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Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Kilmer Watts makes his living teaching piano lessons, but when automatic pianos arrive in town, he realizes he's out of a job. He spots a "Help Wanted" sign at the poem factory and decides to investigate -- he's always been curious about how poems are made. The foreman explains that machines and assembly lines are used for poetry these days. So Kilmer learns how to operate the "meter meter" and empty the "cliché bins." He assembles a poem by picking...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Ravi can't wait to spend summer vacation at the lake house with his family-especially his cousins! Summer vacation is for days at the beach, long hikes, paddle boarding, and-of course-ice cream. Ravi and his oldest cousin, Dhruv, had the same favorite flavor last year, but everything feels different now. Dhruv's much taller and his voice is deeper. Ravi's worried that Dhruv won't be interested in spending time with him, the little cousin. The ice...
943) The sock thief
Author
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Brazilian boy Felipe doesn't have a soccer ball. When it's his turn to bring one to school, he uses a little bit of creativity and a few socks borrowed from his neighbors"--
944) Mine!
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books LLC
Language
English
Description
Two mice argue with increasing heat over their mutual border, until someone bigger intervenes.
946) Odd, weird & little
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Befriending a very strange new student, Toulouse, helps outsider Woodrow stand up to the class bullies who have been picking on them both.
947) Five flying penguins
Author
Language
English
Description
"Five little penguins flee from a seal, flying through the water, and find themselves in an innocent game of tag." --
948) Powwow day
Author
Language
English
Description
"Because she has been very ill and weak, River cannot join in the dancing at this year's tribal powwow, she can only watch from the sidelines as her sisters and cousins dance the celebration--but as the drum beats she finds the faith to believe that she will recover and dance again." --
949) Juneteenth for Mazie
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Little Mazie wants the freedom to stay up late, but her father explains what freedom really means in the story of Juneteenth, and how her ancestors celebrated their true freedom." --
950) Don't touch my hair!
Author
Language
English
Description
"Aria loves her soft and bouncy hair, but must go to extremes to avoid people who touch it without permission until, finally, she speaks up. Includes author's note." --
952) Betsy who cried wolf
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperCollins
Language
English
Description
A serious young shepherd finds that there is more than one way to keep a wolf from eating her sheep.
953) Mermaid day
Author
Language
English
Description
On Mermaid Day, the mer-queen throws a big bash and sea creatures of all kinds attend, including a shy shark who joins in the dancing.
954) The power of yet
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
A little pig, frustrated by the limitations of his young age and small size, is encouraged to keep trying, growing, and learning until he meets his goals.
956) The 5 O'clock Band
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"After letting his band down by missing rehearsal, Shorty has some serious questions about what it means to be a leader so he hits the New Orleans streets to find some answers." --
957) Mae among the stars
Author
Language
English
Description
"When young Mae Jemison is asked by her teacher what she wants to be when she grows up, African American Mae tells her mostly white classmates that she wants to be an astronaut, a dream that her parents wholeheartedly support." --
960) Chicks rock!
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
When Rocker Chick freezes under the stage lights, her peeps help her gain the confidence to rock all night.
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