Kim, Jaime
Summary: An exuberant and relatable picture book about sibling rivalry, ballet, and finding your free-form self. Confidence goes a long way, and so does practice-but the support of a loving family and community matters even more in this winsome tale of dancing your way into your own unique talents. Tessie has taken ballet for a whole month and thinks she has it down. If it weren't for her big sister,...
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 KIMKim, Jaime
Summary: "Tessie has taken ballet for a whole month and thinks she has it down. If it weren't for her big sister, Maya, who seems to own the spotlight, Tessie would dazzle the whole class. But when Maya lands the lead--and the coveted princess crown--in the fall recital, not even freestyle dancing can fully rescue Tessie's spirits. But maybe they each have something to teach and the spotlight is big...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2021
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Summary: A young child uses mindfulness and an awareness of their five senses to stay grounded while experiencing difficult emotions and bad days.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE CONMéndez, Yamile Saied
Summary: When a young girl is asked where she's from--where she's really from--she's no longer as she was. She decides to turn to her dear abuelo for some help with this ever-persistent question. But he doesn't quite give her the answer she expects.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MENDiCamillo, Kate
Summary: Follows a singing girl's fruitless search for a friend in her world, until one night when her song is finally heard by someone who understands.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2017
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE DICCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE DICCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction DiCamillo 2017LaRochelle, David
Summary: Some days are harder to get through than others, but when you're sad, or lonely, or angry, it helps to remember these words: the Isle of You. Take a moment to shake off your worries, then set sail to a land where your dreams can come true. Soar on the back of an eagle, hunt for treasure, watch dancing polar bears on roller skates -- anything you can imagine is yours. Hopeful and dreamlike,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2018
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Summary: A celebration of the enduring power of love, told in lullaby form. The author shares her own hopes and dreams, and lets her child know that whatever challenges life brings, "Before you were born, Before you came to be, I dreamed a love song..." and "Take heart, my child, I will-- or, my love will-- always be there for you." It's a universal message, one that all readers will relate to. This...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE EARCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE EARLim, Hope
Summary: When a young boy and his mother travel to her childhood home in Korea, the town is not as he imagined until he visits the river where she used to play and sees that the spirit and happiness of those days remain.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2022
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Summary: "A lyrical and loving ode to Planet Earth and the ways in which its many features are interconnected--to each other and to us"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 2023
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Summary: From flip-flops and hide and seek to fireworks and ice-cream trucks, there is something for everyone in this bright and buoyant celebration of the summer season.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2017
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Summary: A family gathers with friends and neighbors to eat and celebrate around a table that the grandfather built.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2019