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How Do Dinosaurs Go to School? by Jane Yolen

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How Do Dinosaurs Go to School? by Jane Yolen

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How Do Dinosaurs Go to School? [Yolen, Jane, Teague, Mark] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. How Do Dinosaurs Go to School?

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Planet Kindergarten [Ganz-Schmitt, Sue, Prigmore, Shane] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Planet Kindergarten

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Me And My Fear [Sanna, Francesca] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Me And My Fear

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Maddie's First Day of School by Penny Matthews

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Maddie's First Day of School by Penny Matthews

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Penny Matthew's picture book 'Maddie's First Day' explores the range of emotions this little girl encounters on this special day. She uses easy to understand descriptions of Maddie's happiness, her nervousness, worry and joy. Liz Anelli's lively images capture the warmth of the family environment, the overwhelming and noisy playground and the activity in the classroom. Different views, from bird's-eye to closeups capture the energy of Maddy's classroom, the engagement of the new students and the warmth and care of Miss Rose their teacher.
Waking up, Maddie looks very excited, she has a new uniform, shiny shoes and a backpack filled with new stationery. Dad's packed her lunchbox and Mum's kisses her goodbye as she leaves for work. The decision to slip her favourite blanky in her bag is one that will cause some concern later in the morning. When her friend questions Maddie about her comfort toy, the little girl's tummy feels wobbly. Her worries grow as she can't read the writing on the whiteboard and her voice won't come out when they sing a new song. Luckily for Maddie, at recess Charlie her friend shows her something he has hidden in his backpack.
This picture book approaches that important day in a young child's life from waking up to going to bed. Penny Matthew's simple, descriptive story is reassuring and realistically shows the range of emotions a youngster can experience. The parents are show as loving and caring, and the teacher is shown as understanding and willing to listen. From being overwhelmed to finding friends, playing in the yard, singing in class and circle time, 'Maddie's First Day' is just right for pre-schoolers introducing them to a typical school day

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Look, There's a Hippopotamus in the Playground Eating Cake by Hazel Edwards

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Look, There's a Hippopotamus in the Playground Eating Cake by Hazel Edwards

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Deborah Niland has been drawing and painting all her life. She has painted for art exhibitions and galleries, and illustrated for newspapers and magazines. Most of all, she has built a successful career illustrating children's books.

Some well-known and popular titles include Mulga Bill's Bicycle, When The Wind Changed and There's a Hippopotamus On Our Roof Eating Cake and Chatterbox.

Deborah now enjoys writing and illustrating her own stories. She has had great success with Annie's Chair. This picture book, first published in 2005, has won many awards, including the 2006 Children's Book of the Year- Early Childhood, and several Children's Choice awards. Annie to the Rescue, a follow-up tale of the intrepid little girl, was published in 2007.

Now that her own children have grown up, Deborah has enjoyed spending time widening her knowledge of different illustration techniques, both traditional and digital. Other interests include doodling, fine art painting, photography, and playing with the grandchildren.

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Look, There's a Hippopotamus in the Playground Eating Cake by Hazel Edwards

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Deborah Niland has been drawing and painting all her life. She has painted for art exhibitions and galleries, and illustrated for newspapers and magazines. Most of all, she has built a successful career illustrating children's books. Some well-known and popular titles include Mulga Bill's Bicycle, When The Wind Changed and There's a Hippopotamus On Our Roof Eating Cake and Chatterbox.

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Pete the Cat Rocking in my School Shoes by Eric Litwin

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Pete the Cat Rocking in my School Shoes by Eric Litwin

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Pete the Cat: Rocking in My School Shoes

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Time to head back to school with this bestselling groovy Pete the Cat book! Pete the Cat is rocking in his school shoes. Pete discovers the library, the lunch room, the playground, and lots of other cool places at school. And no matter where he goes, Pete never stops moving and grooving and singin

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New Frontier Publishing

Jessica's Box is the story of a young girl starting school. Each day, she takes something special in her cardboard box in the hope of winning friends. Day after day, it doesn't work, until Jessica discovers the one thing she must take, and it's not quite what she expected.

Shortlisted Queensland Premier's Literary Award

Shortlisted CBCA Crichton Award for Emerging Illustrators

CBCA Notable Book

Shortlisted Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Award

A revised edition of Jessica's Box was released in 2014, in conjunction with the Cerebral Palsy Alliance. In this edition, the text remains the same, but the illustrations show Jessica in a wheelchair.

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New Frontier Publishing Jessica's Box is the story of a young girl starting school. Each day, she takes something special in her cardboard box in the hope of winning friends. Day after day, it doesn't work, until Jessica discovers the one thing she must take, and it's not quite what she expected.

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Kindergarten Countdown by Anna Jane Hays

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Kindergarten Countdown by Anna Jane Hays

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Kindergarten Countdown: A Preschool Graduation Gift

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Kindergarten Countdown: A Preschool Graduation Gift [Hays, Anna Jane, Davick, Linda] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Kindergarten Countdown: A Preschool Graduation Gift

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My First Day At School by Meredith Costain

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My First Day At School by Meredith Costain

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Starting School by Jane Godwin and Anna Walker

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Starting School by Jane Godwin and Anna Walker

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From Jane Godwin and Anna Walker comes this beautiful book focusing on the experiences and feelings of five very different children as they begin at school for the first time. Jane's simple words and ideas combine with Anna's gentle and detailed illustrations to help children feel comfortable about taking this big step.

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Countdown to Kindergarten by Alison McGhee

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Countdown to Kindergarten by Alison McGhee

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Countdown to Kindergarten [McGhee, Alison, Bliss, Harry] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Countdown to Kindergarten

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Chu's First Day of School by Neil Gaiman

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Chu's First Day of School by Neil Gaiman

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Chu's First Day of School Board Book [Gaiman, Neil, Rex, Adam] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Chu's First Day of School Board Book

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Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready for Kindergarten by Joseph Slate

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Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready for Kindergarten by Joseph Slate

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Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready for Kindergarten

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Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready for Kindergarten - Kindle edition by Slate, Joseph, Wolff, Ashley. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready for Kindergarten.

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Going to School (First Experiences) [Anna Civardi] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Going to School (First Experiences)

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The Things I Love About School by Trace Moroney

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The Things I Love About School by Trace Moroney

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This title features beautiful artwork by bestselling author and illustrator Trace Moroney. It includes high quality hardbacks with flocking, embossing and foil on each cover. It is the newest release in the ongoing series.

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Amelia Bedelia's First Day of School by Herman Parish

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Amelia Bedelia's First Day of School by Herman Parish

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Amelia Bedelia's First Day of School [Parish, Herman, Avril, Lynne] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Amelia Bedelia's First Day of School

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Wombat Goes to School by Jackie French and Bruce Whatley

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Wombat Goes to School by Jackie French and Bruce Whatley

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She eats. She sleeps. She scratches. She goes to school... She sleeps. She eats. She scratches - and finds a hole. When Mothball discovers a new hole, it unexpectedly leads her to the local school. the children learn that wombats love carrots and grass, while Mothball learns that lunch boxes contain

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The Kissing Hand: Interactive Read Aloud

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Starting School by Janet Ahlberg and Allan Ahlberg

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Starting School by Janet Ahlberg and Allan Ahlberg

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Starting School By Janet Ahlberg and Allan Ahlberg

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I an Absolutely Too Small for School by Lauren Child

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I an Absolutely Too Small for School by Lauren Child

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Favorite characters help ease the transition back to school. . . . Charlie works his big brother magic as Child's collages delight the eye.
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A fine way to banish those First Day blues.
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I Am Too Absolutely Small for School by Lauren Child: 9780763628871 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

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"The children's relationship is refreshingly noncombative, with Charlie as the protective and affectionate older brother who is appreciative of, rather than annoyed by, his sister's quirkiness." - School...

