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In this rhyming story, children from around the globe introduce young readers to thirteen special days and the activities associated with them: Kodomo no Hi (Japan), Spring Festival (China), Matariki (New Zealand), Inti Raymi (Peru), Carnaval (Brazil), Midsommar (Sweden), Nowruz (Iran), Passover (United States), New Yam Festival (Nigeria), Novy God (Russia), Eid al-Fitr (Egypt), Día de Muertos (Mexico), and Diwali (India). Includes educational notes...
86) Veterans Day
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Explains the creation, history, and meaning of the holiday that honors our nation's soldiers.
88) The Elf Service
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Letters to Father Christmas. What is the Post Office to do with them? They can't deliver them. They don't know his address. They can't return them. Who could be so cruel? Irving Jefferson has the answer and it's brilliantly simple. But reporter Maddie Sharp is beginning to suspect that Irving Jefferson and his plan might not be as simple as they appear.
89) Three Wishes
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Three best friends, a waterlogged chicken and a surprise Christmas visitor. Sophie, Mac and Kate have a Christmas they won't soon forget.
Sophie surprises her friends, Kate and Mac, with her confession that she still believes in Santa. Despite their teasing, Sophie vows to prove that Santa exists.
Will an unforeseen disaster derail Sophie's plans? Can Kate get her priorities right? And can unbeliever Mac deliver the Christmas gift Sophie never knew...
90) Say Nicklaase
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Nicklaase and Meena Elliffe are house parents at State Home for Children No. 13, in Norpol Province, but they are so much more than that. The Elliffe household shares the joyful endeavor of making toys for all the other children who live in children's home cottages in their valley. The toys they make are distributed every year on Christmas Eve, at the school all the children attend. When an ambitious new headmaster forbids the gifts to be given to...
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"It's the beginning of December in Rudolph, New York, America's Christmas Town, and business is brisk at Mrs. Claus's Treasures, a gift and décor shop owned by Merry Wilkinson. The local amateur dramatic society is intensely preparing a special musical production of A Christmas Carol. But it's not a happy set, as rivalries between cast and crew threaten the production. Tensions come to a head when a member of the group is found dead shortly after...
93) Stitch-or-treat!
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"It's Stitch's first Halloween on Earth, and he is ready to trick-or-treat!"--
94) Rock your mocs
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"[An] introduction to the annual celebration of 'Rock Your Mocs Day,' because moccasins and Native pride shouldn't be saved just for ceremonies and powwows, but celebrated all year round"--Provided by publisher.
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"The holidays are domestic diva Sophie Winston's favorite time of year. But this season, there seem to be more mishaps than mistletoe. First, Horace Scroggins tumbles from a balcony during his office Christmas party. Then, Sophie's neighbor takes a fall from his ladder while decorating his roof with lights. But it's the cookie swap that really starts her wondering who's naughty or nice...Sophie arrives at the annual event with high spirits and thirteen...
100) Ukraine
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Ukraine is a country with a vibrant and at times troubling past. This book explores the origins of Ukraine, its triumphs and struggles, and examines what it s like to live there today. From its geography to its economy, its language to its festivals, this book gives a current and comprehensive overview of Ukraine.