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1) Dreamers
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Main Library - Children's Picture Books 4 available
818.603 Mor
Main Library - Children's Picture Books 1 available
E 818.603 Mor
Oliver La Farge - Children's Picture Books 4 available
818.603 Mor
Publication Date | Edition | Publisher | Physical Description | Language | Availability | |
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[2018] | First edition. | Neal Porter Books/Holiday House | 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm. | English | On Shelf
Main Library - Children's Picture Books 4 available 818.603 Mor Main Library - Children's Picture Books 1 available E 818.603 Mor Oliver La Farge - Children's Picture Books 4 available 818.603 Mor |
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Main Library - Children's Audiobook E 1 available
CD spoken 818.603 Mor
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[2018] | Unabridged. | Dreamscape Media, LLC | 1 audio disc (approximately 15 min.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in. | English | On Shelf
Main Library - Children's Audiobook E 1 available CD spoken 818.603 Mor |
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Oliver La Farge - Children's Audiobook E 1 available
WB 818.603 Mor
Publication Date | Edition | Publisher | Physical Description | Language | Availability | |
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2019. | [Wonderbook edition]. | Findaway World, LLC | 1 audio-enabled book (1 volume (unpaged)) : color illustrations ; 29 cm. | English | On Shelf
Oliver La Farge - Children's Audiobook E 1 available WB 818.603 Mor |
Description
"An illustrated picture book autobiography in which award-winning author Yuyi Morales tells her own immigration story"--
2) Dreamers
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In 1994, twenty-five-year-old Yuyi Morales traveled from her home in Yelapa, Mexico, to the San Francisco Bay Area with her two-month-old son, Kelly, in order to secure permanent residency in this country. Her passage was not easy, and she spoke no English whatsoever. But due in large measure to help and guidance provided by area children's librarians, she learned English the same way her young son learned to read: through the picture books, they...
3) Soñadores
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Main Library - Children's Picture Books / Spanish 3 available
818.603 Mor
Oliver La Farge - Children's Picture Books / Spanish 2 available
818.603 Mor
Southside - Children's Picture Books / Spanish 5 available
818.603 Mor
Publication Date | Edition | Publisher | Physical Description | Language | Availability | |
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[2018] | First edition. | Neal Porter Books | 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm. | Español | On Shelf
Main Library - Children's Picture Books / Spanish 3 available 818.603 Mor Oliver La Farge - Children's Picture Books / Spanish 2 available 818.603 Mor Southside - Children's Picture Books / Spanish 5 available 818.603 Mor |
Description
"En 1994, Yuyi Morales dejó su hogar en Xalapa, México, para emigrar a Estados Unidos con su hijo pequeño. Aunque dejó atrás casi todas sus pertenencias, no llegó con las manos vacías. Trajo consigo su fortaleza, su trabajo, su pasión, sus esperanzas y sueños ... y sus historias. El nuevo y magnífico libro de Yuyi Morales, Soñadores, se centra en la búsqueda por encontrar un hogar en un nuevo lugar. El trayecto de Yuyi y su hijo Kelly...
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Main Library - Children's Picture Books 1 available
Fiction Woodson, J
Oliver La Farge - Children's Picture Books 1 available
Fiction Woodson, J
Southside - Children's Picture Books 1 available
Fiction Woodson, J
Publication Date | Publisher | Physical Description | Language | Availability | |
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[2018] | Nancy Paulsen Books | 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm | English | On Shelf
Main Library - Children's Picture Books 1 available Fiction Woodson, J Oliver La Farge - Children's Picture Books 1 available Fiction Woodson, J Southside - Children's Picture Books 1 available Fiction Woodson, J |
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Other students laugh when Rigoberto, an immigrant from Venezuela, introduces himself but later, he meets Angelina and discovers that he is not the only one who feels like an outsider.
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Main Library - Children's Picture Books 1 available
Fiction Phi, B
Oliver La Farge - Children's Picture Books 1 available
Fiction Phi, B
Southside - Children's Picture Books 1 available
Fiction Phi, B
Publication Date | Publisher | Physical Description | Language | Availability | |
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[2017] | Picture Window Books, an imprint of Capstone Press | 32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm | English | On Shelf
Main Library - Children's Picture Books 1 available Fiction Phi, B Oliver La Farge - Children's Picture Books 1 available Fiction Phi, B Southside - Children's Picture Books 1 available Fiction Phi, B |
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"As a young boy, Bao Phi awoke early, hours before his father's long workday began, to fish on the shores of a small pond in Minneapolis. Unlike many other anglers, Bao and his father fished for food, not recreation. Between hope-filled casts, Bao's father told him about a different pond in their homeland of Vietnam"--
6) I'm new here
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Main Library - Children's Picture Books 1 available
Fiction O'Brien, A
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Fiction O'Brien, A
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[2015]. | Charlesbridge | 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations; 25 cm. | English | On Shelf
Main Library - Children's Picture Books 1 available Fiction O'Brien, A Southside - Children's Picture Books 1 available Fiction O'Brien, A |
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Three children from other countries (Somalia, Guatemala, and Korea) struggle to adjust to their new home and school in the United States.
