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Celebrate PRIDE Month! (Children's Edition)
Children's Books on Gender
Children's Books on Queer Love and Family
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While riding the subway home from the pool with his abuela one day, Julián notices three women spectacularly dressed up. Their hair billows in brilliant hues, their dresses end in fishtails, and their joy fills the train car. When Julián gets home, daydreaming of the magic he's seen, all he can think about is dressing up just like the ladies in his own fabulous mermaid costume: a butter-yellow curtain for his tail, the fronds of a potted fern for...
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Lee & Low Books Inc
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[2018]
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English
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A brief rain shower does not dampen a Latino family's enjoyment of their town's parade and summer celebration, which includes street food, bands, a corn princess, and fireworks. Spanish words, interspersed in the rhyming text, are defined in a glossary.
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Publisher Annotation: Wedgie LOVES the new micro-pig next door. And she LOVES him! They both like to go for walks and roll in smelly things. They are going to be in the school pet parade together. They are best friends. But Gizmo knows the truth. The pig is Wedgie?s new sidekick. Super Wedgie and the Toof have teamed up to stop Gizmo from taking over the world. But they will not win! Gizmo is an evil genius. He is smarter than most comic book villains....
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Michael Bennett mysteries volume 5
Pub. Date
2012
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English
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Detective Michael Bennett takes his family to upstate New York in an effort to escape a lawless crime wave erupting in Manhattan, only to find himself immersed in another nightmare, one that endangers his relationship with his wife.
10) Wedgie & Gizmo
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While his human Elliot adjusts to his new home and stepfamily, Gizmo, an evil genius guinea pig, searches for a new evil lair where he can plot to take over the world, but Gizmo is constantly thwarted by Elliot's little stepsister Jasmine (who likes to play dress-up), Abuela (who may or may not like to eat cavies), and Wedgie (a Corgi superhero and Gizmo's nemesis).
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2023 Stoker Awards Final Ballot
2023 Youth Media Awards
Pura Belpré Award Winners 2013-2023 / Los ganadores del premio Pura Belpré: 2013-2023
2023 Youth Media Awards
Pura Belpré Award Winners 2013-2023 / Los ganadores del premio Pura Belpré: 2013-2023
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When an urban legend rumored to trap people inside subway tunnels seems to be behind mysterious disappearances in the Bronx, sixteen-year-old Raquel and her friends team up to save their city--and confront a dark episode in its history in the process.
12) Mountain dog
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2013.
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When his mother is sent to jail in Los Angeles, eleven-year-old Tony goes to live with his forest ranger great-uncle in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, where Tony experiences unconditional love for the first time through his friendship with a rescue dog.
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Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2015.
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English
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Elizabeth Davis and Emily Daniels seem to have little in common except Ms. Diaz's English class and the solace they find in the words of Emily Dickinson, but both are struggling with to cope with monumental secrets and tumultuous emotions that will lead one to attempt suicide.
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Publisher Annotation: In this magical middle-grade debut novel from Adrianna Cuevas, The Total Eclipse of Nestor Lopez, a Cuban American boy must use his secret ability to communicate with animals to save the inhabitants of his town when they are threatened by a tule vieja, a witch that transforms into animals.
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Love sugar magic volume 1
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[2018]
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English
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Publisher Annotation: Think Ramona with a heaping serving of Mexican American culture and a pinch of magic and you'll have Love Sugar Magic: A Dash of Trouble, the first book in a heartfelt and funny young middle grade series about a family of bakers...who also happen to be brujas!
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Español
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Libros para celebrar el Mes de la Herencia Latina: Infantil
Latinx/a/o Heritage Month 2022
Libros en español para niños y niñas de 0-12 años / Books in Spanish for Children 0-12
Latinx/a/o Heritage Month 2022
Libros en español para niños y niñas de 0-12 años / Books in Spanish for Children 0-12
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Evelyn Del Rey es la mejor amiga de Daniela. Hacen todo juntas e incluso viven una al frente de la otra en la misma calle en apartamentos que son casi iguales: Daniela con su mami y su h?mster, y Evelyn con su mami, su papi y su gato. Pero no despu?s de hoy-no despu?s de que Evelyn se mud? de su casa. Mientras tanto, las ni?as juegan entre las cajas de mudanza hasta la hora de despedirse, y se prometen mantenerse en contacto, pues saben que su amistad...
19) Pedro on the go
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Capstone Press, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
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Pedro loves going out and having fun with his friends and family. From a wild hike with his dad to an imaginary adventure to Mars with his classmates, Pedro always has an awesome time when he's on the go!
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Following her mother's tragic death, seventeen-year-old Sarah takes on the role of caretaker to her grieving father and younger brother, which leaves little time and emotional energy for a relationship, but when a school project helps her rediscover her love of art, her perspective shifts.
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