Author: Anna Kim
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0451478916
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 21
Book Description
An Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature Honor Book Meet Danbi, the new girl at school! Danbi is thrilled to start her new school in America. But a bit nervous too, for when she walks into the classroom, everything goes quiet. Everyone stares. Danbi wants to join in the dances and the games, but she doesn't know the rules and just can't get anything right. Luckily, she isn't one to give up. With a spark of imagination, she makes up a new game and leads her classmates on a parade to remember! Danbi Leads the School Parade introduces readers to an irresistible new character. In this first story, she learns to navigate her two cultures and realizes that when you open your world to others, their world opens up to you.
Danbi Leads the School Parade
Author: Anna Kim
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0451478916
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 21
Book Description
An Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature Honor Book Meet Danbi, the new girl at school! Danbi is thrilled to start her new school in America. But a bit nervous too, for when she walks into the classroom, everything goes quiet. Everyone stares. Danbi wants to join in the dances and the games, but she doesn't know the rules and just can't get anything right. Luckily, she isn't one to give up. With a spark of imagination, she makes up a new game and leads her classmates on a parade to remember! Danbi Leads the School Parade introduces readers to an irresistible new character. In this first story, she learns to navigate her two cultures and realizes that when you open your world to others, their world opens up to you.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0451478916
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 21
Book Description
An Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature Honor Book Meet Danbi, the new girl at school! Danbi is thrilled to start her new school in America. But a bit nervous too, for when she walks into the classroom, everything goes quiet. Everyone stares. Danbi wants to join in the dances and the games, but she doesn't know the rules and just can't get anything right. Luckily, she isn't one to give up. With a spark of imagination, she makes up a new game and leads her classmates on a parade to remember! Danbi Leads the School Parade introduces readers to an irresistible new character. In this first story, she learns to navigate her two cultures and realizes that when you open your world to others, their world opens up to you.
Danbi's Favorite Day
Author: Anna Kim
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0451481720
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 21
Book Description
The sequel to the Asian Pacific American Honor winner. Danbi's favorite day is here! Thrilled to invite her friends to celebrate Children's Day as she did in Korea, she promises kites, tigers, and magic train rides. But when the reality of a picnic behind her parents' deli falls short of her grand plans, Danbi must get creative to save the day. In this delightful follow-up to Danbi Leads the School Parade, Anna Kim brings her stunning illustrations and lively text to celebrate the children of the world, the power of creativity, and the joy of coming together.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0451481720
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 21
Book Description
The sequel to the Asian Pacific American Honor winner. Danbi's favorite day is here! Thrilled to invite her friends to celebrate Children's Day as she did in Korea, she promises kites, tigers, and magic train rides. But when the reality of a picnic behind her parents' deli falls short of her grand plans, Danbi must get creative to save the day. In this delightful follow-up to Danbi Leads the School Parade, Anna Kim brings her stunning illustrations and lively text to celebrate the children of the world, the power of creativity, and the joy of coming together.
Our Favorite Day of the Year
Author: A. E. Ali
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1481485644
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
“Gorgeously inviting illustrations and a joyful theme…the consummate first day read.” —Shelf Awareness (starred review) A heartwarming picture book following a group of boys from different backgrounds throughout the school year as they become the best of friends. Musa’s feeling nervous about his first day of school. He’s not used to being away from home and he doesn’t know any of the other kids in his class. And when he meets classmates Moisés, Mo, and Kevin, Musa isn’t sure they’ll have much in common. But over the course of the year, the four boys learn more about each other, the holidays they celebrate, their favorite foods, and what they like about school. The more they share with each other, the closer they become, until Musa can’t imagine any better friends. In this charming story of friendship and celebrating differences, young readers can discover how entering a new friendship with an open mind and sharing parts of yourself brings people together. And the calendar of holidays at the end of the book will delight children as they identify special events they can celebrate with friends throughout the year.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1481485644
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
“Gorgeously inviting illustrations and a joyful theme…the consummate first day read.” —Shelf Awareness (starred review) A heartwarming picture book following a group of boys from different backgrounds throughout the school year as they become the best of friends. Musa’s feeling nervous about his first day of school. He’s not used to being away from home and he doesn’t know any of the other kids in his class. And when he meets classmates Moisés, Mo, and Kevin, Musa isn’t sure they’ll have much in common. But over the course of the year, the four boys learn more about each other, the holidays they celebrate, their favorite foods, and what they like about school. The more they share with each other, the closer they become, until Musa can’t imagine any better friends. In this charming story of friendship and celebrating differences, young readers can discover how entering a new friendship with an open mind and sharing parts of yourself brings people together. And the calendar of holidays at the end of the book will delight children as they identify special events they can celebrate with friends throughout the year.
