Summer of Discovery -- Our Connected World


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Book cover for Dear Whiskers.
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Jenny is discouraged when her second grade pen pal turns out to be a new student from Saudi Arabia who does not speak English very well, but as she works with her they slowly become friends.
Book cover for Dumpling days.
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Pacy Lin books volume 3.
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When Pacy, her two sisters, and their parents go to Taiwan to celebrate Grandma's sixtieth birthday, the girls learn a great deal about their heritage.
Book cover for Emily's idea.
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Emily makes a chain of paper dolls, and her creation catches on in her classroom and spreads across town and throughout the world. Includes instructions for making a chain of paper dolls.
Book cover for Every night is pizza night.
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Pipo thinks that pizza is the best. No, Pipo knows that pizza is the best. It is scientific fact. But when she sets out on a neighborhood-spanning quest to prove it, she discovers that “best” might not mean what she thought it means. Join Pipo as she cooks new foods with her friends Eugene, Farah, Dakota, and Ronnie and Donnie. Each eating experiment delights and stuns her taste buds. Is a family recipe for bibimbap better than pizza? What about...
Book cover for Everything is connected.
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Highlights the many ways we are all linked to the world around us.
Book cover for Extra credit.
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As letters flow back and forth--between the prairies of Illinois and the mountains of Afghanistan, across cultural and religious divides--sixth-grader Abby, ten-year-old Amira, and eleven-year-old Sadeed begin to speak and listen to each other.
Book cover for Faraway home.
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Desta's father, who needs to return briefly to his Ethiopian homeland, describes what it was like for him to grow up there.
Book cover for Freedom soup.
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"Every year, Haitians all over the world ring in the new year by eating a special soup, a tradition dating back to the Haitian Revolution. This year, Ti Gran is teaching Belle how to make the soup -- Freedom Soup -- just like she was taught when she was a little girl. Together, they dance and clap as they prepare the holiday feast, and Ti Gran tells Belle about the history of the soup, the history of Belle's family, and the history of Haiti, where...
Book cover for Freedom, we sing.
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"Sharing a conversation about the earth, its inhabitants, and what Freedom means to them, a mother and her child dance through questions about life, love, and family"--back cover.
Book cover for From Father to Father.
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From generation to generation, and with the help of matryoshka, a father traces his child's ancestry. Looking back at Baby's lineage, Father describes how long, long, long, long ago, the father of the father of the father of his dad welcomed to the family the father of the father of his dad. And so it goes, tracing Baby's ancestors through to the present day. Russian nesting dolls (matryoshka) illustrated on each spread get smaller with each turn....
Book cover for From Here to There.
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"Here and There are so similar they're practically twins. But they could never play together because Here is always here and There is always there, so they become pen pals and write to each other all the time. One day, There gets an idea that could change the distance between them forever"--
Book cover for Get a grip, Vivy Cohen!.
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Vivy Cohen is determined. She's had enough of playing catch in the park. She's ready to pitch for a real baseball team. But Vivy's mom is worried about Vivy being the only girl on the team, and the only autistic kid. She wants Vivy to forget about pitching, but Vivy won't give up. When her social skills teacher makes her write a letter to someone, Vivy knows exactly who to choose: her hero, Major League pitcher VJ Capello. Then two amazing things...
Book cover for The Gift Is in the Making.
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The Gift Is in the Making retells previously published Anishinaabeg stories, bringing to life Anishinaabeg values and teachings for a new generation. Readers are immersed in a world where all genders are respected, the tiniest being has influence in the world, and unconditional love binds families and communities to each other and to their homeland. Sprinkled with gentle humour and the Anishinaabe language, this collection of stories speaks to children...
Book cover for Global babies.
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Developed by the Global Fund for Children.
Book cover for Going down home with Daddy.
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"Down home is Granny's house. Down home is where Lil Alan and his parents and sister will join grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins in a rich celebration of family history.... And down home is where all of the chiildren will find their special way to pay tribute to family history.... But what will Lil Alan do?" --from dust jacket.
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 Here and now.
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Illustrations and easy-to-read text celebrate mindfulness and the connectedness of everything on Earth.
Book cover for Home is in between.
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From National Book Award nominee Mitali Perkins comes a sweet and innovative picture book about a first-generation immigrant child living in America.

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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....