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Big Feelings about Back to School
How to be a Good Friend
Mighty Little Girls
Picture Books in Both English and Spanish/Libros ilustrados en ingles y español
How to be a Good Friend
Mighty Little Girls
Picture Books in Both English and Spanish/Libros ilustrados en ingles y español
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Chrysanthemum loves her name, until she starts going to school and the other children make fun of it. She was a perfect baby, and she had a perfect name. Chrysanthemum. When she was old enough to appreciate it, Chrysanthemum loved her name. And then she started school. "I'm named after my grandmother," said Victoria. "You're named after a flower." Chrysanthemum wilted. Life at school didn't improve. In fact, it got worse. Then the students were introduced...
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Diverse Books - Latino/Latinx, Hispanic, and Latin American Children
Lorraine: The Girl Who Sang the Storm Away 2024
Picture Books in Both English and Spanish/Libros ilustrados en ingles y español
Tomas 2025
Lorraine: The Girl Who Sang the Storm Away 2024
Picture Books in Both English and Spanish/Libros ilustrados en ingles y español
Tomas 2025
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When Alma Sofia Esperanza José Pura Candela asks her father why she has so many names, she hears the story of her name and learns about her grandparents.
3) The name jar
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Big Feelings about Back to School
Celebrating Myself!: Books for Kids
Mighty Little Girls
Summer Challenge 2023: Banned & Challenged Books
Celebrating Myself!: Books for Kids
Mighty Little Girls
Summer Challenge 2023: Banned & Challenged Books
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After Unhei moves from Korea to the United States, her new classmates help her decide what her name should be.
8) Thao
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""Thao" seems like a simple enough name. Only four letters--all of them belonging to many other names! And yet Thao had been called everything from "Tail" to "Theo" to "Towel." At one point, completely fed up, she decided it was time to try another name. Something "easy." Something like "Jennifer." But trying to be someone else only works for so long. And eventually "Jennifer" is swayed back to being herself when she opens her lunchbox and finds her...
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"Names hold power. They can be a greeting, provide comfort, act as a warning, or honor our ancestors and heroes. Sometimes growing into a name, or selecting a new one, can take a little time. Names connect us to others and help create who we are and what makes us uniquely special. With an engaging visual narrative buzzing with people and names of all stripes, and a lilting text that's perfect for reading aloud, the creator of The Favorite Book and...
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"Scandal has derailed Journalist Kitty Logan's career, a setback that is soon compounded by an even more devastating loss. Constance, the woman who taught Kitty everything she knew, is dying. At her mentor's bedside, Kitty asks her, "What is the one story you always wanted to write?" The answer lies in a single sheet of paper buried in Constance's office--a list of 100 names--with no notes or explanation. But before Kitty can talk to her friend, it...
12) Home in the rain
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Waiting out a storm by the highway inspires a name for an unborn baby sister in a tender, exquisitely observed tale.
14) The Steves
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When two puffins named Steve meet, they begin arguing about who is first, greatest, wisest, and more until they realize they have gone too far.
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Putting a creative twist on the traditional name book, Barden offers names organized by categories, an intuitive way to tap into how parents think about what to call their baby. Containing more than 50,000 names, the book's handy alphabetical index makes cross-referencing easy.
17) My name is Yoon
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Disliking her name as written in English, Korean-born Yoon, or "shining wisdom," refers to herself as "cat," "bird," and "cupcake," as a way to feel more comfortable in her new school and new country.
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Big Feelings about Back to School
Diverse Books - Celebrating Diversity
Friends with Feelings: Puppet Talking with Friends
Diverse Books - Celebrating Diversity
Friends with Feelings: Puppet Talking with Friends
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Saddened by her classmates' and teacher's mispronunciations of her name, a girl is empowered by her discovery that names are like songs when she and her mom celebrate the musicality of African, Asian, Black-American, Latinx, and Middle Eastern names.
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