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The name jar
By Yangsook Choi. 2003
After young Unhei moves from Korea to the United States, she thinks she should choose a new name. A few…
friends from school help her decide what to do. For grades K-3. 2001The hidden life of the toad
By Doug Wechsler. 2017
A case in any case: Detective Gordon (Kommissarie Gordon)
By Ulf Nilsson, Gitte Spee. 2017
When Detective Gordon retires and Buffy is left alone at the police station, she hears strange noises and decides to…
call Gordon in to help her with the mystery. Translated from the original 2016 Swedish edition. For grades 2-4. 2017Lucy
By Randy Cecil. 2016
The Ghost Tree
By Yvette Landry, Cullen Bernard. 2012
The legendary Miss Lena Horne
By Carole Boston Weatherford, Elizabeth Zunon. 2017
Profiles the life of the actress and civil rights activist Lena Horne. Describes her early years living with her mother…
on the road and with her grandmother in Brooklyn. Highlights her artistic achievements as she paved the way as an African American actress and singer. For grades 2-4. 2017Frederick Douglass: the lion who wrote history
By Walter Dean Myers, Floyd Cooper. 2017
Biography of Frederick Douglass (1818-1895) explores the role of literacy and how it shaped his youth while he was a…
slave. Recounts his journey to freedom, and his life as a leader of the abolitionist movement, a celebrated writer, an esteemed speaker, statesman, and a social reformer. For grades 2-4. 2017Princess Cora and the crocodile
By Laura Amy Schlitz, Brian Floca. 2017
Rabbit's snow dance: a traditional Iroquois story
By Joseph Bruchac, James Bruchac, Jeff Newman. 2012
A long-tailed rabbit who wants a nibble of the highest, tastiest leaves uses his special snow song in the summertime,…
despite the protests of the other animals. For preschool-grade 2. 2012NanoBots
By Chris Gall. 2016
A Young inventor accidentally creates a group of tiny robots that employ their unique abilities and teamwork to become incredibly…
useful--and maybe even change the world. Includes author's note on the science and uses of nanorobotics. For preschool-grade 2. 2016Everybody cooks rice (Millbrook Picture Books)
By Norah Dooley, Peter J. Thornton. 1991
It's dinnertime, and Carrie's mom sends her into their culturally diverse neighborhood to search for her missing brother, Anthony. Carrie…
discovers that every house she visits cooks with rice. Includes recipes. For grades K-3. 1991Priscilla gorilla
By Barbara Bottner, Michael Emberley. 2017
After six-year-old Priscilla's father gave her a book on gorillas, she became obsessed with the animal. But when her ape-like…
behavior gets her in trouble at school, Priscilla wonders if she is really channeling her inner gorilla or is just a troublemaker. For preschool-grade 2. 2017A hat for Mrs. Goldman: a story about knitting and love
By G. Brian Karas, Michelle Edwards. 2016
Young Sophia knits a very special hat for her elderly neighbor and knitting teacher, Mrs. Goldman, because she is concerned…
that Mrs. Goldman's ears are getting cold. For preschool-grade 2. 2016A shelter in our car
By Monica Gunning. 2014
Since she left Jamaica for America after her father died, Zettie has lived in a car with her mother while…
they both go to school and plan for a real home. For preschool-grade 2. 2004Germs: fact and fiction, friends and foes
By Lesa Cline-Ransome, James Ransome. 2017
¡El gallo que no se callaba!: The rooster who would not be quiet!
By Eugene Yelchin, Carmen Agra Deedy. 2017
En este cuento bilingüe, el alcalde de La Paz--un pueblo ruidoso--instituye nuevas leyes que prohíben todo canto. Pero un gallo…
valiente decide que debe cantar, independientemente del castigo. Para los grados K-3. Español/InglésWho is Jesus?
By Christina Goodings, Maria Royse. 2016
An examination of Jesus's life, what it was like growing up in Nazareth, his disciples, and his miracles. Also discusses…
Jesus's teachings and words about forgiveness, repenting, and prayer. For grades 3-6. 2016Frank and Lucky get schooled
By Lynne Rae Perkins. 2016
Young Frank and his dog, Lucky, learn about each other, go to school to learn more, and then explore the…
world around them. They study science, geography, and even foreign languages together. For grades K-3. 2016Preaching to the chickens: the story of young John Lewis
By Jabari Asim, E. B. Lewis. 2016
Portrait of civil rights leader John Lewis during his childhood. Young John tended the family farm's flock of chickens and…
regularly practiced his sermons on his new hen congregation. For grades K-3. 2016Steamboat school: inspired by a true story : St. Louis, Missouri: 1847
By Deborah Hopkinson, Ron Husband. 2016
St. Louis, Missouri; 1847. When a new state law against educating African Americans forces Reverend John to close his school,…
he finds an ingenious solution by moving the school to a steamboat in the Mississippi River. For grades K-3. 2016