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161. Truck
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4 stars
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Follows the journey of a truck from loading to unloading.
162. The ugly duckling
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An ugly duckling spends an unhappy year ostracized by the other animals before he grows into a beautiful swan.
163. Umbrella
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4 stars
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The excitement of a three-year-old as she finally uses her new umbrella and red boots
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4.5 stars
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"Celebrated author Carole Boston Weatherford and illustrator Floyd Cooper provide a powerful look at the 1921 Tulsa race massacre, one of the worst incidents of racial violence in our nation's history"--
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A grandmother explains to her listeners why in their village on the side of a volcano the men live in square houses and the women in round ones.
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3 stars
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A collection of poems describing the curious menagerie of guests who arrive at William Blake's inn.
167. Viva Frida
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5 stars
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Bilingual text, accompanied by colorful photographs, explores the famous artist's life, and illuminates the laughter, love, and tragedy that influenced her work.
Via spare text, examines Kahlo's creative process.
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5 stars
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Presents a collage-illustrated treasury of poems and spirituals inspired by the life and work of civil rights advocate Fannie Lou Hamer.
169. Waiting
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4.1 stars
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An owl, puppy, bear, bunny, and pig wait for marvelous things to happen.
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4.3 stars
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I was born at the beginning of it all, on the Red side - the Communist side - of the Iron Curtain. Through annotated illustrations, journals, maps, and dreamscapes, Peter Sis shows what life was like for a child who loved to draw, proudly wore the red scarf of a Young Pioneer, stood guard at the giant statue of Stalin, and believed whatever he was told to believe. But adolescence brought questions. Cracks began to appear in the Iron Curtain, and news...
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5 stars
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Text and illustrations describe how people all over the world celebrate the sunrise.
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Simple text presents the many things animals can do with their ears, eyes, mouths, noses, feet, and tails.
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4.5 stars
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Reminiscences of the pleasures of life in the mountains as a child.
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3.5 stars
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A young girl is upset and doesn't know how to manage her anger but takes the time to cool off and regain her composure.
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An African folktale tells how the sun and water once lived on earth as friends, but because the sun failed to build his house large enough, he and his wife, the moon, were driven into the sky when the water came to visit them.
176. Wonder walkers
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4 stars
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"Two curious children go for a walk, asking imaginative questions about the natural beauty that surrounds them"--
177. Working cotton
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A young African-American girl relates the daily events of her family's migrant life in the cotton fields of central California.
178. Yo! Yes?
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Two lonely characters, one black and one white, meet on the street and become friends.
179. Zen shorts
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Zen books (Jon J Muth) volume 1.
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4.7 stars
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When Stillwater the giant panda moves into the neighborhood, the stories he tells to three siblings teach them to look at the world in new ways. Includes factual note on Zen.
When Stillwater the bear moves into the neighborhood, the stories he tells to three siblings teach them to look at the world in new ways.
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5 stars
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Ten instruments take their parts one by one in a musical performance.