Patricia Polacco
2) Pink and Say
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Chronicles the frienship of Pink, a fifteen-year-old African-American Union soldier, and Say, his poor white comrade, as one nurses the other back to health from a battle wound and the two of them are imprisoned at Andersonville. Based on a true story.
3) Thunder cake
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A grandmother helps her granddaughter get over her fear of thunderstorms by getting her to help bake a thunder cake.
10) The butterfly
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English
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During the Nazi occupation of France, Monique's mother hides a Jewish family in her basement and tries to help them escape to freedom.
11) Babushka's Doll
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A little girl gets a doll that turns out to be twice as rambunctious as her owner.
17) G is for goat
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A rhyming celebration of goats and their antics, from A to Z.
18) Some birthday!
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On her birthday Dad takes a young girl and her brother to see the Monster at Clay Pit Bottom.
19) The blessing cup
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A single china cup from a tea set left behind when Jews were forced to leave Russia helps hold a family together through generations of living in America, reminding them of the most important things in life.