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First Day [Daddo, Andrew, Bentley, Jonathan] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. First Day

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David Goes to School - Animated Children's Book

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Sidewalk Circus [Fleischman, Paul, Hawkes, Kevin] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Sidewalk Circus

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A Ball for Daisy: (Caldecott Medal Winner) (Caldecott Medal - Winner Title(s))

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A Ball for Daisy: (Caldecott Medal Winner) (Caldecott Medal - Winner Title(s)) [Raschka, Chris, Raschka, Chris] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. A Ball for Daisy: (Caldecott Medal Winner) (Caldecott Medal - Winner Title(s))

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In this evocative wordless book, internationally acclaimed artist Suzy Lee tells the story of a little girl's day at the beach. Stunning in their simplicity, Lee's illustrations, in just two shades of watercolor, create a vibrant story full of joy and laughter.

New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Book 2008

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Wave: (Books about Ocean Waves, Beach Story Children's Books)

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Wave: (Books about Ocean Waves, Beach Story Children's Books) [Lee, Suzy] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Wave: (Books about Ocean Waves, Beach Story Children's Books)

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The Snowman [Briggs, Raymond] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The Snowman

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Anno's Italy [Mitsumasa Anno, Rea Berg, Mitsumasa Anno, Mitsumasa Anno] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Anno's Italy

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children’s / teenage fiction: general fiction

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Mirror [Baker, Jeannie, Baker, Jeannie] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Mirror

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The Middle Passage: White Ships/Black Cargo by Tom Feelings

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The Middle Passage: White Ships/Black Cargo by Tom Feelings

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Alex Haley's Roots awakened many Americans to the cruelty of slavery. The Middle Passage focuses attention on the torturous journey which brought slaves from Africa to the Americas, allowing readers to bear witness to the sufferings of an entire people.

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Unspoken: A Story From the Underground Railroad by Henry Cole

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Unspoken: A Story From the Underground Railroad by Henry Cole

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Unspoken: A Story from the Underground Railroad

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Unspoken: A Story from the Underground Railroad [Cole, Henry, Cole, Henry] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Unspoken: A Story from the Underground Railroad

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In this magical Caldecott Honor-winning picture book, Flora and her graceful flamingo friend wordlessly explore the trials and joys of friendship through an elaborate synchronized dance. is full of humor and heart. This stunning performance (and splashy ending!) will have readers clapping for more!

Every little ballerina dreams of her turn as a dancing diva. Endearing Flora in swimsuit, bathing cap, and flippers admires a pink flamingo . . . and with a twist, a turn, and even a flop, these unlikely friends learn at last how to dance together in perfect harmony.

FOR THE LOVE OF THE DANCE: For children and adults who share a passion for ballet, jazz, tap, Irish Step, or any form of dance, the joyful Flora books offer an engaging, hands-on reading experience that celebrates the magic of movement.

FINE-FEATHERED FRIENDS: Friendships in children's books come in many wonderful forms. The connection made in this gentle story as a girl and a bird dance in tandem is a lovely reminder that friendship is truly the wind beneath our wings.

For more feathery fun with the flamingo girls, pick up more preschool wordless books from award-winning author-illustrator Molly Idle, including
An innovative wordless picture book with interactive flaps, Flora and the Flamingo Flora and the Penguin , Flora and the Peacocks , Flora and the Chicks , and Flora and the Ostrich

Parents and caregivers seeking unique picture books with lift-the-flap interaction and beautifully flowing illustrations

Gift giving for baby shower, birthday, holiday, dance recital, moving up, or graduation celebrations

For fans of Angelina Ballerina, Pinkalicious, Lola Dutch, and Ella Bella Ballerina books

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Flora and the Flamingo [Idle, Molly] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Flora and the Flamingo

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The Lion & the Mouse (Caldecott Medal Winner)

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The Lion & the Mouse (Caldecott Medal Winner) [Pinkney, Jerry] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The Lion & the Mouse (Caldecott Medal Winner)

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Cities may grow large.
Summers may come and go.
but the one thing that always
remains the same is the desire for

You'll never know what you'll find when you look inside!

And people might adventure.

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The Secret Box [Lehman, Barbara, Lehman, Barbara] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The Secret Box

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Barbara Lehman has illustrated many books for children. Born in Chicago, Barbara attended Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, where she earned a BFA in communication design. A full-time illustrator, Barbara says, "Books and art have always held the strongest attraction for me. I have always felt drawn to commercial art' because of its ability to reach many people. I like the idea of being part of the media in a meaningful and thoughtful way, especially with children as the audience." She now lives in Philmont, New York.

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Rainstorm [Lehman, Barbara] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Rainstorm

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This Caldecott Honor-winning book about a book is a delightful, wordless tale about the power of stories, perfect for fans of Brendan Wenzel and David Weisner.

A red book is lying in the snow in the city. When you open it, you find a new kind of adventure. You will be taken across oceans and continents when you just flip the page. But this book-in-a-book holds even more secrets to discover.

Lehman's simple story line and surprising illustrations create an unexpectedly enchanting story about friendship, connectedness, and how stories can bring us together . . . and even bring us inside their pages.

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The Red Book: A Caldecott Honor Award Winner (Caldecott Honor Book)

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The Red Book: A Caldecott Honor Award Winner (Caldecott Honor Book) [Lehman, Barbara] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The Red Book: A Caldecott Honor Award Winner (Caldecott Honor Book)

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Chalk by Bill Thomson (Author, Illustrator)

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Chalk by Bill Thomson (Author, Illustrator)

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Science Verse by Jon Scieszka  (Author), Lane Smith  (Illustrator)

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Science Verse by Jon Scieszka  (Author), Lane Smith  (Illustrator)

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Science Verse (Golden Duck Awards. Picture Book (Awards))

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"Amoeba"Don't ever tease a wee amoeba By calling him a her amoeba. And don't call her a him amoeba. Or never he a she amoeba. 'Cause whether his or hers amoeba, They too feel like you and meba.What if a boring lesson about the food chain becomes a sing-aloud celebration about predators ...

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Squids Will Be Squids by Jon Scieszka  (Author), Lane Smith (Illustrator)

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Squids Will Be Squids by Jon Scieszka  (Author), Lane Smith (Illustrator)

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One World, One Day by Barbara Kerley  (Author)

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One World, One Day by Barbara Kerley  (Author)

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one day (barbara kerley photo inspirations)

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children's / teenage general interest: places & peoples

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general knowledge & trivia (children's / teenage)

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One World, One Day (Barbara Kerley Photo Inspirations)

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One World, One Day uses exquisite, moving photographs and Barbara Kerley's poetic text to convey a simple yet profound concept: we are one global family. This is a sophisticated concept book, presented as an elegant picture book with contributions from top international photographers.This b...

