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1) Giant Island
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"In this wondrous book by award-winning fantasy author Jane Yolen and award-winning fantasy illustrator Doug Keith, two children and a dog explore the coves and caves of a tiny island. Under the watchful eye of Grandpa, the kids are thrilled to discover ahuge surprise: the craggy rocks, tufted grass, and wind-swept trees on Giant Island are much more than they seem"--
2) Being Frank
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Frank struggles to learn the art of being tactful when he observes that his friend has freckles resembling the Big Dipper, his teacher has breath that smells like onions, and his principal's toupee looks like a weasel.
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Philomel
Pub. Date
2021.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
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"As nighttime falls over the city, two children visiting their grandparents in India find there's so much fun to be had! Whether it's listening to epic stories or observing rituals in the puja room, there are many moments that make this time together special. In this beautiful, rhyming ode to bedtime, the only thing more universal than getting ready for bed and saying goodnight is the love between children and their grandparents"--
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Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 27 cm
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When other children and their parents keep asking a young girl where she is from, she puts the same question to her grandfather who describes the land and people from which her family originated.
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Sunny side up volume 1
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Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
2015
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volumes : illustrations ; 21 cm
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Sunny Lewin has been packed off to Florida to live with her grandfather for the summer. At first she thought Florida might be fun -- it is the home of Disney World, after all. But the place where Gramps lives is no amusement park. It's full of . . . old people. Really old people.Luckily, Sunny isn't the only kid around. She meets Buzz, a boy who is completely obsessed with comic books, and soon they're having adventures of their own: facing off against...
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Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
2019
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volumes : illustrations ; 21 cm
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Too cool for school . . . or the least groovy girl in the grade?Sunny's just made it to middle school . . . and it's making her life very confusing. All her best friend Deb wants to talk about is fashion, boys, makeup, boys, and being cool. Sunny's not against any of these things, but she also doesn't understand why suddenly everything revolves around them. She's much more comfortable when she's in her basement, playing Dungeons & Dragons with a bunch...
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Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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Corina's Abuela helps her select flowers that mean something to Corina from the garden for her Mexican flower crown that she will wear on her birthday, and explains the symbolic meaning of a birthday crown.
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Cuento de Luz
Pub. Date
c2012
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1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 23 x 27 cm.
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"Mi abuelo Pedro está un poco despistado: mete el pollo en la lavadora, confunde toallas con servilletas, guantes con calcetines, ¡y hasta se olvida muchas veces de mi nombre! Para evitar que el mal vaya a mayores ha venido a vivir a nuestra casa. Me alegra que esté con nosotros, aunque ya me he metido en más de un lío por intentar ayudarle. Pero haría lo que fuera para que mi abuelo no olvidase las cosas. Lo que fuera. Y vosotros, ¿qué haríais...
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Three rancheros volume 2
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"When Louisiana Elefante's granny wakes her up in the middle of the night to tell her that the day of reckoning has arrived and they have to leave home immediately, Louisiana isn't overly worried. After all, Granny has many middle-of-the-night ideas. But this time, things are different. This time, Granny intends for them never to return. Separated from her best friends, Raymie and Beverly, Louisiana struggles to oppose the winds of fate (and Granny)...
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Pub. Date
2021.
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A young Asian girl notices that her eyes look different from her peers'. They have big, round eyes and long lashes. She realizes that her eyes are like her mother's, her grandmother's, and her little sister's. They have eyes that kiss in the corners and glow like warm tea, crinkle into crescent moons, and are filled with stories of the past and hope for the future. Drawing from the strength of these powerful women in her life, she recognizes her own...
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2023.
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"Lily Rosewood has lived with her grandmother since her dad's death a year ago. She and Gram have always been close--Gram's role as chair of their family's luxury coat business has inspired Lily's love of fashion, and Lily hopes to follow in Gram's footsteps one day. Then Gram dies suddenly, and Lily's world is upended. Gram's quarter of a billion dollar fortune is missing, and Lily has been banned from the manor she and Gram shared. But Gram has...
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