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An orange for Frankie
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Patricia Polacco |
Frankie and his eight brothers and sisters learn lessons about giving, family, and tradition during a snowy Michigan Christmas long ago. |
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In Enzo's splendid gardens
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Patricia Polacco |
A cumulative rhyme describes the uproarious chain of events that ensue when a waiter trips over a book dropped by a boy watching a bee. |
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John Philip Duck
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Patricia Polacco |
During the Depression, a young Memphis boy trains his pet duck to do tricks in the fountain of a grand hotel and ends up becoming the Duck Master of the Peabody Hotel. |
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Mommies Say Shh!
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Patricia Polacco |
Animals make many different noises, but when they make too much noise their mommies quiet them down. |
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In our mothers' house
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Patricia Polacco |
Three young children experience the joys and challenges of being raised by two mothers. |
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Tikvah means hope
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Patricia Polacco |
After a devastating fire in the hills of Oakland, California, during Sukkoth, a Jewish family and their neighbors find symbols of hope amidst the ashes. |
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Uncle Isaaco
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Patricia Polacco |
When his family is forced by the Nazis to flee their home in Trieste, Italy, Enzo misses his beloved uncle most of all. |
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Bully
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Patricia Polacco |
Sixth-grade friends Lyla and Jamie, both new to their school, stand up for each other when a clique of popular girls bullies them online. |
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The art of Miss Chew
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Patricia Polacco |
Describes how a teacher named Miss Chew encouraged individuality, and accepted learning differences, and helped a young student with academic difficulties get extra time to take tests and permission … |
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The blessing cup
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Patricia Polacco |
A single china cup from a tea set left behind when Jews were forced to leave Russia helps hold a family together through generations of living in America, reminding them of the most important things … |
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Clara and Davie
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Patricia Polacco |
From the author's family tree, this book is a true story of how the author's ancestor Clara Barton had a talent for healing creatures and how Clara's brother Davie reminded her of her talent and pred… |
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Gifts of the heart
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Patricia Polacco |
Kay Lamity, Trisha and Richie's new housekeeper, shows them how special it is to give Christmas gifts that come from the heart.
Kay Lamity, who is Trisha and Richie's new housekeeper, shows them how… |
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Fiona's lace
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Patricia Polacco |
An Irish family stays together with the help of Fiona's talent for making one-of-a-kind lace in this heartwarming immigration story.
Fiona and her family moved from Ireland to Chicago to begin a new… |
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Tucky Jo and Little Heart
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Patricia Polacco |
A fifteen-year-old soldier in World War II meets a sweet young girl in the Philippines who helps him remember what he is fighting for as he helps her and others of her village avoid starvation, and m… |
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The mermaid's purse
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Patricia Polacco |
Young Stella loves books so much, her books begin to take over the farmhouse. Why, Stell, you need your own library to hold those books, her pa tells her, so he and the neighbors build her one! She… |
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Because of Thursday
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Patricia Polacco |
"Annie Fetlock--born on Thursday, met the love of her life on Thursday, and when a special cat comes into her life on Thursday, she knows he has found the right home"-- |
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Appelemando's dreams
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Patricia Polacco |
Because he spends his time dreaming, the villagers are convinced that Appelemando will never amount to much but in time his dreams change the village and all the people in it. |
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For the love of Autumn
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Patricia Polacco |
Miss Parks, a new teacher, is devastated when her cat, Autumn, disappears during a storm, but with the help of her students, she finds not only Autumn but also the man of her dreams. |
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Ginger and Petunia
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Patricia Polacco |
When her beloved Ginger, a piano-playing socialite and very snappy dresser, makes a last-minute trip to London not knowing her housesitter has cancelled, Petunia the pig does more than fend for herse… |
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The Graves Family Goes Camping
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Patricia Polacco |
When the Graves family goes on their annual camping trip to Lake Bleakmire, they make a frightening discovery in the forest. |
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