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18341) Just like Jesse Owens
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Description
"As a boy, Andrew Young learned a vital lesson from his parents when a local chapter of the Nazi party instigated racial unrest in their hometown of New Orleans in the 1930s. While Hitler's teachings promoted White supremacy, Andrew's father, told him that when dealing with the sickness of racism, Don't get mad, get smart. To drive home this idea, Andrew Young Senior took his family to the local movie house to see a newsreel of track star Jesse Owens...
Author
Pub. Date
(November 2, 2018)
Description
Mr. Trumpet and the Big, Not-So-Great Wall is a story about a group of friends who live in Yousa, a place filled with music from all over the world. The friends love playing music together, but their friendship, families, and music are threatened when a Mr. Trumpet decides to build a wall and remove those who do not play the music he likes.
This is a story about how a group of friends can overcome heartbreak and separation through working together...
18344) The rules for breaking
Author
Pub. Date
[2014]
Description
"Just when it seems that Anna Boyd's family has finally escaped Witness Protection, the normal life she has attempted to rebuild comes crashing down"--
18345) I'm an immigrant too!
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Formats
Description
Illustrations and simple, rhyming text reveal how all of our lives are enriched by the vibrant cultural diversity immigrants bring to their new communities.
18346) Extra innings
Author
Series
Barber twins volume 8
Pub. Date
©2014.
Description
"Tiki and Ronde have their sights set on a big diamond--a baseball diamond! Sure, they're experienced athletes, but they've never played baseball before. Do they have what it takes to make the team?"--
18347) Not he or she, I'm me
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
"A child gets ready for a wonderful day. They gleefully get dressed, hug their parents, go to school, and play with friends. All the while, unapologetically reminding themselves that they are and can only be themselves. The non-binary experience is brightly illustrated as we follow our main character through their typical day. The story's bouncy and fun refrain reminds all readers of gender neutral pronouns and affirms the identities of non-binary...
18348) Purity
Author
Pub. Date
[2012]
Description
Sixteen-year-old Shelby finds it difficult to balance her mother's dying request to live a life without restraint with her father's plans for his "little princess," which include attending a traditional father-daughter dance that culminates with a ceremonial vow to live "whole, pure lives.".
Author
Pub. Date
©2001
Description
"Edith Warner (1893-1951), who lived by the Rio Grande at the Otowi Switch in northern New Mexico, has become a legendary figure owing largely to her portrayal in two books: The Woman at Otowi Crossing, by Frank Waters, and The House at Otowi Bridge, by Peggy Pond Church. Because she is famous for her tearoom, where she entertained scientists from the Manhattan Project, few people realize that Edith Warner was a serious writer. Here for the first...
18350) Letters to Camondo
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
"Tragic family history told in a collection of imaginary letters to a famed collector, Moise de Camondo." --
The Camondos were a Jewish family from Constantinople who made their home in Paris in the 1870s and became philanthropists, art collectors, and fixtures of Belle ��poque high society. They were also targets of antisemitism, much like de Waal's relations, the Ephrussi family, to whom they were connected. Eventually, the Camondos were murdered...
18351) Born
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Description
In this lyrical poem, author John Sobol brings us his imagined vision of a universal experience, that of being born. As she is born, the baby in this story goes through a time of intense movement and change before she takes her first breath and cries. Warm hands wrap her in a blanket, and she is held in loving arms. She has arrived!
Sobol captures the mystery and wonder of the birth experience in this deeply sympathetic tale. Reading this book together...
18352) Firehouse dog
Pub. Date
c2007
Description
Rex is the world's most famous, and Hollywood's most pampered, pooch. He gets lost and is reluctantly adopted by a young boy. His father, the fire chief of a rundown station, agrees to the adoption only if his defiant son takes care of the dog. Little do they realize Rex will not only bring them closer, but also bring some much-needed faith back to the fire station.
Author
Series
Life of Ty volume 3
Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
Seven-year-old Ty Perry is glad when his best friend, Joseph, returns to school after spending time in a hospital, but does not like that everyone else wants to be Joseph's friend now, and things only get worse when his plan to get a pet for his baby sister fails.
Author
Pub. Date
2023
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Description
The novel follows a woman’s journey of healing and discovery through her writing. It features explorations of heart, mind, and body, richly textured with friendships, memories, dreams, and layers of philosophy and history. Two timelines alternate, twenty years apart. In 1980, after a recent miscarriage, Clare Muller arrives in the fairytale town of Marburg, Germany with her husband and six-year-old son. She faces the adventures and challenges of...
18355) The Gold Rush widows of Little Falls: a story drawn from the letters of Pamelia and James Fergus
Author
Pub. Date
©1990
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
Miguel's abuelita, his parents, and his to̕s and ta̕s all want him to join the family shoe business. And yet Miguel has a secret dream--he longs to play guitar, just like his idol, Ernesto de la Cruz. But when a mysterious chain of events leads him to the stunning and colorful Land of the Dead, Miguel finds there may be a way to become a musician and get his family's blessing. Soon he meets charming trickster Hector, and together, they set off on...
Author
Pub. Date
[2023].
Description
"An award-winning historian illuminates the adversities and joys of the Black working class in America through a stunning narrative centered on her forebears. There have been countless books, articles, and televised reports in recent years about the almost mythic 'white working class,' a tide of commentary that has obscured the labor, and even the very existence, of entire groups of working people, including everyday Black workers. In this brilliant...
18358) A piece of cake: a memoir
Author
Pub. Date
c2006
Description
Cupcake Brown shares the story of her life, beginning with her mother's death in 1976 when she was just eleven, discussing how she ended up in foster care, her introduction to drugs, alcohol and sex as a runaway, her gang affiliation, and her addiction to crack, and telling how she turned her life around and eventually became an attorney and motivational speaker.
Pub. Date
2001.
Description
Alice in wonderland : Lewis Carroll's famous story about a girl who falls asleep in a meadow and dreams of entering a magical world, filled with strange adventures and magical creatures
Pinocchio : The beloved fairy tale of a young wooden boy brought into the world by love and magic comes to life in the timeless classic Pinocchio. Pinocchio's misadventures find him hunted by assassins, whisked away to the temptations of the Land of Toys, transformed...