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1) Why?
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English
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Would-be supervillain Doctor X-Ray swoops into the mall, threatening destruction, only to be confronted by a little girl asking "why" to his every declaration, until finally he is forced to reveal, and understand, the root of his anger--and so departs in peace.
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Not quite narwhal and friends volume 3
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Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
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English
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Nimbus the pegasus wonders why she cannot be sunny all the time like everyone else, but when she introduces her friend Kelp to her cloud, she finds the unicorn is a very good listener.
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English
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"Mia's abuela has left her sunny house with parrots and palm trees to live with Mia and her parents in the city. The night she arrives, Mia tries to share her favorite book with Abuela before they go to sleep and discovers that Abuela can't read the words inside. So while they cook, Mia helps Abuela learn English ("Dough. Masa"), and Mia learns some Spanish too, but it's still hard for Abuela to learn the words she needs to tell Mia all her stories....
6) Buckle up
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English
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Follows Lonnie as he deals with his parents' divorce and has tough conversations with his father, who drives him to and from school.
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English
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"This story begins with an old woman telling a tale to a group of children in a playground. One of the boys can't understand what she is saying, so another offers to translate. The old woman's tale is inspired by the Tower of Babel story. Told entirely through dialogue, moving back and forth between the old woman's tale and the exchange between the two boys, this story raises questions about what divides us and what brings us together, in spite of...
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Publisher
Annick Press
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
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"A young girl helps her dad navigate life in a new country where she understands the language more than he does, in an unforgettable story about communication and community. Angie is used to helping her dad. Ever since they moved to Canada, he relies on her to translate for him from English to Chinese. Angie is happy to help: when they go to restaurants, at the grocery store, and, one day, when her dad needs help writing some signs for his work. Building...
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Publisher
Point
Pub. Date
2017.
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English
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Riya and Abby were best friends in their small California town, but Riya and her family moved to Berlin for Riya's junior year and it was hard to stay in touch; so now that the year has passed, Riya purposes that they take a two week Grand Tour and travel around Europe to reconnect--but the trouble is that they have both been hiding secrets, and those secrets threaten to push them apart forever.
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Boys Town Press
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
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Shows readers the steps to the fundamental social skills of accepting "no" and disagreeing appropriately. When RJ learns to use these skills the right way, he finds that rewards come his way, instead of arguments. Includes "Tips for parents and educators".
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Publisher
Ciiku
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
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"In the lush Kenyan countryside, a young Gikiyi girl helps her grandmother with daily tasks. Here, as she tends to the cows, carries water, and plays in the fruit trees and sugarcane, she is called Wanjiki. On the busy city streets of Nairobi, where she goes to school, she is called by her English name, Catherine. But at home with Wangar), the maid who cooks and cares for her, she is again Wanjiki. All grown up in boarding school, Catherine is the...
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