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Happy Holidays AS 2023
OBD Good Morning America Book Club Picks
OBD Happy New Year! - Adult
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"Their lives began together, but their worlds couldn't be more different. After thirty years of missed connections, they're about to meet again. When Minnie meets Quinn at a NYE party, it's clear that they've got nothing in common - except for the strange fact of their being born in the same place at the same time on New Year's Eve. A crazy coincidence, but not a reason to pursue a friendship, and definitely not an excuse for Quinn to hope for something...
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During the languid days of the Christmas break, a group of thirtysomething friends from Oxford meet to welcome in the New Year together, a tradition they began as students ten years ago. For this vacation, they've chosen an idyllic and isolated estate in the Scottish Highlands, the perfect place to get away and unwind by themselves. They arrive on December 30th, just before a historic blizzard seals the lodge off from the outside world. Two days later,...
5) The rewind
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"The Hangover meets When Harry Met Sally in this whip-smart rom-com from New York Times bestselling author Allison Winn Scotch. When college sweethearts Frankie and Ezra broke up before graduation, they vowed to never speak to each other again. Ten years later, on the eve of the new millennium, they find themselves back on their snowy, picturesque New England campus together for the first time for the wedding of mutual friends. Frankie's on the rise...
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Holiday Spirit (Picture Books)
OBD Hockey - YOUTH
OBD Winter Books - YOUTH
Winter Reading Club is a Reading Wonderland!
OBD Hockey - YOUTH
OBD Winter Books - YOUTH
Winter Reading Club is a Reading Wonderland!
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Angelina and some other mice are preparing for a New Year's Eve ice skating show, but the hockey players keep getting in the way until Angelina gets them involved.
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OBD Asian Pacific American Heritage Month (May) - Youth
OBD Lunar New Year (February) - YOUTH
OBD Reading Colors Your World Nonfiction - YOUTH
OBD Lunar New Year (February) - YOUTH
OBD Reading Colors Your World Nonfiction - YOUTH
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This bilingual color concept book celebrates a rainbow of traditional objects seen during the Chinese New Year. Hóng is the color of explosive firecrackers! Jīn is the hue of lucky coins. Zŏng is the shade of sweet peanut puffs. Welcome to the festivities of the Chinese New Year, where symbolic gifts, foods, and objects come together in a celebration of beautiful colors. This vibrant, simple, and highly graphic bilingual book is the perfect introduction...
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"A collection of original poems about New Year celebrations throughout the year and around the world. Includes an introduction about worldwide New Year celebrations plus a map, information about calendars, New Year greetings in many languages, additional factual information about the celebrations, and author's sources"--
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Lunar New Year - Picture Books
OBD Asian Pacific American Heritage Month (May) - Youth
OBD Lunar New Year (February) - YOUTH
OBD Asian Pacific American Heritage Month (May) - Youth
OBD Lunar New Year (February) - YOUTH
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"Chinese New Year is a time of new beginnings. Follow one little girl as she learns how to welcome the coming year and experience all the festivities surrounding it."-- P. [4] of cover.
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Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month 2023
Celebrate Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month!
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Celebrate Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month!
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One Chinese New Year, her mother sends Goldy Luck to the pandas next door with a plate of turnip cakes, but the pandas are out and disaster follows. Includes a recipe for turnip cakes and an explanation of Chinese New Year.
11) A long way down
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Meet Martin, JJ, Jess, and Maureen. Four people who come together on New Year's Eve: a former TV talk show host, a musician, a teenage girl, and a mother. Three are British, one is American. They encounter one another on the roof of Topper's House, a London destination famous as the last stop for those ready to end their lives. This is a tale of connections made and missed, punishing regrets, and the grace of second chances.
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Pacy Lin books volume 1
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AANHPI 2022 - Kids
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Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month (Youth)
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It's the Chinese year of the dog! When Pacy's mom tells her that this is a good year for friends, family, and "finding herself," Pacy begins searching right away. As the year goes on, she struggles to find her talent, deals with disappointment, makes a new best friend, and discovers just why the year of the dog is a lucky one for her after all.
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How to catch-- volume 9
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A real, wily dragon winds through streets in China, eluding the traps set by a group of children during the Chinese New Year celebration.
14) Mixed doubles
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"New Years is looming, and best friends Liza, Dulcie and Pru are making their resolutions. Liza wants to get married-she's never had any trouble hooking a man. The trouble is, she can never stay interested once she's got him. Dulcie thinks marriage sucks. Her husband, Patrick, may be gorgeous and charming, but the impulsive Dulcie needs more excitement in her life. She's seriously contemplating a divorce. Pru loves her roving husband, and she secretly...
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Mindy Kim volume 2
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Lunar New Year Children's Books
OBD Asian Pacific American Heritage Month (May) - Youth
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Mindy is excited to go to the Lunar New Year parade in her new town with her father and her friend Sally.
18) New Year's Eve
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A stellar ensemble cast celebrates love, hope, forgiveness, second chances and fresh starts, in intertwining stories told amidst the pulse and promise of New York City on the most dazzling night of the year.
19) Lunar New Year
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"In this book, early fluent readers will learn about the history of Lunar New Year, including when, where, and who first celebrated it, its meaning, the traditions associated with it, including hanging red lanterns, having reunion dinners, and honoring ancestors, and how it is celebrated in different parts of China and the world today. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text will engage young readers as they learn more about the history...
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On Chinese New Year's Eve, a poor man who works for the richest businessman in Beijing sends his son to market to trade their last few eggs for a bag of rice, but instead he brings home an empty--but magic--wok that changes their fortunes forever. Includes information about Chinese New Year and a recipe for fried rice.