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Twelve-year-old Candice Miller is spending the summer in Lambert, South Carolina, in the old house that belonged to her grandmother, who died after being dismissed as city manager for having the city tennis courts dug up looking for buried treasure--but when she finds the letter that sent her grandmother on the treasure hunt, she finds herself caught up in the mystery and, with the help of her new friend and fellow book-worm, Brandon, she sets out...
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Arab American Heritage Month for Young People
Diverse Books - Near East/Levant/Arabian Peninsula Picture Books
Diverse Books - Near East/Levant/Arabian Peninsula Picture Books
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Walking to her grandmother's home to help make warak enab, Lina discovers many ways to hear snow, from the scrape of a shovel on a sidewalk to the quiet pats of snowman-building.
6) Those shoes
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Jeremy, who longs to have the black high tops that everyone at school seems to have but his grandmother cannot afford, is excited when he sees them for sale in a thrift shop and decides to buy them even though they are the wrong size.
8) Say hello!
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A little girl greets people in her neighborhood in many different languages.
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After his teacher says that anything can be in an art exhibition, and his fellow students give myriad reasons why something might belong in a museum, a child offers his special grandmother as an exhibit but when the curator cites a rule against accepting grandmas, the child has a better idea.
12) Grandma's purse
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Black History Month
Books for Preschoolers (3-4 years old)
Diverse Books - African American/ Black Experience in the U.S.
Sky Bear 2023
Books for Preschoolers (3-4 years old)
Diverse Books - African American/ Black Experience in the U.S.
Sky Bear 2023
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"When Grandma Mimi comes to visit, her granddaughter cannot wait to see what treasures she has hidden in her purse."--
14) 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 Belle's...
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Diverse books - Native Americans, American Indians, First Nations, and Indigenous Peoples Around the World
Sky Bear 2023
Sky Bear 2023
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"Becca loves spending time with Grandma. Whether they are beading moccasins, dancing like the most beautiful butterflies, or practicing basketball together; Becca knows that, more than anything, she wants to be just like Grandma. And as the two share their favorite activities, Becca discovers something surprising about Grandma."--
17) Dearest one
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The words of wisdom a grandmother might pass on to a growing child if she wrote her advice in the form of a letter.
20) My baba's garden
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A story about the special relationship between a child and his grandmother and the time they spend looking for worms for the garden.
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