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Hardback. Condizione: Good. Delphine Denise likes things BIG. And what's bigger than a Mardi Gras prize? "Kids will connect with Delphine's holiday excitement, even when it causes trouble, and learn from the mistakes she makes."--Booklist Every year, Delphine Denise Debreaux and her friends ride their bikes together in the New Orleans Mardi Gras parade. But this year, there's a shiny prize for best float--and Delphine Denise just has to win it. How can her friends remind Delphine Denise what the parade is really all about? This joyful picture book, inspired by the author's own experience celebrating Mardi Gras in New Orleans as a child, explores the sights, sounds, smells, and tastes of the holiday. Full of vibrant and festive illustrations, this story reminds readers that winning isn't everything, and the best way to let the good times roll is in the company of friends. Cloud, Sawyer (illustratore).…

Hardback. Condizione: Good. Is Abby too far ahead to see that she's left her friends behind? It's time for the first ever OASIS Space Race, a virtual reality obstacle course designed to make space's required exercise fun. Abby and her classmate Dmitry both want to win for their age group, so much so that they don't pay attention to the rules and accidentally get stuck in the simulation, glitching their friend Gracie's designs. If they want to find a way out, they're going to have to work together. Takashi, Fuuji (illustratore).…

Paperback. Condizione: Good.

Hardback. Condizione: Very Good. No matter what type of home it is, where it is, or when people lived in it, people have always wanted to feel safe, secure, and sheltered. Homes have always met people's basic needs but our changing lifestyles have influenced the kinds of homes we have. Kang, Poppy (illustratore).…

Condizione: good. Fast Free Shipping â" Good condition. It may show normal signs of use, such as light writing, highlighting, or library markings, but all pages are intact and the book is fully readable. A solid, complete copy that's ready to enjoy.

Hardback. Condizione: Good. STARRED REVIEW! "This sweet, fun read-aloud drums up nostalgia for all the rhythms, noises, and dreams of the city. --School Library Journal starred review Based on the story of an internationally renowned violin prodigy of color. One bright city morning, Penelope and her mom make their way to the farmer's market. On street corners and train platforms, musicians and performers enchant Penelope, speaking to her through their floating, booming notes. The noise of the city keeps the pair moving--until Penelope hears a sound so magical she knows she has to play the instrument that makes it. Duchess, Olivia (illustratore).…

Hardback. Condizione: Fair. A Junior Library Guild Selection February 2022 The true story of the people who helped make every public school a more inclusive place. There was a time in the United States when millions of children with disabilities weren't allowed to go to public school. But in 1971, seven kids and their families wanted to do something about it. They knew that every child had a right to an equal education, so they went to court to fight for that right. The case Mills v. Board of Education of the District of Columbia led to laws ensuring children with disabilities would receive a free, appropriate public education. Told in the voice of Janine Leffler, one of the millions of kids who went to school because of these laws, this book shares the true story of this landmark case. Cocca-Leffler, Maryann (illustratore). …

Paperback. Condizione: Good. Lola and her friends want to play soccer. The boys don't want them to. The girls are not only good players, they're also strategic, and end up scoring for the team. Teba Godoy, Alicia (illustratore).

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Lola and her friends want to play soccer. The boys don't want them to. The girls are not only good players, they're also strategic, and end up scoring for the team. Teba Godoy, Alicia (illustratore).

Paperback. Condizione: Good. Get front-row seats to the greatest show on Earth: the night sky! Find out what to look for, when to watch, scientific explanations, and tips for getting the most out of 2023's night skies in The 2023 Family Astronomical Almanac. Gorgeous photos and diagrams accompany each entry along with hints about lunar brightness (which can diminish visibility) and best nighttime viewing periods. Covering everything from meteor showers to eclipses, lunar cycles to seasonal milestones, and a ton more, this handy guide will make sure your family never miss another celestial event again! Entries for 2023 include: Quadrantids Meteor Shower Penumbral Lunar Eclipse Supermoon Annular Solar Eclipse Blue Moon Perihelion Planetary Conjunctions Urase Minorids Meteor Shower March Equinox Lyrids Meteor Shower Aphelion Piscis Austrinids Meteor Shower Draconids Meteor Shower Orionids Meteor Shower Geminids Meteor Shower Northern Taurids Meteor Shower Ursids Meteor Shower Perseids Meteor Shower Camelopardalids Meteor Shower and many, many more.…