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If America Were a Village: A Book about the People of the United States by David J. Smith  (Author), Shelagh Armstrong (Illustrator)

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If America Were a Village: A Book about the People of the United States by David J. Smith  (Author), Shelagh Armstrong (Illustrator)

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If America Were a Village: A Book about the People of the United States by David J. Smith, illustrated by Shelagh Armstrong

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Using the same simple metaphor he used in his previous bestselling If the World Were a Village , educational consultant David J. Smith presents America as a village of 100 (a far less intimidating number than the 306 million we've become!) to help kids (and anyone else) better understand just who Americans are and the lives that we're living.

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Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11 by Brian Floca 

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Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11 by Brian Floca 

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Brian Floca is the author and illustrator of Locomotive, winner of the Caldecott Medal; Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11 (revised and expanded in 2019 for the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing); Lightship; The Racecar Alphabet; and Five Trucks. His most recent book, Keeping the City Going, is a tribute to the essential workers who stayed on the streets and on the job during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Brian has illustrated Avi's Poppy Stories series, Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan's Ballet for Martha: Making Appalachian Spring, Laura Amy Schlitz's Princess Cora and the Crocodile, Maria Gianferrari's Hawk Rising, and other titles.

In addition to the Caldecott, Brian's books have received four Robert F. Sibert Honor awards for distinguished informational books, a silver medal from the Society of Illustrators, and have three times been selected for the annual New York Times Best Illustrated Books list.

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Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11 (Richard Jackson Books (Atheneum Hardcover))

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Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11 (Richard Jackson Books (Atheneum Hardcover)) [Floca, Brian, Floca, Brian] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11 (Richard Jackson Books (Atheneum Hardcover))

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The Boy Who Invented TV: The Story of Philo Farnsworth by Kathleen Krull  (Author), Greg Couch (Illustrator)

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The Boy Who Invented TV: The Story of Philo Farnsworth by Kathleen Krull  (Author), Greg Couch (Illustrator)

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The Boy Who Invented TV: The Story of Philo Farnsworth

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The Boy Who Invented TV: The Story of Philo Farnsworth [Krull, Kathleen, Couch, Greg] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The Boy Who Invented TV: The Story of Philo Farnsworth

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I Face the Wind (Science Play) [Cobb, Vicki, Gorton, Julia] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. I Face the Wind (Science Play)

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Glass Slipper, Gold Sandal: A Worldwide Cinderella: A Worldwide Cinderella by Paul Fleischman  (Author), Julie Paschkis  (Illustrator)

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Glass Slipper, Gold Sandal: A Worldwide Cinderella: A Worldwide Cinderella by Paul Fleischman  (Author), Julie Paschkis  (Illustrator)

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Paul Fleischman (Author), Julie Paschkis (Illustrator)

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Glass Slipper, Gold Sandal: A Worldwide Cinderella: A Worldwide Cinderella (Worldwide Stories)

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Glass Slipper, Gold Sandal: A Worldwide Cinderella: A Worldwide Cinderella (Worldwide Stories) [Fleischman, Paul, Paschkis, Julie] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Glass Slipper, Gold Sandal: A Worldwide Cinderella: A Worldwide Cinderella (Worldwide Stories)

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Acclaimed and bestselling photographer Tana Hoban's timeless 2 6 Letters and 99 Cents is two books in one! Both an alphabet book and a counting book, this wordless classic uses colorful photographs to teach important concepts. Perfect for visual learners!

Simple, clear, practical, 26 Letters and 99 Cents teaches the most basic building blocks of life skills. Sit together with a child at home or in a preschool classroom and use coins and an alphabet sheet alongside this book to enjoyably teach ABCs and counting.

In a starred review, School Library Journal said, "Children will enjoy manipulating money, numbers, and letters to correspond to the photographs in this book."

Readers can start from either side of the book. "Hoban's crisp photo-essay presents images of upper- and lower-case letters beside objects beginning with that letter; reverse the book, and numerals are shown alongside coins that total that amount," explained Publishers Weekly.

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Acclaimed and bestselling photographer Tana Hoban's timeless 26 Letters and 99 Cents is two books in one! Both an alphabet book and a counting book, this wordless classic uses colorful photographs to teach important concepts. Perfect for visual learners! Simple...

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A Drop of Water: A Book of Science and Wonder By: Walter Wick

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A Drop of Water: A Book of Science and Wonder By: Walter Wick

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The most spectacular photographs ever created on the subject of water appear in this unique science book by Walter Wick. The camera stops the action and magnifies it so that all the amazing states of water can be observed — water as ice, rainbow, steam, frost, dew. Readers can examine a drop of water as it falls from a faucet, see a drop of water as it splashes on a hard surface, count the points of an actual snowflake, and contemplate how drops of water form clouds. Evaporation, condensation, capillary, attraction, and surface tension are explained through simple text and illustrated by pictures that reveal water in its many awesome transformations. The last pages of the book feature experiments that welcome the reader into the world of scientific investigation. In A Drop of Water, Walter Wick embraces two disciplines, art and science, and stimulates the reader as aesthetic and scientific observer.

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A Drop Of Water: A Book of Science and Wonder

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The most spectacular photographs ever created on the subject of water appear in this unique science book by Walter Wick. The camera stops the action and magnifies it so that all the amazing states of water can be observed - water as ice, rainbow, steam, frost, dew.

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Each Orange Had 8 Slices: A Counting Book

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Each Orange Had 8 Slices: A Counting Book

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Each Orange Had 8 Slices (Counting Books (Greenwillow Books))

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Each Orange Had 8 Slices (Counting Books (Greenwillow Books)) [Giganti Jr., Paul, Crews, Donald] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Each Orange Had 8 Slices (Counting Books (Greenwillow Books))

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A collection of books from Author/Illustrator Phoebe Wahl.

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A collection of books from Author/Illustrator Vera Brosgol.

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A collection of books illustrated by Kate Cosgrove.

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A collection of websites that involve books, reading, and the English language.

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Video games recommended by Dr. Osvath. While not "quality literature" these games can help students become more fluent readers while having fun.

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With this virtual library, I aim to list a wide variety of high-quality books to interest children of many ages, backgrounds, and interests. I have also included a couple of categories based on my interests, including my favorite childhood books, artist biographies, and dinosaurs. The sections I included are organized into thematic categories: book formats; special topics; book awards; content areas; authors and illustrators of interest; and others.

My ultimate goal as an educator is to help my students develop a love for reading by helping them find material that they truly enjoy.

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Flowers from Mariko by 	Rick Noguchi, Michelle Reiko Kumata, Deneen Jenks

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Flowers from Mariko by 	Rick Noguchi, Michelle Reiko Kumata, Deneen Jenks

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Flowers from Mariko is a story that most younger children will not know what they are talking about. Most younger children probably won't understand what a camp is and why they are getting out. This story would be one that you would have to be very careful who you read it to. You would want to read it to older children and make sure you talk about the back story behind it. ...more

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Flowers from Mariko is a story that most younger children will not know what they are talking about. Most younger children probably won't understand what a camp is and why they are getting out. This story would be one that you would have to be very careful who you read it to.

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Hidden: A Child's Story of the Holocaust by Loic Dauvillier (Author), Marc Lizano (Illustrator), and Greg Salsedo (Inker)

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Hidden: A Child's Story of the Holocaust by Loic Dauvillier (Author), Marc Lizano (Illustrator), and Greg Salsedo (Inker)

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In this gentle, poetic young graphic novel, Dounia, a grandmother, tells her granddaughter the story even her son has never heard: how, as a young Jewish girl in Paris, she was hidden away from the Nazis by a series of neighbors and friends who risked their lives to keep her alive when her parents had been taken to concentration camps.

