Krishnaswami, Uma
Summary: "Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary each tell their story, culminating in their thrilling ascent of Mount Everest. Tenzing Norgay grew up in Nepal, herding yaks in the shadow of Chomolungma, the mountain also known as Everest. He has always dreamed of climbing to the top. He becomes a guide, leading treks through the Himalayas, and finally attempts the highest mountain himself, but doesn't make...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Groundwood Books 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE KRIKrishnaswami, Uma
Summary: "A girl in India discovers an ancient step well in this companion book to the creators' much-loved Out of the Way! Out of the Way! When a girl discovers a slab of stone on a weedy patch of land, she calls to her friends, "Look! Look!" The children clear away the weeds and garbage and find more stones. They call their families to come and see and begin to dig around the stones. Word travels to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Groundwood Books 2024
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Summary: "Recounting her mother's migration from India and how she came to speak two languages--Malayalam and English--a young girl shows how the gift of multilingualism can transport people across borders and around the world"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2024
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Summary: "Discover namaste's many meanings in a simple, lyrical text, paired with a charmingly detailed visual narrative about a little girl's kindness. What is namaste? It's found in a smile, a friendship, a celebration. It exists in silence; it can be said when you're happy or when you're feeling low. For one small girl in a bustling city, namaste ("I bow to you") is all around her as she and her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2022
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Summary: "Photographs and simple text reveal the mischief that toy dinosaurs get into during school".
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: [Library Ideas, LLC] 2017
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Summary: Take a tour of America's great outdoors and discover the beauty and diversity of its most iconic and majestic national parks. Explore Florida's river-laced Everglades, travel down the white water rapids of the Grand Canyon, trek across the deserts of Death Valley and scale the soaring summits of the Rocky Mountains with this book that brings you up close to nature's greatest adventures. Packed...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wide Eyed Editions, an imprint of The Quarto Group 2018
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Summary: Photographs and simple text reveal the mischief toy dinosaurs get into all night long, from knocking over potted plants to painting on walls.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: [Library Ideas, LLC] 2017
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Summary: "We all want to bring more calm into our lives. We all want to feel more focused and positive. Mindfulness is the key to making it happen. Breathe like a bear guides us through fun exercises to help us relax and stretch our imaginations. Because just like we need to exercise our bodies, we need to flex our mindfulness muscles!"--Jacket.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rodale Kids 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 158.1 WILWilley, Kira
Summary: "Bear can't wait to go to her first day of school. But she and a few of her friends are also feeling a little anxious. Luckily, Owl has the perfect words for them all to say to calm the jitters and help them recognize the similarities we share under the trappings of our uniqueness. Introducing a mantra for first-day--and any-day--worries, Breathe Like a Bear: First-Day-of-School Worries uses an...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rodale Kids 2023
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Summary: Dump Truck Daisy and the rest of her construction crew build a secret midnight project. Includes facts about construction vehicles.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Barefoot Books 2018
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1 available in Multi-Media Kits, Call number: KIT J ORANGE DUMWiley, DeAnn
Summary: A young Black girl, with the help of her Mama and Granny, learns that home isn't just a place but rather a reflection of people who support and love one another.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2024
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Summary: "Develop healthy habits for growing bodies and minds with a fresh twist on a classic movement singalong. Follow a family through a day from home to school in their diverse community as they engage in healthy habits from good hygiene to reading. Includes educational endnotes about each health topic as well as audio and animation"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Barefoot Books 2020
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE SILSilver, Erin
Summary: "In this gorgeously illustrated, deeply moving picture book, a young girl learns about the practice of sitting shiva after her mother dies."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Orca Book Publishers 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SILPilkey, Dav
Summary: Whenever Dragon wakes up groggy, he always does everything wrong, like sweeping a hole in his dirt floor, or reading an egg and frying his newspaper.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Acorn/Scholastic Inc. 2020
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Summary: "Dragon has a merry time in the Christmas season, decorating a tree outdoors, making a chocolate candy wreath, and sharing his Christmas gifts with those in need"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2020
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1 available in Seasonal Juvenile Collection, Call number: JBR PURPLE PILMaret, Sherri
Summary: "In this reimagined version of The Twelve Days of Christmas, winter wildlife is observed as the snow comes. What animals do you think you might see? Do you think bears will be included? Why or why not? The only way to find out is to read or sing along as animals watch their world get blanketed by gentle layers of snow"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Muddy Boots 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MARAmal (Amal Karzai)
Summary: "When two ordinary objects land on a city sidewalk, a little girl's dull day becomes an odyssey of new places and unusual faces. Led far away on a dragon boat, she makes use of her found objects to get past the locked library doors, where erudite elephants open her eyes to the beauty of books and faraway lands. Faced with fantastic animals and discoveries, has she found the secret to make dull...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clavis Publishing Inc. 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE AMAPilkey, Dav
Summary: Big Dog and Little Dog eat and get sleepy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2021
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Summary: The Big Bang presents the mystery of how the universe began in a way we can all understand. Written by an astrophysicist, the pages describe what we know--and what we don't--in a compelling, accessible way.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Creston Books 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 523.18 STABirdsong, Bea
Summary: In this adorable celebration of kindness and friendship, a young girl declares on her first day of school that she will find a best friend and sets out to do so.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rodale Kids 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BIRPerl, Erica S.
Summary: While hosting a tea party for her inanimate rock friends, Whale meets Quail and Snail and invites them to join.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Spotlight 2021
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE PERHo, Joanna
Summary: ". . . tell[s] an inspiring story of Yo-Yo Ma, who challenges conventions, expectations, and beliefs in order to build bridges to unite communities, people, and cultures"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE HOBirdsong, Bea
Summary: There are so many snoots to boop! Snoots attached to big dogs and little dogs and dogs with beards and those without. Are you ready to boop ALL the snoots?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023
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Summary: Baby Sam is ready to say her first word, but the adults in her life keep missing her pronouncement.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2021