicious finds all kinds of great items, but the one she finally chooses is not for her.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE KANCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JE Fiction Kann 2014Silverstein, Shel.
Summary: A young boy grows to manhood and old age experiencing the love and generosity of a tree which gives to him without thought of return.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 1964
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction Silverstein 1992Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE SILTabor, Corey R.
Summary: One day, down by the pond, Simon meets another dog just like him. And that dog has a bone just like his, only better! How will Simon ever get him to trade, when the other pup knows all the same tricks? Using the same innovative format as his Caldecott Honor winner, Mel Fell, Corey R. Tabor reimagines Aesop's "The Dog and His Reflection" in a clever, charming tale of empathy and generosity.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE TABShulevitz, Uri
Summary: A retelling of the traditional English tale in which a poor man follows the advice of his dream and is eventually led to a treasure.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus, Giroux 1978
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2 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 SHUBoelts, Maribeth
Summary: Jeremy, who longs to have the black high tops that everyone at school seems to have but his grandmother cannot afford, is excited when he sees them for sale in a thrift shop and decides to buy them even though they are the wrong size.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2007
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BoeBoelts, Maribeth
Summary: Todo lo que Jeremy quiere es un par de esos zapatos, como los que llevan puestos los otros chicos de su escuela. Pero su abuela le explica que ellos no están para hablar de <<quiero>>, sino de <<necesito>>, y lo que Jeremy necesita son unas botas nuevas para el invierno.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2018
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1 available in Juvenile World Languages, Call number: JE SPANISH BOEPenfold, Alexandra
Summary: Illustrations and simple, rhyming text introduce kids work together to give back to their community.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023