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Author
Series
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"There are new neighbors in the neighborhood, and Daniel can't wait to meet them. One of the new neighbors is even his age. Her name is Jodi, and Daniel wants to be her friend. Can Daniel be a friend to Jodi and help her feel at home in the new neighborhood?"--
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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Description
"When someone is feeling sad or lonely, it's up to all of us to help him or her feel better. In this story, a group of kids is creating a buddy bench for the playground. But they can't decide how to paint it. Read this book to find out what colorful solution they come up with"--Publisher's description.
104) A small kindness
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Description
"It was like a game of tag, with one small act of kindness spreading throughout a small community of kids and teachers alike. Award-winning children's book author Stacy McAnulty packs a powerful punch with minimal text, providing a sweet message about all the small ways one can be kind. Illustrator Wendy Leach creates a diverse cast of characters while using color as a visual cue to how kindness is able to spread, even in a small community like a...
106) The vulnerables
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Elegy plus comedy is the only way to express how we live in the world today, says a character in Sigrid Nunez's ninth novel. The Vulnerables offers a meditation on our contemporary era, as a solitary female narrator asks what it means to be alive at this complex moment in history and considers how our present reality affects the way a person looks back on her past. Humor, to be sure, is a priceless refuge. Equally vital is connection with others,...
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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Hispanic Heritage Month - Spanish & Bilingual Kids
NCSS / CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People K-2 2023
Pura Belpré Award Winner & Honor Books - Present to 1996
Tejas Star List 2023-24 (Spanish & bilingual Gr. K-5)
NCSS / CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People K-2 2023
Pura Belpré Award Winner & Honor Books - Present to 1996
Tejas Star List 2023-24 (Spanish & bilingual Gr. K-5)
Description
"Before, the sun drenched the yard. Our neighbor's laughter danced in the streets. Now, the streets are quiet. Papa is gone, and we are no longer safe here. We are leaving, too. In this moving and stunningly-illustrated picture book, Noemi and Mama flee their home in Mexico, and head for the US border. There, they look for The Notebook Keeper-- the person in charge of a ledger for those waiting to cross, and they add their names to the book. As the...
Author
Series
Owly volume 1
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Best friends Owly and Wormy have days filled with adventure and hearts filled with kindness. And when they discover a bluebird family living in a damaged tree, they want to help out the best way they can: by building the birds a new home! But when Owly and Wormy share their gift, the birds don't welcome the new birdhouse quite as Owly and Wormy had hoped. With a big storm moving in, can Owly and Wormy help get the birds (and their chicks!) to safety...
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