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Tar Beach
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Faith Ringgold |
Cassie Louise Lightfoot, eight years old in 1939, has a dream: to be free to go wherever she wants for the rest of her life. One night, up on "tar beach" --the rooftop of her family's Harlem apartmen… |
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Jamaica's Find
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Juanita Havill,Teresa Mlawer,Anne Sibley O'Brien |
A little girl finds a stuffed dog in the park and decides to take it home. |
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Sonya's chickens
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Phoebe Wahl |
Sonya raises her three chickens from the time they are tiny chicks. She feeds them, shelters them and loves them. Everywhere Sonya goes, her chicks are peeping at her heels. Under her care, the chick… |
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My Name is Yoon
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Helen Recorvits |
Disliking her name as written in English, Korean-born Yoon, or "shining wisdom," refers to herself as "cat," "bird," and "cupcake," as a way to feel more comfortable in her new school and new country. |
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Anna's special present
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Yoriko Tsutsui |
Anna hates it when her little sister Katy begs to play with her favorite doll; but, when Katy is sick in the hospital, Anna knows just the right gift to cheer her. |
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Elizabeti's Doll
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Stephanie Stuve-Bodeen,Esther Sarfatti |
When a young Tanzanian girl gets a new baby brother, she finds a rock, which she names Eva, and makes it her baby doll. |
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