Lawrence Schimel
Author
Pub. Date
2011.
Physical Desc
38 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 22 x 24 cm
Language
English
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Description
A girl whose father emigrated in search of work writes in her diary about how much she misses him and how happy she is when she learns that the family will be reunited.
4) Lucky me
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Bruno's friend Sanjay has his own room and a pet iguana. His brother, Mateo, who is visually impaired, has a dog named Rocco who helps him get around, and Mateo is a fantastic storyteller. Bruno doesn't have a pet, and he has to share his room with Mateo, but he still feels like the luckiest of all to have such a great brother and amazing friend."--
7) Some days
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
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A young girl tells her mother about a passageway in their yard. Down this passageway, it is not cold, there is no danger, and nothing bad can ever happen--and the person she longs for is with her again. The only problem is that, on some days, the passageway is not there. But maybe, together, mother and daughter can find a way to carry that feeling with them always.
8) 9 kilometers
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 25 cm
Language
English
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"As a young boy walks nine kilometers to school, he travels through the mountain and rain forest landscapes of southern Chile"--
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 25 cm
Language
English
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"What happens when a new friend arrives who doesn't speak your language? A young girl searches for the words to help her friend feel welcome and happy in her new home, and along the way learns about differences and similarities in countries and words. The two forge a strong bond while they each learn the other's language, exploring the world around them."--Publisher marketing.
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : black and white illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"There are stories so terrible that we tremble to hear even a whisper of them. Even more terrible, some of them are true.This is one such story, a story of our deepest inhumanity--one that confronts the history of violence against children, and through its young narrator attempts to find a way out. A horror story and ghost story told as much through art as through text, The Book of Denial is an antidote to our collective silence. By uplifting storytelling...
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
48 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
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"Come closer and look at these rocks: they’re not normal stones at all! They're thousands and thousands of mollusks, fossilized together in the sediment. But how did a million oysters ever land on top of a mountain? Written by a geologist, this inquisitive journey guides readers through the movements of seas, strata, and tectonic plates. The landscapes of the present can be clues to events in the past. Lush, atmospheric illustrations offer...
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
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With one poem for each child, this collection explores the hopes of the thirty-four children disappeared and killed during Augusto Pinochet's regime in Chile. --
14) Tú eres tú
Author
Pub. Date
2020
Language
Español
Formats
Description
Richard Van Camp, cuentacuentos renombrado internacionalmente y el autor de bestsellers como los libros Welcome Song for Baby y We Sang You Home, ha unido fuerzas con la ilustradora talentosa Julie Flett para crear un libro tierno en cartoné para los lectores más pequeños que honra el niño que hay en todo el mundo. Con sus ilustraciones contemporáneas y encantadoras, Tú eres tú es perfecto para ser compartido o leído a...
Author
Pub. Date
2020
Language
Español
Description
La luz del sol en la cara. El aroma de bannock caliente horneándose. Agarranr la mano de alguien querido. ¿Qué llena tu corazón de alegría? Este hermoso libro en cartoné, con ilustraciones de la artista de renombre Julie Flett, sirve como recordatorio tanto para pequeños como adultos a pensar en y apreciar los momentos de la vida que nos llenan de alegría.
La ponente internacional y premiada autora Monique Gray Smith escribió
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Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
A woman explains to her son how she grew up in a remote village where almost no one could read and write, but she found a way to learn how when her sister began getting letters from a young doctor who used to live there.
17) The wild book
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
232 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
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A story of a boy who goes to live with his kooky, book-obsessed uncle in a library where books have a supernatural power all their own.
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
Español
Description
"Cuando estos dos desconocidos se conectan, a través de un mensaje en una botella, la relación que establecen inspira una visita. Se forja así una amistad duradera que amplía el mundo de ambos. Basado en una historia real, Arletis, abuelo y el mensaje en la botella es un retrato sobre la vida en la Cuba rural, líricamente escrito e ilustrado con exuberancia, que encantará a niños y adultos por igual." -- Jacket flap