Hidden ends on a tender note, with Dounia and her mother rediscovering each other as World War II ends . . . and a young girl in present-day France becoming closer to her grandmother, who can finally, after all those years, tell her story. With words by Loïc Dauvillier and art by Marc Lizano and Greg Salsedo, this picture book-style comic for young readers is a touching read.

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Hidden: A Child's Story of the Holocaust

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Hidden: A Child's Story of the Holocaust [Dauvillier, Loic, Lizano, Marc, Salsedo, Greg] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Hidden: A Child's Story of the Holocaust

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Lily Renee, Escape Artist: From Holocaust Survivor to Comic Book Pioneer by Trina Robbins

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Lily Renee, Escape Artist: From Holocaust Survivor to Comic Book Pioneer by Trina Robbins

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Lily Renée, Escape Artist: From Holocaust Survivor to Comic Book Pioneer

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Amazon.com: Lily Renée, Escape Artist: From Holocaust Survivor to Comic Book Pioneer: 9780761381143: Robbins, Trina, Oh, Margaret, Timmons, Anne, Studio C10: Books

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Fish Girl by David Wiesner, Donna Jo Napoli

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Fish Girl by David Wiesner, Donna Jo Napoli

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Fish Girl [Napoli, Donna Jo, Wiesner, David, Wiesner, David] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Fish Girl

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The illustrations were done in mixed media. Most look like watercolors, but the book doesn't say. Googling the illustrator would give you the answer. The illustrations were done in mixed media. Most look like watercolors, but the book doesn't say. Googling the illustrator would give you the answer. I thought the graphics were pretty good - made the story enjoyable. ...more (less)

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The illustrations were done in mixed media. Most look like watercolors, but the book doesn't say. Googling the illustrator would give you the answer. The illustrations were done in mixed media. Most look like watercolors, but the book doesn't say. Googling the illustrator would give you the answer.

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fantasy graphic novel for kids; magical realism for children; magic realism; tween fantasy books for girls; contemporary fantasy; lgbt comics; lgbtq comic books; trans characters; transgender; black protagonist; snap dragon; gender nonbinary characters; transgender teens; magical powers; witchcraft; diverse characters; family secrets; witches; cat leigh; cat lay; kat leigh; middle grade comics; lumberjanes author; women authors; magical realist; love; small town; publishers weekly best books of the year; best middle grade books of 2020; best books of 2020; new york public library best books of the year; nypl best kids books of 2020; school library journal best books of the year; slj best books of 2020

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Snapdragon [Leyh, Kat] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Snapdragon

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Becoming RBG: Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Journey to Justice by Debbie Levy  (Author) and Whitney Gardner (Illustrator)

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Becoming RBG: Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Journey to Justice by Debbie Levy  (Author) and Whitney Gardner (Illustrator)

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Becoming RBG: Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Journey to Justice

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Becoming RBG: Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Journey to Justice [Levy, Debbie, Gardner, Whitney] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Becoming RBG: Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Journey to Justice

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Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur Volume 1: BFF by Authors Amy Reader; Brandon Montclare and Illustrator Natacha Bustos

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Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur Volume 1: BFF by Authors Amy Reader; Brandon Montclare and Illustrator Natacha Bustos

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Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur Vol. 1: BFF (Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur (2015-2019))

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Collects Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #1-6. Lunella Lafayette is a preteen genius who wants to change the world, but lives in fear of the Inhuman genes inside her! Now, Lunella's life is turned upside down when a red-scaled beast is teleported from the prehistoric past to a far-flung future we ca...

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The Underground Abductor: An Abolitionist Tale about Harriet Tubman by Nathan Hale

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The Underground Abductor: An Abolitionist Tale about Harriet Tubman by Nathan Hale

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Lightfall: The Girl & the Galdurian by Tim Probert

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Lightfall: The Girl & the Galdurian by Tim Probert

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Lightfall: The Girl & the Galdurian (Lightfall, 1)

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Lightfall: The Girl & the Galdurian (Lightfall, 1) [Probert, Tim, Probert, Tim] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Lightfall: The Girl & the Galdurian (Lightfall, 1)

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WolfWalkers: The Graphic Novel by Samuel Sattin

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WolfWalkers: The Graphic Novel by Samuel Sattin

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WolfWalkers: The Graphic Novel [Sattin, Samuel, Tomm Moore & Ross Stewart] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. WolfWalkers: The Graphic Novel

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Mary Cassatt: Impressionist Painter by Lois Harris

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Mary Cassatt: Impressionist Painter by Lois Harris

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Mary Cassatt: Impressionist Painter [Harris, Lois, Cassatt, Mary] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Mary Cassatt: Impressionist Painter

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Read 2,586 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. Since the Taliban took over Afghanistan, 11-year-old Parvana has rarely been outdoors. B...

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My Name Is Georgia: A Portrait by Jeanette Winter

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My Name Is Georgia: A Portrait by Jeanette Winter

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My Name Is Georgia: A Portrait by Jeanette Winter

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Amazon.com: My Name Is Georgia: A Portrait by Jeanette Winter: 9780152045975: Winter, Jeanette, Winter, Jeanette: Books

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Nasreen's Secret School: A True Story from Afghanistan by Jeanette Winter

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Nasreen's Secret School: A True Story from Afghanistan by Jeanette Winter

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Renowned picture book creator Jeanette Winter tells the story of a young girl in Afghanistan who attends a secret school for girls.

Young Nasreen has not spoken a word to anyone since her parents disappeared.

In despair, her grandmother risks everything to enroll Nasreen in a secret school for girls. Will a devoted teacher, a new friend, and the worlds she discovers in books be enough to draw Nasreen out of her shell of sadness?

Based on a true story from Afghanistan, this inspiring book will touch readers deeply as it affirms both the life-changing power of education and the healing power of love.

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Nasreen's Secret School: A True Story from Afghanistan

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Nasreen's Secret School: A True Story from Afghanistan [Winter, Jeanette, Winter, Jeanette] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Nasreen's Secret School: A True Story from Afghanistan

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The Gardener by Sarah Stewart (Author) and David Small (Illustrator)

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The Gardener by Sarah Stewart (Author) and David Small (Illustrator)

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I read this once and promptly turned to the beginning and read it again, more slowly with more attention to the details. The text is sparse but when combined with the art, the story deepens and the reader gets a better sense of time, place, and the personalities of the main characters (especially Uncle Jim). The young girl is upbeat, caring, and has a passion that keeps her busy and occupies her thoughts. (I want all of the kids to have interests beyond electronics, so I'm always on the lookout ...more

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I read this once and promptly turned to the beginning and read it again, more slowly with more attention to the details. The text is sparse but when combined with the art, the story deepens and the reader gets a better sense of time, place, and the personalities of the main characters (especially Uncle Jim).

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Thanks for the tremendous support of my work which includes books I have written and illustrated, (The Dot, Ish, Happy Dreamer, The Word Collector) as well as collaborations, (Someday with Alisan McGhee, the Judy Moody series with Megan McDonald, Going Places with my twin brother, Paul, and the I AM series with Susan Verde)

My children's media company, FableVision, located in Boston, is dedicated to crafting "stories that matter, stories that move." I also make creativity tools for the classroom - FableVision LeanMy twin brother, Paul, and I founded an independent bookshop in Dedham Square, MA called The Blue Bunny. www.bluebunnybooks.com

Much of my work is designed to inspire all of us to navigate our true potential - to be brave, original, inspirational, inspired, and active.

