Ed Young
23) Little Plum
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An old Chinese couple has a son who never grows any larger than a plum seed, but his size does not prevent him from saving his village from a cruel lord.
24) Night visitors
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Retelling of a Chinese folktale in which a young scholar learns respect for all forms of life when he becomes part of an ant colony in a dream.
25) Nighttime Ninja
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"Late at night, when all is quiet and everyone is asleep, a ninja creeps silently through the house in search of treasure."--
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Nebŏlaendŭ Segye kŏlchak kŭrim ch'aek volume 108
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Korean
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Retells in verse the Indian fable of the blind men discovering different parts of an elephant and arguing about its appearance. The illustrations depict the blind arguers as mice. Suggested level: junior.
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Español
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Reseña del editor: Había una vez, hace mucho tiempo, una mujer que vivía en el campo junto a sus tres hijas. En el día del cumpleaños de su abuela, la buena madre partió para verla, dejando a las niñas solas en casa. Pero un viejo lobo había visto salir a la madre, así que al anochecer, y disfrazado de señora mayor, se acercó a la casa y tocó en la puerta: ¡Toc! ¡Toc!#x85; Una versión ancestral china de la Caperucita Roja narrada e...
30) Tsunami!
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OBD Asian Pacific American Heritage Month (May) - Youth
WCD Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage
WCD Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage
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A wealthy man in a Japanese village, who everyone calls Ojiisan, which means grandfather, sets fire to his rice fields to warn the innocent people of an approaching tsunami.
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Once there was a little slip of a boy who roamed the streets of London, hungry for life (and maybe a bit of bread). His dad long gone and his actress mother ailing, five-year-old Charlie found himself onstage one day taking his mum's place, singing and drawing laughs amid a shower of coins. There were times in the poorhouse and times spent sitting in the window at home with Mum, making up funny stories about passersby. And when Charlie described a...
32) Wabi Sabi
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Wabi Sabi, a cat living in the city of Kyoto, learns about the Japanese concept of beauty through simplicity as she asks various animals she meets about the meaning of her name.
33) White Fang
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Explore the dangerous and ruthless animal world--and the equally violent human one--in this Scribner Classics keepsake edition of Jack London's renowned wolf tale. White Fang is part dog, part wolf, and all brute, fighting to survive in the frozen north. But when he gradually comes under the spell of man's companionship during the Klondike gold rush in the nineteenth century, how much will he surrender? This collectible edition of a revered classic,...
35) A strange place to call home: the world's most dangerous habitats & the animals that call them home
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Poems about fourteen animals who defy the odds by thriving in Earth's most dangerous places where they live.
37) Night shadows
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Mrs. Lucy finds graffiti painted on her garage two nights in a row, but as Tasha, a lonely neighbor girl, helps her paint over it the two become friends, despite their age difference. Features cut-out illustrations.
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"Catastrophe the lost cat prowls the beach alone when he meets a live colony of creatures who survive at the sea's edge. Slowly the cat learns from his new friends about life in the tide pool--from the sea anemones, the barnacles, the crabs, and all the small but determined creatures."-- Back cover.
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"A refreshing, vulnerable, and empathetic guide to your own path forward after tragedy and hardship, A Path through Pain by bestselling authors and pastors of Fellowship Church Ed and Lisa Young shares their family's journey from sorrow and anger to hope and healing after the sudden loss of their daughter"--
"In the midst of deep pain, how can you move forward? Most of us spend our lives avoiding pain at every turn, so when we inevitably experience...