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2) Jessi's wish
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When Jessi volunteeers to help supervise the Kids Can Do Anything Club, she meets nine-year-old Danielle who, although very sick with cancer, faces her future with courage and hope.
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Sometimes things are really tough. It's just too hard. You've had enough. Grumble, rumble, bump and roar, The Struggle Bus is at your door! You can cry, or you can shout, kick and scream or have a pout. Feel your feelings for a bit. Just keep moving--don't you quit!
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ALA Youth Media Award Winners 2023
Children's Books About Puerto Rico, Puerto Ricans, and Written by Puerto Ricans
Multicultural Literature and Nature Education
Picture Books in Both English and Spanish/Libros ilustrados en ingles y español
Children's Books About Puerto Rico, Puerto Ricans, and Written by Puerto Ricans
Multicultural Literature and Nature Education
Picture Books in Both English and Spanish/Libros ilustrados en ingles y español
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"Co-quí, co-quí! The coquí frogs sing to Elena from her family's beloved mango tree--their calls so familiar that they might as well be singing, "You are home, you are safe." But home is suddenly not safe when a hurricane threatens to destroy everything that Elena knows."--
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Learn about family, happiness, and friendship in this hope-filled children's book. Our story starts with a boy named Paul, who lives in a cozy treehouse in a big city with his family. And then something unexpected happens--Paul befriends a wise, friendly fox on a walk home from the bakery. The fox gives Paul a space to think about what makes him happy and what friendship means--all in the pages of a bright and quirky storybook. Join Paul and the fox...
10) Winter's gift
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On Christmas Eve, an old farmer whose wife has died acquires new hope after helping a pregnant mare in a snowstorm.
14) Hope
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"Two lions celebrate their grandchild and express all the ways this new life has expanded their world, and the hope they hold for his future"--
16) A tree for Peter
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When Peter, a fatherless lame boy living in Shantytown, meets Peter King, a mysterious, wandering stranger, his lonely life becomes filled with hope, friendship, and even miracles.
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"A perfect book to help discuss mental health, depression, empathy, loss, and hope with young children. Arthur's gloomy father rushes him through the park every morning, through gray and rainy weather. Arthur just wants a bright balloon from the park's vendor, but Papa always says no. One morning, the balloons magically appear at their doorstep, and Arthur figures out the perfect way to bring the sunshine out--and Papa's smile back--even if only for...
19) The snow angel
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With their parents struggling to make ends meet, Lily and Ryan grow tired of always eating macaroni and cheese for supper and having their Grandma stay with them, but when Grandma hears their complaints she tells a story about the magic that snow angels can bring.