Summer of Discovery -- Our Connected World

 

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1. If you come to Earth

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Author:
Blackall, Sophie
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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.

2. Papa brings me the world

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Author:
Kostecki-Shaw, Jenny Sue
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Even though he brings exotic gifts home when he returns, a young girl misses her father, who travels around the world as a photojournalist.

3. Where are you from?

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Author:
Méndez, Yamile Saied
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"When a young girl is asked where she's from--where she's really from--she's no longer as she was. She decides to turn to her dear abuelo for some help with this ever-persistent question. But he doesn't quite give her the answer she expects."--Page [2] of cover.

4. Your name is a song

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Author:
Thompkins-Bigelow, Jamilah
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"Frustrated by a day full of teachers and classmates mispronouncing her beautiful name, a little girl tells her mother she never wants to come back to school. In response, the girl's mother teaches her about the musicality of African, Asian, Black-American, Latinx, and Middle Eastern names on their lyrical walk home through the city. Empowered by this newfound understanding, the young girl is ready to return the next day to share her knowledge with...