Redd, Nancy Amanda
Summary: In this celebration of identity, family, and holiday cheer, one Black family embarks on a journey to discover what the real Santa looks like.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Holidays, Call number: JE REDArnold, Tedd
Summary: Fly Guy misses his family, so Buzz invites them to a surprise party and his mother, father, and thousands of brothers and cousins show up--Fly Guy is delighted but Buzz's parents are not pleased.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Cartwheel Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2017
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2 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE ARNCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE ARNCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE ARNRudd, Maggie
Summary: Happy birthday, America! This picture book celebrates patriotism, community, and summertime.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus & Giroux 2023
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE RUDLewers, Nedda
Summary: Twelve-year-old Sahara prefers logic and science over magic, but when she travels to Cairo for a family wedding, her resistance to magic fades when she discovers that she is next in a line of women tasked with guarding Ali Baba's treasure.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC LEWCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in New Youth Materials, Call number: J FIC LEWDodd, Emma
Summary: Christmas is joy that's overflowing. It's sparkling eyes and faces glowing. One little reindeer calf discovers the true meaning of Christmas.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Templar Books, an imprint of Candlewick Press 2020
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1 available in KBL Holiday Storage, Call number: JE DODReid, Aimee
Summary: Illustrations and simple, rhyming text reveal how a newborn baby is welcomed to the world by parents, siblings, grandparents, other relatives, and neighbors.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Beach Lane Books 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE REIKemp, Laekan Zea
Summary: Omega Morales's family has been practicing magic for centuries in Noche Buena. But over the years, the town's reputation for the supernatural is no longer one the people carry with pride. So Omega's family keeps to themselves, and in private, they're Empaths--diviners who can read and manipulate the emotions of people and objects around them. But Omega's powers don't quite work, and it leaves...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC KEMKemp, Laekan Zea
Summary: Told in two voices, Pen, whose dream of taking over her family's restaurant has been destroyed, and Xander, a new, undocumented, employee seeking his father, form a bond.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC KEMCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC KEMMauleón, Daniel
Summary: Determined to be a great baseball player like others in his family, Fernando needs their help to regain his confidence after his coach tells him to steal a base and he fails. Includes discussion questions, information about baseball, and glossary.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books 2021