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Picture Books for Hispanic Heritage Month 2023
Picture Books in Both English and Spanish/Libros ilustrados en ingles y español
Picture Books in Both English and Spanish/Libros ilustrados en ingles y español
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A young boy bonds with his beloved abuela over a love of Spanish.
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Books by Carole Boston Weatherford
Picture Books for Black History Month
VSBA 2024-20245-- Intermediate Nominees
Picture Books for Black History Month
VSBA 2024-20245-- Intermediate Nominees
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A true story of determination and groundbreaking achievement follows eighth grade African American spelling champion MacNolia Cox, who left Akron, Ohio, in 1936 to compete in the prestigious National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C., only to be met with prejudice and discrimination.
12) Monster speller
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Gabby's pet monster competes at the district-wide spelling bee. Written in graphic-novel format.
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When superhero Ellie does not qualify for the school spelling bee she is disappointed, but willing to help her best friend Hannah study instead--but Hannah and the other children are starting to act rather strange, and Ellie is convinced that there is something sinister about the substitute librarian, Mrs. Bumble, who seems to have an awful lot of bees following her around.
16) Buzz!
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Webster is a bundle of nerves headed into his first day of high school, but whatever academic and social horrors he feared are nothing compared to what's in store for him as he stumbles into an unsanctioned, street-level spelling bee! And this ain't no staged production, either -- letters fly like jump kicks and the losers leave bruised and beaten more often than not! Soon he's propelled into the fast-paced world of competitive spelling by the mysterious...
17) Karen's prize
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Karen wins spelling contest after contest and thinks it is great while her friends think she is a show-off.
18) Abigail spells
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George the bear helps his best friend Abigail, a young chicken, practice for the city spelling bee, then cheers her up when she makes a mistake.
19) Bad words
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Guy Trilby is a 40-year-old who finds a loophole in the rules of The Golden Quill national spelling bee and decides to cause trouble by hijacking the competition. While reporter Jenny Widgeon attempts to discover his true motivation, Guy finds himself forging an unlikely alliance with a competitor: awkward ten-year-old Chaitanya Chopra, who is completely unfazed by Guy's take-no-prisoners approach to life.
20) Jumbo
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Spring has sprung, and it's time for the annual fair spelling bee contest! Along with his best pals, Jumbo trains overtime for the big event, because he knows it'll be tough to beat the town's genius student, Bert, who's never misspelled a word! However, the big bad wolf Magnus curses him to completely lose his memory! Will he regain his memory in time for the spelling bee?
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