My hope is that my work will also inspire YOU to make YOUR mark - and see where it takes you.

Let's stay connected - follow me on twitter - @peterhreynolds : )

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Amazon.com: The Dot: 9780763619619: Peter H Reynolds: Books

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Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai

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Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai

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Read 7,920 reviews from the world’s largest community for readers. For all the ten years of her life, Hà has only known Saigon: the thrills of its markets,…

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The Quiet Place by Sarah Stewart (Author) and David Small (Illustrator)

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The Quiet Place by Sarah Stewart (Author) and David Small (Illustrator)

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When Isabel and her family move to the United States, Isabel misses all the things she left behind in Mexico, especially her aunt Lupita and hearing people s…

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Roxaboxen by Alice McLerran (Author) and Barbara Cooney (Illustrator)

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Roxaboxen by Alice McLerran (Author) and Barbara Cooney (Illustrator)

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children's / teenage general interest: places & peoples

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educational: first/native language: school editions of literature texts

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school editions of english literature fiction texts

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From two-time Caldecott Medal-winning illustrator Barbara Cooney and celebrated children's book author Alice McLerran comes Roxaboxen, a treasured story about the magic of a child's imagination.Marian called it Roxboxen. There across the road, it looked like any rocky hill-nothi...

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When I Was Young in the Mountains by Cynthia Rylant (Author) and Diane Goode (Illustrator)

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When I Was Young in the Mountains by Cynthia Rylant (Author) and Diane Goode (Illustrator)

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When I Was Young in the Mountains [Rylant, Cynthia, Goode, Diane] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. When I Was Young in the Mountains

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That Book Woman by Heather Henson (Author) and David Small (Illustrator)

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That Book Woman by Heather Henson (Author) and David Small (Illustrator)

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That Book Woman [Henson, Heather, Small, David] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. That Book Woman

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The Storyteller's Candle / La velita de los cuentos by Authors Lucia Gonzalez and Lulu Delacre

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The Storyteller's Candle / La velita de los cuentos by Authors Lucia Gonzalez and Lulu Delacre

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It is the winter of 1929, and cousins Hildamar and Santiago have just moved to enormous, chilly New York from their native Puerto Rico. As Three Kings' Day approaches, Hildamar and Santiago mourn the loss of their sunny home and wonder about their future in their adopted city. But when a storyteller and librarian named Pura Belpré arrives in their classroom, the children begin to understand just what a library can mean to a community. In this fitting tribute to a remarkable woman, Lucía González and Lulu Delacre have captured the truly astounding effect that Belpré had on the city of New York.

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The Storyteller's Candle/La velita de los cuentos

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The Storyteller's Candle/La velita de los cuentos [Gonzalez, Lucia, Delacre, Lulu] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The Storyteller's Candle/La velita de los cuentos

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Miss Dorothy and Her Bookmobile by Gloria Houston (Author) and Susan Condie Lamb (Illustrator)

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Miss Dorothy and Her Bookmobile by Gloria Houston (Author) and Susan Condie Lamb (Illustrator)

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Miss Dorothy and Her Bookmobile [Houston, Gloria, Lamb, Susan Condie] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Miss Dorothy and Her Bookmobile

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Alia's Mission: Saving the Books of Iraq by Mark Alan Stamaty

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Alia's Mission: Saving the Books of Iraq by Mark Alan Stamaty

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Alia’s Mission: Saving the Books of Iraq (Dragonfly Books)

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Amazon.com: Alia’s Mission: Saving the Books of Iraq (Dragonfly Books): 9780375857638: Stamaty, Mark Alan: Books

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Astrid has always done everything with her best friend Nicole. So when Astrid falls in love with roller derby and signs up for a summer camp, she's sure Nicole will be right by her side - until Nicole signs up for ballet camp instead, with Astrid's biggest rival. So begins the hardest summer of Astrid's life, as she struggles to stay on her skates, to learn who she is without Nicole . . . and to find out what it takes to be a strong, tough, awesome roller girl.

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Astrid has always done everything with her best friend Nicole. So when Astrid falls in love with roller derby and signs up for a summer camp, she's sure Nicole will be right by her side - until Nicole signs up for ballet camp instead, with Astrid's biggest rival.

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Every night, tiny stars appear out of the darkness in little Sandy's bedroom. She catches them and creates wonderful creatures to play with until she falls asleep, and in the morning brings them back to life in the whimsical drawings that cover her room. One day, Morfie, a mysterious pale girl, a...

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Sketch Monsters: Escape of the Scribbles by Joshua Williamson (Author) and Vicente Navarrete (Illustrator)

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Sketch Monsters: Escape of the Scribbles by Joshua Williamson (Author) and Vicente Navarrete (Illustrator)

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Sketch Monsters, Vol. 1 book. Read 33 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. Eight-year-old Mandy isn't what you'd call an emotional chi...

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Our Only May Amelia (Harper Trophy Books (Paperback))

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Our Only May Amelia (Harper Trophy Books (Paperback)) [Holm, Jennifer L] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Our Only May Amelia (Harper Trophy Books (Paperback))

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Light Shining Through the Mist: A Photobiography of Dian Fossey by Tom Mathews

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Light Shining Through the Mist: A Photobiography of Dian Fossey by Tom Mathews

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Light Shining Through the Mist: A Photobiography of Dian Fossey (Photobiographies)

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In 1966, with no experience or formal scientific training, Dian Fossey left the United States and set up a gorilla observation camp in the Virunga mountains of Africa. Sponsored by Dr. Louis Leakey, the 34-year-old Fossey had embarked on a 19-year project that began as a field study of gorillas b...

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Bone Detective: The Story of Forensic Anthropologist Diane France by Lorraine Jean Hopping

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Bone Detective: The Story of Forensic Anthropologist Diane France by Lorraine Jean Hopping

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Bone Detective: The Story of Forensic Anthropologist Diane France (Women's Adventures in Science (Joseph Henry Press))

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Diane France loves bones. Why? Because they talk to her. Every skeleton she meets whispers secrets about the life?and death?of its owner. Diane France can hear those secrets because she's a forensic anthropologist, a bone detective. She has the science skills and know-how to examine bone...

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Girls Who Looked Under Rocks: The Lives of Six Pioneering Naturalists by Jeannine Atkins (Author) and Paula Conner (Illustrator)

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Girls Who Looked Under Rocks: The Lives of Six Pioneering Naturalists by Jeannine Atkins (Author) and Paula Conner (Illustrator)

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This will be an excellent supplemental resource for our fall science class. The biographies inspired me. The art of Maria Sibylla Merian is stunning and relevant. Hopefully, it will inspire students to keep a nature journal and sketches. Each woman can be a distinct lesson with different yet intertwining foci. I'm glad I ran across the book.

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This will be an excellent supplemental resource for our fall science class. The biographies inspired me. The art of Maria Sibylla Merian is stunning and relevant. Hopefully, it will inspire students to keep a nature journal and sketches. Each woman can be a distinct lesson with different yet intertwining foci.

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The Storm in the Barn [Phelan, Matt] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The Storm in the Barn

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One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams Garcia

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One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams Garcia

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Read 4,506 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. In the summer of 1968, after travelling from Brooklyn to Oakland, California, to spend a...

