Summer of Discovery -- Our Connected World


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41. My city

Book cover for My city.
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"A young boy discovers the excitement and unexpected delight of exploring his city--and so will readers of this vibrant picture book."--Publisher's description.
Book cover for My colors, my world =.
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Maya, who lives in the dusty desert, opens her eyes wide to find the colors in her world, from Papi's black hair and Mami's orange and purple flowers to Maya's red swing set and the fiery pink sunset. Presented in English and Spanish.
Book cover for My family tree and me.
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"Come explore a boy's family tree one side at a time, starting from the front of his photo album and then starting from the back--and see how they come together in the middle!"--Inside front cover.
Book cover for A new kind of wild.
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For Ren, home is his grandmother's little house, and the lush forest that surrounds it. Home is a place of magic and wonder, filled with all the fantastical friends that Ren dreams up. Home is where his imagination can run wild. For Ava, home is a brick and cement city, where there's always something to do or see or hear. Home is a place bursting with life, where people bustle in and out like a big parade. Home is where Ava is never lonely because...
Book cover for One love.
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In this illustrated version of Bob Marley's song, a young girl enlists her friends, family, and community to transform their neighborhood for the better.
Book cover for Precious planet.
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"How amazing is the home we all share, planet Earth! It's home to millions and billions of animals and plants, but have you ever wondered how everything is connected? In Precious Planet, learn all about our home that was formed almost 4.6 billion years ago -- the earth's crust, the continents we live on, and the oceans in between--and dive into the planet's fascinating geography. One of the most important parts of living in a home that you love is...
Book cover for P.S. I miss you.
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Eleven-year-old Evie is heartbroken when her strict Catholic parents send her pregnant sister away to stay with a distant great-aunt. All Evie wants is for her older sister to come back. But when her parents forbid her to even speak to Cilla, she starts sending letters. Evie writes letters about her family, torn apart and hurting. She writes about her life, empty without Cilla. And she writes about the new girl in school, June, who becomes her friend,...

48. Refugee

Book cover for Refugee.
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Although separated by continents and decades, Josef, a Jewish boy living in 1930s Nazi Germany; Isabel, a Cuban girl trying to escape the riots and unrest plaguing her country in 1994; and Mahmoud, a Syrian boy in 2015 whose homeland is torn apart by violence and destruction, embark on harrowing journeys in search of refuge, discovering shocking connections that tie their stories together.
Book cover for Same, same but different.
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Pen pals Elliott and Kailash discover that even though they live in different countries--America and India--they both love to climb trees, own pets, and ride school buses.
Book cover for Some places more than others.
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"Amara visits her father's family in Harlem for her twelfth birthday, hoping to better understand her family and herself, but New York City is not what she expected." --from Cataloger.
Book cover for Someone builds the dream.
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Celebrates the skilled women and men who work to see the plans of architects, engineers, and designers brought to life.
Book cover for The stars in my Geddoh's sky.
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Alex's Arabic-speaking grandfather comes to visit the United States, and Alex learns about his grandfather's Middle Eastern homeland.
Book cover for This love.
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Celebrate love from all around the world! A series of gentle rhymes sensitively explores what love feels like to children. This timeless book shows that love is a common language with the power to unite, wherever you come from. Age 3+
Book cover for Three squeezes.
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Follow a father and his son from babyhood to basketball games to graduation and beyond in this loving saga about the unbreakable bond between generations.
Book cover for Watercress.
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"Embarrassed about gathering watercress from a roadside ditch, a girl learns to appreciate her Chinese heritage after learning why the plant is so important to her parents." --
Book cover for We are a garden.
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This lyrical and extremely timely picture book illuminates the many different migrants who have made their homes in North America through the centuries.
Book cover for We are water protectors.
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Water is the first medicine. It affects and connects us all . . . When a black snake threatens to destroy the Earth and poison her people's water, one young water protector takes a stand to defend Earth's most sacred resource. Inspired by the many indigenous-led movements across North America, this bold and lyrical picture book issues an urgent rallying cry to safeguard the Earth's water from harm and corruption.
Book cover for We're different, we're the same.
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"We all may look very different from each other -- on the outside. But we're all more alike -- both inside and out -- than we know. And that is truly something to celebrate!" (Back cover).
Book cover for What matters.
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In this picture book, the ripple effect of one child's small action shows how we can all make a big environmental difference.
Book cover for What the eagle sees.
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"Indigenous people across Turtle Island have been faced with disease, war, broken promises, and forced assimilation. Despite crushing losses and insurmountable challenges, they formed new nations from the remnants of old ones, they adopted new ideas and built on them, they fought back, they kept their cultures alive, and they survived. Key events in Indigenous history with accounts of the people, places, and events that have mattered from the 12th...