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| | ¡Si, Se Puede!/Yes, We Can!: Janitor Strike in L.A.
Diana Cohen (Author), Francisco Delgado (Author)
This bilingual fictional story is set against the backdrop of the successful janitors' strike in Los Angeles in 2000. It tells about Carlitos, whose mother is a janitor. She and the other janitors have decided to go on strike. How will Carlitos support his mother? He and the other children in his class join the marchers with a very special sign for his mom: "Si, Se Puede!/Yes, We Can!"
[Grade Level: 2 - 4] |
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| | 1621: A New Look at Thanksgiving
Margaret M. Bruchac (Author), Catherine O'Neill Grace (Author)
A pictorial presentation of the reenactment of the first Thanksgiving that counters traditional accounts with a more historically accurate version.
[Grade Level: 3 - 6] |
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| | Abby
Jeannette Franklin Caines (Author), Steven Kellogg (Illustrator)
A young girl recalls her adoption by looking through her baby pictures and asking her mother and brother questions.
[Grade Level: Pre-K - 3] |
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| | Abenaki Captive
Written and Illustrated by M. L. Dubois
The story of John Stark who was captured by the Abenaki and the young man, Ogistin, who became his friend.
[Grade Level: 4 - 6] |
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| | Abuela
Arthur Dorros (Author), Elisa Kleven (Illustrator)
A celebration of a relationship between grandmother and granddaughter.
[Grade Level: Pre-K - 3] |
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| | Abuela's Weave
Omar S. Castaneda (Author), Enrique O. Sanchez (Illustrator)
A young girl and her grandmother weave clothing and tapestries to take to the market and sell during the fiesta.
[Grade Level: Pre-K - 3] |
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| | The Adventures of Connie and Diego/Las Aventuras de Connie y Diego
Maria Garcia (Author), Malaquias Montoya (Illustrator)
Tired of being laughed at because they are different, a pair of multicolored twins runs a way to ask the animals where they belong.
[Grade Level: K - 3] |
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| | The Adventures of Hershel of Ostropol
Trina Schart Hyman (Illustrator), Eric A. Kimmel (Reteller)
Stories told by the famous Jewish folk hero who lived during the first part of the nineteenth century.
[Grade Level: 4 - 6] |
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| | Aekyung's Dream
Written by Min Paek
A recently arrived immigrant child tells about the adjustment to an unfamiliar culture.
[Grade Level: K - 3] |
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| | Africa Brothers and Sisters
Vanessa French (Illustrator), Virginia Kroll (Author)
A young boy and his dad play a question-and-answer game about people who live in Africa and the ways in which they are connected to them.
[Grade Level: K - 3] |
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