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2221) And J.J. slept
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"When baby J.J. arrives at his new home, his family is bubbling over with excitement to meet him! The busy family of six is now a family of seven (eight if you include Cheddar the dog). There's always something going on at home -- and lots of noise to go along with it. But J.J. sleeps through it all. That first week, J.J. does all sorts of typical baby things: gets a bath, has his smelly diaper changed and sleeps some more. But when the four kids...
2223) Noura's crescent moon
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"Noura can't wait for the sun to go down. The month of Ramadan is almost over, and she and Mama and Papa are headed for the hills for a moonsighting picnic. It would be truly special if Noura's first fast ended with a glimpse of a silvery crescent in the night sky. If the moon stays hidden, that means one more long day before Noura gets to put on her sparkly new dress and the joyful Eid celebrations begin!" -- Jacket flap
2224) A fairy's courage
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When her mother is kidnapped by evil fairy Vulpes and his army of foxes, Rowan, her fairy friends, and a tiger from the London Zoo set out to save her and the fairy realms.
2225) The storyteller
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Fourteen-year-old Keri Cleary's brother Alistair has stopped talking after he witnesses the shooting of Kyle Dwyer. As everyone worries about Alistair and wonders where Charlie Dwyer and Fiona Loomis are, Alistair begins telling his sister strange stories about a parallel world called Aquavania where he claims Charlie and Fiona are trapped. Keri is skeptical that her brother's stories are delusions until she realizes that Alistair's stories overlap...
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"One boy's parents travel from far-off lands to improve their son's life. But what happens next is unexpected. What does it mean when your parents are different? With humor and pathos, Sworder reflects on the strange nature of giving and receiving love and celebrates those parents who embrace a hard life for themselves in the hope of a better life for their children."--
2228) Mosquitoes don't bite me
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Mosquitoes don't bite Nala Simiyu. It's part of who she is, like being a half-Kenyan seventh-grader whose mother is in a wheelchair. But Nala's ability to repel mosquitoes attracts the interest of drug company scientists. Soon she's on a trip to Kenya to help investigate mosquito resistance in her father's family. Danger--and a kidnapper--intervene. Brave, fallible, compassionate and spirited, Nala is a strongly relatable character in a loving, imperfect...
2229) Yasmin aime la mode
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While her parents are out to dinner, a bored Yasmin decides to try on some of her mother's clothes, including her new shalwar kameez, which gets ripped--but with the help of Nana, Nani, and a glue-gun, the garment gets fixed, and Yasmin puts on an impromptu fashion show when her parents get home.
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When Sona learns about the climate crisis at school and is very worried that no one is doing enough to combat it, she takes up the challenge herself. But Appa isn't amused when Sona throws out her baby sister's nappies and Thatha isn't happy when she tells him to get rid of his colour-coded plastic files. When Sona learns that many of the kolams - the traditional art that people draw in front of their homes to celebrate the winter months and the festival...
2231) The baker by the sea
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"In this village by the sea, a young boy notes the roles that each person in town plays. Everyone is busy: the blacksmith, the boatbuilder, the baker. But most important of all, the boy thinks, are the fishermen who bring in the catch, braving the waves and windy weather to return with the finest, freshest fish. His father is a baker, but the boy wants to be a daring fisherman when he grows up, undaunted by the stormy seas. "Have you ever been to...
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On or off the field, Matt and Ben couldn't be more different. Ben Roberson is an all-or-nothing player: he's big, he's bold, and he's brash. Ben's swing can hit a ball right out of the park, but that's if he can get a hit at all. Matt Baker is small, and shy, and his stutter has him avoiding the spotlight, even if he's the best all-rounder on the team. But while Matt knows he's got the chops, a part of him has always envied 'Big Ben' and his attention-grabbing...
2233) La luna mango
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Cuando un padre es apartado de su familia y enfrenta la deportación, su familia se queda sufriendo con el duelo y deseando saber qué sucederá después. Maricela, Manuel y su madre enfrentan los muchos desafíos al tener que su vida es cambiada completamente por la ausencia de su padre y su esposo. Mudarse a una casa nueva, juegos de fútbol perdidos, fiestas de cumpleaños, y el vacío son ahora la norma del día a día. La Luna Mango...
2234) Ojalá supieras
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Cuando el padre de Estrella tiene que irse porque no nació aquí como su hija. ella lo extraña. Estrella quisiera que la gente supiera cómo esto la afecta en casa, en la escuela, siempre. Su escuela rodea un roble centenario, y ese árbol es el lugar perfecto para compartir, porque nadie está solo si otros están dispuestos a escuchar.
After Estrella's father is deported because he is an illegal immigrant, her teacher at school invites...
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Caillour visita por primera vez la biblioteca y descubre los tesoros que hay en su interior.
When Caillou makes his first visit to the library, he forgets about playing hide-and-seek and is happy to find out that he can borrow the books he has found about dinosaurs, pirates, knights, and dragons.
2236) The spaghetti detectives
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Living with his mother in a Berlin apartment house, Rico, a young boy with ADHD, enjoys playing detective games but when his friend Oskar suddenly disappears, possibly taken by a serial kidnapper, Rico determines to use his skills to find his friend.
2237) Stealing our way home
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When Pippa and Jack's mother died of cancer their world seemed to fall apart: Pippa stopped talking altogether, and Jack started picking fights, and neither of them knows how to cope with the painful and awkward sympathy from their friends and classmates--but when they learn that their father's business is failing and he is growing desperate for money they realize that there is a possibility that they will lose another parent, this time to jail.
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Cuando el raton se dirige a una reunion familiar, el pequeno Elliot decide irse a dar un paseo. Mientras explora cada transitada calle tambien observa familias en todas las formas y tamanos. En una ciudad de millones, el pequeno Elliot se siente muy solo, hasta que descubre que tiene una familia propia.
When Mouse heads off to a family reunion, Little Elliot decides go for a walk. As he explores each busy street, he sees families in all shapes and...
2239) Federico y sus familias
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Federico el gato viaja de techo en techo para visitar a todas sus familias; entre ellos están Tadeo, que vive con sus abuelos, Ana y sus dos mamás, y Virginia con su padre y su madre. Son familias diferentes y Federico los ama a todos por igual.
Federico the cat travels from roof to roof to visit all his families; among them are Tadeo, who lives with his grandparents, Ana and her two moms, and Virginia with her father and mother. They are different...
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Sách tập đọc song ngữ Việt-Anh bằng thư dành cho các em thiếu nhi mầm non, với tranh màu tuyệt đẹp. Bản dịch Việt ngữ của Lê Quỳnh Hoa và Cao Việt Hùng.
A tiny family of bears with different shades of fur and an adopted baby fox find a home in the woods and embarks on an adventure in their new environment, encountering fairies and other forest animals.