Visiting Day

Visiting Day PDF Author: Jacqueline Woodson
Publisher: Nancy Paulsen Books
ISBN: 0147516080
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34

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Book Description
A young girl and her grandmother visit the girl's father in prison.

Visiting Day

Visiting Day PDF Author: Jacqueline Woodson
Publisher: Nancy Paulsen Books
ISBN: 0147516080
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34

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Book Description
A young girl and her grandmother visit the girl's father in prison.

Peace is an Offering

Peace is an Offering PDF Author: Annette LeBox
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0698408845
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40

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Book Description
A warm, comforting poem about finding peace in a community of neighbors Peace is an offering. A muffin or a peach. A birthday invitation. A trip to the beach. Join this group of neighborhood children as they find love in everyday things—in sunlight shining through the leaves and cookies shared with friends—and learn that peace is all around, if you just look for it. With rhyming verse and soft illustrations, this book will help families and teachers look for the light moments when tragedy strikes and remind readers of the calm and happiness they find in their own community every day.

Breaking Stalin's Nose

Breaking Stalin's Nose PDF Author: Eugene Yelchin
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1429949953
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 162

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Book Description
A Newbery Honor Book. Sasha Zaichik has known the laws of the Soviet Young Pioneers since the age of six: The Young Pioneer is devoted to Comrade Stalin, the Communist Party, and Communism. A Young Pioneer is a reliable comrade and always acts according to conscience. A Young Pioneer has a right to criticize shortcomings. But now that it is finally time to join the Young Pioneers, the day Sasha has awaited for so long, everything seems to go awry. He breaks a classmate's glasses with a snowball. He accidentally damages a bust of Stalin in the school hallway. And worst of all, his father, the best Communist he knows, was arrested just last night. This moving story of a ten-year-old boy's world shattering is masterful in its simplicity, powerful in its message, and heartbreaking in its plausibility. One of Horn Book's Best Fiction Books of 2011

Paulie Pastrami Achieves World Peace

Paulie Pastrami Achieves World Peace PDF Author: James Proimos
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0316072222
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 54

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Book Description
Paulie Pastrami can't whistle, he has trouble matching his socks, and he is usually picked last in sports. But he plans to achieve world peace before he turns eight. Through simple acts of kindness--from reading to the trees and being nice to his little sister to cheering up the school principal and sharing cupcakes with strangers--Paulie learns that spreading peace isn't that hard after all.

How I Learned Geography

How I Learned Geography PDF Author: Uri Shulevitz
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr)
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40

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Book Description
As he spends hours studying his father's world map, a young boy escapes the hunger and misery of refugee life. Based on the author's childhood in Kazakhstan, where he lived as a Polish refugee during World War II.

The Peace Stick

The Peace Stick PDF Author: Nidhi Misra
Publisher: Castlebridge Books
ISBN: 9781601311672
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 42

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Book Description
Maska and Taima are two Native American boys who enjoy playing with sticks. When one special stick causes an argument between them, they learn about a different stick that is even more special. This new stick can actually solve arguments!

Patricia Von Pleasantsquirrel

Patricia Von Pleasantsquirrel PDF Author: James Proimos
Publisher: Dial
ISBN: 9780803730663
Category : Imagination
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Book Description
After failing to convince her parents that she is a princess, Patricia von Pleasantsquirrel leaves her moatless house in search of a "princessdom."

Todd's TV

Todd's TV PDF Author: James Proimos
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0061709859
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 46

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Book Description
This is Todd. These are Todd's parents. And this is Todd's TV. Todd's parents are always busy. But Todd's TV isn't busy. It just sits there. So one day, Todd's TV decides to lend a helping hand. This is the heartwarming story of that day, and what happened afterward. You'll laugh, you'll cry—but most of all, you'll be giving your TV a break. It probably needs it.

A Loud Winter's Nap

A Loud Winter's Nap PDF Author: Katy Hudson
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 1515862038
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36

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Book Description
Every year Tortoise sleeps through winter. He assumes he isn't missing much. However, his friends are determined to prove otherwise! Will Tortoise sleep through another winter, or will his friends convince him to stay awake and experience the frosty fun of winter? Best-selling author Katy Hudson's charming picture book will have everyone excited for winter.

Hello Star

Hello Star PDF Author: Stephanie V. W. Lucianovic
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0241488958
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 43

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Book Description
Hello, Star. I know you're scared, but you're not alone. When a young girl learns that a bright light in the sky is coming from a dying star, she promises to keep it company until the light goes out. Every night she reassures her friend that she's still there. As the years pass, the girl learns everything she can about planets, space, and the universe, inspired by her dimming friend - until she realises she needs to do something more. This touching tribute to stars, space, and science celebrates how a small act of compassion can flourish into a life full of meaning and wonder. Stunningly illustrated by #1 New York Times bestselling artist Vashti Harrison and written by Stephanie V.W. Lucianovic, Hello Star is an inspiring story about a love of science and the importance of empathy.