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Black Authors: Board and Picture Books (SCPL-YS)
Black History Month
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Books to Read Aloud Grades K-2
Black History Month
Black History Month - Youth
Books to Read Aloud Grades K-2
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"By heeding their wise grandmother's advice, a brother and sister discover the ability to lift themselves up and imagine a better world"-- Provided by publisher.
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2024 AAPINH Heritage Month Children's Selections
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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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"All 12-year-old Marinka wants is a friend. A real friend. Not like her house with chicken legs. Sure, the house can play games like tag and hide-and-seek, but Marinka longs for a human companion. Someone she can talk to and share secrets with. But that's tough when your grandmother is a Yaga, a guardian who guides the dead into the afterlife. It's even harder when you live in a house that wanders all over the world . . . carrying you with it. Even...
13) A gift for Nana
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"A little rabbit is on the hunt for the perfect gift for his grandmother"-- Provided by publisher.
14) Memory jars
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Freda uses jars to save everything from a chocolate chip cookie to the full moon, just as her grandmother saves summer blueberries. Includes a recipe for blueberry jam.
15) My baba's garden
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A story about the special relationship between a child and his grandmother and the time they spend looking for worms for the garden.
17) Nana in the city
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A young boy is frightened by how busy and noisy the city is when he goes there to visit his Nana, but she makes him a fancy red cape that keeps him from being scared as she shows him how wonderful a place it is.
18) Conjure Island
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"From the award-winning author of Root Magic comes the story of a girl forced to spend the summer with a great-grandmother she's never met--only to discover she runs a school for Southern conjure magic"-- Provided by publisher.
19) Evergreen
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2nd Grade Recommended Reads
OBD National Squirrel Day Jan 21 - YOUTH
Squirrel Appreciation (WPL-Youth)
OBD National Squirrel Day Jan 21 - YOUTH
Squirrel Appreciation (WPL-Youth)
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To deliver her mother's delicious soup to her sick Granny Oak, Evergreen the squirrel must face her fears and make the journey, during which she meets other forest dwellers, including some who want to get their hands on her soup!
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