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A world of cookies for Santa

2017

by M. E. Furman and Susan Gal

A World of Cookies for Santa takes readers across the globe to see all the treats that await Santa on Christmas Eve. M.E. Furman provides recipes for children to bake some of Santa's cookies for themselves.

Fire engine no. 9

2015

by Mike Austin

Follows a fire engine and its crew through a very busy day, using mainly sound words.

The busy body book

2004

by Lizzy Rockwell

An introduction to the human body, how it functions, and its need for exercise.

Not Opposites

2016

by Linda Ragsdale and Imodraj

Modeling a message of diversity, NOT OPPOSITES demonstrates in simple text and delightful illustration the beauty of appreciating the differences in everyone.

You can never run out of love

2017

by Helen Docherty and Ali Pye

An interactive reading experience that allows young ones to read together with an adult, answer questions within the text, and play with activities suggested at the end of the story. A heart-warming and funny tale about the different kinds of love, and how no matter how much love you give you can never run out. You can't measure love in a bucket or cup. You don't have to worry you'll use it all up. Because love's not a game where you have to keep score. Whenever you give some, you'll always have more. When you've run out of everything else you'll still find . . . You can never run out of love. Find our about all different kinds of love in this gorgeous book by award- winning author Helen Dochertym with illustrations from the brilliant Ali Pye

Allison

2004

by Allen Say

When Allison realizes that she looks more like her favorite doll than like her parents, she comes to terms with this unwelcomed discovery through the help of a stray cat.

Kite flying

2002

by Grace Lin

A young girl describes how her family makes and flies a kite.

Red is a dragon

2008

by Roseanne Thong and Grace Lin

A Chinese American girl provides rhyming descriptions of the great variety of colors she sees around her, from the red of a dragon, firecrackers, and lychees to the brown of her teddy bear.

Tashi and the Tibetan flower cure

2016

by Naomi C. Rose

"Tashi loves listening to Popola, her grandpa, sing Tibetan chants to the click, click of his prayer beads. She also loves hearing Popola's stories about the village in Tibet where he grew up. But recently Popola has been sick, and Tashi is worried. One of the stories Tashi remembers told how people in Popola's village use flowers to help themselves recover from illnesses. Will this healing tradition work in the United States, so far from Popola's village? Determined to help Popola get better, Tashi recruits family, friends, and neighbors in a grand effort to find out." --Publisher's website

Mystery of the giant masks of Sanxingdui