Archives: Books
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Holi Colors
Experience Holi with every color of the rainbow! This Hindu celebration known as the festival of colors and the festival of love signifies the end of winter, the arrival of …
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Dragon Pearl
A middle grade sci-fi adventure novel about Min, a teenage fox spirit, who runs away to solve the mystery of what happened to her older brother and ends up saving …
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Painting in the Dark
A picture book biography about an artist who, though born blind, creates remarkably beautiful and complex art. In 1953, Esref Armagan was born completely blind to a poor family in …
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Blame This on the Boogie
Inspired by the visual richness and cinematic structure of the Hollywood Musical, Blame this on the Boogie chronicles the adventures of a Filipino American girl born in the decade of …
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The Storm Runner
A lonely boy in New Mexico has a physical disability that makes middle school feel even more like everyone is watching him. But as he soon learns, his physical differences …
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The Great Wall of China
Get ready to blast back to the past and learn all about the Great Wall of China! When people think about the Great Wall of China, that massive structure is …
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Kitaro the Vampire Slayer
Kitaro the Vampire Slayer is the fifth volume in Shigeru Mizuki’s bizarre stories about a yokai boy and his entourage of otherworldly friends. One of the most popular Kitaro tales, …
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Si mi mamá fuera un ornitorrinco: Los bebés mamíferos y sus madres
En todo el mundo, en todos los tipos de hábitats, las madres crean vidas nuevas. Los bebés mamíferos necesitan a sus madres — ellos necesitan que ellas los críen y …
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I Am Tama, Lucky Cat: A Japanese Legend
Under the shadow of the white-capped mountains of Japan, a kind and gentle monk takes in a white cat with unusual markings and names him Tama, Lucky Cat. Tama watches …
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Aru Shah and the End of Time
The first of four books about a 12-year-old girl named Aru Shah and her journey to find her Pandava sisters in order to restore order to the world and save …
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Rice from Heaven
Rice from Heaven is a true story about compassion and bravery as a young girl and her community in South Korea help deliver rice via balloons to the starving and …
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Give Me Some Truth
Carson Mastick is entering his senior year of high school and desperate to make his mark, on the reservation and off. A rock band — and winning Battle of the …
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The Restless Girls
From acclaimed New York Times bestselling author Jessie Burton comes her debut middle-grade–a girl-forward fairy tale retelling of “The Twelve Dancing Princesses” about sisterhood, imagination, and bravery, lushly packaged and …
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Adventures to School
Kids around the world get to school in unique ways. Take a peek inside this book and see how they reach their destinations! Children all around the world go to …
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Poppies of Iraq
Poppies of Iraq is Brigitte Findakly’s nuanced tender chronicle of her relationship with her homeland Iraq, co-written and drawn by her husband, the acclaimed cartoonist Lewis Trondheim. In spare and …
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Hurricane Child
Caroline Murphy is a Hurricane Child. Being born during a hurricane is unlucky, and twelve-year-old Caroline has had her share of bad luck lately. She’s hated and bullied by everyone …
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Dear America Young Readers’ Edition
In the young readers’ adaptation of his memoir Dear America, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, filmmaker, and nonprofit founder Jose Antonio Vargas tells his story of being an undocumented immigrant in the …
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Colombia
Beautiful. Modern. Wild. Welcome to Colombia! In this bright, exciting book, young readers will travel to this amazing country without ever leaving their homes or classrooms. During their journey, they …
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The Silk Roads: An Illustrated New History of the World
Set your sails east with this stunningly original new history of the world. Peter Frankopan explores the connections made by people, trade, disease, war, religion, adventure, science and technology in …
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Taiwan
Welcome to Taiwan! In this bright, exciting book, young readers will travel to this amazing country without ever leaving their homes or classrooms. During their journey, they will learn all …
