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121) Phoenix gets greater
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Phoenix loves to play with dolls and marvel at pretty fabrics. Most of all, he loves to dance-- ballet, Pow Wow dancing, or just swirling and twirling around his house. Sometimes Phoenix gets picked on and he struggles with feeling different, but his mom and brother are proud of him. With their help, Phoenix learns about Two Spirit/Niizh Manidoowag people in Anishinaabe culture and just how special he is.
"A powerful story about the importance of...
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"Swimming, singing and blowing bubbles--baby whale calves and young human children share so many of the same activities! This lyrical picture book compares the relationship of a young child and mother with that of a whale calf and its mother, showing how the lives of the whales can be so touchingly like our own. Patterned in a call-and-response format, where the mother observes and the child responds, the text begs to be read aloud. Safe at night...
124) Son
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Unlike the other Birthmothers in her utopian community, teenaged Claire forms an attachment to her baby, feeling a great loss when he is taken to the Nurturing Center to be adopted by a family unit.
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28 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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"Brayden Bunny doesn't feel like picking up his toys or washing his whiskers. It'd be so much easier to live with his friends, so Brayden decides to give it a try. But every new home he visits come with a new problem: Missy Mouse's house is too messy, Benny Badger's house smells a little funny, and Fipsi Squirrel's house is too high. At last Brayden Bunny visits his Cousin Pepi. Everything there is perfect and easy, but it doesn't take long for Brayden...
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32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
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"What is love? a child wonders. What does it feel like, smell like, taste like? How does it move? How long does it last? And as she prepares a traditional Chinese meal for her family, the child's mother replies: her love for him is rosy as wolfberries, warm like tea, sweeter than the red dates she puts in his soup. It shines through the water like its own brilliant sun. It goes round and round with no beginning and no end. Because a mother's love...
127) The journey
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40 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 22 x 29 cm
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What is it like to have to leave everything behind and travel many miles to somewhere unfamiliar and strange? A mother and her two children set out on such a journey; one filled with fear of the unknown, but also great hope. Based on the author's interactions with people forced to seek a new home, and told from the perspective of a young child.
During a war, a mother and her two children set out on a search for a new home -- a journey filled with...
128) Chocolate me!
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The boy is teased for looking different than the other kids. His skin is darker, his hair curlier. He tells his mother he wishes he could be more like everyone else. And she helps him to see how beautiful he really, truly is. For years before they both achieved acclaim in their respective professions, good friends Taye Diggs and Shane W. Evans wanted to collaborate on Chocolate Me!, a book based on experiences of being African American, feeling different...
129) When you're scared
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1 volume (unpaged) : color ilustrations ; 30 cm
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"A hungry little bear is trapped inside a dumpster. His distraught mama bear can't fish him out. Thankfully, a boy and his mother, camping nearby, come to the rescue. Although everyone in this story is scared, they are able to act with courage and compassion--showing readers that it's OK to be scared. This simple, moving story is told with variations on a single phrase: "He was scared." Readers are encouraged to be observant and put together the pieces...
130) Juniper's Christmas
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355 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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"In Juniper Lane's world, everyone knows Santa doesn't do Christmas anymore. Juniper is still eager to celebrate Cedar Park's Santa Vigil in honor of her late father, who never stopped believing in Santa Claus. But then her mother goes missing and the park's bureaucratic director declares the vigil is canceled. On the advice of her friend Duchess, Juniper seeks the help of a mysterious and grumpy woodsman, who seems an awful lot like Santa Claus,...
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 x 26 cm
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I'll Never Let You Go, speaks straight to a parent's heart. It's the story of Edward (a bear) and his best friend Blankie, a fuzzy blue fabric scrap. Blankie is as real as any human friend with emotions and idiosyncrasies to match: cuddly, thoughtful, kind, protective ... and afraid of thunderstorms (just like Edward). But now Edward is growing up and going off to school, and Blankie is staying at home. It's up to Mama to help Edward through this...
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375 pages ; 22 cm
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"Red's inexplicable power over the wind comes from her mother. Whenever Ruby "Red" Byrd is scared or angry, the wind picks up. And being placed in foster care, moving from family to family, tends to keep her skies stormy. Red knows she has to learn to control it, but can't figure out how. This time, the wind blows Red into the home of the Grooves, a quirky couple who run a petting zoo, complete with a dancing donkey and a giant tortoise. With their...
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14 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 18 cm.
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Este libro celebra el amor de una madre sobre una madre madre majestuosa. El amor de una madre es ̀ms alto que una montąa y ̀ms profundo que cualquier corriente.
This book celebrates a mother's love trumping even majestic mother nature. A mama's love is higher than a mountain and deeper than any stream.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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"Written in the voice of Mother Africa, who speaks to her children -- human beings -- this stunning picture book thrums with the love between mother and child as it celebrates humanity's common roots. Before words or tools or fire, Mother Africa's caves sheltered us and her forests fed us. She could not protect us from all dangers, but, like mothers everywhere, she gave her children all she could and sent us into the world with confidence and love....
138) Mommy, mama, and me
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 16 cm
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A baby enjoys a number of fun activities with her two mothers.
139) Mommy's love
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 18 cm
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"As time goes by, always know: Mommy's love will grow and grow."--Back cover.
140) Are you my mother?
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When a baby bird hatches while his mother is out searching for food, he leaves the nest for a series of adventures to try to determine his mother's identity.
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