People & Places

  • Juana Y Lucas

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    Fans of Judy Moody and Clarice Bean will love Juana, the spunky young Colombian girl who stars in this playful, abundantly illustrated series, now available in Spanish!

    A Juana le gustan muchas cosas:

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    • Series: Juana and Lucas
    • Author: Medina, Juana
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 96
    • Publish Date: December 07 2021
    • ISBN10: 153622426X
    • Language: Spanish
  • Historically Black Colleges and Universities

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    Readers will learn more about the history, traditions, and modern achievements of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). From Howard University and homecoming celebrations to all the am… [more below]

  • Lost

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    Sam and Annabel are pleased when they are selected to take a cruise to the Arctic.

    They are thrilled when they learn that the cruise will take them past a site connected to the most famous mystery in

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    • Series: Orca Currents
    • Author: Wilson, John
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 128
    • Publish Date: February 08 2022
    • ISBN10: 1459834569
    • Language: English
  • That Thing about Bollywood

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    Bollywood takes over in this “effervescent” (Booklist) and magical middle grade novel about an Indian American girl whose world turns upside down when she involuntarily starts bursting into glamorous [more below]

    • Author: Kelkar, Supriya
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 368
    • Publish Date: May 10 2022
    • ISBN10: 1534466746
    • Language: English
  • La Casita de Esperanza

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    When Esperanza and her family arrive in the United States from Cuba, they buy a little house, una casita. It may be small, but they soon prove that there’s room enough to share with a whole community.[more below]

    • Author: Jennings, Terry Catasús
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 32
    • Publish Date: June 14 2022
    • ISBN10: 0823452034
    • Language: English
  • The Three Lucys

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    After a young Lebanese boy loses one of his beloved cats when his village comes under attack, he must learn to cope with loss and hope for a peaceful future.

    Luli likes to sit in the shade of an olive

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    • Author: Charara, Hayan
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 40
    • Publish Date: March 22 2022
    • ISBN10: 164379602X
    • Language: English
  • Sharing the Mound

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    Baseball is J.C.’s favorite sport, so he’s excited to see it on the activity list at the local community center. He can’t wait to show off what a great pitcher he is. But then J.C.’s friend Vicky gets… [more below]

    • Series: Jalen’s Big City Life
    • Author: Salabie, Shiane
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 32
    • Publish Date: August 01 2022
    • ISBN10: 1666335002
    • Language: English
  • Friendship Flowers

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    J.C. is excited to go to the Spring Flower Festival with Nana and Pop-Pop! But then his best friends, Amir and Vicky, invite J.C. to go to the zoo at the same time. Can J.C. figure out a way to make i… [more below]

    • Series: Jalen’s Big City Life
    • Author: Price, Dorothy H.
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 32
    • Publish Date: August 01 2022
    • ISBN10: 1666335010
    • Language: English
  • A Person Can Be …

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    A one-of-a-kind book that shows how naughty and nice (and other opposite qualities!) can describe the same person — at the same time!

    This deceptively simple book uses children’s everyday experienc

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    • Author: Kokias, Kerri
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 32
    • Publish Date: October 04 2022
    • ISBN10: 1525304879
    • Language: English
  • Friendship Flowers

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    J.C. is excited to go to the Spring Flower Festival with Nana and Pop-Pop! But then his best friends, Amir and Vicky, invite J.C. to go to the zoo at the same time. Can J.C. figure out a way to make i… [more below]

    • Series: Jalen’s Big City Life
    • Author: Price, Dorothy H.
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 32
    • Publish Date: August 01 2022
    • ISBN10: 1666334979
    • Language: English
  • Fonchito and the Moon

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    Fonchito is a little boy with his heart set on winning the affection of his classmate Nereida. She is beautiful, and all he hopes for is her permission to kiss her on the cheek. But she is shy and agr… [more below]

    • Author: Llosa, Mario Vargas
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 32
    • Publish Date: October 18 2022
    • ISBN10: 9798985955804
    • Language: English
  • One Hug

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    Told in joyful rhymes and bright illustrations, One Hug celebrates the many ways we embrace our loved ones.

    As a family wakes up to begin preparing for the arrival of their immigrant relatives, the lit

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    • Author: Moore, Katrina
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 32
    • Publish Date: December 10 2019
    • ISBN10: 0062849549
    • Language: English
  • Working Cotton

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    A 1993 Caldecott Honor Book

    This child’s view of the long day’s work in the cotton fields, simply expressed in a poet’s resonant language, is a fresh and stirring look at migrant family life. “With i

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    • Author: Williams, Sherley Anne
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 32
    • Publish Date: February 15 1997
    • ISBN10: 0152014829
    • Language: English
  • My Rows and Piles of Coins

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    “I emptied my secret money box, arranged the coins in piles and the piles in rows . . .” The market is full of wonderful things, but Saruni is saving his precious coins for a red and blue bicycle. How

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    • Author: Mollel, Tololwa M.
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 32
    • Publish Date: August 23 1999
    • ISBN10: 0395751861
    • Language: English
  • Hansel and Gretel

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    Caldecott Honor winner Rachel Isadora gives readers a stunning new interpretation of this classic Brothers Grimm fairy tale, setting the infamous witch’s cottage deep in a lush African forest. Hansel … [more below]

    • Author: Isadora, Rachel
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 32
    • Publish Date: April 02 2009
    • ISBN10: 039925028X
    • Language: English
  • The Skirt

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    For fans of Gary Soto and Matt de la Pe comes a tale of a contemporary Mexican-American family with a “spunky and imaginative heroine” (Publishers Weekly).

    Miata Ramirez is scared and upset. The sk

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    • Author: Soto, Gary
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 80
    • Publish Date: April 01 1997
    • ISBN10: 0440409241
    • Language: English
  • Salsa Stories

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    An evocative collection of short stories by a three-time Pura Belpre honoree. Now available in paperback

    When Carmen Teresa receives a notebook as a holiday gift, the guests suggest she write down the… [more below]

    • Author: Delacre, Lulu
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 112
    • Publish Date: September 01 2012
    • ISBN10: 0545430984
    • Language: English
  • Unstoppable Octobia May

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    Bestselling and award-winning author, Sharon G. Flake, delivers a mystery set in the 1950s that eerily blends history, race, culture, and family.

    Octobia May is girl filled with questions. Her heart co… [more below]

    • Author: Flake, Sharon G.
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 288
    • Publish Date: September 29 2015
    • ISBN10: 0545609623
    • Language: English
  • Dream Wolf

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    Dream Wolf is Paul Goble’s tribute to the Plains Native American culture.

    Lost and afraid, two young children seek shelter in a wolf’s cave. There they meet a kindly wolf who leads them home. Based on

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    • Series: Aladdin Picture Books
    • Author: Goble, Paul
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 32
    • Publish Date: May 01 1997
    • ISBN10: 0689815069
    • Language: English
  • Fire on the Mountain

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    Challenged by his master to spend a bitter-cold night alone in the mountains, Fire on the Mountain is about an Ethiopian boy who bets his future that he will succeed.

    When his master refuses to recogn

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    • Author: Kurtz, Jane
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 40
    • Publish Date: January 01 1998
    • ISBN10: 0689818963
    • Language: English
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