Paperback. Condizione: Good. Kiely knows she is famous The paparazzi (her parents) follow her every move, documenting with cameras. It's exhausting being famous, but someone has to do it She even gets to perform a big song at her grandfather's birthday. When she messes it up, she's worried she's lost her audience forever, but it turns out that no one is as loyal as her fans who love her. Lew-Vriethoff, Joanne (illustratore).…

Paperback. Condizione: Fair. Kiely knows she is famous The paparazzi (her parents) follow her every move, documenting with cameras. It's exhausting being famous, but someone has to do it She even gets to perform a big song at her grandfather's birthday. When she messes it up, she's worried she's lost her audience forever, but it turns out that no one is as loyal as her fans who love her. Lew-Vriethoff, Joanne (illustratore).…

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Kiely knows she is famous The paparazzi (her parents) follow her every move, documenting with cameras. It's exhausting being famous, but someone has to do it She even gets to perform a big song at her grandfather's birthday. When she messes it up, she's worried she's lost her audience forever, but it turns out that no one is as loyal as her fans who love her. Lew-Vriethoff, Joanne (illustratore).…

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. The school science fair is coming up and Blake chooses a science project that challenges him. Like most STEM Activities (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics), Blake discovers the dangers of shortcuts and the benefits of starting at the beginning and reading the instructions. This book encourages positive leadership qualities such as determination, perseverance, consideration, hard work, and more. This book showcases diversity in positive ways with characters that span various cultures, ethnicities, family situations, physical challenges and more. Readers of all backgrounds will see themselves in these pages while learning to value the diversity within their own community and being exposed to differences from around the world. Social and emotional learning picture books guide elementary readers to control emotions and learn social skills. This education resource features the MVP Kids; includes Discussion Guides for parents and educators. Part of a helpful character-building program. About the Help Me Understand series The Help Me Understand series provides elementary children with tools to identify, understand, and responsibly manage difficult emotions. Each book follows the life of one of our sixteen diverse MVP Kids and contains a discussion guide with further insight and reflection questions related to the book's content. Themes include children overcoming and managing anger, anxiety, insecurity, boredom, arrogance, and more. Through difficult challenges, the MVP Kids learn to make the right choices in the midst of big feelings. About MVP Kids Families with a diverse range of cultural and ethnic backgrounds drive the inspiration for child education and social emotional learning. MVP Kids enables real-world kids to address the challenges in their lives through story-based character lessons where the kids interact at school, in social situations, and in their communities. MVP Kids board books enrich preschool readers while hardcovers and paperbacks focus on school-aged children. Each MVP Kids book includes extensive coaching information for parents and educators that promotes character education, wise decision-making skills, and social and emotional learning. Strouse, Stephanie (illustratore).…

Paperback. Condizione: Good. A sensitive and imaginative story about coping with conflict at home. Whenever the yelling in his house starts, Quinn runs to a special hiding place. There he becomes captain of the Quiet Ship, where he can get far, far away from the yelling that hurts his ears and makes him feel scared. But one day the Quiet Ship is broken and Quinn needs a new plan, one that requires him to be brave. A thoughtful treatment of a difficult topic, this story is for any child who faces fighting in the home. Sánchez, Sonia (illustratore).…

Hardback. Condizione: Good. The moon does so much more than shine at night. Have you ever wondered how the moon was formed or why it changes shape in the sky? The moon's story began 4.5 billion years ago, but it continues to affect everything we do today, from weather to timekeeping. Award-winning science author Robert E. Wells explains how and why the moon matters in our lives--and for the future of space exploration. Corrigan, Patrick (illustratore).…

Paperback. Condizione: Good. A collection of photographs that highlight historic Druid Hills in Atlanta, Georgia and the history behind the influential suburb.Three remarkable people were responsible for the beginnings of Atlanta's historic Druid Hills. The first was entrepreneur Joel Hurt, who having already experienced success with his rail-served development of Inman Park set his sights on a second community. With remarkable vision, Hurt hired renowned landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted Sr. to plan his new subdivision. Druid Hills would be Olmsted's last design and also his only one in the Deep South. Hurt eventually sold the land for his subdivision to a group of wealthy and influential businessmen, headed by Coca-Cola owner Asa Griggs Candler. The men retained Olmsted as landscape architect and planner. The story of historic Druid Hills weaves the genius of America's father of landscape architecture with the acumen of the owners of the Druid Hills Corporation. With its central linear park, curvilinear streets, and an abundance of trees, Druid Hills succeeded in becoming an ideal suburb that eventually became home to the civic and business lions of Atlanta.…

