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301) Ruby lost and found
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"Thanks to her Ye-Ye's epic scavenger hunts, thirteen-year-old Ruby Chu knows San Francisco like the back of her hand. But after his death, she feels lost, and it seems like everyone--from her best friends to her older sister--is abandoning her. After Ruby gets in major trouble at school, her parents decide she has to spend the summer at a local senior center, with her grandmother, Nai-Nai, and Nai-Nai's friends for company. When a new boy from Ruby's...
302) Stonebird
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After eleven-year-old Liam moves to the home of his grandmother, who has dementia, with his sister and his alcoholic mother, he copes with his difficulties by befriending a stone gargoyle.
303) The yellow Áo Dài
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A debut picture book about a little girl who connects to her Vietnamese heritage when she accidentally rips her late grandmother's áo dái.
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En una primera visita sin sus papás a la casa de su abuela en las afueras de la Ciudad de México, una niña descubre lo que hace que la abuela tan especial.
On a first solo visit to her grandmother's home outside Mexico City, a young girl discovers what makes Grandma so special.
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"Relly can't wait for his beloved grandfather to finally see him on stage. Though his grandfather would prefer his grandson pursue something more 'practical, Relly just knows when he sees the show, he will change his mind. But right before their night show, a member of the Squad loses their phone down an open manhole. When the entire Squad goes down to help retrieve it, they find themselves in 1950s Manhattan. A big problem, considering the curtain...
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The Hotel Transylvania, run by Dracula, is a unique, high-end resort catering only to the finest monsters and their families. Dracula is preparing for an extra special weekend - his daughter Mavis's 118th birthday - when trouble arises: a human has stumbled upon the resort for the first time ever! Even worse: the human has taken a liking to Mavis!
Hotel Transylvania 2: Everything seems to be changing for the better at Hotel Transylvania. Dracula's...
307) Playtime & mealtime
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Contains two short illustrated stories about Iggy the Iguanodon. First, Iggy makes a new friend named Murka the Triceratops, and they play ring toss. Then, Iggy doesn't want to eat his greens, but he learns to try new things with the help of his grandfather.
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Distance makes no difference to love ... Eager to cheer up her recently-widowed gran, Cassie Fitzgerald persuades Lissbeg library to set up a Skype book club, linking readers on Ireland's Finfarran Peninsula with the little US town of Resolve, where generations of Finfarran's emigrants have settled. But when the club decides to read a detective novel, old conflicts on both sides of the ocean are exposed, hidden love affairs come to light, and, as...
309) Miguel's music
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Twelve-year-old Miguel has a passion for playing music, but since his great-great-grandfather left his family to pursue his own musical dreams, no one in Miguel's family has been allowed to play music. But when he finds a guitar once belonging to a deceased famous musician, Miguel finds himself transported into the Land of the Dead where he meets the spirit of his great-great grandfather. Miguel learns a secret that allows him to change his family's...
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Catch up on the adventures of sociopathic genius scientist Rick Sanchez as he drags his inherently timid grandson Morty Smith on dangerous adventures across the universe! This volume features Eisner-nominated writer Kyle Starks (Sexcastle) in collaboration with series artists CJ Cannon, Marc Ellerby, and guest artist Benjamin Dewey (The Autumnlands), plus guest writers Sean Vanaman and Olly Moss (Firewatch)! Watch with horror as Earth is invaded by...
311) Letters to Juliet
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"In Verona, Italy - the beautiful city where Romeo first met Juliet - there is a place where the heartbroken leave notes asking Juliet for her help. It's there that aspiring writer Sophie finds a 50-year-old letter that will change her life forever. As she sets off on a romantic journey of the heart with the letter's author, Claire, now a grandmother, and her handsome grandson, all three will discover that sometimes the greatest love story ever told...
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Now a seventh grader, Merci Suâarez is facing a whole new set of challenges. She has enough to deal with at school including a tough teacher, new responsibilities, crushes, and jealousy. But with her grandfather's Alzheimer's worsening and Tâia Inez starting to date again, Merci feels even more lost. Soon, she begins wonder if her life will ever seem normal again.
313) Knight of the cape
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All Dominguita wants to do is read. Especially the books in Spanish that Abuela gave to her just before she moved away. They were classics that Abuela and Dominguita read together, classics her abuela brought with her all the way from Cuba when she was a young girl. It helps Dominguita feel like Abuela's still there with her. One of her favorites, Don Quixote, tells of a brave knight errant who tries to do good deeds. Dominguita decides that she,...
314) Nokum is my teacher
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Cree
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A Cree child asks his grandmother the reasons for having to go to school when everything can be learned through nature. Presented in English and Cree and includes audio CD.
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"A little girl and her mother are on the train, going to visit Grandpa. It's very busy--hold on tight! But when they arrive at their destination and get off the train they realize something is wrong: the little girl's beloved teddy bear has gone missing! Just when it looks like she'll never see Teddy again, Grandpa has an idea! And suddenly the little girl is off on a magical journey to rescue her favorite stuffed friend"--OCLC.
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"An unforgettable account of a quietly remarkable life, Robert Brown's memoir takes readers behind the scenes of pivotal moments from the 20th century, where the lessons he learned at his grandmother's knee helped him shape America as we know it today. Called "a world-class power broker" by the Washington Post, Robert Brown has been a sought-after counselor for an impressive array of the famous and powerful, including every American president since...
317) Plátanos are love
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Diverse Books - Latino/Latinx, Hispanic, and Latin American Children
Picture Books for Hispanic Heritage Month 2023
Picture Books for Hispanic Heritage Month 2023
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"A young girl learns the cultural significance of plantains while cooking alongside her abuela"--
319) Ten beautiful things
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Lily is moving into her grandmother's farm in Iowa, and she is sad about all the changes necessary in her life--but on the long drive her grandmother challenges her to find ten beautiful things that they can share together.
320) Sora's seashells
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Every summer, when Sora's Halmoni, or grandmother, visits from South Korea, the two of them take the bus to the beach to search for seashells. While Sora likes to take all of them back with her, Halmoni always leaves the prettiest shell for someone else to find and treasure. As summer turns to fall, Halmoni returns home and Sora starts kindergarten, where some of the kids tease her about her "weird" name. One day, Sora's parents receive a sad call...