Our Favorite Day
Author: Joowon Oh
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 1536223565
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 33
Book Description
Follows Papa and his granddaughter as they spend another Thursday together.
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 1536223565
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 33
Book Description
Follows Papa and his granddaughter as they spend another Thursday together.
Knight of the Cape
Author: Terry Catasus Jennings
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1534465049
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Judy Moody meets Netflix’s One Day at a Time in this first book in a new chapter book series featuring a young Cuban American girl who tries to find adventure based on the classics she read with her beloved abuela—can Dominguita become a noble knight? All Dominguita wants to do is read. Especially the books in Spanish that Abuela gave to her just before she moved away. They were classics that Abuela and Dominguita read together, classics her abuela brought with her all the way from Cuba when she was a young girl. It helps Dominguita feel like Abuela’s still there with her. One of her favorites, Don Quixote, tells of a brave knight errant who tries to do good deeds. Dominguita decides that she, too, will become a knight and do good deeds around her community, creating a grand adventure for her to share with her abuela. And when the class bully tells Dominguita that girls can’t be knights, Dom is determined to prove him wrong. With a team of new friends, can Dominguita learn how to be the hero of her own story?
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1534465049
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Judy Moody meets Netflix’s One Day at a Time in this first book in a new chapter book series featuring a young Cuban American girl who tries to find adventure based on the classics she read with her beloved abuela—can Dominguita become a noble knight? All Dominguita wants to do is read. Especially the books in Spanish that Abuela gave to her just before she moved away. They were classics that Abuela and Dominguita read together, classics her abuela brought with her all the way from Cuba when she was a young girl. It helps Dominguita feel like Abuela’s still there with her. One of her favorites, Don Quixote, tells of a brave knight errant who tries to do good deeds. Dominguita decides that she, too, will become a knight and do good deeds around her community, creating a grand adventure for her to share with her abuela. And when the class bully tells Dominguita that girls can’t be knights, Dom is determined to prove him wrong. With a team of new friends, can Dominguita learn how to be the hero of her own story?
Future Fight Firsts
Author: Alyssa Wong
Publisher: Marvel Entertainment
ISBN: 1302520210
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 117
Book Description
Collects Future Fight Firsts: Crescent and Io (2019) #1, Future Fight Firsts: Luna Snow (2019) #1, Future Fight Firsts: White Fox (2019) #1. The breakout stars of the Marvel Future Fight mobile game feature in action-packed adventures! See how Dan Bi, a young girl from South Korea, first brought an ancient mystical bear spirit into the modern world — and how this unlikely duo became the evil-smashing team known as Crescent and Io! K-pop sensation Seol Hee already has the power to melt fans’ hearts — but as crimefighter Luna Snow, she can also freeze her enemies! Discover how she juggles life as an international pop star with being a costumed hero! And Ami Han is White Fox: a superspy and the last of the kumiho, a mystical race of shape-shifters. But who was she before she became White Fox — and what happened to the rest of the kumiho? Also featuring the far-out Future Avengers!
Publisher: Marvel Entertainment
ISBN: 1302520210
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 117
Book Description
Collects Future Fight Firsts: Crescent and Io (2019) #1, Future Fight Firsts: Luna Snow (2019) #1, Future Fight Firsts: White Fox (2019) #1. The breakout stars of the Marvel Future Fight mobile game feature in action-packed adventures! See how Dan Bi, a young girl from South Korea, first brought an ancient mystical bear spirit into the modern world — and how this unlikely duo became the evil-smashing team known as Crescent and Io! K-pop sensation Seol Hee already has the power to melt fans’ hearts — but as crimefighter Luna Snow, she can also freeze her enemies! Discover how she juggles life as an international pop star with being a costumed hero! And Ami Han is White Fox: a superspy and the last of the kumiho, a mystical race of shape-shifters. But who was she before she became White Fox — and what happened to the rest of the kumiho? Also featuring the far-out Future Avengers!
War Stories
Author: Gordon Korman
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 1338290215
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Restart, a story of telling truth from lies -- and finding out what being a hero really means. There are two things Trevor loves more than anything else: playing war-based video games and his great-grandfather Jacob, who is a true-blue, bona fide war hero. At the height of the war, Jacob helped liberate a small French village, and was given a hero's welcome upon his return to America.Now it's decades later, and Jacob wants to retrace the steps he took during the war -- from training to invasion to the village he is said to have saved. Trevor thinks this is the coolest idea ever. But as they get to the village, Trevor discovers there's more to the story than what he's heard his whole life, causing him to wonder about his great-grandfather's heroism, the truth about the battle he fought, and importance of genuine valor.
