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Author
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Teased for his fair coloring, eleven-year-old Jimmy McClean travels with his maternal grandfather, Nyles High Eagle, to learn about his Lakota heritage while visiting places significant in the life of Crazy Horse, the nineteenth-century Lakota leader and warrior, in a tale that weaves the past with the present. Includes historical note and glossary.
63) Hoop hustle
Author
Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Brian Worth Jr. plans on trying out for his middle school's basketball team, but the trouble is he has always relied on his height to give him an advantage and that is no longer enough--but at the local senior center, where he reluctantly volunteers, he discovers a friend in George, a former player, who sets out to teach him some of the skills he is missing.
65) Meet Yasmin!
Author
Publisher
Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
In this compilation of four separately published books, Pakistani American second grader Yasmin learns to cope with the small problems of school and home, while gaining confidence in her own skills and creative abilities.
67) Wordy birdy
Author
Publisher
Doubleday Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Wordy Birdy loves to talk, but will she ever learn to listen?"--
68) Front Desk
Author
Series
Front Desk volume 1
Publisher
Arthur A. Levine Books/Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Recent immigrants from China and desperate for work and money, ten-year-old Mia Tang's parents take a job managing a rundown motel in Southern California, even though the owner, Mr. Yao is a nasty skinflint who exploits them; while her mother (who was an engineer in China) does the cleaning, Mia works the front desk and tries to cope with demanding customers and other recent immigrants--not to mention being only one of two Chinese in her fifth grade...
Author
Publisher
Diane Albert Art LLC
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Confidence is very important to a child's future happiness, health, and success. Confident children are better equipped to deal with peer pressure, challenges and negative emotions. A little SPOT of Confidence is a story that uses an orange spot to help a child visual there confidence spot growing or shrinking. It shows a child real world situations on how they can grow their confidence SPOT.
70) Plum fantastic
Author
Series
Sugar plum ballerinas volume 1
Publisher
Disney - Jump at the Sun Books
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Although Alexandrea does not want to be a ballerina, her mother enrolls her in ballet school and she is chosen for the starring role in the school recital even though she is an awful dancer and suffers from stage fright.
Author
Series
Publisher
Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Unsure about her artistic skills, second-grader Yasmin is not looking forward to the art competition at school--but with the support and encouragement of her family she produces a prize-winning painting.
72) She's got this
Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Even Olympians have to start somewhere. And in this charming illustrated book, Laurie Hernandez tells the story of Zoe, a little girl who dreams of flying--and becoming a gymnast. When Zoe sees a gymnast on TV, she realizes that gymnastics is just like flying. But when she first goes to class and falls off the balance beam, she discovers that following her dreams is harder and scarier than she thought. Through this heartwarming and inspirational...
73) Hair love
Author
Publisher
Kokila
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"It's up to Daddy to give his daughter an extra-special hair style in this ode to self-confidence and the love between fathers and daughters"--
75) Finding Lucy
Author
Publisher
Pajama Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Lucy is happy painting the color of laughter in her garden, but loses her way when she follows feedback from a series of animal critics. With wise encouragement from her cat, Lucy finds her authentic self in her work again and painting is rewarding once more."
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