Summer of Discovery -- Our Connected World


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Book cover for Hello hello.
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In simple text a set of animals, each one linked to the previous one by some trait of shape, color, or pattern, greet and interact with one another.
Book cover for Hello, World.
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Greet the world with this adorable book that teaches little readers how to say "hello" in thirteen different languages including French, Romanian, Spanish, Mandarin, Filipino, Malagasy, and more!
Book cover for Here and now.
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Illustrations and easy-to-read text celebrate mindfulness and the connectedness of everything on Earth.

24. Hope

Book cover for Hope.
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During a visit with her great-aunt, a young girl learns the story behind her name and learns to feel proud of her biracial heritage.
Book cover for I can make this promise.
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All her life, Edie has known that her mom was adopted by a white couple. So, no matter how curious she might be about her Native American heritage, Edie is sure her family doesn’t have any answers. Until the day when she and her friends discover a box hidden in the attic—a box full of letters signed “Love, Edith,” and photos of a woman who looks just like her. Suddenly, Edie has a flurry of new questions about this woman who shares her name....
Book cover for I Love My Hair, I Love Me.
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This children's book was inspired by the little African American girls in my family and the experiences and challenges they face on the schoolyard and classrooms. Young African American girls are lead to believe that they are inferior to other races, and this book is meant to inspire and lift them up. Young African American girls are often ridiculed for having different hair. They are asked many questions from other children, and they need to be lifted...
Book cover for I love our Earth.
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Celebrate our home in this joyous, poetic tribute to the Earth's colors, climates, and seasons. Panoramic photographs capture the majesty of nature from swirling deserts to curling ocean waves. Close-ups reveal quieter treasures like springy moss and sunlit leaves. Tying all these wonders together are the faces of children from around the globe, reflecting our shared connection to the planet.
Book cover for I really want to see you, Grandma.
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Yumi and her grandmother really want to see each other, but when they both set out from their homes at the same time they keep missing each other.
Book cover for If you come to Earth.
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In this picture book, a boy writes a letter to an imagined alien, explaining all the things he will need to know about Earth and the people who live here--and adding a postscript asking what the alien might look like.
Book cover for I'm new here.
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Three children from other countries (Somalia, Guatemala, and Korea) struggle to adjust to their new home and school in the United States.
Book cover for Inside out & back again.
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Through a series of poems, a young girl chronicles the life-changing year of 1975, when she, her mother, and her brothers leave Vietnam and resettle in Alabama.
Book cover for Juneteenth for Mazie.
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"Little Mazie wants the freedom to stay up late, but her father explains what freedom really means in the story of Juneteenth, and how her ancestors celebrated their true freedom." -- SkyRiver
Book cover for Krista Kim-Bap.
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Krista and Jason have been best friends since preschool. It never mattered that he was a boy with reddish-brown hair and she was the "Korean girl" at school. Now in fifth grade, everyone in their class is preparing their Heritage Month projects. Jason has always loved Krista's Korean family, and particularly her mom's cooking, but Krista is conflicted about being her school's "Korean Ambassador". She's also worried about asking her intimidating grandma...
Book cover for Lilla's sunflowers.
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Before her father leaves for a long trip Lilla gives him a sunflower seed, and after seasons pass she receives letters from families with photos of their loved ones with sunflowers, teaching Lilla that her gift to her father brightened others' lives.

35. Listen

Book cover for Listen.
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"Listen with you heart. It is your ears, your eyes, your nose, your mouth, your hands. Author Holly M. McGhee and illustrator Pascal Lem̋atre ask you, me, and all of us to inspire empathy by exploring what it means to be connected to everything, including the natural world. Simple and tender, Listen teaches us to engage our senses, to taste, see, and feel in order to engage with the world around us."--Provided by publisher.
Book cover for A map into the world.
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Paj Ntaub, a young Hmong American girl, spends a busy year with her family in their new home, and seeks a way to share the beauty of the world with a grieving neighbor.
Book cover for Molly meets trouble (whose real name is Jenna).
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Pen pals Molly and Olive are both having relationship problems in their third grade classes--Molly is struggling with Jenna, a new girl, who seems to think that name calling is a way to fit in, and Olive has joined a gymnastics team which is putting a strain on her friendship with Emma, whom she has know for years.
Book cover for My basmati bat mitzvah.
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Tara Feinstein, proud of both her East Indian and Jewish heritage, questions what it means to have a bat mitzvah and deals with her own doubts about her faith.
Book cover for My Two Grandmothers.
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Acadian Mémère and Scottish Nannie seem to have nothing in common but their grandchildren, but in this endearing picture book from bestselling author Diane Carmel Léger and noted illustrator Jean-Luc Trudel, difference is celebrated. A co-publication with New Brunswick's award-winning Bouton d'or Acadie and simultaneously published in French, Nannie and Mémère is a whimsically illustrated, heartwarming tale of the special relationship between...
Book cover for A neighborhood walk, a musical journey.
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As she walks with her mother to a farmer's market, Penelope hears the melodies of the city from musicians, bicycle bells, and more until one instrument beckons and fills her with magic. Includes author's note about her first encounter with the violin.