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 1338290215
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Restart, a story of telling truth from lies -- and finding out what being a hero really means. There are two things Trevor loves more than anything else: playing war-based video games and his great-grandfather Jacob, who is a true-blue, bona fide war hero. At the height of the war, Jacob helped liberate a small French village, and was given a hero's welcome upon his return to America.Now it's decades later, and Jacob wants to retrace the steps he took during the war -- from training to invasion to the village he is said to have saved. Trevor thinks this is the coolest idea ever. But as they get to the village, Trevor discovers there's more to the story than what he's heard his whole life, causing him to wonder about his great-grandfather's heroism, the truth about the battle he fought, and importance of genuine valor.
Recognize!
Author: Wade Hudson
Publisher: Yearling
ISBN: 0593381629
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 217
Book Description
In the stunning follow-up to The Talk: Conversations About Race, Love & Truth, award-winning Black authors and artists come together to create a moving anthology collection celebrating Black love, Black creativity, Black resistance, and Black life. "A multifaceted, sometimes disheartening, yet consistently enriching primer on the unyielding necessity of those three words: Black Lives Matter." -Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review BLACK LIVES HAVE ALWAYS MATTERED. Prominent Black creators lend their voice, their insight, and their talent to an inspiring anthology that celebrates Black culture and Black life. Essays, poems, short stories, and historical excerpts blend with a full-color eight-page insert of spellbinding art to capture the pride, prestige, and jubilation that is being Black in America. In these pages, find the stories of the past, the journeys of the present, and the light guiding the future. BLACK LIVES WILL ALWAYS MATTER.
Publisher: Yearling
ISBN: 0593381629
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 217
Book Description
In the stunning follow-up to The Talk: Conversations About Race, Love & Truth, award-winning Black authors and artists come together to create a moving anthology collection celebrating Black love, Black creativity, Black resistance, and Black life. "A multifaceted, sometimes disheartening, yet consistently enriching primer on the unyielding necessity of those three words: Black Lives Matter." -Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review BLACK LIVES HAVE ALWAYS MATTERED. Prominent Black creators lend their voice, their insight, and their talent to an inspiring anthology that celebrates Black culture and Black life. Essays, poems, short stories, and historical excerpts blend with a full-color eight-page insert of spellbinding art to capture the pride, prestige, and jubilation that is being Black in America. In these pages, find the stories of the past, the journeys of the present, and the light guiding the future. BLACK LIVES WILL ALWAYS MATTER.
Amy Wu and the Patchwork Dragon
Author: Kat Zhang
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 1534463631
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
In this sweet and brightly illustrated picture book, Amy Wu must craft a dragon unlike any other to share with her class at school in this unforgettable follow-up to Amy Wu and the Perfect Bao. Amy loves craft time at school. But when her teacher asks everyone to make their own dragon, Amy feels stuck. Her first dragon has a long, wingless body, stag-like horns, and eagle claws, but her friends don’t think it’s a real dragon. Then she makes dragons like theirs, but none of them feels quite right...None of them feels like hers. After school, a story from Grandma sparks new inspiration, and Amy rounds up her family to help her. Together, can they make Amy’s perfect dragon?
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 1534463631
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
In this sweet and brightly illustrated picture book, Amy Wu must craft a dragon unlike any other to share with her class at school in this unforgettable follow-up to Amy Wu and the Perfect Bao. Amy loves craft time at school. But when her teacher asks everyone to make their own dragon, Amy feels stuck. Her first dragon has a long, wingless body, stag-like horns, and eagle claws, but her friends don’t think it’s a real dragon. Then she makes dragons like theirs, but none of them feels quite right...None of them feels like hers. After school, a story from Grandma sparks new inspiration, and Amy rounds up her family to help her. Together, can they make Amy’s perfect dragon?
Somewhere, Right Now
Author: Kerry Docherty
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 0593350499
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Debut author Kerry Docherty reminds us that even when we are having a bad day, just imagining that somewhere, right now, something beautiful is happening can bring a feeling of calm. When Alma is experiencing the lows of unexpected disappointment, her mom offers her the wise advice that she just might feel better if she closes her eyes and pictures something beautiful that's happening in nature. Inspired by the current pandemic, this book is a relevant but timeless reminder that somewhere in the world something beautiful is happening. Maybe it's a baby whale being born, or perhaps it's the sun coming out on a cloudy day; right now our resilient world is making something incredible happen.
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 0593350499
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Debut author Kerry Docherty reminds us that even when we are having a bad day, just imagining that somewhere, right now, something beautiful is happening can bring a feeling of calm. When Alma is experiencing the lows of unexpected disappointment, her mom offers her the wise advice that she just might feel better if she closes her eyes and pictures something beautiful that's happening in nature. Inspired by the current pandemic, this book is a relevant but timeless reminder that somewhere in the world something beautiful is happening. Maybe it's a baby whale being born, or perhaps it's the sun coming out on a cloudy day; right now our resilient world is making something incredible happen.