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Dead End in Norvelt book. Read 3,330 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. Dead End in Norvelt is the winner of the 2012 Newbery Medal ...

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I think for the most part this is a good book, I really like the plot of the story, the life, how the problem started, the problem, the adventure, the side problems, and the happy ending. This story is very detailed and it makes a perfect picture in your head. I would recommend reading this book.

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I think for the most part this is a good book, I really like the plot of the story, the life, how the problem started, the problem, the adventure, the side problems, and the happy ending. This story is very detailed and it makes a perfect picture in your head.

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It's the 1920s, and Bo was headed for an Alaska orphanage when she won the hearts of two tough gold miners who set out to raise her, enth...

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Mitsi Kashino packed her sketch pad, her binder and her worry in her book bag. Dash hopped on the bed, sniffing the straps before flattening himself on top of it. Muzzle resting on his front paws, he watched Mitsi with worried brown eyes.

"I wish I could tuck you inside." She ruffled the scruffy white fur on his head. Dash had no idea that Christmas vacation was over, that it was time for Mitsi to go back to school. She lifted a blue headband from her dresser, and paused in front of the mirror before slipping it over her straight black hair. Things might be better, now that more time had passed. Maybe there'd be an end to the mean notes in her desk and funny looks in the hall. Maybe school could be back to normal, even if nothing else was.

Mitsi wrestled her book bag out from under Dash, whose tail wagged hopefully. Mitsi picked him up, rubbing her cheek against his fur, soft as a baby blanket. "It'll be fine, won't it?"

Dash licked her chin. "Thanks, buddy." She squeezed him again, then put him on the floor. "You stay, now." She motioned with her hand. "I'll see you later."

Ted left for school before her, so Mitsi slipped out the front door by herself, blocking her ears to Dash's whimpers. With book bag and umbrella in hand, she raced down the front steps. She didn't want to be late meeting Mags and Judy. They always went away for the holidays - Mags to her grandma's and Judy to her aunt and uncle's -so it had been two whole weeks since they'd seen one another. Usually they were inseparable, like Betsy, Tacy and Tib in those books. Mitsi didn't even know what her friends had gotten for Christmas! She couldn't wait to tell them what she'd found under her tree: a brand new sketch pad and a box of chalk pastels. The kind real artists use. Mitsi had spent hours on the pictures tucked in her sketchpad. There were several of Dash - one of him curled up on her bed. One of him watching Mom cook, waiting for some bit of food to drop. And one of him dancing in a circle, begging for a treat. She'd also drawn a couple of dragons to match the stories Mags was always writing. Mags would get a kick out of those.

Mitsi ran the last half block to the meet-up bench on Jackson Street. She plunked down on the slatted seat, scrunching her shoulders up toward her ears against the weather. Despite the chill, it warmed her to think how much Judy and Mags would like her drawings. She swung her legs back and forth to warm up. They should be here any minute now. At breakfast, Pop had said there might be a little snow this week. Mitsi buttoned the top button on her coat.

"Konnichi wa!" Mrs. Kusakabe called from across the street.

Mitsi called hello back to her elderly neighbor.

Mrs. Kusakabe leaned on her cane. "Poor Dash will be lonely with you gone all day."

"He'll be okay." Mitsi tried not to think about those sad brown eyes.

"Study hard now." With a wave, Mrs. Kusakabe hobbled inside Cheeky's Cafe for her breakfast. Mitsi swung her legs faster. If Judy and Mags didn't hurry up, they'd all be tardy. She blew into her cupped hands. She'd been in such a rush, she'd forgotten to grab her mittens.

Too cold to sit any longer, Mitsi marched around the bench-one, two, three laps-stomping hard to warm up her feet. Her nose began to run. Where were they?

Eight, nine, ten laps. She paced to the curb and leaned out into the street, looking left and right. She blew on her hands again, trying not to worry. There'd been a bad cold going around. Maybe Mags and Judy had caught it. She checked the time on the big clock outside Higo Variety Store. If she didn't scoot, now, she'd be tardy for sure. After one last glance in each direction, Mitsi bolted toward school, arriving seconds before the Pledge of Allegiance. As she stood with her classmates, she caught sight of Mags's red curls and Judy's blonde pageboy. They weren't absent after all. But why hadn't they been at the bench? Now, she'd have to wait until first recess to find out.

Miss Wyatt picked up a basket from her desk. "I have a little New Year's gift for each of you. Patty, you're the room monitor this week. Would you please pass these out?"

Mitsi leaned forward, nearly out of her seat trying to see what was in the basket.

Roy Biddle reached in first. "A pencil." He wiggled it between his fingers.

"A fresh pencil for a fresh start in the new year." Miss Wyatt beamed.

"Oh." Roy put it in the pencil tray on his desk. He said thanks, but he didn't sound all that thankful.

Patty handed one to Judy and then Hudson Young. She worked her way down Mitsi's row. When Patty got to Eddie Munson's desk, right in front of her, Mitsi held out her hand, ready for her pencil. But Patty brushed right by.

"Hey, you forgot me," Mitsi said.

Patty turned back. "Oh. Sor-ry." She held out a pencil. It dropped before Mitsi could take it. "Oops." Patty continued passing out pencils.

"She did that on purpose," Grace Arai whispered.

Mitsi shrugged.

"Did everyone get a pencil?" asked Miss Wyatt. Patty showed her the empty basket. "Good. Let's pull out our arithmetic books." Miss Wyatt offered up a piece of chalk. "Who would like to solve problem number one?" Several hands shot up.

Spelling followed arithmetic. Ten sentences using this week's spelling list. As Mitsi was writing a sentence for word number eight, behavior - "The behavior of some people is not very nice." - the recess bell finally rang. She grabbed her sketch pad and hopped up.

"Oh, Mitsi," Miss Wyatt called. "Would you wait a moment, please?" Mitsi glanced over her shoulder. Judy and Mags rushed to the cloakroom with the rest of the class to grab coats and jackets.

She edged to the doorway, ready to dash herself as soon as her teacher was done speaking with her.

"Come here, dear." Miss Wyatt waved her closer.

Mitsi held back a sigh of exasperation. She'd already waited so long to show Judy and Mags her drawings. But she stepped toward.

"I am going to be speaking to all the. . .," Miss Wyatt cleared her throat. "But I wanted to speak to you first." She leaned forward. "Things must be very confusing for you right now."

How did Miss Wyatt know about Judy and Mags? Mitsi nodded.

"We're all still part of the same school family, all part of the same community," Miss Wyatt continued. "No matter what happens in the world, nothing can change that."

Mitsi's stomach knotted. This was about that terrible day.

"Do you understand what I'm saying?" Miss Wyatt's hazel eyes brimmed with kindness.

Mitsi nodded again. Anything to escape.

"That's fine, then." Miss Wyatt smiled. "Go on out and play."

Cheeks burning, Mitsi ran outside, straight to the old maple tree where she and Judy and Mags always played jacks.

"Is it too late to get in the game?" Mitsi asked.

"Jacks is for babies." Patty had pushed her way to the spot between Judy and Mags. Sitting where Mitsi always sat. She opened a small blue autograph book. They were the newest fad. Some of the sixth grade girls already had them. But Patty was the first fifth grader.

"I'm even going to ask Miss Wyatt to sign it." Patty handed Judy a fountain pen.

"I've never written in one of these before." Judy chewed on her lip. "I don't know what to say."

