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14441) Desert girl, monsoon boy
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 28 cm
Language
English
Description
"Two families flee extreme weather in India and come together on a mountaintop"--
14442) No puedo dormir
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
Español
Description
Counting regular ovejas makes a little girl bored, not sleepy, so instead she counts mischievous sheep--but will that solve her problem?
Una ovejita, dos ovejitas, tres ... ¿Cuántas harán falta para que dejemos de contar?
14443) Yo manejo una niveladora
Author
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
24 pages : color illustrations ; 24 x 29 cm.
Language
Español
Description
"Describes and illustrates how a bulldozer is operated--in both English and Spanish"--Provided by publisher.
14444) How war changed Rondo
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
34 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm
Language
English
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Description
Danko, Zirka, and Fabian live peacefully in the small town of Rondo, a magical and joyful place where even the flowers sing! Everything is perfect... until the fateful day that War arrives. Having never experienced War, the inhabitants don't know what to do. They try to talk to it and fight it, but nothing seems to stop the spread of War's destruction and darkness. Harnessing the power of light, community, and song, Danko, Zirka, and Fabian, along...
14445) Tallulah the Tooth Fairy CEO
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Tallulah the Tooth Fairy, a black businesswoman who runs one of the most successful tooth collecting organizations in the world, finds herself unexpectedly stumped when six-year-old Ballard Burchell leaves a note instead of his tooth under his pillow.
14446) The tin soldier
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
48 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Tom is delighted when he receives a box of tin soldiers for his birthday. But he has no idea they come to life while he's asleep! It's not long before one little soldier lands in big trouble in this lively retelling of a classic tale by Hand Christian Andersen."--Back cover
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : colour illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
Español
Description
Una mágica historia de una niña de Guatemala a la que le encataba cocinar tortitas de maíz y contar estrellas cada noche.
A story of a Guatemalan girl named Juanita, who loved cooking maize tortillas and counting stars every night.
14448) The sun shines on the sea
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 18 x 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"The sun shines on the sea. Phytoplankton soak up the sun. Hungry krill feast on the plankton. Next, a shoal of fish swirl around the krill. Then along comes some squid. And on it goes, up the oceanic food chain, from squid to tuna to shark and, finally, to whale. But what is the whale hungry for? Little ones will delight in lifting the flaps to discover what's in each creature's belly-and will enjoy the unexpected twist of the largest animal feasting...
14449) Shirley Chisholm is a verb!
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"A picture book biography celebrating the life and contributions of Shirley Chisholm, the first Black woman in Congress, who sought the Democratic nomination to be the president of the United States"--
14450) Hello, door
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
Illustrations and simple, rhyming text follow a fox as he enters a home and walks through, greeting and taking various objects, until the owners return.
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 27 cm
Language
Español
Description
En una primera visita sin sus papás a la casa de su abuela en las afueras de la Ciudad de México, una niña descubre lo que hace que la abuela tan especial.
On a first solo visit to her grandmother's home outside Mexico City, a young girl discovers what makes Grandma so special.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 29 cm
Language
English
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Description
"The true story of John Meyers and Charles Bender, who in 1911 became the first two Native American pro baseball players to face off in a World Series, teaches important lessons about resilience, doing what you love in the face of injustice, and the fight for Native American representation in sports"--
14453) Hear my voice: the testimonies of children detained at the southern border of the United States
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 29 cm
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Este libro, una historia de niños contada por niños, no fue fácil de contar o escuchar. Pero no es solo una historia sobre la crueldad y la negligencia de los adultos, sino que a fin de cuentas, es también la historia de la fuerza, valentía y esperancza de los niños.
In Spanish and in English, a first-person account of children's experiences in detention at the southern U.S. border. Every day, children in migration are detained at the US-Mexico...
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"Dear Ruby, Hear Our Hearts is a compilation of letters from concerned young students about today's issues, including bullying, climate change, gun violence, and racism. Reading Ruby's intuitive and inspirational responses, young readers will embrace the courage to be brave, bold, and confident"--
"National civil rights activist and icon Ruby Bridges responds to letters from thoughtful and concerned young students from across America."I've heard...
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
41 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
A collection of 21 riotous tales and riddles about the Mullah Nasruddin. Why does Mulla Nasruddin spoon yoghurt into the river? What is the reason he rides his donkey backwards? Why does he paint a picture that is blank? And is he crazy to move into the house of the man who's just burgled him? Find out all about the amazing antics of Nasruddin in these twenty-one hilarious stories and riddles, famous throughout the Middle East for their jokes, riddles...
Author
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Rhythmic verse presents three sisters who moved from Puerto Rico to New York City as children and grew up to be pioneering activists in their Bronx community, focusing on schools, libraries, and the arts.
14458) Even robots can be thankful!
Author
Series
The Robots books volume 2
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
In three stories, Red Robot and Blue Robot learn that gratitude is not always easy, but best friends are something to be thankful for.
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations, color maps ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"There's more to a river than meets the eye. The story of the Elwha River in Washington state is one of both environmental harm and restoration involving advocacy, persistence, cooperation, and hope."--
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
48 unnumbered pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 24 x 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"Marie Tharp earned a graduate degree in geology in the 1940s, at a time when scientific careers were largely unavailable to women. Marie's vision and tenacity paved the way for her to become one of the greatest oceanographic cartographers of the 20th century. She was the first person to map the ocean floor and discover the 40,000 mile long Mid-Ocean Ridge and Rift Valley. Her astounding discovery supported the theory of continental drift, which led...
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