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"Celebrated author Carole Boston Weatherford and illustrator Floyd Cooper provide a powerful look at the 1921 Tulsa race massacre, one of the worst incidents of racial violence in our nation's history"--
The 1921 Tulsa, Oklahoma, race massacre was one of the worst incidents of racial violence in our nation's history. On May 31 and June 1 an armed mob looted homes and businesses as Black families fled. The police did nothing to protect Greenwood,...
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A big happy frog, a plump purple cat, a handsome blue horse, and a soft yellow duck--all parade across the pages of this delightful book. Children will immediately respond to Eric Carle's flat, boldly colored collages. Combined with Bill Martin's singsong text, they create unforgettable images of these endearing animals.
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New Titles and Classics to Read with Your Kids
OBD Reading is Groovy - YOUTH
Explore the Classics - YOUTH
New Titles and Classics to Read with Your Kids
OBD Reading is Groovy - YOUTH
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"Willy Wonka's famous chocolate factory is opening at last! But only five lucky children will be allowed inside. And the winners are: Augustus Gloop, an enormously fat boy whose hobby is eating; Veruca Salt, a spoiled-rotten brat whose parents are wrapped around her little finger; Violet Beauregarde, a dim-witted gum-chewer with the fastest jaws around; Mike Teavee, a toy pistol-toting gangster-in-training who is obsessed with television; and Charlie...
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Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
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Reimagines the cycles of the moon as a mother bakes a Big Moon Cookie and, despite Mama's request to wait, Little Star begins nibbling at it every night.
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My weird school volume 20
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It's Valentine's Day! And Mr. Louie, the hippie crossing guard, put a love potion in the water fountain. Now teachers are flirting with each other! Girls are asking boys out on dates! Will A.J. have to kiss Andrea? Not if he can help it. Yuck!
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How to catch-- volume 7
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Thanksgiving time is here again, but there's a turkey on the run! Can you catch this tricky bird before the school play has begun?
9) Finally
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Willow Falls series volume 2
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After her twelfth birthday, Rory checks off a list of things she is finally allowed to do, but unexpected consequences interfere with her involvement in the movie being shot at her school, while a weird prediction starts to make sense.
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"The tale of Peter Rabbit, who disobeys his mother by going into Mr. McGregor's garden and almost gets caught."--
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"After Mary Lennox's parents pass away, she is sent to a large, isolated house in Yorkshire to live with an uncle she has never met. Ill-tempered, obstinate Mary dislikes her new home, but when she finds the key to a locked garden she realises there are fascinating secrets waiting to be uncovered at Misselthwaite Manor. With the help of new friends, Mary resolves to bring the neglected garden back to life - and her own transformation begins. This...
15) Leaves
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A curious bear observes how leaves change throughout the seasons.
16) Freight train
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High Contrast (Youth)
OBD 1000 Books Before Kindergarten - YOUTH
OBD Reading is Groovy - YOUTH
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Brief text and illustrations trace the journey of a colorful train as its goes through tunnels, by cities, and over trestles.
17) SumoKitty
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Monarch Award Nominees 2022
OBD Asian Pacific American Heritage Month (May) - Youth
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A hungry cat gets a job hunting mice at a sumo training center (heya), but once the mice are gone he continues to stuff himself until he is too fat to chase the mice that have returned--so he decides to train with the sumo wrestlers, and SumoKitty becomes a scourge of mice and an inspiration to the wrestlers.
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How to catch-- volume 5
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After being cast as the Ninja Master in his school's Halloween play, a boy decides it is time to catch the monster in his closet.
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A little rabbit who wants to run away tells his mother how he will escape, but she is always right behind him. This 75th anniversary edition includes the original picture book followed by a 32-page retrospective look with lively anecdotes, exclusive photographs, archival material, and an essay by noted children's book historian Leonard S. Marcus.
20) Thank you, Omu!
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Black Lives (kids)
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When the aroma of Omu's homemade stew fills the air, her neighbors arrive, one by one, for a taste until all is gone except for her generous spirit.
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