"I know one. It's what my brother writes when the junior high girls ask him to sign their books." Mags jumped up to recite. "The mother put the kid to bed because it wouldn't mind. But when he left I saw he had a little bear behind." She cracked up.

"Mags!" Judy looked horrified.

Mitsi thought it was pretty funny, too. She could see Mags' brother writing that. He was a real card. She thought about what she would sign. Maybe she'd flip to one of the blue pages and write, "I hope you are never the color of this page." She'd heard that in a movie.

Judy leaned over the autograph book, turned to a pink page and began to write.

"What's it say?" Mags tried to read upside down.

"Make new friends, but keep the old," Judy read. "One is silver and the other gold."

"Oh, that's so sweet." Patty took the book from Judy and held it out to Mags. "Your turn."

"Something nice." Judy leaned over Mags's shoulder.

The pen moved across the page in Mags's loopy style. "There." Mags put the cap back on the pen.

"Let me see." Patty grabbed the book when Mags was finished and read aloud. "When twilight draws her curtains, and pins them with a star, remember me your friend dear Patty, though you may wander far." She nodded, then slapped the book shut. "I'm going to go ask Cindy to sign it now."

"I thought of something," Mitsi said.

Patty stood up. "Come on, you two."

"I'd like to write an autograph," Mitsi said.

Patty glared at her. "You can't."

"What are you talking about?" Mitsi shifted her sketch pad to her other arm. "What's going on?"

A funny look flashed over Mags's face. It reminded Mitsi of Dash's expression when he got caught chewing on Pop's socks. Judy didn't meet Mitsi's gaze at all. And neither of them said a word. Not to Patty. Not to her.

"Cindy! Cindy!" Patty flounced off. Judy grabbed Mags's arm and they followed.

Mitsi stood there, shivering and all alone. What were her friends doing? What was going on? She wished she had packed Dash in her book bag. What happened on December seventh hadn't changed the way he felt about Mitsi. Not one whit. Why couldn't it be the same for people?

At lunchtime, the cafeteria lady set a plate of meatloaf, mashed potatoes and gravy on Mitsi's tray. "Pudding or jello?" she asked. Mitsi pointed to a cup of tapioca with a maraschino cherry plopped on top. She paid for lunch, then hesitated. She'd never had to think about where to sit before. She and Mags and Judy had a favorite joke: no matter what was on the menu, the three of them always had a Mitsi sandwich for lunch, with Mitsi right between her two best friends.

Mags caught Mitsi's eye and smiled her regular gap-toothed Mags smile, deeply dimpled and wide. Relieved, Mitsi headed toward their table.

For the second time that day, Patty Tibbets beat her out, settling herself on a stool.

"Uh, that's where Mitsi sits," Mags said.

"I was here first." Patty popped the lid off her milk bottle.

Mags leaned forward, glancing down the table at Judy.

Judy blinked hard. But she didn't tell Patty to move.

Patty pointed across the room to the table where Kenji Hayashi, Grace Arai and some of the other kids from Mitsi's neighborhood were sitting. "You belong over there."

Mitsi stared at her two best friends. "But this is our table."

Judy squirted ketchup on her meatloaf. Mags concentrated on unwrapping her straw.

Patty put a pointer finger at the outer corner of each of her blue eyes. She pushed her eyelids up into slants and mouthed something that turned Mitsi's stomach. " Jap." The word slapped Mitsi back to that horrible Sunday.

Her whole family had been in the living room, listening to the New York Philharmonic on the radio after church. Mitsi and Pop were reading the funnies aloud to each other. It was Mitsi's turn to read Dick Tracy but an announcer cut into the music.

"Hush a minute." Pop signaled Ted to turn up the volume.

"The Japanese have attacked Pearl Harbor," the announcer said.

"Oh, no!" Mom pressed her apron hem to her mouth. Pop grabbed the back of his neck with his hands. Ted shook his head, no-no-no. Obaachan rocked. Even Dash froze, ears perked, listening.

Crazy words ricocheted around the living room, words about Japanese planes flying out of nowhere, dropping bombs, destroying planes, sinking ships. The West Virginia, the Oklahoma, the Arizona. So many ships.

"All those soldiers. All those boys," Mom had sobbed. The next morning, the F.B.I. had swept through Nihonmachi, Japantown, arresting dozens of businessmen, including their neighbor, Mr. Iseri.

That night, someone threw a rock through the plate glass windows at the Arai's grocery store. Right away the newspapers stopped using the word "Japanese" and started using "Jap." When the neighbors burned their Japanese books, Mom decided they should, too. Even those that had belonged to Obaachan's grandfather. The rice paper crackled in the burn barrel, as snakes of black smoke slithered into the gray December sky. Obaachan had said, " Shikata ga nai. It cannot be helped." But Mom cried as she tossed book after book into the flames.

Now, in the lunchroom, Mitsi fought back tears, too.

She wanted to say, "I was born here in Seattle. At Swedish Hospital, just like you, Mags." She wanted to say, "I have brown eyes, just like you, Judy." She wanted to say, "I have never even been to Japan." But these were things she shouldn't have to say. Not to Judy and Mags. Not to friends.

Her lunch tray felt as heavy as her heart. Somehow, she made it across the room. Somehow, she slid onto the bench next to Grace. Somehow, she made it through lunch. And, somehow, she managed to do it without tears.

Right before the last bell, Miss Wyatt handed back their Expert Reports. Mitsi had titled hers "Dogs: Everyone's Best Friend." An A+ stood at attention at the top of her report, in Miss Wyatt's special green ink. Mitsi glanced across the aisle. Patty's paper earned a fat green C. Good.

Mitsi put her A+ report in her book bag. "What are you doing after school?" she asked Mags.

Mags took a long time buckling her galoshes. "Nothing," she said.

Judy scooted past, so close that one of her braids brushed Mitsi's shoulder. Mitsi grabbed it and gave it a playful tug.

Judy stared at her as if she was a swamp monster from that scary movie they'd seen. Patty grabbed Judy's arm. "Come on." And Judy went. As if every day since first grade, she and Mags and Mitsi hadn't walked home from school together, to the corner of 6 th and Jackson, where they headed north and Mitsi headed south.

She reached for the red umbrella Ted had given her for Christmas. Red to match Dash's collar. She tucked it under her arm, trying to tune out Patty's loud voice.

"Do you want to go to the show this weekend?" she was asking.

Mitsi couldn't hear the answer but of course Mags and Judy said yes. Mr. Tibbets owned the Atlas Theater and Patty got all the free Milk Duds she wanted.

Under skies as damp as her eyes, Mitsi put up her new umbrella and started for home. What was going on with her friends? It was like they'd caught amnesia or something. Or had fallen under an evil spell. What other reason could there be for them to snub her? Judy and Mags had never even liked Patty! And now they were acting all cozy, like the three of them were Betsy, Tacy and Tib. It couldn't just be for the free candy. Mags didn't even like Milk Duds.

Mitsi stepped over a puddle. It used to be that her friends thought Japanese things were nifty, like Obaachan's kimonos and celebrating Hina Matsuri, Girls' Day. Last year, Judy and Mags had come over before the party to help Mitsi and Mom make the rice-balls. Now her own friends were taking sides against her, becoming part of that awful hate-the-Japanese storm raging across the country. There wasn't a red umbrella big enough to shield Mitsi from that kind of rain.

A few blocks from home, she passed some junior high boys, hanging out in front of the Jackson Ten Cent Store, pretending to smoke candy cigarettes. "Hey!" One of them called out to her.

