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Picture Window Books
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English
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It is snowing and Pedro and his friends go the park to have some fun in the snow; his snow figure and snow angel are not successful, but Pedro knows he is a great sledder--and he is determined to help Roddy overcome his fear of sledding on the big hill.
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Brooklyn brujas volume 1
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English
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"Alex is a bruja and the most powerful witch in her family. But she's hated magic ever since it made her father disappear into thin air. When a curse she performs to rid herself of magic backfires and her family vanishes, she must travel to Los Lagos, a land in-between as dark as Limbo and as strange as Wonderland, to get her family back"--
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Publisher
Candlewick Press
Edition
First edition
Language
English
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#OwnVoices - Latinx Books for Kids
Hispanic Heritage Month
Mesa Mexican on Little Oak Street
Wonderbooks - Saginaw
Hispanic Heritage Month
Mesa Mexican on Little Oak Street
Wonderbooks - Saginaw
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"Mia's abuela has left her sunny house with parrots and palm trees to live with Mia and her parents in the city. The night she arrives, Mia tries to share her favorite book with Abuela before they go to sleep and discovers that Abuela can't read the words inside. So while they cook, Mia helps Abuela learn English ("Dough. Masa"), and Mia learns some Spanish too, but it's still hard for Abuela to learn the words she needs to tell Mia all her stories....
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Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Language
English
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Twelve-year-old Maribel daydreams at school, but when she defies evacuation orders to return home just as Mount St. Helens erupts in 1980, she must focus in order to survive. Includes historical note, glossary, and discussion questions.
11) Class mom
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Publisher
Aladdin Paperbacks
Language
English
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Nia is afraid to tell her mother, who is shy because she speaks little English, that Nia volunteered her to organize a party for the first-graders of Robin Hill School.
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English
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"Adam Silvera reminds us that there's no life without death and no love without loss in this devastating yet uplifting story about two people whose lives change over the course of one unforgettable day. On September 5, a little after midnight, Death-Cast calls Mateo Torrez and Rufus Emeterio to give them some bad news: They're going to die today. Mateo and Rufus are total strangers, but, for different reasons, they're both looking to make a new friend...
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Publisher
Picture Window Books
Language
Español
Description
¿Podría mi vida ser más complicada de lo que ya es? Mi amigo Peter se postula para presidente de la clase y yo me ofrecí voluntariamente para ser su jefa de campaña. Pensé que solo se trataría de hacer carteles interesantes y coloridos, pero resulta ser un trabajo difícil. Los oponentes de Peter juegan sucio y Peter se resiste a ganar con esa técnica. Yo tengo que: 1. Hacer muchos carteles para Peter (¡muchísimos!) ; 2. Cuidar a Nick, mi...
14) 'Twas nochebuena
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Publisher
Viking, Published by Penguin Group
Language
English
Description
Explores Latin American traditions for celebrating Christmas Eve in a text that combines English and Spanish words and follows the rhythm of Clement Moore's "The Night Before Christmas".
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Series
Lola Levine volume 1
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Second-grader Lola has a wonderful family, a great teacher, and the best friend ever, Josh, and they all help her feel better after she is teased and forbidden to play team sports at recess for having accidentally hurt classmate Juan during a soccer game.
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Picture Window Books
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Español
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Mi complicada vida se vuelve aum más complicada cuando Laura, mi prima favorita, me pide que sea una de las damas de honor de su boda. Al principio estaba muy entusiasmada, pero cuando mi mamá y yo llegamos a la casa de Laura, empecé a sentirme ignorada. Además, empezaron a aparecer presagios de mala suerte. Cada vez que se los comentaba a Laura, ella se molestaba. Todo salía mal, y además yo tenía que: 1. Usar vestido horrible con una flor...
18) The poet X
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English
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Xiomara Batista feels unheard and unable to hide in her Harlem neighborhood. Ever since her body grew into curves, Xiomara Batista has learned to let her fists and her fierceness do the talking. She pours all her frustration and passion onto the pages of a leather notebook, reciting the words to herself like prayers-- especially after she catches feelings for a boy in her bio class named Aman, who her family can never know about. Mami is determined...
Author
Series
Lola Levine volume 2
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Lola Levine is given a non-speaking part after getting stage fright during her class play audition. She saves the play after a couple of obstacles with the help of her grandmother"--
20) Wedgie & Gizmo
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Series
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
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While his human Elliot adjusts to his new home and stepfamily, Gizmo, an evil genius guinea pig, searches for a new evil lair where he can plot to take over the world, but Gizmo is constantly thwarted by Elliot's little stepsister Jasmine (who likes to play dress-up), Abuela (who may or may not like to eat cavies), and Wedgie (a Corgi superhero and Gizmo's nemesis).
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