Summer of Discovery -- Our Connected World

 

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1. Home is in between

Book cover for Home is in between.
Author:
Perkins, Mitali
Formats:
Book, Read-Along Book
Description:
From National Book Award nominee Mitali Perkins comes a sweet and innovative picture book about a first-generation immigrant child living in America.

2. If you come to Earth

Book cover for If you come to Earth.
Author:
Blackall, Sophie
Formats:
Book, Book with Audio CD, Hoopla eBook, OverDrive eBook, Read-Along Book
Description:
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.

3. Priya dreams of marigolds & masala

Book cover for Priya dreams of marigolds & masala.
Author:
Patel, Meenal
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Description:
Priya lives in the United States and her family is from India. She feels the magic of the place her family comes from through her Babi Ba's colorful descriptions of India--from the warm smell of spices to the swish-swish sound of a rustling sari. Together, Priya and Babi Ba make their heritage live on through the traditions that they infuse into their everyday lives.

4. Where are you from?

Book cover for Where are you from?.
Author:
Méndez, Yamile Saied
Formats:
Book, Hoopla eBook, Read-Along Book
Description:
"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.

5. Your name is a song

Book cover for Your name is a song.
Author:
Thompkins-Bigelow, Jamilah
Formats:
Book, Hoopla eBook, OverDrive eBook, Read-Along Book
Description:
"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...