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Southeast - Kids Easy 1 available
E Khalil
Thompson Lane - Kids Easy 1 available
E Khalil
Publication Date | Publisher | Physical Description | Language | Availability | |
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[2020] | Tilbury House Publishers | 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm | English | On Shelf
Southeast - Kids Easy 1 available E Khalil Thompson Lane - Kids Easy 1 available E Khalil |
Description
The beautiful story of diversity follows a young girl named Kanzi whose most treasured reminder of her old home provides a pathway for acceptance in her new one.
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Publication Date | Publisher | Physical Description | Language | Availability | |
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c2008 | Charlesbridge | [31] p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm. | English | On Shelf
Southeast - Kids Easy 1 available E Alalou |
Description
While Nora waits for the couscous her father is cooking to be finished, he tells her a story about his youth in the High Atlas Mountains of Morocco. Includes author's note and glossary.
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The library does not own any copies of this title.
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A Syrian man named Alaa stays behind in the war-torn city of Aleppo, driving an ambulance for those who need medical care. He notices hungry cats in the city who have been abandoned by their owners and begins to care for them. After more cats show up, he realizes that he can't do it alone and calls on others in the community and the world to help him care for them.
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Edmondson Pike - Kids Easy 1 available
E Heide
Goodlettsville - Kids Easy 1 available
E Heide
Green Hills - Kids Easy 2 available
E Heide
Publication Date | Publisher | Physical Description | Language | Availability | |
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1990 | Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books | [32] p. : chiefly col. ill. ; 24 x 29 cm. | English | On Shelf
Edmondson Pike - Kids Easy 1 available E Heide Goodlettsville - Kids Easy 1 available E Heide Green Hills - Kids Easy 2 available E Heide |
Description
A young Egyptian boy describes the city of Cairo as he goes about his daily work and waits for the evening to share a special surprise with his family.
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Edmondson Pike - Kids Non-Fiction 2 available
j398.209174 M1357h
Main Library - Kids Non-Fiction 1 available
j398.209174 M1357h
Thompson Lane - Kids Non-Fiction 1 available
j398.209174 M1357h
Publication Date | Publisher | Physical Description | Language | Availability | |
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2009 | Albert Whitman | 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 23 x 28 cm. | English | On Shelf
Edmondson Pike - Kids Non-Fiction 2 available j398.209174 M1357h Main Library - Kids Non-Fiction 1 available j398.209174 M1357h Thompson Lane - Kids Non-Fiction 1 available j398.209174 M1357h |
Description
When Jouha counts the ten donkeys carrying his dates to market, he repeatedly forgets to count the one he is riding on, causing him great consternation. Includes numbers written out in Arabic and in English transliteration, as well as the numerals one through ten, and a note on the origins and other versions of the story.
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East - Kids Easy 1 available
E Faruqi
Hadley Park - Kids Easy 1 available
E Faruqi
Madison - Kids Easy 1 available
E Faruqi
Publication Date | Publisher | Physical Description | Language | Availability | |
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2015. | Tilbury House Publishers | 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm. | English | On Shelf
East - Kids Easy 1 available E Faruqi Hadley Park - Kids Easy 1 available E Faruqi Madison - Kids Easy 1 available E Faruqi |
Publication Date | Source | Publisher | Language | Availability | |
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2015 | OverDrive | Tilbury House Publishers | English | Available Online
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Now that she is ten, Lailah is delighted that she can fast during the month of Ramadan like her family and her friends in Abu Dhabi, but finding a way to explain to her teacher and classmates in Atlanta is a challenge until she gets some good advice from the librarian, Mrs. Scrabble.
