People & Places

  • Larry Gets Lost in New York City

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    Follow Larry as he ping-pongs around New York City, hitting all five boroughs in a day, visiting the places and things that make the city what it is today–from Times Square, Wall Street, and Radio Ci… [more below]

    • Series: Larry Gets Lost
    • Author: Skewes, John
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 32
    • Publish Date: March 02 2010
    • ISBN10: 1570616205
    • Language: English
  • The One & Only Googoosh: Iran’s Beloved Superstar

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    A celebration of one of Iran’s most iconic musical artists.

    The legendary Iranian singer and actress Googoosh (born Faegheh Atashin) made her stage debut at age two while performing alongside her acro

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    • Author: Westergaard, Azadeh
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 40
    • Publish Date: November 12 2024
    • ISBN10: 0593114639
    • Language: English
  • When the Mapou Sings

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    Infused with magical realism, this story blends first love and political intrigue with a quest for justice and self-determination in 1930s Haiti.

    Sixteen-year-old Lucille hopes to one day open a schoo

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    • Author: Pinede, Nadine
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 432
    • Publish Date: December 03 2024
    • ISBN10: 1536235660
    • Language: English
  • Ice Journey of the Polar Bear

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    Written by a conservation biologist, this beautifully illustrated and atmospheric story gently explores the life of a polar bear in a time of climate change.

    It snowed last night.
    The first time this

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    • Author: Jenkins, Martin
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 32
    • Publish Date: November 26 2024
    • ISBN10: 1536235717
    • Language: English
  • Work: Interviews with People Doing Jobs They Love

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    What do a playwright, a vegan butcher, and an alpaca farmer all have in common? Two popular columnists take us behind the scenes in interviews with twenty-eight workers doing something they love.

    Wit

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    • Author: Feinberg, Shaina
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 64
    • Publish Date: December 03 2024
    • ISBN10: 1536232661
    • Language: English
  • Hooray, It’s Three Kings Day!: A Picture Book for Epiphany

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    A picture book celebration of Three Kings Day, with foil details on the cover, is the perfect gift for the Epiphany season

    Sofia and her abuela share a special Three Kings Day tradition: Abuela brin

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    • Author: Clayton, Annette M.
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 32
    • Publish Date: November 12 2024
    • ISBN10: 164170957X
    • Language: English
  • Let’s Celebrate Korean New Year!

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    Ring in the Lunar New Year with this sweet picture book by Emmy-winning TV host Michelle W. Park. This heartwarming story follows two sisters as they explore the Korean traditions of Seollal while lea[more below]

    • Author: Park, Michelle W.
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 32
    • Publish Date: December 03 2024
    • ISBN10: 0593567307
    • Language: English
  • Tiny Tern Takes Flight

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    Tiny Tern’s extraordinary journey begins!

    Arctic terns make the longest migration of any species. Every year, they fly from the northern Arctic to the southern Antarctic–and back–spending most of the

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    • Author: McKinney, Donna B.
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 40
    • Publish Date: November 05 2024
    • ISBN10: 1958629553
    • Language: English
  • Go Well, Anna Hibiscus!

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    The spirited Anna Hibiscus leaves the city to visit her grandparents’ remote village in this sixth adventure in the well-loved series set in contemporary West Africa.

    Anna Hibiscus lives in Africa, Am

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    • Series: Anna Hibiscus
    • Author: Atinuke
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 96
    • Publish Date: November 19 2024
    • ISBN10: 1536238112
    • Language: English
  • Dancing Dumplings for My One and Only

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    When her grandmother falls ill, a young girl pours her love, memories, and worry into the dumplings her grandmother taught her to make in this heartwarming–and mouthwatering–picture book.

    Dumplings

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    • Author: Nava, Eva Wong
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 32
    • Publish Date: December 17 2024
    • ISBN10: 1536238791
    • Language: English
  • Who Was Shirley Chisholm?

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    Read all about about the first Black woman to be elected to Congress in this empowering addition to the Who Was? series.

    Shirley Chisholm showed interest in politics early on, majoring in sociology at

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    • Series: Who Was?
    • Author: Hubbard, Crystal
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 112
    • Publish Date: December 24 2024
    • ISBN10: 0593750268
    • Language: English
  • Rosa Parks

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    A chapter book biography for early readers about one of the women who sparked the Civil Rights movement, by legendary author Eloise Greenfield and with illustrations by Gil Ashby.

    When Rosa Parks was g

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    • Author: Greenfield, Eloise
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 64
    • Publish Date: September 29 1995
    • ISBN10: 0064420256
    • Language: English
  • My Father’s House

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    In a warm, vibrantly illustrated story drawn from the author’s childhood memories, the team behind My Grandma and Me follow a girl and her father as they explore the wondrous city of Isfahan, Iran–an[more below]

    • Author: Javaherbin, Mina
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 32
    • Publish Date: November 19 2024
    • ISBN10: 1536225533
    • Language: English
  • The Chinese New Year Helper

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    A young girl finds an exciting role for herself at the Chinese New Year celebration in her family’s restaurant. At last, she isn’t being told that she’s too young to help!

    Jia’s family is busy prepari

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    • Author: Compestine, Ying Chang
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 40
    • Publish Date: December 17 2024
    • ISBN10: 0593534018
    • Language: English
  • The Other Side of Tomorrow

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    A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection

    Perfect for fans of Illegal and When Stars Are Scattered, this poignant and moving graphic novel in verse captures the dangers and hope that come with fle

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    • Author: Cho, Tina
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 224
    • Publish Date: November 12 2024
    • ISBN10: 0063011077
    • Language: English
  • The Other Side of Tomorrow

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    A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection

    Perfect for fans of Illegal and When Stars Are Scattered, this poignant and moving graphic novel in verse captures the dangers and hope that come with fle

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    • Author: Cho, Tina
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 224
    • Publish Date: November 12 2024
    • ISBN10: 0063011085
    • Language: English
  • Brown Girl, Brown Girl

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    This powerful and hopeful picture book–inspired by the historic election of Vice President Kamala Harris–celebrates brown and Black girls and is magnificently illustrated by a Caldecott Honor-winnin[more below]

    • Author: Honor?, Lesl?
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 40
    • Publish Date: November 19 2024
    • ISBN10: 031631403X
    • Language: English
  • Mauntie and Me

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    What grows when you share it? A tender story of extended family, jealousy pangs, and above all love, from the Newbery Honor-winning author of I’ll Go and Come Back.

    Every Saturday, when Priya’s auntie

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    • Author: Larocca, Rajani
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 40
    • Publish Date: November 12 2024
    • ISBN10: 1536229415
    • Language: English
  • Old Clothes for Dinner?!

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    “Cleverly written and laugh-out-loud funny, this infinitely re-readable picture book is ripe with social-emotional learning opportunities around misunderstanding, as well as serving as a warm welcome[more below]

    • Author: Alonso, Nathalie
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 32
    • Publish Date: March 12 2024
    • ISBN10: 9798888590690
    • Language: English
  • Claudette Colvin: I Want Freedom Now!

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    Civil rights icon Claudette Colvin teams up with Phillip Hoose–author of the Newbery Honor and National Book Award-winning blockbuster biography Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice–to tell her gr

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    • Author: Colvin, Claudette
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 40
    • Publish Date: November 12 2024
    • ISBN10: 037438973X
    • Language: English
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