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All in Picture Books
It was cold and snowing on the mountain. A young boy was out hiking in the mountains, and he falls and injures his leg. He finds a cabin and the woman welcomes him. Together, they spend Christmas. She tells him the story of redemption and true Christmas.
Okay, there is something about Christmas books that just makes me gush…. However, the illustrations in the book are the CUTEST illustrations!
Thinking about Christmas makes Mary Estelle so excited! She counts down the days until Christmas. Mary Estelle wants Christmas to be exactly the way that SHE wants Christmas to be, so she makes a list.
Every summer, this boy spends his summers with his Grandma. His Grandma loves music! She has a wonderful record collection and an old record player.
Having read Three Cups of Tea, I was fascinated when I was given this book for the library. This book is about Greg Mortenson and how he changed the lives of a remote village in Pakistan. Mortenson was trekking high in the mountains of Pakistan.
Wow! This book is loaded. The book offers readers several situations and gives examples of what would bully look like and what would proper responses look like. We had quite a bit of discussion center around this book.
This book reminds us to be safe in the things we do everyday, especially if you live on a farm. Written in a poetic form from the point of view of a small boy…
It was cold and windy. Louis was out doing the evening chores. He was doing them by himself, because his father had head north to the logging camps for the winter.
It’s a beautiful Sunday morning! Neri and his grandmother live far back in the mountains of Guatemala.
Angus is back! Somehow, there is no substitute for this cheeky little Scottie dog. This time Angus has a problem. He was tired of looking at the same things every day,
Wendell comes to stay at Sophie’s house for the weekend. Sophie is not happy. Wendell likes to decide what they play and the characters. Once they played bakery and Wendell was the baker, but Sophie was the sweet roll.
This book takes you around the world to Mali, Africa. Yatandou is an eight-year-old girl who lives in a small village in the heart of Mali. Every day, they pound their millet with their pounding stick. It is hard work and takes most of the day. The women of the village are saving all their extra money to buy a machine that grinds millet.
Sometimes, we think of the first Thanksgiving and think that Thanksgiving just happened every year since then. Actually, that is not how it happened. This book explains more of the history behind Thanksgiving becoming a national holiday.
Anna and her Jewish family have emigrated from Russia to New York City. Anna goes to school and learns English. But at home, she likes to wear her Russian dress and babushka.
This is the biography of Sonia Sotomayor, the first Latin-American woman, to be appointed to the highest court in the land, the Supreme Court. Ms. Sotomayor grew up in the projects in the Bronx.
Shane Burcaw approaches his disability with grace and laughter. This book is honest and open with a liberal dash of good humor. This book answers kid’s questions about what it’s like to have a disability.
A neighborhood. We all have one, for better or for worse! In this neighborhood, it doesn’t matter if you are black or white, Jew or Gentile, Russian or Ukrainian. Each ethnicity can come together for a common purpose: to do a good deed. In this case, it was to buy Miss Eula a hat.
Written in 1968, children still enjoy hearing the story of Ticki Ticki Tembo. Two brothers, Chang and Ticki Ticki Tembo-no Sa Rembo-chari Bari Ruch-pip Peri Pembo, fall into the well. Because of his shorter name, Chang is rescued quickly
This book is about a young boy, Pavel, who lives in Romania. He and his family have immigrated from Belarus to Romania. They were not able to grow food and support their families, so they moved to Romania where the dark, black earth produced much food.
