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1) Locomotive
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OBD Books Make Good Friends (March - May 2024) - YOUTH
OBD Caldecott Medal Winners - YOUTH
RLG Caldecott Medal List
OBD Caldecott Medal Winners - YOUTH
RLG Caldecott Medal List
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Learn what it was like to travel on the transcontinental railroad in the 1860s.
3) Rosa
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Black Authors: Youth Biographies (SCPL-YS)
Black History Month - Youth
Eisenhower Public Library Kids Black History Month
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Black History Month - Youth
Eisenhower Public Library Kids Black History Month
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Provides the story of the black woman whose refusal to give up her seat on a bus in Alabama set in motion all the events of the civil rights movement that resulted in the end of the segregated South.
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Anti-Racism: True Black American History
Black Authors: Poetry (SCPL-YS)
Black History Month
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Black Authors: Poetry (SCPL-YS)
Black History Month
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"The Newbery Award-winning author of The Crossover pens an ode to black American triumph and tribulation, with art from a two-time Caldecott Honoree. Originally performed for ESPN's The Undefeated, this poem is a love letter to black life in the United States. It highlights the unspeakable trauma of slavery, the faith and fire of the civil rights movement, and the grit, passion, and perseverance of some of the world's greatest heroes. The text is...
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2023-2024 3rd Grade Battle of Books
Black Authors: Board and Picture Books (SCPL-YS)
Black History Month for Kids
RLG Caldecott Medal List
Black Authors: Board and Picture Books (SCPL-YS)
Black History Month for Kids
RLG Caldecott Medal List
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Alan looks forward to the annual family reunion at the farm where Daddy grew up, but everyone is supposed to share something special and Alan worries about arriving with empty hands.
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Arab American Heritage Month
Arab American Heritage Month (SCPL-YS)
OBD Books Make Good Friends (March - May 2024) - YOUTH
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Arab American Heritage Month (SCPL-YS)
OBD Books Make Good Friends (March - May 2024) - YOUTH
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Alaa loves Aleppo, but when war comes his neighbors flee to safety, leaving their many pets behind. Alaa decides to stay -- he can make a difference by driving an ambulance, carrying the sick and wounded to safety. One day he hears hungry cats calling out to him on his way home. They are lonely and scared, just like him. He feeds and pets them to let them know they are loved. The next day more cats come, and then even more! There are too many for...
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Batavia Public Library Wonderbooks - YOUTH
OBD Caldecott Medal Winners - YOUTH
OBD Pooh Day (January 18) - Adult
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OBD Caldecott Medal Winners - YOUTH
OBD Pooh Day (January 18) - Adult
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A woman tells her young son the true story of how his great-great-grandfather, Captain Harry Colebourn, rescued and learned to love a bear cub in 1914 as he was on his way to take care of soldiers' horses during World War I, and the bear became the inspiration for A.A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh.
10) Castle
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In this first-ever standalone full-color edition, Castle is lavishly reborn in digitally finished drawings rendered with felt-tip markers and colored pencils. Factual and artistic details shine in light of newly researched information. With characteristic zest and wit. Architecture enthusiasts of all ages will marvel at the staggering possibilities of human imagination and ingenuity.