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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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- G
Nanny goat's boat
Nanny goat gets a sore throat when she falls in the water when her boat does not float, but her friends help her recover.
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- 0895656930
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- 31 pages : illustration ; 19 cm
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- A book of rhyming
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- MO
Uncle Jed's barbershop
As the only black barber in a county of sharecroppers during the 1920s, Uncle Jed traveled for miles to tend to his customers. Saving his money to build his very own barbershop was a dream that had to be postponed because of his generous heart and the Depression. Then one glorious day, on his 79th birthday, Uncle Jed finally opened the doors of his new shop. Full color.
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- 9780689819131
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- 34 pages : illustration ; 27 cm
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- M
Tea with milk
With elegant watercolors, Say has created a moving tribute to his parents and their path to discovering where home really is. The story of his mother and her journey as a young woman is heartfelt. Vividly portraying the graceful formality of Japan, this book effectively captures the struggle between two cultures as May, the young girl in the story, strives to live her own destiny. Full color.
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- 9780547237473
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- 32 pages : illustration ; 27 cm
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Grandfather's journey
Through compelling reminiscences of his grandfather's life in America and Japan, Allen Say delivers a poignant account of his family's unique cross-cultural experience. He warmly conveys his own love for his two countries and described the strong and constant desire to be in both places at once: When in one country, he invariably misses the other. His grandfather, he tells us, would understand.
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- 9780395570357
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- 32 pages : illustration ; 30 cm
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Angelina's island
Every day I tell Mama, I want to go home. Every day she tells me, We are home, Angelina. New York is home now. Angelina's heart aches for Jamaica, and no matter how much Mama talks of having a better life in New York, Angelina still dreams about mangos, johnnycake, rainbow-colored birds, and the warmth of the sand under her feet. Then one day Mama sees something in the paper about Carni…
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- 9780374303495
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- 32 pages : illustration ; 23 cm
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- W
Sukey and the mermaid
Sukey's new step-pa is a mean, bossy man. Every day Sukey wakes at dawn to work in the garden. All her step-pa ever does is watch her and yell if she so much as stops to fan herself. Sukey's ma calls him Mister Jones. Sukey prefers the name Mister Hard-Times. One day, Sukey runs away to her secret place by the ocean. There, she calls up Mama Jo, a beautiful black mermaid. Mama Jo's got a surpri…
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- 9780689807183
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- 32 pages : illustration ; 26 cm
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- 398 SAN
Grandfather's journey
A picture book masterpiece from Caldecott medal winner Allen Say now available in paperback! Lyrical, breathtaking, splendid—words used to describe Allen Say’s Grandfather’s Journey when it was first published. At once deeply personal yet expressing universally held emotions, this tale of one man’s love for two countries and his constant desire to be in both places captured readersâ€â€¦
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- 9780547076805
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- 32 pages : illustration ; 29 cm
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- F62
Miss Bindergarten stays home from kindergarten
A playful take on a topic that all parents can relate to-getting sick! The ever-lovable Miss Bindergarten is not feeling well. The flu strikes on Sunday, so she has to stay home from kindergarten on Monday. Mr. Tusky (who is a wee bit rusty) will be her substitute, but it just won't be the same. The kindergartners miss Miss Bindergarten! They pass the time by making get-well cards and sing…
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- 0142301272
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- 40 pages : illustration ; 27 cm
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- F56
A sick day for Amos McGee
Amos McGee, a friendly zookeeper, always made time to visit his good friends: the elephant, the tortoise, the penguin, the rhinoceros, and the owl. But one day—"Ah-choo!"—he woke up with the sniffles and the sneezes. Though he didn't make it into the zoo that day, he did receive some unexpected guests. Philip C. Stead's gently humorous tale of friendship and dedication is illustrated …
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- 9781596434028
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- 32 pages : illustration ; 22 cm
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- F57
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