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1) Be prepared
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
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Description
In Be Prepared, all Vera wants to do is fit in - but that's not easy for a Russian girl in the suburbs. Her friends live in fancy houses and their parents can afford to send them to the best summer camps. Vera's single mother can't afford that sort of luxury, but there's one summer camp in her price range - Russian summer camp. Vera is sure she's found the one place she can fit in, but camp is far from what she imagined. And nothing could prepare...
2) Anya's ghost
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
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Description
Anya, embarrassed by her Russian immigrant family and self-conscious about her body, has given up on fitting in at school but falling down a well and making friends with the ghost there just may be worse.
3) Memory jars
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Freda uses jars to save everything from a chocolate chip cookie to the full moon, just as her grandmother saves summer blueberries. Includes a recipe for blueberry jam.
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
A 2017 Caldecott Honor Book that The New York Times calls "both classic and ultracontemporary," Leave Me Alone! is an epic tale about one grandmother, a giant sack of yarn, and her ultimate quest to finish her knitting.
One day, a grandmother shouts, "LEAVE ME ALONE!" and leaves her tiny home and her very big family to journey to the moon and beyond to find peace and quiet to finish her knitting. Along the way, she encounters
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"The Little Guys might be small, but they aim to be mighty. As they head off to find breakfast, they can conquer anything through teamwork---cross deep waters, dig through obstacles, and climb the tallest trees. Nothing can stop them! But as they begin to amass more than they need, the creatures in the forest ponder---what happens when no one can stop the Little Guys?"--
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Young readers will have a hopping good time in this hilarious story about a witch who is having a hard time wrangling a bunch of frogs into her frog soup until she comes up with a surprising solution.
Author
Publisher
Workman Publishing Company
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Formats
Description
An indispensable guide to welcoming children-from babies to teens-to a lifelong love of reading, written by Pamela Paul and Maria Russo, editors of The New York Times Book Review.
Do you remember your first visit to where the wild things are? How about curling up for hours on end to discover the secret of the Sorcerer's Stone? Combining clear, practical advice with inspiration, wisdom, tips, and curated reading lists, How to Raise a Reader...