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Marisol McDonald volume 1
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English
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September - Celebrate National Hispanic-Heritage Month - YOUTH
Unidos: Celebrate Hispanic Heritage (kids)
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Marisol McDonald, a biracial, nonconformist, soccer-playing pirate-princess with brown skin and red hair, celebrates her uniqueness.
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Marisol McDonald has flaming red hair and nut-brown skin. Polka dots and stripes are her favorite combination. She prefers peanut butter and jelly burritos in her lunch box. To Marisol, these seemingly mismatched things make perfect sense together. Other people wrinkle their nose in confusion at Marisol -- can't she just choose one or the other? Try as she might, in a world where everyone tries to put this biracial, Peruvian-Scottish-American girl...
5) El dador
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Español
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Given his lifetime assignment at the Ceremony of Twelve, Jonás becomes the receiver of memories shared by only one other in his community and discovers the terrible truth about the society in which he lives.
Diciembre es el mes en el que se celebra la Ceremonia anual, en la que los Doce reciben sus asignaciones vitalicias determinadas por el Comité de Ancianos. Pero Jonás, un niño que cumple doce años, ha sido elegido para algo muy especial....
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Español
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Mientras el mundo nos dice que nos quedemos quietos, que sigamos las reglas y que coloreemos sin salirnos de la raya, El soñador feliz celebra todos esos momentos intermedios en los que la mente y el espíritu se elevan y somos libres para ser auténticos soñadores.
While the world tells us to sit still, to follow the rules, and to color inside the lines, Little Happy Dreamer celebrates all those moments in between when the mind and spirit soar...
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Marisol McDonald volume 2
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English
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"A unique, spunky, multiracial, bilingual girl plans a one-of-a-kind birthday party and hopes her abuelita (grandma) will be able to come from Peru to join the festivities. Includes an author's note and glossaries"--
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En este libro ilustrado para niños, el artista pinta cuadros de animales de colores no ordinarios. El autor incluye un esbozo biográfico sobre Franz Marc junto a una fotografía de la obra de Marc, Blue horse I (Caballo azul, #1).
Rather than use the same old colors, a child paints animals and objects in a variety of different hues. Includes biographical information about the German painter Franz Marc, who created unconventional animal paintings...
11) Ni guau ni miau
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Fabio no ladra. Fabio no va a buscar el palito. Fabio no mueve la colita. Fabio no se parece a otros perros ...
Fabio is a dog who never does any of the things that ordinary dogs do, no matter how much his people try to encourage him and show him how, until the night Max follows him and discovers who his real friends are and how he behaves with them.
16) El pingüino Taky
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Español
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Tacky the penguin does not fit in with his sleek and graceful companions, but his odd behavior comes in handy when hunters come with maps and traps.
17) Como yo
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Español
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Jennifer tells of the many ways that she and her twin sister, Julie, are alike and different.
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English
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"Algunas familias son grandes. Algunas familias adoptan hijos. ¡Abre este libro para leer sobre todo tipo de familia!"--Page 4 of cover.
Represents a variety of families, some big and some small, some with only one parent and some with two moms or dads, some quiet and some noisy, but all alike in some ways and special no matter what.