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"A powerful true story of a young girl who has never known life outside a refugee camp and a father determined to help her dream beyond the fences that confine them"--

Emma is taking tap dance lessons and she wants to learn the routine perfectly, but it is not easy because the tapping of the dancers makes it difficult for her cochlear implant to pick up the final notes of the music and so her timing is off--but with a little help from her teacher and her best friend Izzie, Emma will make it work. Includes an ASL fingerspelling chart, glossary, and content-related questions.

Explores the different types of communities people create to meet their need for companionship. Includes glossary.

Celebra la alegría que los bebés traen al mundo.

"This heartwarming book affirms over and over that a caregiver's love is unconditional. Watch your child's eyes light up at the adorable animal illustrations, and their worries be calmed by the encouraging reminder that good days and bad days end the same - with an 'I love you, now sleep tight!'"--Back cover.

"Sixteen-year-old Elli was chosen as the heir to a queen who wields powerful ice and fire magic. But when the queen dies, the magic doesn't enter Elli and she uncovers devastating new information about the magic, and those who wield it"--

"Paris, 1794. Revolutionary fervor has erupted into the Reign of Terror. A young man, Paul Courtney, hides in a crowd watching as the condemned are brought to the guillotine. Among them is Constance Courtney, Paul's mother. As he watches her brutal execution, he knows he must avoid the same fate and fulfill his promise to her--to survive, no matter what. He joins Napoleon's army and is taken to Egypt, but with the world at war and traitors in every...

Anytime Josie Shilling's large family gets too chaotic, volunteering at the local animal clinic is the one place she can escape--and she loves working with the animals. But when a box mysteriously appears on the clinic's front steps, Josie suddenly becomes responsible for seven adorable puppies! Taking care of her pig, Hamlet, last fall was a bit harder than she thought. So how is she ever going to handle a whole litter of mischievous pups and find...

"Janis Joplin blazed across the 1960s music scene, electrifying audiences with her staggering voice, unforgettable performances, and her explosive public persona as a tough-talking and a hard-drinking blues mama. By the time her life was cut tragically short by a heroin overdose, she had become the stuff of a rock-and-roll legend. Inspired by more than one hundred letters Janis wrote home throughout her career, her sister Laura gives an unbiased and...

"Motivated by the opportunity to obtain real justice for her sister who disappeared twenty years ago, Tracy became a homicide detective with the Seattle PD. When her sister's remains are finally discovered near their hometown in the northern Cascade Mountains of Washington State, Tracy is determined to get the answers she's been seeking"-- Seattle police officer Tracy Crosswhite lost her sister Sarah over 20 years ago, and she has never forgiven...