Author: Sheela Chari
Publisher: Abrams
ISBN: 1683350618
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 308
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Along the train lines north of New York City, twelve-year-old neighbors Myla and Peter search for the link between Myla’s necklace and the disappearance of Peter’s brother, Randall. Thrown into a world of parkour, graffiti, and diamond-smuggling, Myla and Peter encounter a band of thugs who are after the same thing as Randall. Can Myla and Peter find Randall before it’s too late, and their shared family secrets threaten to destroy them all? Drawing on urban art forms and local history, Finding Mighty is a mystery that explores the nature of art and the unbreakable bonds of family.
Author: Natasha Yim
Publisher: Triangle Interactive, Inc.
ISBN: 1684446473
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 37
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Read Along or Enhanced eBook: In this Chinese American retelling of "Goldilocks and the Three Bears," a careless Goldy Luck wreaks havoc on the home of a family of panda bears. She eats up the littlest panda’s rice porridge, breaks his rocking chair, and rumples all the blankets on his futon. When Goldy takes responsibility for her actions, she makes a new friend (and a whole plate of turnip cakes!) just in time for Chinese New Year.
Author: Art Coulson
Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing
ISBN: 1632899558
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 35
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Celebrate diversity, math, and the power of storytelling! Bo wants to find the perfect container to show off his traditional marbles for the Cherokee national Holiday. It needs to be just the right size: big enough to fit all the marbles, but not too big to fit in his family's booth at the festival for the Cherokee National Holiday. And it needs to look good! With his grandmother's help, Bo tries many containers until he finds just the right one. A playful exploration of volume and capacity featuring Native characters and a glossary of Cherokee words. Storytelling Math celebrates children using math in their daily adventures as they play, build, and discover the world around them. Joyful stories and hands-on activities make it easy for kids and their grown-ups to explore everyday math together. Developed in collaboration with math experts at STEM education nonprofit TERC, under a grant from the Heising-Simons Foundation.
Author: Reif Larsen
Publisher: Anne Schwartz Books
ISBN: 0593181190
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Hip, funny, unique--and a perfect curriculum tie-in--here's a picture book with mega kid-appeal about the challenges a student faces when she is given an assignment to make a chart of her own home! Uma's been making charts since she was a little kid. But when her teacher gives the class Uma's dream assignment--to make a chart of their own homes--she is thrown for a loop. Oh, the possibilities! Oh, the pressure! What makes a house housey? she wonders. In order to figure it out, she asks each member of her family--Mom, Dad, and brothers Rex, Bram, and Lukey. But it's not until she has a meltdown and Lukey comforts her that Uma figures out the secret to her chart--and her family. It's the love that is shared inside a house's walls. Told in first-person and featuring engaging graphic artwork, this fun and lively picture book--perfect for classroom use--is a reminder that someone's true home is not a place, but rather the people with whom you surround yourself.
Author: Daniel Beaty
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0316400947
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 44
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Winner of a Coretta Scott King Illustrator Medal and the Boston Horn Book Award A simple, powerful book for children, about an absent father and the love he leaves behind Every morning, I play a game with my father.He goes knock knock on my doorand I pretend to be asleeptill he gets right next to the bed.And my papa, he tells me, "I love you." But what happens when, one day, that "knock knock" doesn't come? This powerful and inspiring book shows the love that an absent parent can leave behind, and the strength that children find in themselves as they grow up and follow their dreams.
Author: Natasha Yim
Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing
ISBN: 1623541301
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
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Celebrate diversity, math, and the power of storytelling! On Luna's birthday, the whole family goes out for dim sum--but Luna and her brothers can't agree on how to share their pork buns fairly. How can three people divide up five buns? Should some siblings get more than others? Or should they cut the buns into smaller and smaller pieces so everyone gets the same amount? A playful exploration of division and fractions, featuring Chinese American characters and a cultural note. Storytelling Math celebrates children using math in their daily adventures as they play, build, and discover the world around them. Joyful stories and hands-on activities make it easy for kids and their grown-ups to explore everyday math together. Developed in collaboration with math experts at STEM education nonprofit TERC, under a grant from the Heising-Simons Foundation.
Author: Natasha Yim
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781937786663
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 36
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When her husband goes missing, a new mother pleads with Tin Hau, the patron goddess of fisherman, for help.
Author: Natasha Yim
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781743836033
Category : Children's stories
Languages : en
Pages : 48
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It's the Lunar New Year and it happens to be Mulan's favourite festival! There is a lot to do to prepare for this important celebration and for the first time, Mulan is old enough to help out. But everything Mulan does seems to turn out wrong... Follow along with Mulan in this special Lunar New Year story that captures the unique sense of magic, imagination and possibility that surrounds the holiday!
Author: Vernon Gibbs
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781087859729
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 36
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A fun and colorful children's picture book about eating healthy, reducing waste, and knowing your worth.
Author: John Hutton
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781936669783
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Hank's a real heart, not like a Valentine--but he's the most lovable friend you'll ever find Children will have fun getting to know Hank, as he leads them on an amazing tour of...himself They'll learn what Hank's made of, how he works, how to keep him healthy, how doctors and nurses learn about him, and heart differences that children can be born with and how these can be fixed.
