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1201) One trick puppy
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"Shawn and Kat Choi find ways to keep a mischievous Irish setter busy before she gets them into trouble"--
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"Are you ready to learn Filipino Martial Arts? Are you overwhelmed by the flood of media and materials out there, but don't know where to begin? Have you recently been challenged to a DEATH MATCH!? 5 Angles: The Practical Fundamentals Of The World Of Filipino Martial Arts Of Escrima, Arnis, & Kali by Frank Delo Jr. lays out the core principles and fundamental movements of his family's system in clear and simple language as a gateway to the larger...
1203) Lebanese Americans
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"This book explores the story of Lebanese Americans. Readers will learn about what prompted Lebanese to move to the United States. Entertaining text will explain what life is like for Lebanese American families and how they celebrate their culture"--Amazon.com
1204) Blue ribbon pup
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"Shawn and Kat Choi need to find a way to keep a bichon frise under control before their family forces them to close their Doggie day care business for good"--
1206) Chinese Americans
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This book explores the story of Chinese Americans. Readers will learn about the history of Chinese immigration to the United States. Entertaining text will illustrate what life is like for Chinese American families and how they celebrate their culture. Features include a map, timeline, glossary, Making Connection questions and sidebars. QR Codes in the book give readers access to book-specific resources to further their learning. Aligned to Common...
1208) Bruce Lee
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"This biography for early readers examines the life of Bruce Lee, an icon in martial arts cinema, in a simple, age-appropriate way that helps young readers develop word recognition and reading skills. Includes table of contents, author biography, timeline, glossary, index, and other informative backmatter. The My Itty-Bitty Bio series celebrates diversity, covering women and men from a range of backgrounds and professions including immigrants and...
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"The Racial Justice in America: AAPI Histories series explores moments and eras in America's history that have been ignored or misrepresented in education due to racial bias. Developed in conjunction with educator, advocate, and author Virginia Loh-Hagan to reach children of all races and encourage them to approach our history with open eyes and minds. Southeast Asian Refugee Resettlement in the U.S. explores the events in a comprehensive, honest,...
1211) Togetherness
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"A debut poetry collection in which non-binary poet and drag performer Wo Chan recounts stories from their queer childhood and adolescence."--Publisher.
1213) Coming to America through the Angel Island Immigration Station: An Interactive Look at History
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YOU are an Asian immigrant in the early 1900s. You dream of a life in American, but first you'll have to pass through the Angel Island Immigration Station. How long will you be stuck there? And will you pass the necessary tests or be sent back? Step back in time to face the challenges and decisions that real people encountered as they sought a new life and better life in a different country.
1214) San Jose's Japantown
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The Japanese started to arrive in San Jose, California, around 1890 in the Heinlenville area, which was once on the outskirts of the city. Many of the businesses that the Japanese opened would serve the needs of the growing Japanese population, who came to the Santa Clara Valley to take advantage of opportunities in the agricultural industry. Out of 46 Japantowns, only three remain in California. San Jose's Japantown is unique in that it is the only...
1215) Journey to Topaz
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Celebrating the 50th anniversary of a landmark work of juvenile fiction
This much-loved and widely read classic is the moving story of one girl's struggle to remain brave during the World War II incarceration of Japanese Americans. In 1941, eleven-year-old Yuki is looking forward to Christmas when disaster strikes: she and her family, along with everyone of Japanese descent on the West Coast, are labeled enemy aliens. The FBI arrests her father,...
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The fascinating account of two former British colonies with a shared past but vastly different identities today!
Singapore and Malaysia sit astride the sea lanes linking East with West-vital choke points in the world's commerce. Since ancient times, ports along the Silk Road of the Sea were populated by peoples from around the globe who came here to trade and live, carried by the steady flow of goods and the ever-present monsoon winds.
Author Christopher...
1217) The Year of the Sheep
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Tales from the Chinese zodiac volume 10
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2015 is the Year of the Sheep, the tenth adventure in the popular annual series Tales from the Chinese Zodiac.
The lamb Sydney befriends the shepherd girl Zhi and other animals. But after a storm strikes, can Sydney show them how valuable a sheep's qualities can be? Empowering themes of self-discovery and cultural exchange, plus charismatic characters, have proven appeal with children, parents, and elementary educators
Oliver Chin has written fifteen...
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The true story of the B-25 pilot, who fought a personal aerial war to retrieve his family from Japanese captivity in the Philippines.
Born in the Philippines to an American father and a Filipina mother, George Cooper was one of the few surviving veteran pilots who saw action over such fearsome targets as Rabaul and Wewak. Not just another flag-waving story of air combat, Jayhawk describes the war as it really was, a conflict with far-reaching tentacles...
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A week before high school graduation, Harvard-bound Higgs suddenly finds his life falling apart and the other students turning against him, and somehow it all started with a hypothetical question about donating a kidney--but really it goes much deeper, all the way back to the death of his older brother.
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Stand-up comic and actor Jimmy O. Yang shares his stories of learning our customs, assimilating into our culture, and figuring out how to date girls six inches taller than him, all while enduring the pressure from his overbearing parents to go to medical school.
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