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Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
This book helps girls understand and get along with the people they are closest to: their families. It includes activities for bringing family closer together, tips on talking about tough topics with Mom and Dad, advice on stopping fights before they start, and ideas for how to negotiate solutions to any problem. Girls will find pages of fun activities for creating memories with the people they live with and love.
4) Sisters
Author
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
In a semi-autobiographical graphic novel, Raina's disappointing bond with a cranky, independent younger sister is further challenged by the arrival of a baby brother and an estrangement in their parents' marriage.
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This award-winning, evocative depiction of a modern Native American family tells a tale of a family coming together to create a meaningful meal and new memories.
Celebrates the Native American tradition of sharing fry bread during family meals, in a story about family, history, culture, and traditions, both new and old.
9) Hey, kiddo
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Shares the author's upbringing in a family grappling with addiction and how he used art to survive.
10) All ways family
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Families are like people: we are all different, no two of us are alike. But we all share something in common, something that makes each of us, our family, the best in the world: we love each other! All Ways Family is a story created with the advice of the medical team of Dexeus Mujer and illustrated by Cristina Losantos. Through it, young readers will become familiar with the variety of families they live with every day and discover the different...
12) In my life
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
This picture book illustrates moments to be cherished among three generations of one family, using the words of John Lennon and Paul McCartney's world-renowned song "In My Life."
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Following the successful model of Me on the Map, Sweeney demystifies an abstract concept by presenting it from a child's point of view. In Me and My Family Tree, a young girl uses simple language, her own childlike drawings, and diagrams to explain how the members of her family are related to each other and to her. Clear, colorful, detailed artwork and a fill-in family tree in the back help make the parts of the family--from siblings to grandparents...
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Series
Cody stories (Tricia Springstubb) volume 4
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"In Cody's experience, some people keep you on your toes--just like Mother Nature, who is warm one day and snowy the next. Cody's brother, Wyatt, is wearing collared shirts because his girlfriend likes them. Pearl has joined the soccer team, and it's all she can talk about. Spencer is creating a mysterious museum under GG's porch and is never around to play. And Spencer's mom is going to have a baby! Everything around Cody--from seasons to friendships--is...
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Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Move aside history--it's time for herstory. Celebrate fifty inspiring and powerful women who changed the world and left their mark in this lavishly illustrated biography compilation that's perfect for fans of Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls and She Persisted. Throughout history, girls have often been discussed in terms of what they couldn't or shouldn't do. Not anymore. It's time for herstory--a celebration of not only what girls can do, but...
16) Takannaaluk
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"'Takannaaluk' means 'the one down there'--a term used in the High Arctic to refer to the mother of sea mammals, the most important being in Inuit mythology. This unique picture book tells how she came to be both feared and respected. As a young woman, Takannaaluk is tricked into marrying a sea bird posing as a man and then betrayed by her family. Her story is brought to vivid life by respected elder Herve Paniaq and renowned artist Germaine Arnaktauyok."--Amazon.com....
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English
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"The monumental bestseller Quiet has been recast in a new edition that empowers introverted kids and teens Susan Cain sparked a worldwide conversation when she published Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking. With her inspiring book, she permanently changed the way we see introverts and the way introverts see themselves. The original book focused on the workplace, and Susan realized that a version for and about kids...
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Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Vienna, late 1930s. Bright, red-headed Inge Eisenger leads a privileged life with her glamorous, distant mother. When forced to flee from Nazi-occupied Austria to Switzerland, Inge sees her young life turned upside down. She hopes to finally connect with her mother during their escape, but her mother soon abandons her. Vulnerable and alone, Inge makes her way to Paris before reuniting with her grandmother in Central France. But even there, Inge endures...
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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"As the civil rights movement and the fight for voter rights unfold in Selma, Alabama, many things happen inside and outside the Brown family's home that do not have anything to do with the landmark 1965 march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge. Yet the famous outrages which unfold on that span form an inescapable backdrop in this collection of stories. In one, Willie Mae takes it upon herself to offer summer babysitting services to a glamorous single...
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