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Mufaro's beautiful daughters : an African tale
Inspired by a traditional African folktale, this is the story of Mufaro, who is proud of his two beautiful daughters. Nyasha is kind and considerate, but everyone—except Mufaro—knows that Manyara is selfish and bad-tempered. When the Great King decides to take a wife and invites the most worthy and beautiful daughters in the land to appear before him, Mufaro brings both of his daughtersâ…
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- 9780688040451
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- 32 pages : illustration ; 28 cm
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- 398.12 STE
Harriet, you'll drive me wild!
Harriet doesn't mean to be pesky. Sometimes she just is. And her mother doesn't mean to lose her temper. Sometimes she just does. But Harriet and her mother know that even when they do things they wish they hadn't, they still love each other very much.
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- 9780152045982
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- 32 pages : illustration ; 22 cm
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- F
Minji's salon
You have to be patient; beauty takes time. While Minji's mother visits her local salon, Minji creates a world of beauty all her own. An ode to the power of children's imaginations (and their parents' patience), Minji's Salon reminds readers that creativity and play are worldwide phenomena.
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- 9781933605678
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- 36 pages : illustration ; 22 cm
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- CH
Nim's friends
Anything can happen on Nim's Island, a magical place ruled by a young girl's imagination. Young Nim lives alone on an undiscovered tropical island with her scientist dad. Her only friends are imaginary literary figures (Alice in Wonder land, Huck Finn) as well as animals from the island (a sea lion, an iguana, a sea turtle). Nim's life mirrors that of her favorite literary character, Alex Ro…
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- 9780545065757
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- 32 pages : illustration ; 22 cm
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- Nim's Island
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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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Rose Blanche
In wartime Germany, Rose Blanche witnesses the mistreatment of a little boy, and follows the truck that takes him to a camp. Secretly, Rose Blanche brings him and other children food. An excellent book to use not only to teach about the Holocaust, but also about living a life of ethics, compassion, and honesty.--School Library Journal. Full color.
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- 0099439506
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- 32 pages : illustration ; 27 cm
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Mama, do you love me?
Mama, do you love me? Yes I do, Dear One. How much? In this universal story, a child tests the limits of independence and comfortingly learns that a parent's love is unconditional and everlasting. The lyrical text introduces young readers to a distinctively different culture, while at the same time showing that the special love that exists between parent and child transcends all boundaries of …
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- 0590459848
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- 30 pages : illustration ; 24 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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Penny and her marble
In the third easy-to-read book about Penny the mouse, written by Caldecott Medalist and bestselling author Kevin Henkes, Penny finds a beautiful marble on her neighbor's lawn and must decide whether or not to keep it. With age-appropriate vocabulary, compelling characters, and a memorable storyline, Penny and her Marble is just right for beginning readers and was named a 2014 Geisel Honor book …
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- 9780062082046
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- 48 pages : illustration ; 21 cm
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