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Grandma and me at the flea / Los meros meros remateros

2002

by Juan Felipe Herrera

Juanito accompanies his grandmother to a flea market in southern California, where he helps her and the other vendors and where they enjoy seeing old friends from their Mexican-American community.

Handa’s Hen

2002

by Eileen Browne

"Every morning, Handa, a young girl from the Luo tribe, feeds breakfast to Mondi, her grandma’s black hen. This morning, however, Mondi is nowhere to be seen. So Handa and her friend Akeyo set off on a hunt, coming upon two fluttery butterflies, three stripy mice, four little lizards, five beautiful sunbirds, and many more intriguing creatures. But where could Mondi be? Is that a faint cheeping they hear under the bush? Might Mondi have a surprise in store (or maybe even ten of them)? Luminous colors depict a lush natural setting in this gentle, repetitive story perfect for reading aloud." -- publisher

Home at last

2002

by Susan Middleton Elya and Felipe Dávalos

When she and her family move from Mexico to the United States, eight-year-old Ana helps her mother adjust to the new situation by encouraging her to learn English

Home to Medicine Mountain

2002

by Chiori Santiago and Judith Lowry

Two young Maidu Indian brothers sent to live at a government-run Indian residential school in California in the 1930s find a way to escape and return home for the summer.

Homemade Love

2002

by bell hooks and Shane Evans

"Her Mama calls her Girlpie--a sweet treat, homemade with love. And when Girlpie makes a mistake, the love of her mother and father lets her pick up the pieces and make everything right again. Shane W. Evan's resplendent artwork teems with "homemade love," one of the tender nicknames award-winning author bell hooks gives her young heroine." -- publisher

If I only had a horn

2002

by Roxane Orgill and Leonard Jenkins

Relates how the famous jazz trumpeter began his musical career, as a poor boy in New Orleans, by singing songs on street corners and playing a battered cornet in a marching band

It’s no joke, my telephone broke

2002

by Linda Sky Grossman and Petra Bockus

The class learns about the importance of communication, and of having the courage to speak up, through a game of Broken Telephone. -- publisher

Jackie Robinson

2002

by Wil. Mara

Brief text chronicles the life of the Hall of Fame baseball player who, in 1947, became the first African American to play for a major league team

Jazz baby

2002

by Carole Boston Weatherford and Laura Freeman

A group of toddlers move and play, hum and sleep to a jazz beat

Keats’s neighborhood

2002

by Ezra Jack Keats

Ezra Jack Keats is widely acknowledged as one of the first people to feature realistic, friendly, multi-ethnic urban settings in his picture books-forever changing the landscape of children’s literature in the process. Now this beautiful collection brings together nine of his best-loved stories, including the 1963 Caldecott Medal-winning book The Snowy Day and Caldecott Honor book Goggles!, plus Whistle for Willie, Peter’s Chair, Apt. 3, and others. Also included is artwork from an unfinished picture book, The Giant Turnip, published here for the very first time. --publisher

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5013 books in the collection

Grandma and me at the flea / Los meros meros remateros

Handa’s Hen

Home at last

Home to Medicine Mountain

Homemade Love

If I only had a horn

It’s no joke, my telephone broke

Jackie Robinson

Jazz baby

Keats’s neighborhood