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1) Stargazing
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2024 AAPINH Heritage Month Children's Selections
5th Grade Recommended Reads
AANHPI Authors: Youth Chapter Books & Graphic Novels (SCPL-YS)
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5th Grade Recommended Reads
AANHPI Authors: Youth Chapter Books & Graphic Novels (SCPL-YS)
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Growing up in the same Chinese-American suburb, perfectionist Christine and artistic, confident, impulsive Moon become unlikely best friends, whose friendship is tested by jealousy, social expectations, and illness.
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5th Grade Recommended Reads
Cozy Middle Grade Reads (SCPL-YS)
Great Reads: 4th thru 6th grade
Not-So-Scary Halloween Reads (Kids October 2022)
Cozy Middle Grade Reads (SCPL-YS)
Great Reads: 4th thru 6th grade
Not-So-Scary Halloween Reads (Kids October 2022)
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After watching her circle of friends seemingly fade away, Lora is determined to still have fun on her own, so when a tea party leads Lora to discovering Alexa, the ghost that haunts her house, they soon become best friends.--
3) Real friends
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Friends (Hale) volume 1
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When her best friend Adrienne starts hanging out with the most popular girl in class, Shannon questions with whether she and Adrienne will stay friends, and if she is part of the clique.
4) Crunch
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Kayla Miller, the New York Times bestselling author-illustrator of Click, Camp, Act, and Clash, returns with a new Olive story! Olive is balancing the too-many things she wants to do with the too-few hours in the day to do them. When everything adds up, suddenly it's crunch time! It's no secret that Olive loves trying new things. Between taking guitar lessons, making a short film, joining Berry Scouts, and leading the charge on her school's dress...
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Sunny side up volume 3
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"Sunny's just made it to middle school . . . and it's making her life very confusing. All her best friend Deb wants to talk about is fashion, boys, makeup, boys, and being cool. Sunny's not against any of these things, but she also doesn't understand why suddenly everything revolves around them. She's much more comfortable when she's in her basement, playing Dungeons & Dragons with a bunch of new friends. Because when you're swordfighting and spider-slaying,...
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Pizza and Taco volume 3
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Best friends Pizza and Taco put their drawing skills and wild imaginations to good use by writing a comic book together.
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"With their first formal school dance around the corner, Beth and Chanda are on a mission to make it the best night ever. Step one? Secure the perfect dresses so they can dominate the dance floor! But when neither of them can find an outfit that lives up to their high expectations--and when they encounter unexpected pressure to find dates--these besties will need to lean on their friendship more than ever if they hope to find their groove and bust...
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Pizza and Taco volume 5
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Pizza and Taco are bored and decide to throw a party, but despite their careful planning, nothing seems to go right.
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Pizza and Taco volume 6
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"Besties Pizza and Taco are on a mission to prove they're not scared of anything, including scary movies and Ghost Peppers"--
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Unicorn and Yeti volume 1
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For Fans of... Elephant & Piggie! (SCPL-YS)
If You Liked...Elephant and Piggie by Mo Willems
Magical Readers & Early Chapter Books (SCPL-YS)
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If You Liked...Elephant and Piggie by Mo Willems
Magical Readers & Early Chapter Books (SCPL-YS)
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Unicorn and Yeti run into each other (literally) while looking for sparkly things, and despite some differences, (for instance Unicorn is magic, Yeti is not, Yeti likes snowball fights, Unicorn can not throw snowballs)--the two become friends over a shared love of hot chocolate with rainbow sprinkles.
14) Just Jaime
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At the end of seventh grade Jaime and Maya's friendship is tested when their priorities are divided.
15) Break
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Click volume 6
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Spring Break is full of possibilities ... but not for Olive. This year, Olive is leaving her friends and all of their exciting vacation plans behind to visit her dad at his new apartment in the city. Goober is thrilled to spend a whole week with their father and has a long list of activities for their time together. Olive, on the other hand, still remembers the hurt of their dad moving halfway across the world. She would rather spend time with her...
16) A good team
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OBD Ready for Chapter Books - YOUTH
OBD Snow Better Time to Read - YOUTH
OBD Unicorns - YOUTH
Summer Reading Challenge 2023 (Early Readers)
OBD Snow Better Time to Read - YOUTH
OBD Unicorns - YOUTH
Summer Reading Challenge 2023 (Early Readers)
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New friends Unicorn and Yeti are having a little trouble finding something they are both good at; Yeti is good at kicking a ball, Unicorn is not, Unicorn is fast, Yeti is not--so they finally try ice skating, which neither of them has ever done, because they have a chance to be equally good (or bad) at it.
17) Fair and square
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OBD Ready for Chapter Books - YOUTH
OBD Snow Better Time to Read - YOUTH
OBD Unicorns - YOUTH
Summer Reading Challenge 2023 (Early Readers)
OBD Snow Better Time to Read - YOUTH
OBD Unicorns - YOUTH
Summer Reading Challenge 2023 (Early Readers)
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Yeti and Unicorn cannot always agree, whether it is about which shape is most pleasing, whose style of painting is best, or, more serious, how to divide up a pie when Unicorn is content with half, but Yeti would like more--but the two friends always find a way past their differences, because their friendship is important to both.
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The Robots books volume 2
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In three stories, Red Robot and Blue Robot learn that gratitude is not always easy, but best friends are something to be thankful for.
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Graded Summer - 1st/2nd Grade
Great Reads: 2nd thru 3rd grade
If you like the "Baby-Sitters Little Sister" series
OBD Books for Second and Third Graders - YOUTH
Great Reads: 2nd thru 3rd grade
If you like the "Baby-Sitters Little Sister" series
OBD Books for Second and Third Graders - YOUTH
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"Like all peas, Pea loves to roll. So when a no-good strawberry dares him to roll all the way off the farm, he swears he can do it--eazy me-zee! But along the way, a powerful thunderstorm strikes and bounces Pea off course ... and right into two unlikely new buds: a bee named Bee who thinks she knows it all, and a bird named Jay who can't figure out how to fly. On their own they may not look like much, but if this trio can stick together, they just...
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Pizza and Taco volume 1
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Pizza's and Taco's moms want them to join a sports team, so when they see the wrestling sign up sheet at school they choose their wrestling names and create signature moves, hoping to join the club.