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Gerlach Community Library - Children's Nonfiction
J 920.72 CLINTO 2017
1 available
J 920.72 CLINTO 2017
1 available
North Valleys Library - Children's Nonfiction
J 920.72 CLINTO 2017
1 available
J 920.72 CLINTO 2017
1 available
South Valleys Library - Children's Nonfiction
J 920.72 CLINTO 2017
2 available
J 920.72 CLINTO 2017
2 available
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Profiles the lives of thirteen American women who have left their mark on U.S. history, including Harriet Tubman, Helen Keller, Margaret Chase Smith, and Oprah Winfrey.
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The alarming true story of what's happening to the fish, the oceans and our environment. It tells how and why the fish we most commonly eat, including tuna, salmon, cod and swordfish, could become extinct within fifty years. It is a call to action. With its focus on supporting sustainable fishing it shows how from little steps to big kids and -- and must make a difference.
3) Wishtree
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South Valleys Library - Children's Fiction
J FICTION APPLEG 2017
1 available
J FICTION APPLEG 2017
1 available
Verdi Community Library and Nature Center - Children's Fiction
J FICTION APPLEG 2017
1 available
J FICTION APPLEG 2017
1 available
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South Valleys Library - Children's Fiction - Large Print Shelf
J LP FICTION APPLEG 2017
1 available
J LP FICTION APPLEG 2017
1 available
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"A red oak tree and a crow help their human neighbors work out their differences"--
An old red oak tree tells how he and his crow friend, Bongo, help their human neighbors get along after a threat against an immigrant family is carved into the tree's trunk.
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Northwest Reno Library - Children's Nonfiction
J 305.9069 JAMIES 2020
1 available
J 305.9069 JAMIES 2020
1 available
Sparks Library - Children's Nonfiction
J 305.9069 JAMIES 2020
1 available
J 305.9069 JAMIES 2020
1 available
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Omar and his younger brother, Hassan, have spent most of their lives in Dadaab, a refugee camp in Kenya. Life is hard there: never enough food, achingly dull, and without access to the medical care Omar knows his nonverbal brother needs. So when Omar has the opportunity to go to school, he knows it might be a chance to change their future . . . but it would also mean leaving his brother, the only family member he has left, every day.
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A young disabled girl and her brother are evacuated from London to the English countryside during World War II, where they find life to be much sweeter away from their abusive mother.
*Newbery Honor book *Winner of the Schneider Family Book Award This #1 New York Times bestseller is an exceptionally moving story of triumph against all odds set during World War II, from the acclaimed author of Fighting Words, and for fans of Fish in a Tree and Sarah,...
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Northwest Reno Library - Children's Nonfiction - Biography Shelf
J BIO BELPRE 2019
1 available
J BIO BELPRE 2019
1 available
South Valleys Library - Children's Nonfiction - Biography Shelf
J BIO BELPRE 2019
1 available
J BIO BELPRE 2019
1 available
Spanish Springs Library - Children's Nonfiction - Biography Shelf
J BIO BELPRE 2019
1 available
J BIO BELPRE 2019
1 available
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"From the author of MONSTER TRUCK and STARRING CARMEN comes a gorgeous and lyrical story about Pura Belpre, a Puerto Rican librarian who changed the world"--
An Indie Next List Pick! “An appealing tribute and successful remedy to the lack of titles about the groundbreaking librariana must-have for all libraries.” School Library Journal (starred review). An inspiring picture book biography of storyteller, puppeteer, and New York Citys first Puerto...
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One and only Ivan stories volume 2
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Gerlach Community Library - Children's Fiction
J FICTION APPLEG 2020
1 available
J FICTION APPLEG 2020
1 available
Incline Village Library - Children's Fiction
J FICTION APPLEG 2020
1 available
J FICTION APPLEG 2020
1 available
South Valleys Library - Children's Fiction
J FICTION APPLEG 2020
1 available
J FICTION APPLEG 2020
1 available
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In a sequel to "The One and Only Ivan," former stray Bob, helped by friends Ivan and Ruby, searches for his lost sister on a journey that is dangerously complicated by an approaching hurricane. Bob finds courage he never knew he had and learns the true meaning of friendship and family.
8) New kid
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Northwest Reno Library - Children's Nonfiction
J 741.5 CRAFT 2019
1 available
J 741.5 CRAFT 2019
1 available
Incline Village Library - Children's Nonfiction
J 741.5 CRAFT 2019
1 available
J 741.5 CRAFT 2019
1 available
Spanish Springs Library - Children's Nonfiction
J 741.5 CRAFT 2019
1 available
J 741.5 CRAFT 2019
1 available
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Seventh grader Jordan Banks loves nothing more than drawing cartoons about his life. But instead of sending him to the art school of his dreams, his parents enroll him in a prestigious private school known for its academics, where Jordan is one of the few kids of color in his entire grade. As he makes the daily trip from his Washington Heights apartment to the upscale Riverdale Academy Day School, Jordan soon finds himself torn between two worlds-and...
9) Most people
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Downtown Reno Library - Children's Picture Books
J E LEANNA 2017
1 available
J E LEANNA 2017
1 available
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Looks at the goodness of most people, pointing out how many more people there are in the world who would like to help others than would like to hurt them, and even most of those who do bad things can change.
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Downtown Reno Library - Children's Picture Books
J SPANISH EASY MILLS 2018
1 available
J SPANISH EASY MILLS 2018
1 available
Sparks Library - Children's Picture Books
SPANISH J E MILLS 2018
1 available
SPANISH J E MILLS 2018
1 available
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Northwest Reno Library - Children's Early Readers
J SPANISH EASY MILLS 2018
1 available
J SPANISH EASY MILLS 2018
1 available
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Join a young boy and his father on a daring journey from Mexico to Texas to find a new life. They ll need all the resilience and courage they can muster to safely cross the border - la frontera - and to make a home for themselves in a new land.