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Tea with Milk

Written and Illustrated by Allen Say
May and her family live in San Francisco and she eats Japanese food at home and American food with...
Pre-K - 4th
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Dear Juno

Written by Soyung Pak and Illustrated by Susan Kathleen Hartung
The touching story of how Juno, a little boy in America, writes to his grandmother using pictures...
Pre-K - 2nd
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15311

Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale

Written and Illustrated by Mo Willems
An outing with Daddy to the laundromat goes wrong when Trixie realizes that Knuffle Bunny has been...
Pre-K - 1st
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My Rotten Redheaded Older Brother

Written and Illustrated by Patricia Polacco
Growing up on her grandparents’ farm in Michigan, younger sister Patricia is very competitive with...
Pre-K - 4th
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Sarah, Plain and Tall

Written by Patricia MacLachlan
When Sarah Wheaton answers widower Jacob Whiting’s ad for a mail-order bride, she leaves her home in...
1st - 5th
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The Runaway Bunny

Written by Margaret Wise Brown and Illustrated by Clement Hurd
A bunny decides to run away and imagines that he turns into a fish, a rock, a crocus, a sailboat...
Pre-K - 3rd
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15281

Make Way for Ducklings

Written and Illustrated by Robert McCloskey
A lovely story of how a family of ducks searches until they find the right place to raise their...
Pre-K - 2nd
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15284

The Keeping Quilt

Written and Illustrated by Patricia Polacco
As a way to remember their home in Russia, Anna’s family sews a quilt from old clothes from their...
Pre-K - 3rd
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15262

Too Many Tamales

Written by Gary Soto and Illustrated by Ed Martinez

Christmas Eve started out so perfectly for Maria. Snow had fallen and the streets glittered. Maria's...

Pre-K - 3rd
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15263

Uncle Peter's Amazing Chinese Wedding

Written by Lenore Look and Illustrated by Yumi Heo
Jenny is the only family member who isn’t happy that Uncle Peter is getting married. She...
Pre-K - 3rd
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15235

Amazing Faces

Written by Lee Bennett Hopkins and Illustrated by Chris Soentpiet

There are 16 poems in this anthology celebrating the rich diversity of American kids. The poems...

1st - 7th
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15208

Ice Cream Summer

Written and Illustrated by Peter Sis
Joe wants to go on a special trip with his grandpa at the end of the summer. Through letters, Joe...
Pre-K - 3rd
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15212

King for a Day

Written by Rukhsana Khan and Illustrated by Christiane Kromer
The Basant kite festival is here, and the sky is full of colorful kites all fighting to be the last...
1st - 5th
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15245

Lion Dancer: Ernie Wan's Chinese New Year

Written by Kate Waters and Madeline Slovenz-Low and Illustrated by Martha Cooper
Ernie Wan prepares to celebrate the Chinese New Year.
Pre-K - 3rd
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15251

One World, One Day (National Geographic)

Written by Barbara Kerley
A photographic look at kids’ days around the world.
Pre-K - 3rd
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15252

Powwow's Coming

Written and Illustrated by Linda Boyden
This book, written in rhyme, is about an Native American/American Indiana powwow.
Pre-K - 3rd
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15255

Some Kind of Love

Written by Traci Dant and Illustrated by Eric Velasquez
An inspirational story about an African American family reunion told through poems.
1st - 3rd
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15226

The Nesting Quilt

Written and Illustrated by Cathryn Falwell
A young girl makes connections between her family preparing for a new baby and the birds she watches...
Pre-K - 3rd
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15202

Buffalo Bird Girl: A Hidatsa Story

Written and Illustrated by S.D. Nelson
Born in 1839, Buffalo Bird Girl, Waheenee, was a member of the Hidatsa tribe of the Great Plains...
1st - 5th
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15170

Hope's Gift

Written by Kelly Starling Lyons and Illustrated by Don Tate
Written to commemorate the Emancipation Proclamation, this is the story of a little girl, her family...
1st - 3rd
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15174

Jingle Dancer

Written by Cynthia Leitich Smith and Illustrated by Cornelius Van Wright and Ying-Hwa Hu

The cone-shaped jingles sewn to Grandma Wolfe's dress sing tink, tink, tink, tink… 

Jenna loves the...

Pre-K - 3rd
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15177

Marching With Aunt Susan: Susan B. Anthony and the Fight for Women's Suffrage

Written by Claire Rudolf Murphy and Illustrated by Stacey Schuett
It’s 1896, and women in America don’t have the right to vote in elections. Follow along with one...
1st - 5th
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15156

A Baby Elephant in the Wild

Written by Caitlin O'Connell and Illustrated by Timothy Rodwell
Liza is a baby elephant born in the Namibian desert. Travel with Liza and her family as they search...
K - 3rd
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15118

Blackout

Written and Illustrated by John Rocco
Using the blackout of 2003 as inspriation, the author follows a fictional family on a hot summer...
Pre-K - 1st

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