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Author
Series
My weird school volume 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
When boring Mr. Loring retires, A.J.'s class gets a new music teacher who raps, break-dances, and thinks he has what it takes to become a famous musician.
Author
Series
My weird school volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Miss Daisy's unusual teaching methods surprise her second grade students, especially reluctant learner A.J.
Author
Publisher
Albatros
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Formats
Description
What is hard and what is soft? What is curved and what is straight? What is safe and what is dangerous? Learn these and many other opposites in English and Spanish in the bilingual title Opposites-Opuestos. Can you name something fragile, something fast, and something loud? And do you know what opposites are? The world around us is filled with them! When you look closely at things, you will learn that they can be cold, light, pointed, or even stinky....
9) Elena rides
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Elena wants to ride her bike. She steadies, she readies. She wobbles, she bobbles . . . KA-BANG! Learning to ride a bike is hard. But Elena can do it. She just has to try, try again. With this reassuring story of childlike persistence, Juana Medina, creator of the acclaimed Juana & Lucas series, introduces Elena, a plucky elephant, and the little red bird who is Elena's faithful cheerleader. Simple, energetic text and bold, brilliant artwork convey...
Author
Publisher
Cuento De Luz SL
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
After war comes to an end in her African homeland, Ayobami can finally return to her schoolhouse. But in order to do so, she must take a dangerous path through the jungle, armed only with a piece of paper and a worn-out pencil.
Author
Publisher
Cuento de Luz
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
Español
Description
Ayobami sueña con ir a la escuela, pero para llegar debe tomar un camino peligroso: el de la selva. Una historia sobre la importancia de la educación, la dificultad que tienen muchos niños para acceder a ella y la perserverancia e ilusión de quien desea aprender.
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Elmo introduces babies and toddlers to 101 common words and objects in English and Spanish in this oversized board book! Throughout this colorful book, Elmo is featured doing a number of everyday things, such as getting dressed, eating, playing, and getting ready for bed. Bright illustrations and photographs of common words and objects pertaining to each activity are identified in English and Spanish. This board book is perfect for bilingual children...
Author
Series
My weird school volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
A skateboarding principal offers unusual incentives to his students to motivate them to learn more. Principal Klutz was hanging upside down from the school flagpole! He kissed a pig on the lips! He painted his bald head orange! And now he wants to bungee-jump off the roof of the school, dressed like Santa Claus! In fact, all the grown-ups at A.J.'s school seem to have something wrong with them. What's going on here? What are A.J. and the kids in his...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial México
Pub. Date
2019
Language
Español
Description
"La esclava de sor Juana Inés de la Cruz fue también, a su modo, una discípula, la primera escucha de versos, sonetos y redondillas. Una mujer mulata cuyas aventuras y peripecias nos exaltan y nos llevan a descubrir los contrastes de la Nueva España del siglo XVII. Enamorada de la posibilidad de descifrar lo que las letras dicen juntas, Yara sigue los pasos de la madre poeta. Acata las órdenes de las monjas del convento de San Gerónimo. Oye...
15) The atlas of us
Author
Publisher
HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
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Description
Atlas James has lost her way. In a last-ditch effort to pull her life together, she's working on a community service program rehabbing trails in the Western Sierras. The only plus is that the days are so exhausting that Atlas might just be tired enough to forget that this was one of her dad's favorite places in the world. Before cancer stole him from her life, that is. Using real names is forbidden on the trail. So Atlas becomes Maps, and with her...
16) Five-carat soul
Author
Language
English
Description
"Exciting new fiction from James McBride, the first since his National Book Award-winning novel The Good Lord Bird. The stories in Five-Carat Soul--none of them ever published before--spring from the place where identity, humanity, and history converge. They're funny and poignant, insightful and unpredictable, imaginative and authentic--all told with McBride's unrivaled storytelling skill and meticulous eye for character and detail. McBride explores...
17) The magical yet
Author
Publisher
Disney-Hyperion
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Each of us, from the day we're born, is accompanied by a special companion--the Yet. Can't tie your shoes? Yet! Can't ride a bike? Yet! Can't play the bassoon? Don't worry, Yet is there to help you out. The Magical Yet is the perfect tool for parents and educators to turn a negative into a positive when helping children cope with the inevitable difficult learning moments we all face. Whether a child or an adult, this encouraging and uplifting book...
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