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The wheels on the bus

2014

by Stella. Blackstone and Melanie Williamson

In this version of the classic song, residents of a rural Guatemalan village travel by bus to the city. Includes endnotes on Guatemala's geography, agriculture, transportation, currency, landmarks, and customs

Sunday is for God

2010

by Michael McGowan and Lou Fancher

A young boy describes the events and activities that make Sunday a special day

Spy Boy, Cheyenne, and 96 crayons

2013

by Rob Owen and Edie Carol Owen

An eight-year-old helping lead his father's "Injun tribe" on Mardi Gras gets separated from them in the busy streets of New Orleans but his spirit dog, Cheyenne, a policewoman, and his box of crayons help reunite them

Some Kind of Love

2013

by Traci. Dant and Eric Velasquez

"Every summer, relatives (old and young, big and small) come together from all over the country for a reunion. All have one thing in common: their love for each other. They sleep wherever there is room. They eat and laugh and tell stories and remember. And a nine-year old boy captures it all in his words. This beautiful, inspirational collection of poems by newcomer Traci Dant is matched with the extraordinary paintings of acclaimed illustrator Eric Velasquez. Some Kind of Love is a book for every family to treasure." -- publisher

Sail away

2015

by Langston Hughes and Ashley Bryan

A celebration of mermaids, wildernesses of waves, and the creatures of the deep through poems by Langston Hughes and cut-paper collage illustrations by multiple Coretta Scott King Award-winner Ashley Bryan

The Farolitos of Christmas

2015

by Rudolfo A. Anaya and Amy Córdova

"This keepsake volume of Rudolfo Anaya's Christmas writings opens with the classic New Mexico Christmas story The Farolitos of Christmas, Anaya's heartwarming story of a beloved holiday tradition, of a promise, and of homecoming on Christmas Eve. -- |cProvided by publisher

Not my girl

2014

by Christy. Jordan-Fenton, Margaret Pokiak-Fenton and Gabrielle Grimard

Two years ago, Margaret left her Arctic home for the outsiders' school. Now she has returned and can barely contain her excitement as she rushes towards her waiting family -- but her mother stands still as a stone. This strange, skinny child, with her hair cropped short, can't be her daughter. "Not my girl!" she says angrily. Margaret's years at school have changed her. Now ten years old, she has forgotten her language and the skills to hunt and fish. She can't even stomach her mother's food. Her only comfort is in the books she learned to read at school

Missuk’s snow geese

2008

by Anne Renaud

When her father agrees to teach her how to carve snow geese out of soapstone upon his return from a hunting trip, Missuk is thrilled with the opportunity to learn his great skill, but when a snowstorm blasts the area and her father is nowhere in sight, Missuk begins to fear the worst, in a moving tale set in the land of the Northern lights

Lord of the sky

2009

by Linda Zeman-Spaleny

A young boy who lives by the sea goes in search of the Lord of the Sky after a group of village children shoots a raven with an arrow causing darkness to descend upon the land.

Little Dancer learns

2013

by Max Oliver

"Little Dancer wants to learn how to dance more than anything but first she has to learn about her different responsibilities. She talks to her mother, father, grandfather, sister, and brother, but will she ever learn how to dance?"--Back cover

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