Hardback. Condizione: Good. When it comes to the environment, a community must work together. Cora is excited to enter the local sandcastle-building contest--until the contest is canceled due to litter at the beach. Determined to help save their favorite place, Cora and Mama get to work picking up the single-use plastics that have washed onto the shore. It will take more than four hands to clean up the beach, but Cora is just getting started. Rewse, Katie (illustratore).…

Hardback. Condizione: Fair. When it comes to the environment, a community must work together. Cora is excited to enter the local sandcastle-building contest--until the contest is canceled due to litter at the beach. Determined to help save their favorite place, Cora and Mama get to work picking up the single-use plastics that have washed onto the shore. It will take more than four hands to clean up the beach, but Cora is just getting started. Rewse, Katie (illustratore).…

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Life is built one conversation at a time. Learn which conversations matter, how to transform those conversations, and balance them all while leading change. Human beings are conversational animals. Every day we're in constant communication with ourselves, other people and the world around us, and while not all conversations may seem important, they all have the potential to transform our personal, professional and cultural lives for the better. This book explains how conversations work and offers practical advice on how to improve the quality of our exchanges. Take a moment and collect all of the crucial conversations in your work and life. Think of the big conversations you're building and the small ones. Gather up those happening inside and outside of your organization.and inside and outside of yourself. How many conversations are there? What are you focusing on? What's working? What needs to shift? To lead change, make an impact, and communicate well with others, Daniel Stillman, a thought leader, consultant, podcaster, and speaker in design thinking, presents a framework to keep all of the important conversations on track and provides tools to reframe what's missing and confusing.…

Paperback. Condizione: Good. Life is built one conversation at a time. Learn which conversations matter, how to transform those conversations, and balance them all while leading change. Human beings are conversational animals. Every day we're in constant communication with ourselves, other people and the world around us, and while not all conversations may seem important, they all have the potential to transform our personal, professional and cultural lives for the better. This book explains how conversations work and offers practical advice on how to improve the quality of our exchanges. Take a moment and collect all of the crucial conversations in your work and life. Think of the big conversations you're building and the small ones. Gather up those happening inside and outside of your organization.and inside and outside of yourself. How many conversations are there? What are you focusing on? What's working? What needs to shift? To lead change, make an impact, and communicate well with others, Daniel Stillman, a thought leader, consultant, podcaster, and speaker in design thinking, presents a framework to keep all of the important conversations on track and provides tools to reframe what's missing and confusing.…

Paperback. Condizione: Good. Approximately 110,000 soldiers of the Union and Confederate armies fought along the banks of Antietam Creek in the bloodiest single-day battle in American history.In 12 hours of fighting, approximately 23,000 men fell, either killed, wounded, or missing, forever scarring the landscape around the town of Sharpsburg. Established as the Antietam Battlefield Site in 1890, Antietam National Battlefield became a National Park Service landmark in 1933. The park grew from 33 acres in the 1890s to encompassing over 3,000 acres today. Some of the Civil War's most recognizable landmarks now sit within its boundaries, including Dunker Church, Bloody Lane, and Burnside Bridge. The events that occurred across the fields and woodlots around Sharpsburg and along Antietam Creek bring hundreds of thousands of visitors to Antietam National Battlefield every year.…

Hardback. Condizione: Good. 2021 Freeman Book Awards Honorable Mention - Children's Literature The Best Children's Books of the Year 2022, Bank Street College STARRED REVIEW! "Hadley has created a remarkable debut that flows elegantly, interweaving the two tales in a way that is readable and fun.An exquisite choice for all collections."--School Library Journal starred review A multigenerational retelling of a Japanese legend. Tanabata Matsuri, the Star Festival, celebrates a popular folktale: The Emperor of the Heavens separates his daughter, Orihime, from her love, Hikoboshi, all year--but on this day the two stars finally reunite on a bridge across the Milky Way. For Keiko, her mama, and her grandmother, Tanabata is about making tanzaku wishes, taking in the colorful decorations, and eating delicious food like nagashi somen and shaved ice. But when Obasaan gets lost in the crowd, Keiko and Mama must make their own bridge to find her again--and see if their tanzaku comes true. Fujisawa, Mizuho (illustratore).…

