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201) Kit and Caboodle
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Witches are good at casting spells, flying and making potions, right? Kit is a witch, but she isn't very good at witchy things. One Halloween, a bedraggled bat named Caboodle comes tumbling through Kit's window. She tries using magic to fix his broken wing, but the results are ... unexpected. Caboodle causes havoc in the house as he waits for his wing to heal. Kit is at her wit's end. But when Caboodle goes missing, Kit realises just how special he...
202) David jumps in
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"On his first day at a brand-new school, David finds himself alone at recess after his classmates race off to their favorite activities. Kids are on the swings, playing soccer and busy with video games. But David has a pocketful of rubber bands for his favorite jump rope game. Can making friends be as easy as a hop, skip and a jump? Told in spare, lyrical prose and beautifully illustrated, Elastic Skip is a celebration of friendship, diversity and...
204) A man & his cat: 7
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"Geoffroy, a former piano prodigy, arrives in Japan with a chip on his shoulder and Mr. Kanda in his sights! Bitter that his beloved father, renowned pianist Gustave Lambert, will acknowledge no one but Fuyuki Kanda--not even his own son--Geoffroy aims to become Mr. Kanda himself by stealing his talents! Can a boxful of kittens and Mr. Kanda's kindness soothe Geoffroy's wounded heart?"--
205) Serendipity and me
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"Sara and her father start to heal from her mother's death when a white kitten lands on their doorstep"--Provided by publisher.
206) My love story!!: 9
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"Yamato starts working at a cake shop, where she meets a handsome pastry chef named Ichinose. Ichinose mistakes Yamatos kindhearted actions for signs of affection, and he falls for her! Ichinose even goes so far as to tell Takeo to break up with Yamato! How will Takeo handle this new challenge?"--Amazon.com.
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A typewriter Pearl used to type pamphlets for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., then her daughter Penelope used to write love letters to her future husband, Paxton, has grown lonely in the attic but comes to the aid of their son, Pablo, when the computer freezes as he tries to write a paper for school.
208) Keepin' her man
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"Marnyke's sassy and bold front hides a deep loneliness. Is that why she's so desperate to hold on to Darnell?"--p. [4] of cover.
209) My love story!!: 10
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Takeo Goda is a giant guy with a giant heart. Too bad the girls don't want him! (They want his good-looking best friend, Sunakawa.) Used to being on the sidelines, Takeo simply stands tall and accepts his fate. But one day when he saves a girl named Yamato from a harasser on the train, his (love!) life suddenly takes an incredible turn! Pastry chef Ichinose thinks he is best suited to be with Yamato and tells Takeo to break up with her! Takeo becomes...
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Translated Books for Summer Challenge 2023
We’re All in This Together: Using Picture Books to Talk About Collective Trauma
We’re All in This Together: Using Picture Books to Talk About Collective Trauma
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A bear lost a little bird, who was his best friend. After the loss, he barely talks to anyone and carries everywhere a little box in which the body of the bird is placed. One day a bear meets a wild cat, and while listening to the cat's violin, he thinks about many memories with his best friend. Suggested level: junior, primary.
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"Ellinor, a 35-year-old media consultant, has not been feeling herself; she's not been feeling much at all lately. Far beyond jaded, she picks through an old diary and fails to recognise the woman in its pages, seemingly as far away from the world around her as she's ever been. But when her coworker vanishes overnight, an unusual new task is dropped on her desk. Off she goes to meet the Norwegian Postal Workers Union, setting the ball rolling on a...
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"A bright, contemporary and fearless novel about an ordinary extraordinary eleven-year-old trying to win back her best friend and get her mother to stop sighing. Cricket Karlsson is going to become an artist just like her aunt, who loves cheese and art and always speaks her mind. Not like Cricket's mother, who is dieting and sighs at everything. But now Aunt Frannie has lost her joy and Cricket's best friend has dumped her for the horse girls. Eleven-year-old...
215) My love story!!: 8
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"Takeo and Yamato spend their days deeply in love. Yamato invites Takeo to a date at her house, but what's in store when Takeo meets Yamato's family for the first time? Furthermore, Takeo now has a rival in love! What will the gentle giant do about his incredibly handsome foe?!" -- provided by publisher.
217) A case in any case
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When Detective Gordon retires and Buffy is left alone at the police station, she hears strange noises and decides to call Gordon in to help her with the mystery.
218) Cien cuyes
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"En un barrio residencial de Lima con vistas al mar languidecen unos ancianos de clase acomodada. Frasia, acuciada por sus necesidades económicas, pues tiene que sacar adelante a su hijo Nico, se ha ido convirtiendo en compañía imprescindible para algunos de ellos. Si consiguiera juntar diez cuyes, el dinero para comprar diez conejillos de Indias, podría, según le dijo siempre su tío, empezar una nueva vida. Así, todos los días cruza...
219) Slow storm
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Ursa, a firefighter in rural Kentucky, is struggling to find her place in life when she meets Rafi, an illegal immigrant whose life isn't going the way he pictured it either.