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Mom, it's my first day of kindergarten!
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Hyewon Yum |
A five-year-old boy, ready and eager on his first day at "the big kids' school," must calm his very worried mother. |
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The Hello, Goodbye Window
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Norton Juster |
A little girl describes the magic kitchen window in her grandparents' home. |
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Once a Mouse
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Marcia Brown |
As it changes from mouse, to cat, to dog, to tiger, a hermit's pet also becomes increasingly vain. |
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Nana in the City
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Lauren Castillo |
In this magical, Caldecott Honor picture book, a young boy visits his nana and is frightened to find that the city where she lives is filled with noise and crowds and scary things. Then his Nana make… |
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A Piece of Home
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Jeri Hanel Watts |
When Hee Jun’s family moves from Korea to West Virginia, he struggles to adjust to his new home. His eyes are not big and round like his classmates’, and he can’t understand anything the teacher says… |
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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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Doña Flor
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Pat Mora |
Doña Flor, a giant lady with a big heart, sets off to protect her neighbors from what they think is a dangerous animal, but soon discovers the tiny secret behind the huge noise. |
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Grandfather's journey
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Allen Say |
A Japanese American man recounts his grandfather's journey to America which he later also undertakes, and the feelings of being torn by a love for two different countries. |
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Thank you, Omu!
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Oge Mora |
When the aroma of Omu's homemade stew fills the air, her neighbors arrive, one by one, for a taste until all is gone except for her generous spirit. Author-illustrator Oge Mora brings to life a hear… |
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La princesa and the pea
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Susan Middleton Elya |
"A rhyming twist on a classic fairy tale in which a queen places a pea under a young lady's mattress to see if she is truly a princess. Incorporates Spanish words and Includes a glossary"-- |
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See Pip flap
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David Milgrim |
See Tweet fly. Fly, Tweet, fly. Pip wants to fly too flap, flap, flap! Can Otto help Pip find a way to soar in the sky? |
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Madeleine
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Ludwig Bemelmans |
Nothing frightens Madeline—not tigers, not even mice. With its endearing, courageous heroine, cheerful humor, and wonderful, whimsical drawings of Paris, the Madeline stories are true classics that c… |
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Raven
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Gerald McDermott |
Raven, the trickster, wants to give people the gift of light. But can he find out where Sky Chief keeps it? And if he does, will he be able to escape without being discovered? His dream seems impossi… |
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Book fiesta!
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Pat Mora |
Children read aloud in various settings to celebrate of El dia de los ninos, or Children's Day, in this bilingual story. Includes facts about Mexico's annual celebration of children and the book fies… |
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Yesterday I had the blues
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Jeron Ashford Frame |
A young boy ponders a variety of emotions and how different members of his family experience them, from his own blues to his father's grays and his grandmother's yellows. |
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Where the Wild Things Are
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Maurice Sendak |
This is an inspired children's book about a boy's passage through tempestuous aspects of life.
Max, a naughty little boy, sent to bed without his supper, sails to the land of the wild things, wher… |
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Snowflake Bentley
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Jacqueline Briggs Martin |
A biography of a self-taught scientist who photographed thousands of individual snowflakes in order to study their unique formations. |
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The Man Who Walked Between the Towers
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Mordicai Gerstein |
A lyrical evocation of Philippe Petit's 1974 tightrope walk between the World Trade Center towers. |
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The story of Jumping Mouse
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John Steptoe |
a young mouse with a magical guide sets out on a journey to the "far off land" during the journey Jumping mouse's courage and generosity helps the animals he meets on the way. |
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A story, a story
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Gail E. Haley |
A folktale of how the African people received stories from the gods. |
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