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"This is a story about learning to save. Ernesto, Victoria, and Joaquín are three happy and playful siblings. But one day, Joaquín starts asking for things left and right: from stickers to toys, it's never enough and everything spirals out of control. You can help him understand that he can have fun without having to buy things!"--Amazon.
2243) Un día en el museo
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"It's a surprise visit! Ana & Andrew are excited when Grandma comes to visit. While she is there, the family tours the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture and learns about important African American achievements"--
"¡Es una visita sorpresa! Ana & Andrew están emocionados cuando Abuela viene a visitar. Mietras ella está allí, la familia hace una visita guiada del Museo Nacional de Historia y Cultura Afroamericana...
2245) Hermanos
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"Los hermanos y hermanas juegan juntos, se pelean, se abrazan, ríen y lloran. Pero, por encima de todo, permanecen unidos por un lazo invisible que los acompaña en el camino de la vida. De los creadores de esta premiada saga (Hija e Hijo) llega esta tierna historia que nos hace vivir el día a día de las hermanas y los hermanos, sus sueños, sus desafíos, sus problemas y sus reencuentros. Una delicia para que los niños se lean entre ellos,...
2246) Anthony and the gargoyle
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"Anthony's house is full of family photos -- of his parents' trip to Paris, his great aunt, and Anthony himself as a toddler, holding his favorite rock. When Anthony wakes up one morning, he sees that his "rock" has cracked open -- it's hollow inside. He doesn't see the little face peering out from the closet. Later, he discovers the newly hatched creature and they become friends. Anthony asks his mother about the rock, and she shows him a photo album...
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English Tagalog Bilingual children's book. Perfect for kids studying English or Tagalog as their second language. Jimmy the little bunny goes to the beach with his family. There he learns about the importance of helping others. When Jimmy's sandcastle is destroyed by the wave, they work together to build the bigger and better one. Everything works out better when we help each other. Jimmy isang maliit na kuneho na nagpunta sa dagat kasama ang pamilya....
2248) Hooyo iyo Aabbo
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"The Somali child who is born in the west will learn family members names in a unique way that the child can relate to. Books are aimed to encourage parents to sit down with their children and to read it together. Early reading with the child will help to build the child's vocabulary."--Page 29.
"Qoyska is a series of five books that we created to help children learn to read the Somali language by reading stories about family life and family values....
2249) Mixed vegetables: Vol. 2
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"Hanayu Ashitaba is the daughter of the celebrated Patisserie Ashitaba, but all she wants to do is be a sushi chef. Hayato Hyuga is the son of the prestigious Sushi Hyuga, and all he wants to do is be a pastry chef! It's love and leftovers in the Oikawa High School Cooking Department as these star-crossed gourmands do their best to reach their cuisine dreams! Hanayu thinks her plan to marry into Hayato's sushi family is off to a good start--they're...
2250) Secrets we tell the sea
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When hard truths come out after a tragedy, ten-year-old mermaid Sofía must learn how to forgive herself and others.
2251) Inventor McGregor
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Hector McGregor, inventor of peppermint pencils, glow-in-the-dark books, and other unusual items, leaves his home workshop to work in a laboratory but finds that his inspiration comes from being around his cheery wife, five children, and a hen called Hattie.
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Olivia Grace Clarisse Mignonette Harrison is a completely average twelve-year-old, who was a half orphan who has never met her father and is forced to live with her aunt and uncle. Then one completely average day, a limo containing Princess Mia Thermopolis of Genovia pulls up to invite her to New York to finally meet her father, who promptly invites her to come live with him, Mia, Grandmère and her two fabulous poodles. Maybe Olivia Grace Clarisse...
2253) Emily out of focus
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Twelve-year-old Emily is flying with her parents to China to adopt and bring home a new baby sister. She's excited but nervous to travel across the world and very aware that this trip will change her entire life. And the cracks are already starting to show the moment they reach the hotel;--her parents are all about the new baby, and have no interest in exploring. In the adoption trip group, Emily meets Katherine, a Chinese-American girl whose family...
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A sweet story that highlights a family's bond, even when they're far apart. In China, the Mid-Autumn festival is a time to celebrate and reunite with family. However, Maomao's father is away on a business trip this year, and won't be able to enjoy the holiday with his wife and son. Hoping they can celebrate under the same bright moon despite the distance between them, Maomao asks the moon to deliver a postcard to his father; the moon smiles and promises...
2255) Zola gets hearing aids
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Zola has a problem. She does not hear as well as other kids. She goes to the doctor, a special doctor, to check her hearing. Zola is worried, angry and frightened, but she gets her new hearing aids. She adjusts to them with the help of her mother and father and then faces a bully at school. Zola stands up for herself, with her friends and the teacher.
2256) Rocky Road
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Fashion-loving twelve-year-old Tess moves with her deaf younger brother and impulsive single mother to Schenectady, New York, where they open an ice-cream shop and lead a campaign for urban renewal.
2257) Un mapa hacia el mundo
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"A medida que cambian las estaciones, también cambia el mundo de una niña pequeña Hmong. Ella se muda a un nuevo hogar junto a su familia y se encuentra tanto con el nacimiento como con la muerte. Mientras esta pequeña curiosa explora la vida dentro y fuera de su hogar, recolecta fragmentos del mundo natural. ¿Pero para quiénes son sus tesoros?"--Back cover.
"Paj Ntaub, a young Hmong American girl, spends a busy year with her family in...
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A young boy, Yamo, lives in the Afghan village of Paghman. The peaceful village is surrounded by the bounty of nature. Fruit trees burst into bloom in the spring, and in the summer, Yamo's whole family joins in harvesting apricots, plums, and cherries--breaking into song as they pick. This year, for the first time, Yamo goes to the market in town to sell their harvest with his father. He is filling in for his older brother, who is off fighting in...
2259) Another D for DeeDee
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"DeeDee's life is full of D's. Missing her dad, who's disappeared. Distracted by her sister's quinceañera and her brother dropping out of high school. Disappointing her family by struggling in her new school. Being diagnosed with diabetes. So many D's she worries she'll never fit in, and worse, never find the best friend she's always wanted. Then she meets River, her new neighbor with cochlear implants and finds they have the same interests. Art....
2260) Solo un deseo
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Los padres y hermanos de Peter Stone son extrovertidos, musicos y gritones; y entre mas alto hablen, Pedro habla menos, ni se mueve, hasta que practicamente encaja con su apellido. Cuando su familia se traslada a la Texas Hill Country, sin embargo, Peter encuentra un valle tranquilo y natural donde puede, por fin, escuchar sus propios pensamientos.
Peter Stones parents and siblings are extroverts, musicians, and yellers; and the louder they get,...