Hardback. Condizione: Good. A young girl learns about her family history as she creates her own personalized Hanukkah menorah. In Ava's family, it's a Hanukkah tradition for each person to bring their own personalized menorah to a special gathering on the eighth night. Now that Ava is old enough to join in the fun, she needs to figure out what kind of menorah will best represent her. Will she be able to find the inspiration she needs from listening to her relatives' stories. Seal, Julia (illustratore).…

Hardback. Condizione: Good. Kirkus Best Informational Picture Books of 2021 STARRED REVIEW! "Moore's succinct and musical prose pairs well with Ollivierre's dynamic, movement-focused illustrations to outline a rich history of the sport's growth in popularity due to the unique circumstances of the early 20th century."--Kirkus Reviews starred review A look at how Black players came to shine on the basketball court. Today, the NBA is around 74% Black but, when basketball first started to catch on, it wasn't easy for Black people to play. They couldn't enter segregated YMCAs or attend privileged colleges. So Black Americans made their own spaces, playing in dance halls before the dancing started, and eventually forming teams called the Black Fives. More than Just a Game celebrates the history of basketball from a Black perspective, revealing how it changed Black communities and how they made the sport into what it is today. Ollivierre, Lonnie (illustratore).…

Paperback. Condizione: Fair. 2020 Foreword Indies Finalist - Juvenile Lola's grandfather does the best pigtails ever. But her principal isn't so sure. Lola has a mind of her own and a love for books. With the help of Grandpa Ed and the support of her mother and friends, she learns how to use her determination to right a wrong at school. Teba Godoy, Alicia (illustratore).…

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. 2020 Foreword Indies Finalist - Juvenile Lola's grandfather does the best pigtails ever. But her principal isn't so sure. Lola has a mind of her own and a love for books. With the help of Grandpa Ed and the support of her mother and friends, she learns how to use her determination to right a wrong at school. Teba Godoy, Alicia (illustratore).…

Hardback. Condizione: Good. Delphine Denise likes things BIG. And what's bigger than a Mardi Gras prize? "Kids will connect with Delphine's holiday excitement, even when it causes trouble, and learn from the mistakes she makes."--Booklist Every year, Delphine Denise Debreaux and her friends ride their bikes together in the New Orleans Mardi Gras parade. But this year, there's a shiny prize for best float--and Delphine Denise just has to win it. How can her friends remind Delphine Denise what the parade is really all about? This joyful picture book, inspired by the author's own experience celebrating Mardi Gras in New Orleans as a child, explores the sights, sounds, smells, and tastes of the holiday. Full of vibrant and festive illustrations, this story reminds readers that winning isn't everything, and the best way to let the good times roll is in the company of friends. Cloud, Sawyer (illustratore).…

Hardback. Condizione: Good. Is Abby too far ahead to see that she's left her friends behind? It's time for the first ever OASIS Space Race, a virtual reality obstacle course designed to make space's required exercise fun. Abby and her classmate Dmitry both want to win for their age group, so much so that they don't pay attention to the rules and accidentally get stuck in the simulation, glitching their friend Gracie's designs. If they want to find a way out, they're going to have to work together. Takashi, Fuuji (illustratore).…

Hardback. Condizione: Very Good. An empowering alphabet book to inspire kids to become their best selves. In a world where you can be anything, be . . . Accepting: A rising leaf doesn't cause others to fall. Be the wind that helps everyone soar to new heights. Big-hearted: A big heart embraces life and all of its beauty and marvels. Courageous: Courage is a whisper from inside that says, "You can do this." Fighting for what is right will never be wrong. Readers will discover traits like humble, just, mindful, persistent, and twenty-two other character-building words with thought-provoking advice designed to empower and encourage. And don't forget to check out X: Xenodochial (zeena-doh-key-ul): Be friendly, for all the world is your neighbor. Each page includes an adorable illustration of kids with famous heroes who have exemplified each of these traits: kind like Mother Teresa, generous like Clara Barton, encouraging like Anne Frank, respectful like the Dalai Lama, and more. Sonke, Sandie (illustratore).…