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1) Max's words
Author
Series
Max books (Kate Banks) volume 1
Language
English
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Description
When Max cuts out words from magazines and newspapers, collecting them the way his brothers collect stamps and coins, they all learn about words, sentences, and storytelling.
2) Gibberish
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
When Dat starts school in a country where he does not speak the language, everything around him sound like gibberish until a new friend helps him make sense of his new world.
3) The pledge
Author
Pub. Date
[2011]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
In a dystopian kingdom where the classes are separated by the languages they speak, Charlaina "Charlie" Hart has a secret gift that is revealed when she meets a mysterious young man named Max.
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Mimi is a writer and when she finds that some of her favorite words for natural things, such as wren, violet, and dandelion, are disappearing she appoints her granddaughter, Brooke, as the keeper of wild words, and shows her how to bring them to life by knowing, appreciating, and using the things they stand for.
5) The essence
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Seventeen-year-old Charlaina "Charlie" Hart has defeated the tyrant Queen Sabara and taken control of Ludania, only to have Sabara's soul fuse itself with her own.
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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Description
"English just feels wrong to Isabel. She prefers her native Spanish. As she prepares for a new school, she knows she's going to have to learn. Her first day is uncomfortable, until she employs her crayons and discovers there's more than one way to communicate with new friends"--
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Here is a poignant picture book that tenderly portrays the intergenerational bond between a boy named Felix and his grandma that's cemented over food - and flash cards - when Grandma comes to live with Felix's family from Vietnam. This tender and heartwarming story from Angela Pham Krans and Dung Ho shows how love transcends language and how food and flashcards can bring family together.
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
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Description
"Sometimes life isn't a piece of cake... When Jingwen moves to a new country, he feels like he's landed on Mars. School is torture, making friends is impossible since he doesn't speak English, and he's often stuck looking after his (extremely irritating) little brother, Yanghao. To distract himself from the loneliness, Jingwen daydreams about making all the cakes on the menu of Pie in the Sky, the bakery his father had planned to open before he unexpectedly...
Author
Series
My weird school volume 11
Language
English
Description
As if Mondays aren't bad enough, A.J.'s bus gets a flat tire and his bus driver Mrs. Kormel gets everyone lost in the middle of nowhere.
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
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Description
I love you: three of the very best words in the world! And thanks to this adorable board book, preschoolers will learn how to say it in seven different languages. Travel with Iguana across the globe as he tells family and friends, “I love you” in French, Spanish (Argentina), Japanese, Chinese, Arabic (Egypt), Russian, and Hindi (India). --Publisher
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
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Description
Je m'appelle, meenya zavoot, me llamo, MY NAME IS MONKEY! Monkey's taking a trip around the world, and everywhere she goes she introduces herself in the native language of the country she's visiting. Kids can join her and learn to say “my name is” in seven different languages: French, Spanish, Japanese, Chinese, Arabic, Russian, and Hindi. --Publisher
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
After the assassination of her older sister Scilla, seventeen-year-old Jiara chooses to take her sister's place as the bride to the young king of a distant country, hoping to identify her sister's killer before Scilla's vengeful ghost murders their family. Includes author's note.
18) Talking leaves
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The story of Sequoyah and the creation of the Cherokee syllabary, as told by his thirteen year old son"--
19) Say hello!
Author
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
A little girl greets people in her neighborhood in many different languages.
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