7) Mustafa
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Main Library - Children's Picture Books 1 available
Fiction Gay, M
Oliver La Farge - Children's Picture Books 1 available
Fiction Gay, M
Southside - Children's Picture Books 1 available
Fiction Gay, M
Publication Date | Publisher | Physical Description | Language | Availability | |
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2018. | Groundwood Books, House of Anansi Press | 40 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm. | English | On Shelf
Main Library - Children's Picture Books 1 available Fiction Gay, M Oliver La Farge - Children's Picture Books 1 available Fiction Gay, M Southside - Children's Picture Books 1 available Fiction Gay, M |
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After leaving his war-torn country with his family, Mustafa visits a park near his new home and finds beautiful flowers, lady bugs, fall leaves, and finally, a friend.
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Fiction Griffin, G
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Fiction Griffin, G
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2013. | Albert Whitman & Company | 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm. | English | On Shelf
Main Library - Children's Picture Books 1 available Fiction Griffin, G Southside - Children's Picture Books 1 available Fiction Griffin, G |
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"After moving from a small village in Mexico to a town in the United States, Eduardo is sure it will never feel quite like home. The other children don't speak his language and they do not play fútbol. His family promises him that he will feel right at home by the time Christmas comes along, when "your words float like clouds from your mouth" and "trees will ride on cars." With whimsical imagery and a sprinkling of Spanish vocabulary, Gretchen Griffith...
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Oliver La Farge - Children's Picture Books 1 available
Fiction Kobald, I
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Fiction Kobald, I
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[2014] | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt | 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm. | English | On Shelf
Oliver La Farge - Children's Picture Books 1 available Fiction Kobald, I Southside - Children's Picture Books 1 available Fiction Kobald, I |
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Cartwheel has arrived in a new country, and feels the loss of all she's ever known. She creates a safe place for herself under an "old blanket" made out of memories and thoughts of home. But when she meets a new friend, the relationship helps her take her first steps into a new culture, and Cartwheel begins to weave a "new blanket," one of friendship and a renewed sense of belonging.
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Main Library - Children's Picture Books 1 available
Fiction Tonatiuh, D
Oliver La Farge - Children's Picture Books 1 available
Fiction Tonatiuh, D
Publication Date | Publisher | Physical Description | Language | Availability | |
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c2013 | Abrams Books for Young Readers | [32] p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm. | English | On Shelf
Main Library - Children's Picture Books 1 available Fiction Tonatiuh, D Oliver La Farge - Children's Picture Books 1 available Fiction Tonatiuh, D |
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When Papa Rabbit does not return home as expected from many seasons of working in the great carrot and lettuce fields of El Norte, his son Pancho sets out on a dangerous trek to find him, guided by a coyote. Includes author's note.
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Main Library - Children's Picture Books 1 available
Fiction Buitrago, J
Oliver La Farge - Children's Picture Books 1 available
Fiction Buitrago, J
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2015. | Groundwood Books / House of Anansi | 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 22 x 24 cm. | English | On Shelf
Main Library - Children's Picture Books 1 available Fiction Buitrago, J Oliver La Farge - Children's Picture Books 1 available Fiction Buitrago, J |
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A young child describes what it is like to be a migrant as she and her father travel north toward the U.S. border. They travel mostly on the roof of a train known as The Beast, but the little girl doesn't know where they are going. She counts the animals by the road, the clouds in the sky, the stars. Sometimes she sees soldiers. She sleeps, dreaming that she is always on the move, although sometimes they are forced to stop and her father has to earn...
12) Migration
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Publication Date | Edition | Publisher | Physical Description | Language | Availability | |
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2020. | First edition. | Holiday House | 32 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 27 cm. | English | On Shelf
Main Library - Children's Picture Books 1 available 591.568 Gib |
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The award-winning creator of From Seed to Plant comprehensively explains why animals migrate, combining clear text, maps, infographics and the author's high-detail signature artwork to profile more than 30 species that participate in migratory behavior.
