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Tell me a story, Mama
In this touching picture book, a mother and preschool-aged daughter talk together as the child is being prepared for bed...Mama's childhood memories, as related by her daughter are warm slices of life from a previous generation. A young girl and her mother remember together all the girl's favorite stories about her mother's childhood.
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- 0590980173
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- 32 pages : illustration ; 22 cm
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One of three
A series of candid reflections by the youngest of three sisters on her daily relationships with her older sisters and family.
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- 9780531070611
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- 32 pages : illustration ; 25 cm
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Faraway home
As her father prepares for a trip back to his childhood home in Ethiopia, Desta begins to worry. Where does her father truly belong--in the village of his youth or here in America with her? What was growing up in Ethiopia like? And will her father's love for his family be enough to bridge these two worlds and bring him back to her? •A powerful portrait of a contemporary American immigrant fam…
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- 9780152000363
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- 32 pages : illustration ; 28 cm
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Come on, rain!
"Newbery Medalist Karen Hesse recreates the body and soul-renewing experience of a summer downpour after a sweltering city heat wave. Lyrically written and lovingly illustrated." - School Library Journal "Hesse's language is a quiet, elegant surge.... Muth contributes fine watercolor atmospherics." - Kirkus Reviews
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- 9780590331265
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- 32 pages : illustration ; 22 cm
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Under the quilt of night
From the award-winning duo behind the bestselling Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt comes the stunning, richly illustrated sequel about a young enslaved girl who follows a quilt’s message to freedom. When night falls, and all is quiet, a slave girl starts to run. She follows the moon into the woods, leading her loved ones away from their master under the quilt of night. Guided by the stars…
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- 9780689877001
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- 34 pages : illustration ; 27 cm
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Miss Tizzy
The neighbors may think Miss Tizzy quite peculiar, but the children love her. They love her colorful house and her colorful clothes, but most of all they love the special attention she pays to them all. Together, they bake cookies, make pictures full of sunshine and butterflies for folks who have stopped smiling, play dress-up, put on puppet shows and parades, or stretch out on bright quilts in…
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- 9780689818974
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- 34 pages : illustration ; 25 cm
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The bravest girls in the world
The JUST FOR YOU!(tm) series features 24 beginning readers written and illustrated by people of color. Young readers will see themselves and their experiences reflected in these delightful books. They will read about how the characters spend their time with family and friends-at home, in school, at the park or barber shop, and other places in their community. These age-appropriate stories inclu…
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- 9780439568753
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- 32 pages : illustration ; 22 cm
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- Just for you!
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Aunt Flossie's hats (and crab cakes later)
When Aunt Flossie’s Hats (and Crab Cakes Later) was first published in 1991, it met with an overwhelming response from readers and reviewers alike. Here was “a wonderful family story,” as The Horn Book Magazine said, “set matter-of-factly in an African-American environment.” Since then, the story of Sarah and Susan’s Sunday afternoon with their great-great-aunt Flossie—and her man…
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- 9780590488815
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- 31 pages : illustration ; 28 cm
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How many stars in the sky?
Mama's away one night, and her son can't sleep. He tries to relax by counting stars, but the more of them he sees, the more determined he is to count every single one. Then the boy finds that Daddy can't sleep either. Together, the two of them set off on an unforgettable all-night journey of discovery.
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- 0590135058
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- 32 pages : illustration ; 27 cm
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Boundless Grace
Mary Hoffman and Caroline Binch bring their heroine to brilliant life in this charming sequel to the award-winning Amazing Grace. When Grace gets the opportunity to go to Africa and visit with her father and his new family, she feels a little strange. But Nana says families are what you make them, and Grace is going to make the most of hers! "As assured and uplifting as its predecessor."…
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- 0590737910
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- 28 pages : illustration ; 27 cm
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