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Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me
From This One Summer co-creator Mariko Tamaki comes a hilarious and poignant story of teen heartbreak and friendship.
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Layaway Child
Magnificent stories about Caribbean immigrants navigating the emotional terrain of girlhood, displacement, longing, and identity across continents.
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Le chandail d’Amos
A curmudgeonly old sheep reluctantly gives up his wool and then plots to get it back, even though it has been knit into a brightly colored sweater.
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Leaving Home
David French's classic of Canadian drama tells the story of a Newfoundland family that has emigrated and lost all sense of its place in the world.
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Leaving Home, Of the Fields, Lately, and Salt-Water Moon
This special one-volume edition contains the three major Mercer plays by David French: Leaving Home, Of the Fields, Lately and Salt-Water Moon.
Leila and Khaled
A decolonial vacation romance between two Palestinians—one raised in exile, the other rooted on the land—searching for home in each other.
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Leo and Ralph
Leo’s best friend is a short, furry alien named Ralph. The friends are forced say goodbye when Leo’s family moves away — but why should they?
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Lessons from Mother Earth
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Let the Elephants Run
A national bestseller, Let the Elephants Run is the essential guidebook for anyone looking to reignite their creativity.
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Let the World Have You
Gerald Lampert Memorial Award finalist Mikko Harvey’s second collection takes readers into a kaleidoscopic world that is and is not the world we know.
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She has written \u003cem\u003eMy Friend (Mi amiga)\u003c\/em\u003e, illustrated by Alfonso Ruano; \u003cem\u003eUn Barrilete para el Día de los Muertos \/ Barrilete: A Kite for the Day of the Dead\u003c\/em\u003e;\u003cem\u003e Cousins (Primas)\u003c\/em\u003e, illustrated by Luis Garay; \u003cem\u003eTricycle (El triciclo)\u003c\/em\u003e, illustrated by Alfonso Ruano, which is on the Américas Award Commended List and is a USBBY Outstanding International Book; and \u003cem\u003eWhat Are You Doing? \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eWhy Are You Doing That?\u003c\/em\u003e, both illustrated by Manuel Monroy. She lives in Toronto.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n","ContributorRole_0":"By (author)","ContributorRole_1":"Illustrated by","ContributorRole_2":"Translated by","Contributor_0":"Schimel, Lawrence","Contributor_1":"Rivera, Alba","Contributor_2":"Amado, Elisa (CA)","Description":"\u003cp\u003eThe little girl in this story likes Sundays best of all -- it’s the day her father calls. 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It means leaving her grandmother, her friends … and her dog, Kika, behind.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a powerful story from a young child’s perspective about what it’s like to have an absent parent and to have to leave your home, country and those you love for a new life.\u003c\/p\u003e","EAN":"9781773067919","Height":"8","HeightCode":"in","Imprint":"Groundwood Books","MetaKeywords":"Realistic illustrations; moving to America; separation; missing home; leaving home; Moving away from home; missing your parents; missing your father; appreciating family; when you have to move away; Children separated from parents; immigrant struggles; immigrant problems; away from family; absent parents; Picture books; translated books; fiction; set in latin America; immigration","NumberOfPages":"48","OtherText_Review_0":"The story provides parents and teachers a different context for talking with young learners about paid jobs, the labor that goes into caring for family members, and the costs of giving up time with family in order to spend time working away from home.","OtherText_Review_0_Auth":"Professor Yanna Van Der Meulen Rodgers","OtherText_Review_0_Src":"Rutgers","OtherText_Review_1":"Readers will enjoy deciphering the various visual elements...its themes are relevant to all children.","OtherText_Review_1_Src":"Kirkus","OtherText_Review_2":"...readers...will admire the heroine’s stoicism and faith in the importance of having her family whole again.","OtherText_Review_2_Src":"Publisher's Weekly","OtherText_Review_3":"The feelings of missing a loved one are realistically conveyed and will resonate with children.","OtherText_Review_3_Auth":"Linda Ludke","OtherText_Review_3_Src":"School Library Journal","OtherText_Review_4":"...honest and compelling text...Highly Recommended.","OtherText_Review_4_Auth":"Katie Edwards","OtherText_Review_4_Src":"CM Magazine","OtherText_Review_5":"...completely original...","OtherText_Review_5_Src":"The Horn Book Magazine","OtherText_Review_6":"Most youngsters will understand the daunting prospect of a big move . . . and listeners may find the girl's emotional growth both familiar and reassuring.","OtherText_Review_6_Src":"Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"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.","ProductFormDescription":"trade paperback","PublicationDate":"2011-11-15","Publisher":"Groundwood Books Ltd","ShortDescription":"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.","Width":"8.5","WidthCode":"in"}
ages 4
to 7
/ grades P
to 2
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.