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Bellevue - Kids Non-Fiction 1 available
j020.92 W784L
Donelson - Kids Non-Fiction 1 available
j020.92 W784L
Edmondson Pike - Kids Non-Fiction 1 available
j020.92 W784L
Publication Date | Publisher | Physical Description | Language | Availability | |
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c2005 | Harcourt, Inc | 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 28 cm. | English | On Shelf
Bellevue - Kids Non-Fiction 1 available j020.92 W784L Donelson - Kids Non-Fiction 1 available j020.92 W784L Edmondson Pike - Kids Non-Fiction 1 available j020.92 W784L |
Publication Date | Source | Publisher | Language | Availability | |
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2014 | OverDrive | HarperCollins | English | Available Online
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Publication Date | Publisher | Language | Availability | |
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2014 | HarperCollins | English | Available Online
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Alia Muhammad Baker is a librarian in Basra, Iraq. For fourteen years, her library has been a meeting place for those who love books. Until now. Now war has come, and Alia fears that the library--along with the thirty thousand books within it--will be destroyed forever. In a war-stricken country where civilians--especially women--have little power, this true story about a librarian's struggle to save her community's priceless collection of books reminds...
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Southeast - Kids Non-Fiction 1 available
j636.8 K9663L
Thompson Lane - Kids Non-Fiction 1 available
j636.8 K9663L
Publication Date | Publisher | Physical Description | Language | Availability | |
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2017. | Crown Books for Young Readers | 40 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm. | English | On Shelf
Southeast - Kids Non-Fiction 1 available j636.8 K9663L Thompson Lane - Kids Non-Fiction 1 available j636.8 K9663L |
Description
When an Iraqi family is forced to flee their home, they can t bear to leave their beloved cat, Kunkush, behind. So they carry him with them from Iraq to Greece, keeping their secret passenger hidden away. But during the crowded boat crossing to Greece, his carrier breaks and the frightened cat runs from the chaos. In one moment, he is gone. After an unsuccessful search, his family has to continue their journey, leaving brokenhearted. A few days later,...
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East - Kids Easy 1 available
E AlHathl
Edmondson Pike - Kids Easy 1 available
E AlHathl
Goodlettsville - Kids Easy 1 available
E AlHathl
Publication Date | Edition | Publisher | Physical Description | Language | Availability | |
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2022. | First edition. | Minedition | 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 30 cm | English | On Shelf
East - Kids Easy 1 available E AlHathl Edmondson Pike - Kids Easy 1 available E AlHathl Goodlettsville - Kids Easy 1 available E AlHathl |
Description
"Loujain watches her beloved baba attach his feather wings and fly each morning, but her own dreams of flying face a big obstacle: only boys, not girls, are allowed to fly in her country. Yet despite the taunts of her classmates, she is determined to do it--especially because Loujain loves colors, and only by flying can she see the color-filled field of sunflowers her baba has told her about. Eventually, he agrees to teach her, and Loujain's impossible...
10) Mirror
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Bellevue - Kids World Language 1 available
E Baker
Donelson - Kids World Language 1 available
E Baker
Goodlettsville - Kids World Language 1 available
E Baker
Publication Date | Edition | Publisher | Physical Description | Language | Availability | |
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2010 | 1st U.S. ed. | Candlewick Press | 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 26 x 28 cm. | Arabic | On Shelf
Bellevue - Kids World Language 1 available E Baker Donelson - Kids World Language 1 available E Baker Goodlettsville - Kids World Language 1 available E Baker |
Description
In Sydney, Australia, and in Morocco, two boys and their families have a day of shopping. Readers are invited to compare illustrations in two wordless stories that are intended to be read one from left to right and the other from right to left.
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Edmondson Pike - Kids Easy 1 available
E DelRizz
Main Library - Kids Easy 1 available
E DelRizz
Publication Date | Edition | Publisher | Physical Description | Language | Availability | |
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2017. | This is a first edition. | Pajama Press Inc | 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm | English | On Shelf
Edmondson Pike - Kids Easy 1 available E DelRizz Main Library - Kids Easy 1 available E DelRizz |
Description
Fleeing from a home destroyed in the Syrian Civil War, Sami worries about the pet pigeons he left behind.
