Archives: Books
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A Cool Drink of Water
An Italian boy sips from a fountain in the town square. A hiker takes a refreshing drink from a mountain stream. Black-robed women in India stride gracefully through a field with …
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Satchi and Little Star
Satchi, a young, dark-skinned girl from Grand Turk Island, watches as a herd of eight wild horses trot past her gate! One little horse has a white star on his …
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Aliens on Holiday
Shape- and gender-shifting alien Shakespeare/Tiva is an undercover space cop who dances to resolve her personal conflicts. Her accidental and unwitting partner is over-sensitive 15-year-old human Alex Marsh. Together, they …
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Melena’s Jubilee
After being sent to bed early the previous night, Melena wakes up to a new day with a song in her heart. At breakfast she learns she has been given …
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Two Naomis
Naomi Marie’s parents are divorced. Naomi Edith’s parents are ALSO divorced. But now, Naomi Marie’s mother is dating Naomi Edith’s father-even though THEIR DAUGHTERS HAVE THE SAME NAME WHICH SHOULD …
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The Plot to Kill Hitler
A nonfiction middle grade book from award-winning author Patricia McCormick about Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a German minister who was involved in a plot to kill Hitler. Patty McCormick’s compelling, thoughtful, and …
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Mervin the Sloth is About to Do the Best Thing in the World
In this hilarious debut picture book, Mervin the Sloth stands silently as giant block letters, reading “Mervin the Sloth is about the do the best thing in the world!”, fall …
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Jimmy Bluefeather
A teenage Tlingit Indian boy is a basketball star headed for the NBA until he ruins his leg in a logging accident. Just as he thinks his life is over, …
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By the Numbers 2.0
Did you know that for every human being on earth there are 1.4 billion insects? Or that one bat can eat up to 1,000 mosquitos every hour? Discover the amazing …
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Rise of the Lioness
Poaching and war damaged an isolated wilderness in West Zambia, reducing its lion population to just one: Lady, the last lioness. Witness Lady’s fight for survival in this evocative narrative …
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Dining with Dinosaurs: A Tasty Guide to Mesozoic Munching
Sure you know that T-Rex was the meat-eating king and that brontosaurus muched on leaves, but what else was on the dino dining menu during the Mesozoic era? In this …
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Seeking the Snow Leopard
The true story of a successful expedition to trap and collar a snow leopard Stunning photographs illustrate this first-hand account of an expedition to trap and collar an elusive and endangered …
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Talking Walls: Discover Your World
In this book walls really do talk, and oh, the stories they tell. This new edition combines the beloved children’s books Talking Walls and Talking Walls: The Stories Continue. Together, …
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The Soda Bottle School
In a Guatemalan village, students squished into their tiny schoolhouse, two grades to a classroom. The villagers had tried expanding the school, but the money ran out before the project …
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Pass the Pandowdy, Please
What do Napoleon, Cleopatra, George Washington, Gandhi, Queen Victoria, Columbus, Neil Armstrong, Montezuma, Paul Revere, Babe Ruth, Abraham Lincoln, Sacagawea, and Katsushika Hokusai have in common? They are all among …
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Moon Watchers
Looking through the tall trees in their backyard in Maine, Shirin and her dad search for a glimpse of the new moon, the sign that the month of Ramadan has …
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Anna Hibiscus
Anna Hibiscus lives in Africa. Amazing Africa. Anna Hibiscus loves to splash in the sea with her cousins and have parties with her aunties. But more than anything else in …
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Make Buildings: A Doodle Design Activity Book
Following the lead of the world’s greatest architects, doodlers of all ages are encouraged to let their imaginations run wild as they design amazing buildings and fantastical houses in this …
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The Last Thirteen: 13
Sam wakes from his nightmare to discover the terrifying reality: it will come true. Kidnapped from school and finding out his parents aren’t who he thinks they are, Sam is …
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Chloe in India
A poignant and delightful story involving class, race, social customs, and a unique friendship that questions them all. Though they’re divided by class, language, appearance—you name it—Chloe and Lakshmi …
