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102) A feast for Joseph
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"When Joseph and Mama lived in a refugee camp in East Africa, everyone cooked and ate together, but it's much too quiet and lonely in his new home, so in the hopes of serving a feast, he invites everyone he knows."--
104) The boy & the bindi
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Arsenal Pulp Press
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English
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"A young boy becomes fascinated with his mother's bindi, and asks her to explain what it is and why she wears it. She tells him that the red dot is commonly worn by Hindu women to indicate the point at which creation begins. When he wishes to have one of his own, she agrees to it, and teaches him about its cultural significance, allowing the boy to discover the magic of the bindi, which in turn gives him permission to be more fully himself." --
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Leo's grandfather died a year ago, and ever since Leo has been tasked with tracking his grandmother down whenever she wanders away from their home in Allentown, Pennsylvania--but when she abruptly decides to take the trip to Utah that her husband was planning, Leo finds himself on the way to visit dinosaurs, in an old Buick with his grandmother, his seventeen-year-old cousin Abby, and Abby's old, smelly Golden retriever, Kermit, without telling his...
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2020.
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"At the front of a middle school classroom in Oklahoma, a boy named Khosrou (whom everyone calls "Daniel") stands, trying to tell a story. His story. But no one believes a word he says. To them he is a dark-skinned, hairy-armed boy with a big butt whose lunch smells funny; who makes things up and talks about poop too much. But Khosrou's stories, stretching back years, and decades, and centuries, are beautiful, and terrifying, from the moment his...
109) I love sharks, too!
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"Stevie loves sharks. A LOT. Each time his mom asks him to do something, such as brush his teeth, Stevie responds with a cheeky shark fact, like: 'Mako sharks don't have to brush their teeth because they're covered in fluoride.' From morning to bedtime, Stevie and his mom's witty banter escalates. Will they learn to listen to--and maybe even understand--each other?" -- From dust jacket.
110) Prince of song & sea
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2022.
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English
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"Before Prince Eric's mother, the Queen of Vellona, went missing two years ago, she reminded him about the details of the deadly curse that has plagued his entire life. The curse? If he were to kiss someone other than his true love, he would die...Eric is desperate for any information that may help him break his enchantment...The answers he has been searching for come to him in the form of a letter left from his mother that reveals Eric must find...
111) Bedtime for Bo
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English
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"It is time for bed, but Bo is not ready to stop playing, so Mommy joins in the fun with imagination and love, while still guiding Bo through his nighttime routine."--
112) Together
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Nosy Crow, An Imprint of Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2016.
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English
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This little sea otter loves spending time with his mummy - learning new things, playing together, or even just holding each other. In fact, every day this little sea otter spends with his mummy is special, just because they are together.
113) Down here
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Jamie loves to build things, from dazzling roller coasters to secret mazes to looming castlers comlete with fire-breathing dragons. But all mom see is a big mess! When Jamie tries to see things from Mom's perspective, well, Jamie starts to understand. From the top of the table things look like Mom sees them and it really does look a bit messy. But if Mom can be convinced to come down to Jamie's level and see things that way then she will understand...
114) Faraway things
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Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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"Secundo enjoys searching the beach below his home for treasure, but after becoming attached to a mysterious cutlass he meets its owner, who offers something greater for its return." --
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2022.
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Fifteen-year-old Fawad Chaudhry loves two things: basketball and his mother's potato and ground-beef stuffed parathas. Both are round and both help him forget about things like his father, who died two years ago, his mother's desire to arrange a marriage to his first cousin, Nusrat, back home in Pakistan, and the tiny apartment in Regent Park he shares with his mom and sister. Not to mention his estranged best friend Yousuf, who's coping with the...
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"It is almost bedtime, but first young Marco must put away his collection of stuffed animal toys. As a budding scientist Marco tries different ways of sorting the animals, but the animals have their own ideas. Marco scrambles to make everyone happy and make it to bed before his mother comes to tuck him in." --
119) Tae kwon do clash
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"Fifteen-year-old Ben's mother would like him to follow his best friend, Tanner, and join Chief Master Lisa Kleisch's tae kwon do studio, but Ben is loyal to his long-time instructor, Mr. Ronson; besides he really does not like what he sees of Lisa Kleisch's joyless technique--and when Tanner admits that he hates it at the new dojang, Ben is more determined than ever to prove that he can win with Mr. Ronson." --
120) Brick dust and bones
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Twelve-year-old Marius Grey has a job as a cemetery boy, looking after the ghosts in his family's graveyard, but he also hunts monsters and, along with his flesh-eating mermaid friend, must race against the clock to save the ghost of his dead mother.
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