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Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
North American edition.
Language
English
Description
"No one knew where the strange storm came from, or how long it would last. The single-parent family at the center of this timely story has to hunker down together, with no going outside - and that's hard when there's absolutely nothing to do, and everyone's getting on everyone else's nerves. One night, when the storm takes a scary turn that leaves them all in the dark, the fractured family finds a way to reconnect and face together whatever the future...
7) Love
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Language
English
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Description
Illustrations and easy-to-read text celebrate the bonds of love that connect us all.
Author
Language
English
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Description
Follow a circle of family and friends through the course of a day from morning till night as they discover the importance of all things great and small in our world, from the tiniest shell on the beach, to warm family connections, to the widest sunset sky.
Author
Series
Young Amelia Bedelia (Picture books) volume 2
Language
English
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Literal-minded even as a child, Amelia Bedelia muddles through Valentine's Day with her heart on her sleeve, trying to make sense of strange greetings at school and home, and ever on the look-out for the arrows of Cupid.
10) Hello lighthouse
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
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Description
"Explores the life of one lighthouse as it beams its message out to sea through shifting seasons, changeable weather, and the tenure of its final keeper."--
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
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Description
When a teacher asks the children in her class to think about what makes their families special, the answers are all different in many ways - but the same in the one way that matters most of all.
One child is worried that her family is just too different to explain, but listens as her classmates talk about what makes their families special. One is raised by a grandmother, and another has two dads. One has many stepsiblings, and another has a new baby...
14) Watercress
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Series
Language
English
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DEN - Kids + Teens: Asian / Pacific American Heritage Month
Jason Chin
MCL - Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature
MCL - Caldecott Medal
Jason Chin
MCL - Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature
MCL - Caldecott Medal
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Description
Driving through Ohio in an old Pontiac, a young girl's parents stop suddenly when they spot something growing in a ditch by the side of the road... watercress! With an old paper bag and some rusty scissors, the whole family wades into the muck to collect as much of the muddy, snail-covered plant as they can. At first, it's embarrassing. Why can't her family get food at the grocery store? But when her mother shares the story of her family's life in...
18) Night tree
Author
Pub. Date
[1991]
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Description
A family makes its annual pilgrimage to decorate an evergreen tree with food for the forest animals at Christmastime.
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