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Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"From acclaimed creators Jessica Young and Chelsea O'Byrne comes a heartening picture book about evolving families and enduring love. Two parents, one me. Are we still a family? Living in two homes can be a big adjustment, but it can also present opportunities for growth. Jessica Young's poignant story and Chelsea O'Byrne's tender illustrations offer gentle reassurance to kids navigating separation or divorce and remind us that while families change,...
Author
Publisher
Doubleday Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
A heartwarming picture book about the unique bond between a stepfather and his stepchild. I'd missed your first steps and your wobbly walk, But you took my whole heart in your hand. The special relationship of stepdads and stepkids is celebrated in this gentle and loving tribute to blended families. Showing joy-filled scenes of family life and milestones, this book is ideal for every child of a loving stepfather. It's the perfect way to say: "If...
Author
Publisher
Doubleday Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
A celebration of love between a stepmom and her stepchild.
''A heartwarming picture book about the unique bond between a stepmother and her stepchild. I'll always remember the day that we met. We were both so uncertain and shy. The special relationship of stepmoms and stepkids is celebrated in this gentle and loving tribute to blended families. Showing joy-filled scenes of family life and milestones, this book is ideal for every child of a loving...
Author
Publisher
Little Bee Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
''This little one is eager to help and be "just like you". With a big heart and little hands, picnic messes ensue. Lucky for our little one, joy, acceptance, love, and even messes are a family trait! "A sturdy affirmation that the willingness to help combined with patience really does matter. A recommended purchase." School Library Journal When their family prepares for a picnic, our little toddler tries to help. They want to do everything the...
Author
Publisher
Andrews McMeel Publishing
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"From award-winning verse novelist Shari Green comes an unforgettable story of friendship, first love, and an impossible choice between integrity and duty, family and friends, all while fighting for a dream. Song of Freedom, Song of Dreams is a historical YA novel in verse that centers around a young pianist in East Germany trying to make sense of love, duty, and the pursuit of dreams during the unsettled months of protest that led to the fall of...
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
''Jericka Walker had planned to spend the summer before senior year soaking up the sun with her best friend on the Jersey Shore. Instead she finds herself in Coldwater, Maryland, a small town with a dark and complicated past where her estranged grandmother lives—someone she knows only two things about: her name and the fact that she left Jericka's mother and uncle when they were children. But now Jericka's grandmother is dying, and her mother has...
Author
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"In this final middle grade novel by Newbery Award–winning author Patricia MacLachlan, a young girl tries to untangle her love of baseball from her complicated relationship with her professional pitcher father. Lucy's father is a minor league baseball player, a professional pitcher hoping to get called up to the majors, and Lucy inherited his passion for the game. But she's never played pitcher. She worries her skills would be compared to her dad's...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
After her mother's sudden departure, twelve-year-old Salva Sanchez adjusts to her new life in an RV campground with her father, and finds her voice through new friendships and a love for Celia Cruz, the "queen of salsa."
''Perfect for fans of The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise and Merci Suárez Changes Gears, Sing It Like Celia is a revelatory story about a Mexican American girl who finds her voice and herself with the help of her role model...
Author
Publisher
Triangle Square Books for Young Readers / Seven Stories Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
As Elisa, Lucia, and Alice grapple with internal struggles and hidden challenges while navigating middle school in New York City, they find unexpected friendship and support when they let go of their preconceived notions of each other.
'' Pre-order Price Guarantee. Terms Readers of Lucky Broken Girl, Hurricane Child, and The House on Mango Street, will love this debut middle grade novel about finding sanctuary with friends who understand the enormous...
11) Walkin' the dog
Author
Publisher
Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
A dog walking venture helps thirteen-year-old Louis, who would rather kick back than stand out, learn how to be a friend.
"A boy learns how to be a friend from man's best friend in this funny and moving middle grade novel about humans being able to change and dogs changing us from acclaimed author Chris Lynch. In a family of strong personalities with very strong points of view, Louis is what his mother lovingly calls "the inactivist," someone who'd...
12) Alpaca my bags
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Incorporated
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
After her family decides to settle down in Colorado after months of traveling in an RV, Amelia has trouble adjusting to school and she finds comfort in caring for alpacas on a nearby ranch, but when a classmate's prank puts the alpacas in danger, Amelia will have to use all her resources to save them.
''When anxiety threatens to derail a homeschooled girl's attempt to make new friends, she finds support in an unlikely source . . . a herd of adorable...
13) Patina
Author
Series
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
Español
Description
La continuación de Fantasma, finalista al Premio Nacional del Libro. Fantasma. Lu. Patina. Sunny. Cuatro jóvenes de familias completamente diferentes, con personalidades que se vuelven explosivas al chocar. Pero son también cuatro jóvenes de secundaria que fueron escogidos para un equipo de élite de atletismo… un equipo que los podría ayudar a clasificarse para las Olimpiadas Juveniles. Todos tienen mucho que perder, pero también tienen...
14) Ahoy!
Author
Publisher
Anne Schwartz Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
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Description
"Join a child captain and parent first mate as they embark on a wild high seas adventure…all without leaving the living room! This imaginative romp of a picture book is filled with glorious illustrations from a beloved Caldecott Medalist and New York Times bestselling creator. Raise the mainsail! Batten the hatches! It's time to set sail…on the couch! There's a storm coming, and a child is ready to captain the ship. "Make haste and climb aboard,"...
15) The spice box
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
''A father and son share family stories through a spice box, handed down from generation to generation, in this tender picturebook. Rishi's grandma arrives from India today, and he longs to cook curry alongside his Dad using the delicious flavors from his family's spice box. But this spice box is more than just fragrant spices in shades of gold and ruby. This spice box holds memories that are passed down from one generation to the next, as each found...
16) The blue bowl
Author
Publisher
Owlkids Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
''A young boy realizes, thanks to his family, that he can enjoy both his Chinese and North American cultures through his favourite dishes Max loves his family's Cantonese meals, like steamed rice and gai lan greens with oyster sauce, homemade dumplings, and scallion bread. But sometimes he can't help thinking about French fries, tacos, and ice cream with rainbow sprinkles. For his birthday dinner, Max is really hoping for spaghetti and meatballs,...
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"A child and her family take in refugees during the Korean War in this poignant picture book about courage and what it really means to care for your neighbors. Every day, more and more people fleeing war in the north show up at Kyung Tak and her family's house on the southeastern shore of Korea. With nowhere else to go, the Taks' home is these migrants' last chance of refuge "before falling into the sea," and the household quickly becomes crowded,...
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
As a little girl and her father work together to make her birthday cake, he tells the story of her Grandpa Cacao, a farmer from the Ivory Coast. Includes author's note and a cake recipe.
''This beautifully illustrated story connects past and present as a girl bakes a chocolate cake with her father and learns about her grandfather harvesting cacao beans in West Africa. Chocolate is the perfect treat, everywhere! As a little girl and her father bake...
Author
Publisher
Tom Doherty Associates Book
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
In this contemporary poetic retelling of the iconic myth, a teenage girl fleeing an abusive home takes refuge in the woods with a fairy-tale witch.
A harsh, controlling father. A quiescent mother. A house that feels like anything but a home. Natasha gathers the strength to leave, and comes upon a little house in the wood: a house that walks about on chicken feet and is inhabited by a fairy tale witch. In finding Baba Yaga, Natasha finds her voice,...
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