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Main Library - Children's Picture Books 1 available
591.56 Ryl
Oliver La Farge - Children's Picture Books 1 available
591.56 Ryl
Publication Date | Publisher | Physical Description | Language | Availability | |
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c2006 | Blue Sky Press | 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm. | English | On Shelf
Main Library - Children's Picture Books 1 available 591.56 Ryl Oliver La Farge - Children's Picture Books 1 available 591.56 Ryl |
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Describes how and why animals such as monarch butterflies, gray whales, and Arctic terns migrate.
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Oliver La Farge - Children's Picture Books 1 available
595.789 Gib
Southside - Children's Picture Books 1 available
595.789 Gib
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[1989] | First edition. | 32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 21 x 26 cm. | On Shelf
Oliver La Farge - Children's Picture Books 1 available 595.789 Gib Southside - Children's Picture Books 1 available 595.789 Gib | |
[2021] | New and updated. | 31 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 21 x 27 cm. |
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[2011], c1989 | Holiday House | 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 21 x 27 cm. + 1 CD (4 3/4 in.). | English |
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"The life cycle of the monarch butterfly begins when it is a tiny egg clinging to a leaf. In time, it goes through a transformation called metamorphosis to become a butterfly, and in the fall, it can migrate almost 100 miles each day. In this book, follow the story of one monarch butterfly and learn about what it eats, how it grows, and more."--Dust jacket flap.
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2011 | 1st U.S. ed. | Candlewick Press | 53 p. : col. ill., col. map ; 30 cm. | English | On Shelf
Main Library - Children's Picture Books 1 available 591.56 Dow |
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Presents a tribute to the migrations of millions of creatures to the Arctic, including depictions of the cyclical journeys of gray whales, caribou and more.
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Oliver La Farge - Children's Picture Books 1 available
Fiction Basil, K
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2019. | English edition | Minedition | 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 30 cm | English | On Shelf
Oliver La Farge - Children's Picture Books 1 available Fiction Basil, K |
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"A moving and timely story of a young boy separated from his beloved brother and father by a border. Arturo loves to look at maps and the lines where different countries meet--as if greeting each other with a big hug. But his mother tells him these lines have a different purpose--to keep people from moving freely across the land. Arturo and his mother are separated from his father and his brother Antonio by one of these lines. Will he ever see his...
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Main Library - Children's Picture Books 1 available
Fiction Perkins, M
Oliver La Farge - Children's Picture Books 1 available
Fiction Perkins, M
Publication Date | Edition | Publisher | Physical Description | Language | Availability | |
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2019. | First edition. | Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers | 1 volume (unnumbered pages) : color illustrations ; 23 x 29 cm | English | On Shelf
Main Library - Children's Picture Books 1 available Fiction Perkins, M Oliver La Farge - Children's Picture Books 1 available Fiction Perkins, M |
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When Maria, Juan, and their mother go to the border between California and Mexico to visit their grandmother at Christmas, Maria must devise a way to get Juan's gift over the fence.--
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c2010 | 1st ed. | Holiday House | 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm. | English | On Shelf
Southside - Children's Picture Books 1 available Fiction Cox, J |
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Newly-arrived in the United States from Mexico, Carmen is apprehensive about going to school and learning English.
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Main Library - Children's Picture Books / Spanish 1 available
Fiction Lacamara, L
Southside - Children's Picture Books / Spanish 1 available
Fiction Lacamara, L
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c2010 | 1st ed. | Katherine Tegen Books | 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm. | English | On Shelf
Main Library - Children's Picture Books / Spanish 1 available Fiction Lacamara, L Southside - Children's Picture Books / Spanish 1 available Fiction Lacamara, L |
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A seven-year-old girl is amazed when her mother's singing suddenly begins to make her listeners float, but Grandma says she must stop, making Mama terribly sad until her daughter makes her smile again.
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Oliver La Farge - Children's Picture Books / Spanish 1 available
Fiction Colato Lainez, R
Southside - Children's Picture Books / Spanish 1 available
Fiction Colato Lainez, R
Publication Date | Publisher | Physical Description | Language | Availability | |
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c2010 | Children's Book Press | 31 p. : col. ill., col. map ; 28 cm. | English | On Shelf
Oliver La Farge - Children's Picture Books / Spanish 1 available Fiction Colato Lainez, R Southside - Children's Picture Books / Spanish 1 available Fiction Colato Lainez, R |
Description
When his mother is sent back to Mexico for not having the proper immigration papers, José and his father travel from San Diego, California, to visit her in Tijuana.