Melissa Iwai
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"Gigi can't wait for her Ojiji--Japanese grandpa--to move in. Gigi plans lots of things to do with him, like playing tag, reading books, and teaching Roscoe, the family dog, new tricks. But her plans don't work out quite the way she'd hoped. And her grandpa doesn't seem to like Roscoe. Will Gigi find a way to connect with her Ojiji?"--
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Gigi and Ojiji volume 3
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HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2023
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English
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A Geisel Honor–winning series!
A Chicago Public Library Best of the Best!
Join Gigi as she tries natto, a traditional Japanese food, in this exciting and engaging Level Three I Can Read book by acclaimed author and illustrator Melissa Iwai. Intergenerational relationships, Japanese culture, and social and emotional learning are highlighted in this sweet biracial story,
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Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
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English
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Gigi loves the Japan Day Festival! When Ojiji volunteers at the origami booth, Gigi can't wait to make a paper crane like Ojiji's. But folding paper is harder than it looks, and Gigi is disheartened when she sees her paper crane next to Ojiji's. Will Gigi give up or will she try her best?
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Norton Young Readers, an imprint of W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
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Lili loves to cook little dumplings called baos with her grandmother, but when cabbage is needed, Lili races up and down the stairs of her grandmother's apartment building to find the ingredient and help the other grandmothers borrow ingredients for different dumplings, from Jamaican meat patties and Italian ravioli to Lebanese fatayer and more.
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HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2024
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English
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"A cheery, gentle lesson on the importance of "practice makes perfect." —School Library Journal (starred review)
A Geisel Honor–winning series!
Gigi loves the Japan Day Festival! When Ojiji volunteers at the origami booth, Gigi can't wait to make a paper crane like Ojiji's. But folding paper is harder than it looks, and Gigi is disheartened when she sees her paper crane next to Ojiji's.
...8) Soup day
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Henry Holt
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2010.
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English
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A mother and child spend a snowy day together buying and preparing vegetables, assembling ingredients, and playing while their big pot of soup bubbles on the stove. Includes a recipe for "Snowy Day Vegetable Soup."
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Christy Ottaviano Books-Little Brown and Hachette
Pub. Date
20250121
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English
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"A one-of-a-kind birthday party DIY-planning guide and cookbook for parents and kids, complete with 10 unique ways to thematically tie together party themes, activities, and creative cakes - fully illustrated with 4 color art as well as photographs"--
13) Snuggle Mountain
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Clarion Books
Pub. Date
[2003]
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English
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In the morning, Emma climbs Snuggle Mountain, trying to rouse the two-headed Sleeping Giant to make pancakes for breakfast.
14) Hope is a hop
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Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"When Eva's hopes for a cheerful flower garden are dashed by a rascally-and hungry! -rabbit, she sinks into despair. But it's from this new vantage point that she discovers something surprising and wonderful about her four-legged-nemesis that reminds Eva of her own growing family and inspires her to try again."--
Ages 3-7.
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2018]
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English
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"In this important and moving true story of reconciliation after war, beautifully illustrated in watercolor, a Japanese pilot bombs the continental U.S. during WWII--the only enemy ever to do so--and comes back 20 years later to apologize."--Provided by publisher.
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