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Blue: A history of the color as deep as the sea and as wide as the sky
By Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond. 2022
Discover a world of creativity and tradition in this fascinating picture book that explores the history and cultural significance of…
the color blue. From a critically acclaimed author and an award-winning illustrator comes a wonderful audiobook for listeners of all ages. For centuries, blue powders and dyes were some of the most sought-after materials in the world. Ancient Afghan painters ground mass quantities of sapphire rocks to use for their paints, while snails were harvested in Eurasia for the tiny amounts of blue that their bodies would release. And then there was indigo, which was so valuable that American plantations grew it as a cash crop on the backs of African slaves. It wasn't until 1905, when Adolf von Baeyer created a chemical blue dye, that blue could be used for anything and everything—most notably that uniform of workers everywhere, blue jeans. This vibrant and fascinating picture book, adapted for audio, follows one color's journey through time and across the world, as it becomes the blue we know todayRupert and the Liberty Bell: a story about Pennsylvania (Fact & Fable: State Stories Set 2)
By Bob Doucet, Katherine Hengel. 2010
Wangari's trees of peace: a true story from Africa
By Jeanette Winter. 2008
This true story of Wangari Maathai, environmentalist and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, is a shining example of how…
one woman's passion, vision, and determination inspired great change. For grades K-3. 2008Polar bear, Arctic hare: poems of the frozen North
By Eileen Spinelli, Eugenie Fernandes. 2007
Up!: how families around the world carry their little ones
By Susan Hughes, Ashley Barron. 2017
Around the world, little ones are carried in many different ways: in slings, on shoulders, in backpacks, on hips, in…
baskets, and in loving arms. Up! depicts ten places around the world, from Afghanistan to northern Canada, Peru to West Africa. In each place, a mom, dad, grandparent, aunt, uncle, cousin, or sibling lovingly carries a baby. Award winner. For preschool-grade 2The Day of the Dead: El Día de los Muertos
By Bob Barner, Teresa Mlawer. 2010
With sugar skulls, sweet-smelling marigold petals and joyful songs, Hispanic families welcome back ancestors on this holiday. Con calaveres de…
azúcar, los pétales de olor dulce de las Cempasúchil y las canciones alegre, familias hispanas le dan la bienvenida a sus antepasados en este día festivo. For preschool-grade 2The librarian of Basra: a true story from Iraq
By Jeanette Winter. 2005
Alia Muhammed Baker is the librarian in Basra, Iraq. For fourteen years, her library has been a meeting place for…
those who love books. Until now. Now Alia fears that the library and the 30,000 books within it will be destroyed forever. In a war-stricken country where civilians, especially women, this true story about a librarian's struggle to save her community's priceless collection of books reminds us all how throughout the world, the love of literature and the respect for knowledge know no boundaries. For preschool-grade 2Frida
By Jonah Winter, Ana Juan. 2002
Diego
By Jonah Winter, Jeanette Winter. 1991
This story of Diego Rivera, the greatest muralist of Mexico--and of the world--shows how his passion for painting and love…
for his country combined to make a powerful art celebrating the Mexican people. Told in Spanish and English. For grades 2-4. 1991Healthy foods from A to Z: Comida sana de la A a la Z
By Renée Comet, Stephanie Maze. 2012
Colorful healthy food icons of apples to zucchini are arranged in alphabetical order portraying various facial emotions. Vocabulary is in…
English and Spanish and includes a nutritional glossary. For preschool-grade 2Sing, don't cry
By Angela Dominguez. 2017
Once a year, Abuelo comes to visit from Mexico and he always brings his guitar. Based on the life story…
of Apolinar Navarrete Diaz (the author's grandfather and successful mariachi musician). In English with some Spanish. For preschool-grade 2Drum dream girl: how one girl's courage changed music
By Margarita Engle, Rafael López. 2015
In Cuba in the 1930s, music filled the air. Millo had a dream playing drums of all kinds, but the…
country and her father only permitted boys to play drums. Millo finds a way to drum and practices in secret. Eventually her father relents and hires a music teacher for her. Millo's persistance means that she and her sisters become the first all-girl dance band in Cuba and play with and for famous people. (Story inspired by the childhood of Millo Castro Zaldarriaga.) For grades K-3Count to sleep: Seattle (Count To Sleep)
By Adam Gamble, Mark Jasper, Joe Veno. 2014
Elizabeth, queen of the seas
By Lynne Cox, Brian Floca. 2014
Describes how an elephant seal made a home in New Zealand's narrow Avon River and loved to stretch out across…
a two-lane road, requiring volunteers to tow her farther out to sea after she kept returning repeatedly. For preschool-grade 2Flying eagle
By Deborah Kogan Ray, Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen. 2009
The skin you live in
By Michael Tyler, David Lee Csicsko. 2005
Nubs: the true story of a mutt, a marine & a miracle
By Kirby Larson, Brian Dennis, Mary Nethery, Major Brian Dennis. 2009
Chronicles the friendship between Marine Major Brian Dennis and Nubs, a pack leader of wild dogs in Iraq who bonded…
with Dennis, but when Dennis was relocated seventy miles away and could not bring the dog with him, Nubs traveled across the freezing desert to find his human friend. For grades K-3Hello, mama wallaroo
By Darrin Lunde, Patricia J. Wynne, Darrin P Lunde. 2013
Jimmy the joey: the true story of an amazing koala rescue
By Susan Kelly, Deborah Lee Rose, Deborah Rose. 2013
Alice Ramsey's grand adventure
By Don Brown. 1997