Julie Morstad
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Show me a sign volume 1
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It is 1805 and Mary Lambert has always felt safe among the deaf community of Chilmark on Martha's Vineyard where practically everyone communicates in a shared sign language, but recent events have shattered her life; her brother George has died, land disputes between English settlers and the Wampanoag people are becoming increasingly bitter, and a "scientist" determined to discover the origins of the islands' widespread deafness has decided she makes...
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The world is big. Anna is small. The snow is everywhere and all around. But one night ...one night, her mother takes her to the ballet, and everything is changed. Anna finds a beauty inside herself that she cannot contain. So begins the journey of a girl who will one day grow up to be the most famous prima ballerina of all time, inspiring legions of dancers after her: the brave, the generous, the transcendently gifted Anna Pavlova. Beautiful, inspirational,...
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Tundra Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
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32 unnumbered pages : colour illustrations ; 27 cm
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"Sadie is a small girl with a big imagination. She likes to make and do and be lots of different things. Maybe you're a bit like her?"--Jacket.
"Sadie is a little girl with a big imagination. She has been a girl who lived under the sea and a boy raised by wolves. She has had adventures in wonderland and visited the world of fairytales. She whispers to the dresses in her closet and talks to birds in the treetops. She has wings that take her anywhere...
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Norendy tales volume 1
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Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2023.
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160 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
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Shut up in a trunk by a taciturn old sea captain with a secret, five friends--a king, a wolf, a girl, a boy, and an owl--bicker, boast, and comfort one another in the dark. Individually, they dream of song and light, freedom and flight, purpose and glory, but they all agree they are part of a larger story, bound each to each by chance, bonded by the heart's mysteries. When at last their shared fate arrives, landing them on a mantel in a blue room...
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Dial Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC
Pub. Date
[2014]
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143 pages ; 22 cm
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Hatched from an egg and raised by a loving family, ten-year-old Nashville is more bird than human except for his lack of wings, but he and his classmates learn that differences need not keep them apart.
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HarperCollins Children's Books
Pub. Date
2019.
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1 volume (unnumbered pages) : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm
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"Growing up in California, Gyo Fujikawa always knew that she wanted to be an artist. She was raised among strong women, including her mother and teachers, who encouraged her to fight for what she believed in. During World War II, Gyo's family was forced to abandon everything and was taken to an internment camp in Arkansas. Far away from home, Gyo worked as an illustrator in New York while her innocent family was imprisoned. Seeing the diversity around...
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Viking
Pub. Date
2020.
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1 volume (unpaginated) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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One day, a girl gets on her motorcycle and rides away. She wants to wander the world. To go...Elsewhere. This is the true story of the first woman to ride a motorcycle around the world alone. Each place has something to teach her. Each place is beautiful. And despite many flat tires and falls, she learns to always get back up and keep riding.
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Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2018.
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1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 30 cm
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Whimsical illustrations reveal the story of fashion designer Elsa Schiaparelli, who became known for her unique designs and collaborations with members of the surrealist movement.
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Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2018.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
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A little girl and her favorite dress have extraordinary adventures together, but when the girl emigrates from Greece to the United States they are separated, and the dress travels the world searching for her.
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A reimagined edition of A Rose, a Bridge, and a Wild Black Horse-the classic picture book by a legendary author and a beloved illustrator, about a girl and her mother, with themes of growing up, dreams, and letting go.
A girl declares all the things she'll do for her mother when she is all grown up-from climbing mountains and swimming across oceans, to picking the pinkest rose, to building the biggest bridge and a castle for her mother to live...