Sue DiCicco
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Follow three kids as they take an imaginative tour of Asian art through examples found in the Chong-Moon Lee Center for Asian Art and Culture at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco. As the kids wander from exhibit to exhibit, they picture themselves in another time and place as they explore textiles, ceramics, statues, armor, and more. Along the way, they learn a little bit about the cultures, beliefs, and daily life that resulted in these wonderful...
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Origami Peace Cranes is a multicultural children's story about the capacity for friendship in all of us and the power that small things have to make a big difference. When Emma moves to a new town, she's afraid she'll never make friends. She tries her hardest to make a good impression on her new classmates. Through an origami crane project, her classmates show her that they really want to get to know her. Later, when a new family moves into her neighborhood,...
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In this book, author Sue DiCicco and Sadako's older brother Masahiro tell her complete story in English for the first time--how Sadako's courage throughout her illness inspired family and friends, and how she became a symbol of all people, especially children, who suffer from the impact of war. Her life and her death carry a message: we must have a wholehearted desire for peace and be willing to work together to achieve it. Sadako Sasaki was two...
10) Uni bakes a cake
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Uni the Unicorn helps her friend to bake and frost a cake they hope will win a contest.
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It's a snowy morning, and Poky and his four brothers and sisters can't wait to get outside and play! They dig tunnels, slide down hills, and make snow angels. But where is that poky little puppy? He's chasing snowballs with the neighbor children! And that night when he's tucked in, he dreams happily about his wonderful winter day. Out of print for decades, this story is back to honor Poky's 75th birthday in 2017, which is also the 75th anniversary...
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"Aren't grandmas the best? The star of I Love Pink! and I Love My Tutu! has so much fun with her grandma! Together, they bike and play games, they read and have tea parties . . . and dance parties! And, guess what? Her grandma even had a grandma once! And they liked to do a lot of the same things together, too."--Amazon.com.
16) Big truck show!
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When Gil and his friends go to a big truck show, they learn about different trucks, including fire trucks, garbage trucks, and tow trucks.