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21) Tofu takes time
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English
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"Lin makes tofu with her grandma and discovers that patience brings a whole universe together in a simple dish made by a modern Chinese American family"--
23) The tide
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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English
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A young girl spends a day on the beach with her grandpa, whose memories are starting to come and go like the tide.
26) Sun
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 31 cm
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"It's the hottest day of the year, hotter than broccoli soup, hotter than the Atacama Desert, hotter than the surface of the sun. It's just the right kind of day for a boy and his grandad to go for a picnic. But as the sun beats down, Grandad keeps having to stop for a rest, and by the time they find the perfect picnic spot, some pirates have beaten them to it. Good job they have enough food to share!" --From the publisher.
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When her blind dog slips his collar, twelve-year old Lily meets Salma Santiago, a young Hispanic girl whose migrant family are in Maine for the blueberry-picking season, and, based partly on their mutual love of dogs, the two forge a friendship while painting bee boxes for Lily's grandfather--but as the Blueberry Queen pageant approaches Lily and Selma are confronted with some of the hard truths of prejudice and migrant life.
29) Joy
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"Fern's Nanna has not been herself of late. When Mom remarks that all the joy seems to have gone out of her life, Fern decides to go on a joy hunt. With her catching-kit at the ready, Fern sets off and finds joy in all sorts of unusual places. But how will she bring it back to Nanna? Emotional, funny, and uplifting, this beautiful picture book is a pure delight. With its strong message about empathy and maintaining loving relationships with our grandparents,...
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Leo's grandfather died a year ago, and ever since Leo has been tasked with tracking his grandmother down whenever she wanders away from their home in Allentown, Pennsylvania -- but when she abruptly decides to take the trip to Utah that her husband was planning, Leo finds himself on the way to visit dinosaurs, in an old Buick with his grandmother, his seventeen-year-old cousin Abby, and Abby's old, smelly Golden retriever, Kermit, without telling...
31) Gigi and Ojiji
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"Gigi can't wait for her Ojiji -- Japanese grandpa -- to move in. Gigi plans lots of things to do with him, like playing tag, reading books, and teaching Roscoe, the family dog, new tricks. But her plans don't work out quite the way she'd hoped. And her grandpa doesn't seem to like Roscoe. Will Gigi find a way to connect with her Ojiji?"--
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
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Very Little Red Riding Hood's off to her Grandmama's for a sleepover, and she won't let anything stand in her way--not even a wolf.
Little Red Riding Hood is a precocious toddler who fearlessly hugs the Big Bad Wolf, turning him into a confused ally during an exhausting afternoon of tea parties, dancing, and games of hide-and-seek at Grandma's house.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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Corina's Abuela helps her select flowers that mean something to Corina from the garden for her Mexican flower crown that she will wear on her birthday, and explains the symbolic meaning of a birthday crown.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
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English
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How can tomorrow ever be as good as yesterday? Boy doesn't think it can be and puts all his scientific knowledge to use, trying to work out how to go faster than the speed of light and make time go backwards. His granddad discovers him exploring the garden looking for wormholes, a possible shortcut back to yesterday - and reassures him that tomorrow will hold great experiences, which will become new treasured memories.
37) Newspaper hats
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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A little girl, Georgie, visits her grandfather in the nursing home where he is suffering from memory loss, and manages to reconnect with him when they make newspaper hats for everyone.
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Merci Suárez Books volume 2
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372 pages ; 21 cm.
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English
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Merci embarks on a seventh grade year shaped by high teacher expectations, a crush on a school-store co-worker, and a bossy classmate's plan for the annual Heart Ball.
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288 pages ; 22 cm
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They say you can't get something for nothing, but nothing is all Sami has. When his grandfather's most-prized possession -- a traditional Afghan instrument called a rebāb-is stolen, Sami resolves to get it back. He finds it at a music store, but it costs $700, and Sami doesn't have even one penny. What he does have is a keychain that has caught the eye of his classmate. If he trades the keychain for something more valuable, could he keep trading...
40) My paati's saris
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
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English
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"A Tamil boy explores his love for his grandmother and her colorful sari collection in this tale of expressing your true self"--
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