Raina’s (Un) Happy Birthday
Raina’s (Un) Happy Birthday

Author: Britta Stromeyer Esmail

Publisher: Balboa Press

Published: 2018-09-26

Total Pages: 35

ISBN-13: 1982203684

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Follow Raina and her beloved stuffie, Lola, on their profound journey from birthday jitters to cake-filled happiness. Celebrate the courage of one little girl's conviction to decide for herself when to speak up. This relevant and important book shouts YES to sharing one's truth. Brava to author Britta Stromeyer Esmail for empowering and elevating girls and their grown-ups. —Andrea Alban, author of The Happiness Tree and Anya's War Beautifully illustrated and eloquently written, Raina's (Un) Happy Birthday shows that girls, whatever age they may be, have the power to choose how they show and receive love. This is a powerful message for girls and boys and everyone who cares for them. —Loung Ung, author of Lucky Child and Lulu in the Sky A magical story. With extraordinary insight, tenderness, and love, Britta Stromeyer Esmail delivers a timely and empowering message—the importance of voice—to our children and youth. It takes courage for a little one to speak out and stand up to pressure. Raina's (Un) Happy Birthday provides an example of how to do just that without hurting the feelings of those you love. It's a lesson that all of us—young and old—can benefit from. I can't wait to share this beautifully told and illustrated story with my granddaughters! —April Christofferson, best-selling author of Buffalo Medicine

At the Party: Word Building with Prefixes and Suffixes
At the Party: Word Building with Prefixes and Suffixes

Author: Pam Scheunemann

Publisher: ABDO Publishing Company

Published: 2012-08-15

Total Pages: 26

ISBN-13: 1614803021

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This title is a terrific introduction to simple prefixes and suffixes for young readers. Easy-to-read sentences about parties, alongside supporting photographs, show how prefixes and suffixes change the meaning of words. Kids will enjoy the fun and simple illustrated rhyming story, Marty Enjoyed the Party, which reinforces the word building concept. A multiple-choice quiz is also included. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Super Sandcastle is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

A Computer Called Katherine
A Computer Called Katherine

Author: Suzanne Slade

Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

Published: 2019-04-09

Total Pages: 42

ISBN-13: 0316435163

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The inspiring true story of mathematician Katherine Johnson--made famous by the award-winning film Hidden Figures--who counted and computed her way to NASA and helped put a man on the moon! Katherine knew it was wrong that African Americans didn't have the same rights as others--as wrong as 5+5=12. She knew it was wrong that people thought women could only be teachers or nurses--as wrong as 10-5=3. And she proved everyone wrong by zooming ahead of her classmates, starting college at fifteen, and eventually joining NASA, where her calculations helped pioneer America's first manned flight into space, its first manned orbit of Earth, and the world's first trip to the moon! Award-winning author Suzanne Slade and debut artist Veronica Miller Jamison tell the story of a NASA "computer" in this smartly written, charmingly illustrated biography.

A Place to Land
A Place to Land

Author: Martha Manning

Publisher:

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 280

ISBN-13:

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The inspirational true story of an unexpected friendship between two women--one black, one white--from the acclaimed author of "Undercurrents: A Life Beneath the Surface."

Measuring Up
Measuring Up

Author: Lily LaMotte

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 2020-10-27

Total Pages: 213

ISBN-13: 0062973886

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An ALA Top 10 Graphic Novel of 2021 · A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection · Fall 2020 Kids Indie Next List · Featured in Today Show’s AAPI Heritage Month List · Amazon Best Books November Selection · Cybils Awards Finalist · An NBC AAPI Selection · Featured in Parents Magazine Book Nook October issue · A CBC Hot off the Press October Selection · WA State Book Awards Finalist · Texas Library Association Little Maverick Selection For fans of American Born Chinese and Roller Girl, Measuring Up is a don't-miss graphic novel debut from Lily LaMotte and Ann Xu! “A beautiful story about food, family, and finding your place in the world.” —Gene Luen Yang, author of American Born Chinese and Dragon Hoops “A delicious and heartwarming exploration of identity by a young immigrant trying to find her place in multiple cultures.” —Remy Lai, author of Pie in the Sky and Fly on the Wall Twelve-year-old Cici has just moved from Taiwan to Seattle, and the only thing she wants more than to fit in at her new school is to celebrate her grandmother, A-má’s, seventieth birthday together. Since she can’t go to A-má, Cici cooks up a plan to bring A-má to her by winning the grand prize in a kids’ cooking contest to pay for A-má’s plane ticket! There’s just one problem: Cici only knows how to cook Taiwanese food. And after her pickled cucumber debacle at lunch, she’s determined to channel her inner Julia Child. Can Cici find a winning recipe to reunite with A-má, a way to fit in with her new friends, and somehow find herself too?

Naughty
Naughty

Author: Rochelle Alers

Publisher: Harlequin

Published: 2014-12-30

Total Pages: 209

ISBN-13: 146034586X

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In this dramatic African American romance, a Hollywood party girl’s rollercoaster life may lead her to love or loss. Parties, paparazzi, red-carpet catfights and shocking sex tapes—wild child Breanna Parker is always in the spotlight, except where her celebrity parents are concerned. Beautiful and talented in her own right, Bree has used her antics to gain attention from her R & B–diva mother and record-producer father. But now, as her whirlwind marriage to a struggling actor implodes, Bree is ready to live life on her own terms, and the results will take everyone—including Bree—by surprise. Abandoning her party-girl ways, Bree moves to Rome—where she meets Reuben, a charismatic, compassionate artist. They become partners—in and out of bed—and launch a sexy lingerie line, Naughty, that becomes an international success. But when they return to the United States, Bree is confronted by a new and devastating scandal. And preserving everything she’s worked so hard for will be the biggest challenge she’s ever faced . . . Praise for Rochelle Alers “Rochelle Alers is the African-American Danielle Steel.” —Rolling Out

You Wish
You Wish

Author: Mandy Hubbard

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2010-08-05

Total Pages: 223

ISBN-13: 1101458887

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Kayla McHenry?s sweet sixteen sucks! Her dad left, her grades dropped, and her BFF is dating the boy Kayla?s secretly loved for years. Blowing out her candles, Kayla thinks: I wish my birthday wishes actually came true. Because they never freakin? do. Kayla wakes the next day to a life-sized, bright pink My Little Pony outside her window. Then a year?s supply of gumballs arrives. A boy named Ken with a disturbing resemblance to the doll of the same name stalks her. As the ghosts of Kayla?s wishes-past appear, they take her on a wild ride . . . but they MUST STOP. Because when she was fifteen? She wished Ben Mackenzie would kiss her. And Ben is her best friend?s boyfriend.