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PLOOFThis interactive picture book directly addresses children, encouraging participation with Ploof. When Ploof is feeling shy, readers are told to...
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NOW YOU SEE ITThe former Lee Kowalski, married and widowed as Lee Barrett, is settling into her newlywed life as Lee Mondello, wife of Salem, Massachusetts,...
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THE LIGHT WITHIN YOUDiya’s family moved to the United States and is now planning a trip back to India to celebrate Diwali. Diya is looking forward to seeing her...
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NELL OF GUMBLINGIn the magical world of Gumbling lives bespectacled 12-year-old Nell Starkeeper, her two younger siblings, and her star-farming parents, Dad and...
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US AIR FORCE ALPHABET BOOKThis alphabet book is heavy on airplane specifics and flight jargon. “F is for Fighter Jet,” and the accompanying text and images outline five...
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I AM STUCKTurtle is stuck on their back, unable to flip over. “Try wiggling your feet,” advises Duck—nope. Still stuck. “Try wagging your tail,” Kangaroo...
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SAY MY NAMESix children of Chinese, Tongan, Persian, Diné, Nahuatl, or Akan descent share the meaning and history of their names. In moving, lyrical prose,...
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THE WORLD ACCORDING TO JOAN DIDION“Most of us have a Joan Didion origin story: the article, or book, or photograph, or quote that first made us want to know more about this quiet...
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DON'T WORRY, WUDDLESWe’ve all had that friend who’s fleeced you into doing more than you were expecting—and the charismatic culprit here is a wee, butter-colored...
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WRECKERFifteen-year-old Valdez Jones VIII calls himself Wrecker, after his ancestors who made a living salvaging shipwrecks. He is thriving thanks to...
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AND THEN SHE FELLAlice, a young Mohawk woman and new mother to a baby girl named Dawn, finds herself living comfortably in Toronto, married to a white man whose...
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SUSIE KING TAYLORThe story opens in Savannah, Georgia, where Susie Baker lives with her grandmother Dolly, who was born enslaved but now manages her own laundry...
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MERMAIDS NEVER DROWNThis inclusive anthology welcomes readers into worlds where mermaids long for acceptance, fall in love, and ignite social change. In Adriana...
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OLIVER'S GREAT BIG UNIVERSERobotics Ph.D., author, podcaster, and PBS Kids’ show creator Cham offers a straightforward and amusing guide to the universe through the eyes...
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OF ALL TRIBESThe latest from Bruchac (Abenaki) focuses on the 1969 Native American occupation of Alcatraz. The book delivers a brief history of the San...
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THE TRUMP INDICTMENTSFour court cases, three prosecutors, 91 criminal charges, possible sentences totaling more than 700 years in prison: Trump has always dealt in...
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BADASS(ISH)Alberta teens Davis Klein-Mah, Renzi Chan Cruz, and Jae Schmidt are fighting to protect the environment and their community from an oil...
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SUNDAY DINNERS, MOONSHINE AND MEN“For many years, Dad was my favorite drinking buddy,” reflects the author in the opening pages as his father, Tate, is taken to the hospital...
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12 MONTHS TO LIVEAll things considered, things have been going pretty well for Jane Smith. Sure, she’s twice divorced; she’s not all that close to her sister,...
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WE'RE THE SAME, WE'RE DIFFERENT AND WE ALL BELONGMarnie has just turned 6, and she’s learning that everyone is like a book with “parts and pages” that make them one-of-a-kind: “Do some people...
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NEXT TIME YOU COME HOMEIn 2021, two decades after her mother Milly’s death, Dordal rediscovered 180 letters that her mom had written to her between 1989 and 2001....
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THE SNOW MONSTERAmia, a young girl with fair skin and brown hair, lives in a town where everything is simple and everything is the same. She loves snow so much...
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MY CULTURE, MY GENDER, ME“When you look at me, which gender do you see?” asks Alawa, the narrator of Corrigan’s latest book on gender. Dressed in traditional regalia,...
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THERE ARE DINOSAURS IN THE LIBRARY!Alyssa loathes the library, and she’s skeptical when her teacher, Mrs. Barker, asserts that there are dinosaurs there. During a class visit to...
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ALL THAT GLISTERSThaddeus Hanlon, a former professional surfer who is a forensic accountant with a top CPA firm, Dodge Whitney; his wife, Marrisa; and close...
