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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations, color map ; 27 cm
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English
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Once there were many stories in the world. There were stories with sunsets and wonderful tales filled with fairies and dinosaurs. But one day, a story decided that it was the best, the most important story ever. It called itself the One and started to consume every other story it came across. The One ate stories made of seas and others full of dogs. Soon it seemed that the One was all there was . . . or was it? Inspired by the Endangered Alphabets...
3) Gibberish
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English
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When Dat starts school in a country where he does not speak the language, everything around him sounds like gibberish until a new friend helps him make sense of his new world.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 25 cm
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English
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"What happens when a new friend arrives who doesn't speak your language? A young girl searches for the words to help her friend feel welcome and happy in her new home, and along the way learns about differences and similarities in countries and words. The two forge a strong bond while they each learn the other's language, exploring the world around them."--Publisher marketing.
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English
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"Sixth grader Betsy is the one who informs her best friend, Lizard, that thousands of the world's languages are currently threatened by extinction; Betsy's mother is a linguistics professor working frantically to study dying languages before they are lost forever. But it is Lizard who, gripped by the magnitude of this loss, challenges Betsy, "What if, instead of WRITING about dying languages, like your mom, you and I SAVED one instead?" As the girls...
7) Say hello!
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
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English
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A little girl greets people in her neighborhood in many different languages.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 18 cm
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English
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"Say hello in 15 different languages as babies all over the world play and enjoy their day"-- Back cover.
A diverse group of babies from around the world complete a variety of everyday activities while revealing how to say "Hello" in fifteen different languages. Includes pronunciation guide at back of book.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 x 28 cm
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English
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Mina is worried about starting a new kindergarten in her new country. The classroom is full of laughter, friendly faces and fun things to do, but the only word Mina can understand is her name. As she listens to stories and songs, chatter and instructions, Mina's understanding steadily grows. She tries out sounds that roar in her throat and tickle her tongue until the new words feel like her own. Then one day, Mina realises that this language now belongs...
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English
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"English just feels wrong to Isabel. She prefers her native Spanish. As she prepares for a new school, she knows she's going to have to learn. Her first day is uncomfortable, until she employs her crayons and discovers there's more than one way to communicate with new friends"-- Provided by publisher.
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Español
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¡Un querido libro ilustrado está ahora disponible en español! Isabella acaba de llegar de Colombia con su mamá y su abuela. Extraña a Papá, que aún está en Sudamérica. En su primer día de escuela espera hacer nuevos amigos, pero ese día se cancelan las clases debido a una gran nevada. Isabella extraña su cálida y verde Colombia más que nunca. Pero pronto conoce a Katie y se da cuenta de que hacer nuevos amigos en el frío es más fácil...
15) Pie in the sky
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380 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm
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English
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Knowing very little English, eleven-year-old Jingwen feels like an alien when his family immigrates to Australia, but copes with loneliness and the loss of his father by baking elaborate cakes.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm
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English
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Dos jirafas bebé se encuentran con un bebé avestruz y deben adivinar cómo se siente su nuevo amigo potencial.
"Two baby giraffes meet a baby ostrich and must guess how their potential new friend is feeling"-- Provided by publisher.
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1 Wonderbook (1 volume (unpaged)) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
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English
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Mimi is a writer and when she finds that some of her favorite words for natural things, such as wren, violet, and dandelion, are disappearing she appoints her granddaughter, Brooke, as the keeper of wild words, and shows her how to bring them to life by knowing, appreciating, and using the things they stand for.
18) We laugh alike
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
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English
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Six children are at the park, one group speaks only English and the other only Spanish, but soon they learn to communicate through playing, dancing, and singing.
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