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Planting Stories: The Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura Belpré
Anika Aldamuy Denise · HarperCollins Pages: 40 Format: Hardcover
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An inspiring picture book biography of storyteller, puppeteer, and New York City's first Puerto Rican librarian, who championed bilingual literature.When she came to America in 1921, Pura Belpré carried the cuentos folklóricos of her Puerto Rican homeland. Finding a new home at the New York... |
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The Birdman: A Journey with the Underground Railroad's Most Daring Abolitionist
Troon Harrison · Red Deer Press Format: Book
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Alexander Ross was a Canadian ornithologist, medical doctor and naturalist...and so much more. As a young man in Belleville, in the years before the American Civil War, Alexander was introduced in his parents’ home to slaves who had made their way to freedom through the underground... |
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Junior Ninja Champion: The Fastest Finish
Catherine Hapka · HMH Books for Young Readers Pages: 176 Format: Hardcover
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The second book in this action-packed adventure series follows a team of young ninjas to the final round of the first-ever Junior Ninja competition - perfect for young ninjas and ninja fans everywhere!? When tweens Izzy, Ty, Kevin, JJ, and Mackenzie heard there was going to be a kids'... |
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Dragon Pearl
Yoon Ha Lee · Rick Riordan Presents Pages: 320 Format: Hardcover
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Rick Riordan Presents Yoon Ha Lee's space opera about thirteen-year-old Min, who comes from a long line of fox spirits. But you'd never know it by looking at her. To keep the family safe, Min's mother insists that none of them use any fox-magic, such as Charm or shape-shifting. They must... |
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A Circle of Elephants: A companion novel
Eric Dinerstein · Disney-Hyperion Pages: 288 Format: Hardcover
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From the author of What Elephants Know, a 2017 ALA Notable Children's Book and winner of the 2017 South Asia Book Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature, comes this stunning companion novel about the complex relationship between people and nature coexisting in the Borderlands... |
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Mighty Meg and the Magical Ring
Sammy Griffin · little bee books Pages: 112 Format: Hardcover
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In the first book of the Mighty Meg series, Meg receives a ring for her eighth birthday and wakes up with superpowers!Meg's life is turned upside down when a magical ring gives her superpowers! But Meg isn't the only one who changes. Strange events start happening in her once-normal... |
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Freya & Zoose
Emily Butler · Crown Books for Young Readers Pages: 208 Format: Hardcover
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Fans of Katherine Applegate's The One and Only Ivan will treasure this timeless tale about a magnificent adventure to the North Pole and the even more astounding feat of true friendship. A perfect purchase for animal and adventure lovers alike.Freya has always craved--and feared--adventure.... |
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Digging Up Danger
Story Pirates · Rodale Kids Pages: 256 Format: Hardcover
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Eliza isn't thrilled about spending the summer helping her mom research plants -- she'd much rather go ghost hunting instead. But when a rare and exotic plant from the store goes missing without explanation, she finds herself mixed up in a sinister plot involving forces that seem... |
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How to Properly Dispose of Planet Earth
Paul Noth · Bloomsbury Children's Books Pages: 192 Format: Hardcover
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Popular New Yorker cartoonist Paul Noth continues his illustrated middle grade series about a boy, his wacky family, and an out-of-this-world adventure in this laugh-out-loud sequel to How to Sell Your Family to the Aliens.Happy Conklin Jr. is still the only 10-year-old who has to shave... |
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Penguin Days
Sara Leach · Pajama Press Pages: 104 Format: Hardcover
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Lauren and her family drive to a farm in North Dakota to visit relatives and celebrate her Auntie Joss' wedding. But Lauren finds to her dismay that she is expected to do more than meet adults who hug her and invade her personal space. Lauren is going to be -- horror of all horrors -- a flower... |
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