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[2010]
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English
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Coupon madness: Granny May goes on a crime spree by using her coupon printing-press to get things for free. Can Word Girl track her down in time to foil her plan?
Lair sweet lair: Chuck the Evil-Sandwich Making Guy is tired of living in his mom's basement so he's building a secret lair: Sandwich World! Can Word Girl and Captain Huggy Face escape this sandwich-themed nightmare? And can Chuck avoid getting homesick?
A monstrous birthday: While her...
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Good girl's guide to murder volume 3
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English
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Pippa Fitz-Amobi is haunted by the two murder cases she solved, by the victims, by the attention her crime podcast garnered, and by the survivors, which is bad enough--but then it starts to feel like someone is watching her.
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"Celeste knows she should be excited to spend two weeks at her grandparents' lake house with her brother, Owen, and their cousins Capri and Daisy, but she's not. Bugs, bad cell reception, and the dark waters of the lake... no thanks. On top of that, she just failed her swim test and hates being in the water-it's terrifying. But her grandparents are strong believers in their family knowing how to swim, especially having grown up during a time of segregation...
6) Heidi
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An adaptation of the beloved tale of an orphan sent to live with her grandfather who learns to love both the the old man and the Swiss Alps and is homesick when she goes to to the city to be a companion to an invalid.
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4th Grade Rocks
Family Road Trip
Newbery Medal Winners & Honor Books - Present to 1922
Tween Advisory Club: Favorite Books
Family Road Trip
Newbery Medal Winners & Honor Books - Present to 1922
Tween Advisory Club: Favorite Books
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The adventures of Desperaux Tilling, a small mouse of unusual talents, the princess that he loves, the servant girl who longs to be a princess, and a devious rat determined to bring them all to ruin.
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ALA Youth Media Awards 2023 - Children
Hispanic Heritage Month - Children
Indigineous Peoples
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Hispanic Heritage Month - Children
Indigineous Peoples
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Illustrations and text describe how the Mixtecs create painted manuscripts, or codices, that reflect their way of life and document their history, science, land tenure, tribute, and sacred rituals.
"A young Aztec girl tells her little brother how their parents create beautiful painted manuscripts, or codices. She explains to him how paper is made from local plants and how the long paper is folded into a book. Her parents and others paint the codices...
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In the Pacific there is an island that looks like a big fish sunning itself in the sea. Around it, blue dolphins swim, otters play, and sea elephants and sea birds abound. Once, Indians also lived on the island. And when they left and sailed to the east, one young girl was left behind. This is the story of Karana, the Indian girl who lived alone for years on the Island of the Blue Dolphins. Year after year, she watched one season pass into another...
12) Stolen words
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[2017]
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English
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"A little girl sets out to help her grandfather discover the Cree language that was stolen from him when he was sent away to residential school as a boy."--Provided by publisher.
14) Watercress
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English
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Asian American, Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander Heritage - More Children
Caldecott Medal & Honor Books - Present to 1938
Newbery Medal Winners & Honor Books - Present to 1922
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Caldecott Medal & Honor Books - Present to 1938
Newbery Medal Winners & Honor Books - Present to 1922
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Embarrassed about gathering watercress from a roadside ditch, a girl learns to appreciate her Chinese heritage after learning why the plant is so important to her parents.
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English
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4th Grade Rocks
Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage - More Tweens
Bullying Prevention Month Tweens
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Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage - More Tweens
Bullying Prevention Month Tweens
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Through a series of poems, a young girl chronicles the life-changing year of 1975, when she, her mother, and her brothers leave Vietnam and resettle in Alabama.
17) The witch family
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English
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Two little girls who love to draw witches build an elaborate world around the imaginary Old Witch and her family.
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2012.
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English
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"Heather was a little girl...who always fell in the water. She didn't mean to do it. She didn't enjoy it. But she fell in the water nearly every day, and so her parents made her wear water wings all the time. Find out how Heather overcomes her fear in this warm and funny story from a much-loved team."--P. [4] of cover.
19) Leo + Lea
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"Leo is totally fixated on numbers and counting everything, even the words in the story the teacher reads; Lea is the shy new girl who shares his desk, and spends all her time drawing--but one day, in the noise of the playground, an accident brings them and their obsessions together in the beginning of a friendship"--
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"Move aside history--it's time for herstory. Celebrate fifty inspiring and powerful women who changed the world and left their mark in this lavishly illustrated biography compilation that's perfect for fans of Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls and She Persisted. Throughout history, girls have often been discussed in terms of what they couldn't or shouldn't do. Not anymore. It's time for herstory--a celebration of not only what girls can do, but...
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