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The Amazing Travels of Ibn Battuta
The true story of a fourteenth-century traveler, whose journeys through the Islamic world and beyond were extraordinary for his time.
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ages 3
to 7
/ grades P
to 2
Why Are You Doing That?
A curious little boy learns all about food and where it comes from in this companion to Amado and Monroy’s first picture book, What Are You Doing?
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ages 8
to 11
/ grades 3
to 6
The Elevator Ghost
An eccentric babysitter has a knack for telling stories that are eerily well suited to her young charges.
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The Slippers' Keeper
The moving story of Joe Purdon, one of North America’s early conservationists.
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Watching Traffic
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Friend or Foe?
A lonely mouse gazes up at the cat in the palace tower next door. Determined to find out if he is a friend, he bravely makes his way into the palace …
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ages 13
and up
/ grades 8
and up
The Guy, the Girl, the Artist and His Ex
The Guy is planning a house party. The Girl is adjusting to life in a new country. The Artist and his Ex are trying to make ends meet for their baby.
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ages 4
to 7
/ grades K
to 2
Uncle Holland
From the international best-selling author of Sidewalk Flowers, a picture book about crime, punishment…and art.
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Let's Go See Papá!
A moving story about a common reality -- what it's like for a little girl whose father has left his family behind to go find work.
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ages 14
and up
/ grades 9
and up
I'll Be Watching
A compelling multi-voiced verse novel about four orphaned children struggling to survive in a hidebound prairie town in the early 1940s.
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ages 9
to 12
/ grades 4
to 7
Middle of Nowhere
A middle-grade novel about two maybe-orphans and their unlikely friendship with a cranky old neighbor.
