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Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month (kids)
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"For one young girl, summer is the season of no school, of days spent at the pool, and of picking golden limes off the trees. But summer doesn't start until her lola--her grandmother from the Philippines--comes for her annual visit. When Lola visits, the whole family gathers to cook and eat and share in their happiness of another season spent together"-- Provided by publisher
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OBD LGBTQIA Pride Month - YOUTH
OBD November is National Adoption Month - YOUTH
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"A host of animals portrays all kinds of non-traditional families"-- Provided by publisher.
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Hispanic Heritage Month for Kids
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Evelyn Del Rey and her best friend Daniela live across the street from each other, but when Evelyn is packing up boxes to move away it is time to say goodbye and make promises to keep in touch.
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It's another Thanksgiving at Grandma's. Gavin expects a long day of boredom and being pestered by distantly related toddlers, but his cousin Rhonda has a different idea: make a break for it - out of the kids' room to the swing set in the backyard! Gavin isn't so sure, especially when they encounter vicious guard dogs (in homemade sweaters), a hallway full of overly affectionate aunts, and worse yet, the great wall of butts! Will they manage to avoid...
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Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month (Youth)
OBD August Is National Ice Cream Month - Youth
Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month (Youth)
OBD August Is National Ice Cream Month - Youth
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Ravi spends summer vacation with his cousins sharing in all their favorite activities, including eating ice cream.
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For as long as he can remember, Malcolm has never felt like he was good enough. Not for his parents, who have always seemed at odds with each other, with Malcolm caught in between. And especially not for his dad, whose competitive drive and love for sports Malcolm has never shared. That is, until Malcolm discovers miniature golf, the one sport he actually enjoys. Maybe it's the way in which every hole is a puzzle to be solved. Or the whimsy of the...
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Years ago, the Fall kids' father mysteriously disappeared, cracking the family into pieces. With road trips, rivalries, family curses, love stories within love stories within love stories, and sorrows and joys passed from generation to generation, this is the intricate, luminous tale of a family's complicated past and present. And only in telling their stories can they hope to rewrite their futures.
"The Fall siblings live in hot Northern California...
11) Crenshaw
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2024 Bluestem List Read-a-Likes (SCPL-YS)
Friendship Stories (WPL-Youth)
OBD Books Make Good Friends (March - May 2024) - YOUTH
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Friendship Stories (WPL-Youth)
OBD Books Make Good Friends (March - May 2024) - YOUTH
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Jackson and his family have fallen on hard times. There's no more money for rent, and not much for food, either. His parents, his little sister, and their dog may have to live in their minivan. Again. Crenshaw is a cat. He's large, he's outspoken, and he's imaginary. He's been gone for four years, but has come back into Jackson's life to help him. Can an imaginary friend be enough to save this family from losing everything?
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"A captivating exploration of how a family gets a farm ready for the snow of winter, Sleep Tight Farm lyrically connects each growing season to the preparations at the very end of the farm year. This beautiful and informative book paints a fascinating picture of what winter means to the farm year and to the family that shares its seasons, from spring's new growth, summer's heat, and fall's bounty to winter's well-earned rest. All year long the farm...
13) The cursed moon
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D304 Viking Nominees 2024-2025
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The Power of Friendship!
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The Power of Friendship!
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"One two, the Caretaker’s coming for you. Three-four, you’ll breathe no more. Five-six, you’ll float like sticks. Seven, eight, you’ll meet your fate. Rafael Fuentes isn’t easily scared. He loves writing ghost stories, reading scary books, and entertaining his friends with terrifying tales he creates on the spot. Rafa has come up against enough real-life scary situations that fictional hauntings seem like no big deal. Rafa’s incarcerated...
14) Hands
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Twelve-year-old Trevor has an adult problem to deal with: how to protect himself, his sisters, and his mother from his abusive stepfather, who is currently in prison. He takes up boxing, figuring if he learns how to build himself up, nobody can knock him down. Trev is a talented artist-- and others are advising him to follow that path to the future, rather than fighting. When the boyfriend of one of his sisters becomes disrespectful and threatens...
15) After life
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"One spring afternoon after school, Amber arrives home on her bike. It's just another perfectly normal day. But when Amber's mom sees her, she screams. Because Amber died seven years ago, hit by a car while on the very same bicycle she's inexplicably riding now. This mysterious return doesn't impact only Amber. Her sister, Melissa, now seven years older, must be a new kind of sibling to Amber. Amber's now-estranged parents are battling over her. And...
16) Hello lighthouse
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National Lighthouse Day - August 7
OBD Caldecott Medal Winners - YOUTH
OBD Exploring Lights and Electricity - Youth
Toddlers
OBD Caldecott Medal Winners - YOUTH
OBD Exploring Lights and Electricity - Youth
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"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."-- Provided by publisher.
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GPLD 2025 Winter Favorites: Chapter Books/Graphic Novels
October Buzzworthy Books Kids
GPLD 2025 Winter Favorites: Chapter Books/Graphic Novels
October Buzzworthy Books Kids
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Two sisters, Stella and Marigold, do all the regular things, like go to school, but they also share adventures (both real and imagined) and secret sister things.
18) The field guide
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Spiderwick chronicles volume 1
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When the Grace children go to stay at their Great Aunt Lucinda's worn Victorian house, they discover a field guide to fairies and other creatures and begin to have some unusual experiences.
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I survived (Sound recording) volume 20
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Traces the story of a boy who moves across the country to rural northern California, where his efforts to adjust are challenged by a fast-moving firestorm that places family homes and lives at risk.
20) Together we swim
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Diverse Picture Books 2024
Early Childhood Recommended Reads
OBD Mother's Day (May) - YOUTH
OBD Swimming Lessons - YOUTH
Early Childhood Recommended Reads
OBD Mother's Day (May) - YOUTH
OBD Swimming Lessons - YOUTH
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Told in rhyming text, a young boy learns to swim in a pool with the example and encouragement of his family.
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