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Aurora County trilogy volume 1
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When Ruby's grandmother, Miss Eula goes to visit a new grandchild in Hawaii, nine-year-old Ruby is sure that she will have a lonely and boring summer in Halleluia, Mississippi. After all, what other granddaughter-grandmother duo would drive the getaway car for chickens rescued from the slaughterhouse, or paint a house shellshock pink? Instead, Ruby makes a new friend, saves the school play, writes plenty of letters to her favorite (and only) grandmother...and...
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"Since her mother's disappearance, eleven-year-old Tilly Pages has found comfort in the stories at Pages & Co., her grandparents' bookshop. But when her favorite characters, Anne of Green Gables and Alice from Wonderland, start showing up at the shop,Tilly's adventures become very real. Not only can she follow Anne and Alice into their books, she discovers she can bookwander into any story she chooses. Tilly's new ability leads her to fun and exciting...
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Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month 2023
Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month (Youth)
Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month: Kids (May 2023)
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Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month (Youth)
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A young Asian boy notices that his eyes look different from his peers' after seeing his friend's drawing of them. After talking to his father, the boy realizes that his eyes rise to the skies and speak to the stars, shine like sunlit rays, and glimpse trails of light from those who came before--in fact, his eyes are like his father's, his agong's, and his little brother's, and they are visionary.
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Silas' Seven Grandparents is a fun and loving story about having multiple sets of grandparents and stepgrandparents. When Silas' parents go away on a business trip, all seven grandparents invite Silas to stay with them....How can he choose one without hurting the others' feelings?
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OBD Latinx & Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15-October 15) - Youth
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Unidos: Celebrate Hispanic Heritage (kids)
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Unidos: Celebrate Hispanic Heritage (kids)
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A girl describes her family's annual visit with Mamaw and Papaw in West Virginia, then Abuela and Abuelo in Florida, especially the foods and cultural elements that make each kitchen unique.
9) Ask me
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Blessed--or cursed--as an Oracle who cannot decipher her own predictions, Aria Morse must reply truthfully to questions asked about her best friend Jade's disappearance, and although her answers seldom make sense they make her the next target.
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Young Amelia Bedelia (Picture books) volume 3
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While visiting her grandparents, literal-minded Amelia Bedelia finally learns, despite some mishaps, how to bake an apple pie.
11) A nervous night
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Katie is nervous about a sleepover at her grandparents' house.
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Twelve-year-old Jude Winters is dealing with ADHD while trying to figure out how to tell their old-fashioned grandparents about their nonbinary status--but now they have another problem: Stevie, a previously popular girl at school has been ostracized because she has a crush on another girl, and Jude wants to help her cope as well.
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Wiley and Grampa's creature features volume 6
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This kooky, creature-crammed romp for early readers keeps the pages turning with pictures--and laughs--on every page. In HAIRBALL FROM OUTER SPACE!, could Gramma really be brainwashed by aliens who want to take over the planet with fast food joints--serving dishes made from the good people of Gingham County? Wiley and Grampa, to the rescue!
18) If I tell
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Raised by her grandparents, seventeen-year-old Jasmine, the result of a biracial one night stand, has never met her father but has a good relationship with her mother until she sees her mother's boyfriend kissing Jaz's best friend.
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