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1) Twelve
Author
Series
Winnie years volume 2
Language
English
Description
Winnie relates the events of her twelfth year and the many changes in her relationships and in her attitude toward growing up.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Language
English
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Description
By turns charming, shocking and heart-breaking, this is the true story of Rosen's search for his relatives who "went missing" during the Second World War, told through prose, poetry, maps and pictures. The six great-aunts and great-uncles had been living in Poland or France at the beginning of that war. They were there before the war, his dad would say, and weren't after. Over many years, Rosen tried to find out exactly what happened: he interviewed...
Author
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
"In the early 2000s, thirteen-year-old Katie Van Heidrich has moved more times that she can count, for as long as she can remember. There were the slow moves where you see the whole thing coming. There were the fast ones where you grab what you can in seconds. When Katie and her family come back from an out-of-town funeral, they discover their landlord has unceremoniously evicted them, forcing them to pack lightly and move quickly. They make their...
Author
Publisher
Pelican Publishing Company
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
he true story of a young Holocaust survivor. At their new home in the Villa Air-Bel, Aube and her family are used to things being hidden. Among the secrets kept at the château are a radio, a cow, and-most secret of all-Aube herself. Even with the threat of Nazi capture looming over their heads, life at the villa has been colorful for the refugees awaiting their escape to safety. Joined by writers, musicians, artists, and great thinkers like Marc...
12) Familia
Author
Series
Publisher
Cuento de Luz
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
Español
Description
"Cada familiar es un mundo de colores, de aromas, de memorias, de emociones diferentes y sueños compartidos."--Page 4 of cover.
Author
Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"Everyone knows that the little kids table is the place to be for any holiday or family gathering. This silly, rhyming story follows a group of rambuctious cousins from table setting to dessert. A universal theme, The Little Kids Table will have kids--and parents!--howling with laughter"--Provided by the publisher.
15) Families
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
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Description
Celebrate diversity with a picture book for very young children about the many faces of contemporary families in this companion to Shades of People. Big or small, similar or different-looking, there are all kinds of families. Some have one parent, some have two, and many include extended family. This inclusive look at many varieties of families will help young readers see beyond their own immediate experiences and begin to understand others.
16) The blessing cup
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
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Description
A single china cup from a tea set left behind when Jews were forced to leave Russia helps hold a family together through generations of living in America, reminding them of the most important things in life.
17) Alice the brave
Author
Series
Alice McKinley. Main series volume 7
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
The summer before eighth grade, Alice tries to confront her fears, not the least of which is a fear of deep water.
Author
Series
Publisher
Crabtree Publishing Company
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"There are all kinds of families. Families can be big or small and they can change over time. Some families live together and others live apart. In every family there are people who love each other. Who's in your family?"--
Author
Publisher
Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Examines "the arrival of new members into a family and explores all the different ways a baby or child can become part of a family, [including] natural birth within a nuclear family, adoption, fostering, same-sex families, and many other aspects of bringing babies or children into a family"--Amazon.com.
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