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43) Raising Heaven
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Seventeen years after she was born to a prison inmate, Deja agrees to raise her newest half-sister for the first six months, until their mother's next release, but despite the help of friends and relatives and a support program at school, caring for a baby proves to be a monumental task.
44) Thanks to Lucy
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Thanksgiving is coming and young Bobby has lots to be thankful about: his grandma, his baby brother, and his beloved dog, Lucy. However, Lucy lately has been acting strange--she might be sick.
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Bouquets of babies sweet to hold: cocoa-brown, cinnamon, and honey gold. Ginger-coloured babies, peaches and cream, too - splendid skin for me, splendid skin for you! A delightfully rhythmical read-aloud text is paired with bright, bustling art from the award-winning Lauren Tobia, illustrator of Anna Hibiscus, in this joyful exploration of the new skin of babyhood. A wonderful gift book for new mums and toddlers, all children can see themselves, and...
48) Baby's opposites
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Told in rhyming text, baby and her family experience many opposites in a busy day that includes enjoying the playground and an ice cream, and ends with a bedtime book and sleep.
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When both his parents go AWOL, young Joey Pigza is forced to become like a dad to his months-old baby brother, Carter Junior. Hilarity ensues as he tries, even with the help of a friend, until the real man of the house returns and Joey sees a ray of hope for fixing his family.
50) Slam
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At the age of fifteen, Sam Jones's girlfriend gets pregnant and Sam's life of skateboarding and daydreaming about Tony Hawk changes drastically.
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Diverse books - Native Americans, American Indians, First Nations, and Indigenous Peoples Around the World
New Babies
New Babies
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A Navaho family welcomes a new baby into the family with love and ceremony, eagerly waiting for that first special laugh. Includes brief description of birth customs in different cultures.
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Auden gets a chance to recapture the carefree teen life she missed while her parents were going through a divorce when she goes to spend the summer with her dad and his new family in a charming beach town and meets fellow insomniac Eli, an intriguing loner fighting demons of his own.
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"Inspired by the eagerly awaited birth of her daughter, Kaavia James Union Wade, ... author and ... actress Gabrielle Union pens a festive and universal love letter from parents to little ones, [meant to welcome] a baby to the party of life"--Publisher marketing.
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"Juana's life in Bogotá, Colombia, is just about perfect. Every now and then a big problema comes along--like having to learn English or Juana's mami getting remarried--but things eventually settle down, and life goes back to feeling pretty perfect again. But then Mami springs two new sorpresas on Juana. One: Juana will be spending her school break going to skating camp instead of relaxing (even though she doesn't know how to skate!). Two: Mami...
55) Good dog, Carl
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Dogs
Sitters & Nannies are Awesome!: Books for Kids
Wordless Picture Books for Picture Walks/Libros sin palabras para caminar por las ilustraciones (BBTL)
Sitters & Nannies are Awesome!: Books for Kids
Wordless Picture Books for Picture Walks/Libros sin palabras para caminar por las ilustraciones (BBTL)
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Carl, the family dog, is left in charge of the baby. They get into many predicaments, but Carl manages to put everything back before Mother returns, so she suspects nothing.
56) Arthur's baby
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Arthur isn't sure he is happy about the new baby in the family, but when his sister asks for his help in handling the baby, Arthur feels much better.
57) Cerebral palsy
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Provides descriptions about cerebral palsy and how it affects the body, as well as diagnosis and treatment of the condition.
58) Poor Louie
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Louie can sense that his charmed Chihuahua life is about to change as his parents prepare to welcome a new addition to the family.
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When Auden impulsively goes to stay with her father, stepmother, and new baby sister the summer before she starts college, all the trauma of her parents' divorce is revived, even as she is making new friends and having new experiences such as learning to ride a bike and dating.