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Edmondson Pike - Kids Easy 1 available
E Tarnows
Hermitage - Kids Easy 1 available
E Tarnows
Publication Date | Publisher | Physical Description | Language | Availability | |
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2022. | Barefoot Books | 32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations, color map ; 28 cm | English | On Shelf
Edmondson Pike - Kids Easy 1 available E Tarnows Hermitage - Kids Easy 1 available E Tarnows |
Description
Forced to take shelter when their Syrian city is plagued with bombings, young Nour and her cousin begin to bravely build a secret underground library.
13) The olive tree
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Main Library - Kids Easy 1 available
E Marston
Southeast - Kids Easy 1 available
E Marston
Publication Date | Publisher | Physical Description | Language | Availability | |
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[2014] | Wisdom Tales | 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm | English | On Shelf
Main Library - Kids Easy 1 available E Marston Southeast - Kids Easy 1 available E Marston |
Description
Sameer's neighbors left when war came to Lebanon, but now they have returned and instead of finding a friend to play with, Sameer meets an unfriendly girl, Muna, who confronts him about taking olives that fall from her family's tree to his side of the wall.
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The library does not own any copies of this title.
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Salma's mother has been sad since they moved away from Syria, leaving her father behind. Salma decides to make her mother a traditional meal of foul shami but needs help translating the ingredients and gathering the spices. With help from a community of refugees living in the same building, Salma is able to make the meal and hear her mother laugh again.
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Publication Date | Edition | Publisher | Physical Description | Language | Availability | |
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2008 | 1st ed. | Roaring Brook Press | 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 21 x 29 cm. | English | On Shelf
Bellevue - Kids Easy 1 available E Rumford |
Description
As bombs and missiles fall on Baghdad in 2003, a young boy uses the art of calligraphy to distance himself from the horror of war.
16) Sitti's secrets
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Publication Date | Edition | Publisher | Physical Description | Language | Availability | |
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c1994 | 1st American ed. | Maxwell Macmillan International | [32] p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm. | English | On Shelf
Main Library - Kids Easy 1 available E Nye |
Description
A young girl describes a visit to see her grandmother in a Palestinian village on the West Bank.
When Mona, a young Arab-American girl, journeys with her father to the Middle East to meet her grandmother, she discovers that they share the universal bonds of family love
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Bellevue - Kids Easy 1 available
E Rania
East - Kids Easy 1 available
E Rania
Green Hills - Kids Easy 1 available
E Rania
Publication Date | Edition | Publisher | Physical Description | Language | Availability | |
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2010 | 1st U.S. ed. | Disney-Hyperion Books | 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm. | English | On Shelf
Bellevue - Kids Easy 1 available E Rania East - Kids Easy 1 available E Rania Green Hills - Kids Easy 1 available E Rania |
Description
Best friends Lily and Salma disagree over their preferred foods, but after trading sandwiches to see how they taste, the girls change their minds.
18) Stars In My Geddohs Sky
This entry no longer exists in the catalog
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The library does not own any copies of this title.
Description
Lina wakes up to find the world outside covered in snow, so she puts on her winter clothes and stomps across town to grandma's, where she helps make a special meal. Along the way, she learns ten new ways of listening to the sounds that snow makes.
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Green Hills - Kids Non-Fiction 1 available
j916.2 K9213w
Main Library - Kids Non-Fiction 1 available
j916.2 K9213w
Old Hickory - Kids Non-Fiction 1 available
j916.2 K9213w
Publication Date | Publisher | Physical Description | Language | Availability | |
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2007 | Barefoot Books | 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill., col. map ; 26 x 27 cm. | English | On Shelf
Green Hills - Kids Non-Fiction 1 available j916.2 K9213w Main Library - Kids Non-Fiction 1 available j916.2 K9213w Old Hickory - Kids Non-Fiction 1 available j916.2 K9213w |
Description
As the riverboat sails down the Nile River, remnants of Egypt's long history and aspects of its present culture are revealed on its banks.