Mitsi looked over but didn't answer. She kept walking.

The boys followed.

She walked faster.

They walked faster.

Mitsi ran. They ran.

Right in front of the Nelson's old house, Mitsi tripped and fell. Her book bag went flying. A boy in a plaid jacket snatched it up and yanked out Mitsi's report. "Aww. Iddin dat that sweet? A paper about doggies." He ripped it into shreds and tossed them into the air. "Look, it's snowing!"

A scrap with Miss Wyatt's green ink words - "Another fine job, Mitsi." - landed on Mitsi's coat. The boy dumped the book bag out on the soggy ground.

A second boy kicked her books into a puddle. All of them. Even her new sketch pad.

Mitsi pushed herself up off the sidewalk. Both of her knees stung. Blood oozed around the edges of the ragged holes in her stockings. Tears boiled at the back of her eyes.

"Serves you right." The boy in the plaid jacket glared. He and his buddies formed a ring around her. "Remember Pearl Harbor, remember Pearl Harbor," they chanted.

Mitsi turned around on wobbly legs. She had to get out. She tried to duck under their linked arms but the boys bounced her back to the center of the circle like she was a beach ball. The sour taste of fear hit the back of her throat. There were too many of them.

"OWWWWW!" The boy in the plaid jacket jumped back, holding his head. "What the-?" Beyond the boys, an old lady wearing big black rubber boots was swinging a broom. "Shame on you."

"We were just kidding around," said one of the boys.

"What are you? A Jap lover?" asked another.

The lady lifted the broom handle to her shoulder, like a baseball bat, ready to swing again. For an old lady, she looked strong.

The circle fell apart.

She stamped a rubber-booted foot. "Now get on home. Before I call your mothers."

The boy who'd gotten the clop on the head stood there a minute, rubbing it. "Aww, let's get out of here, guys." He ambled down the street, with the others on his heels.

The old lady leaned her broom against the fence. "Hooligans." She wiped off the sketch pad with a flowered apron that was tied over her coat. "Let it dry, then put it under something heavy. That will iron out most of the wrinkles." She stepped closer, holding it out to Mitsi. "Oh, my. Look at your knee."

Mitsi didn't want to look. She just wanted to get home. "It's okay." She took the pad.

The lady gathered up the rest of Mitsi's things. Mitsi brushed off her book bag and held it open. The lady dropped everything inside. She picked up some scraps of Mitsi's report.

"Dogs." She smiled, looking at the title. "I love them but don't have one."

"I do." Mitsi buckled the straps on her book bag. "Dash."

The lady nodded. "Good name for a dog. Speaking of names, mine is Mrs. Bowker."

Mitsi told Mrs. Bowker her name, too.

"Well, isn't that pretty? Suits you to a T." Mrs. Bowker patted Mitsi's shoulder. "You best get on home before your mother worries." She picked up her broom again. "I'll watch while you walk the rest of the way."

Mitsi slipped her book bag straps over her shoulders. "Thank you."

Mrs. Bowker was right. The papers would dry. And putting them under something heavy would smooth out the wrinkles. She'd done that before.

But wrinkles like Judy and Mags and looking like the enemy? Mitsi had no idea how to iron those out.

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What happens when a war comes between a girl and her dog? The moving story of a Japanese-American girl who is separated from her dog upon being sent to an incarceration camp during WWII. Although Mitsi Kashino and her family are swept up in the

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The Hired Girl (Ala Notable Children's Books. Older Readers)

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The Hired Girl (Ala Notable Children's Books. Older Readers) - Kindle edition by Schlitz, Laura Amy. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading The Hired Girl (Ala Notable Children's Books. Older Readers).

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Richie's Picks: FULL OF BEANS by Jennifer L. Holm, Random House, August 2016, 208p., ISBN: 978-0-553-51036-2

"White ones and red ones
And some you can't disguise
Twisted truth and half the news
Can't hide it in your eyes"
--Thompson Twins, "Lies" (1982)

"Everyone shouted, 'Hip, hip, hooray for Beans!'
"Then people were congratulating me and slapping me on the back. The radio was turned up loud. Cuban music started playing, and someone brought out snacks. It was an impromptu celebration, and I was the g...more

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Richie's Picks: FULL OF BEANS by Jennifer L. Holm, Random House, August 2016, 208p., ISBN: 978-0-553-51036-2 "White ones and red onesAnd some you can't disguiseTwisted truth and half the newsCan't hide it in your eyes"--Thompson Twins, "Lies" (1982) "Everyone shouted, 'Hip, hip, hooray for Beans!'"Then people were congratulating me and slapping me on the back.

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Beyond the Bright Sea [Wolk, Lauren] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Beyond the Bright Sea

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A Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book Winner of the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction When eleven-year-old Langston's father moves them from their home in Alabama to Chicago's Bronzeville district, it feels like he's giving up everything he loves. Before She Was Harriet , has crafted a lyrical debut novel about one boy's experiences during the Great Migration. Includes an author's note about the historical context and her research., which centers on one of Langston's classmates and explores grief, resilience, and the circumstances that can drive a boy to become a bully-- and offer a chance at redemption.

It's 1946. Langston's mother has just died, and now they're leaving the rest of his family and friends. He misses everything-- Grandma's Sunday suppers, the red dirt roads, and the magnolia trees his mother loved.

In the city, they live in a small apartment surrounded by noise and chaos. It doesn't feel like a new start, or a better life. At home he's lonely, his father always busy at work; at school he's bullied for being a country boy.

Don't miss the companion novel,

But Langston's new home has one fantastic thing. Unlike the whites-only library in Alabama, the Chicago Public Library welcomes everyone. There, hiding out after school, Langston discovers another Langston--a poet whom he learns inspired his mother enough to name her only son after him.

Lesa Cline-Ransome, author of the Coretta Scott King Honor picture book Leaving Lymon A Junior Library Guild selection! A CLA Notable Children's Book in Language Arts A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year, with 5 Starred Reviews A School Library Journal Best Book of 2018

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Finding Langston (The Finding Langston Trilogy)

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Finding Langston (The Finding Langston Trilogy) [Cline-Ransome, Lesa] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Finding Langston (The Finding Langston Trilogy)

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Winner of the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction! Perfect for fans of Elizabeth Acevedo, Ibi Zoboi, and Erika L. Sá nchez, this gorgeously written and deeply moving novel is the YA debut from the award-winning author of Inside Out & Back Again. 4 starred reviews!

In the final days of the Việt Nam War, Hằng takes her little brother, Linh, to the airport, determined to find a way to safety in America. In a split second, Linh is ripped from her arms-and Hằng is left behind in the war-torn country.

Six years later, Hằng has made the brutal journey from Việt Nam and is now in Texas as a refugee. She doesn't know how she will find the little brother who was taken from her until she meets LeeRoy, a city boy with big rodeo dreams, who decides to help her.

Hằng is overjoyed when she reunites with Linh. But when she realizes he doesn't remember her, their family, or Việt Nam, her heart is crushed. Though the distance between them feels greater than ever, Hằng has come so far that she will do anything to bridge the gap.

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Amazon.com: Butterfly Yellow: 9780062229212: Lai, Thanhhà: Books

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Amazon.com: All He Knew: 9780374312992: Frost, Helen: Books

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This award recognizes distinguished works of historical fiction (in the United States) for young readers.