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Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
690L
Language
English
Description
When her blind dog slips his collar, twelve-year old Lily meets Salma Santiago, a young Hispanic girl whose migrant family are in Maine for the blueberry-picking season, and, based partly on their mutual love of dogs, the two forge a friendship while painting bee boxes for Lily's grandfather--but as the Blueberry Queen pageant approaches Lily and Salma are confronted with some of the hard truths of prejudice and migrant life.
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 510L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Eliot's grandfather, El Capitán, has retired from the sea, and after listening to his grandfather's stories, Eliot is ready for an adventure--so they set out together to find one they can share.
3) The matatu
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
510L
Language
English
Formats
Description
A young boy takes a ride on the matatu bus with his grandfather for his fifth birthday, and along the way his grandfather tells him the story of why dogs chase the bus, goats run from it, and sheep pay no attention to it.
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Warm memories wash over a first-generation Latinx American girl as she experiences a typical Sunday night dinner at her Abuelita's house. As Alejandra thinks about all the good times her family has had there, she decides that she wants to be brave and try speaking Spanish with Abuelita so that they can deepen their bond"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"As young Awâsis searches for the ingredients to make Kohkum's world-famous bannock recipe, they run into a variety of other-than-human relatives that help them along in their journey. Includes a pronunciation guide and Kohkum's world-famous bannock recipe at the back of the book."--
7) La mariachi
Author
Series
Lexile measure
690L
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the 1970s mariachi was only for boys, but when Tuchi stumbles across her nana's guitarron she decides to audition for her school's mariachi ensemble.
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 590L
Language
English
Formats
Description
“What is the recipe?” I ask. Abuela laughs. “It is in my heart, Rosie. I use mis ojos, my eyes, to measure. Mis manos, my hands, to feel. Mi boca, my mouth, to taste. My abuela gave it to me, and I am giving it to you.” Each year on Christmas Eve, Rosie's abuela, mamá, tía, sister, and cousins all gather together in Abuela's kitchen to make tamales-cleaning corn husks, chopping onions and garlic, roasting chilis, kneading cornmeal dough,...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
720L
Language
English
Formats
Description
It is 1969 in Spanish Harlem, and fourteen-year-old Evelyn Serrano is trying hard to break free from her conservative Puerto Rican surroundings, but when her activist grandmother comes to stay and the neighborhood protests start, things get a lot more complicated--and dangerous.
Author
Series
Ming stories (Deirdre Sullivan) volume 2
Lexile measure
AD 410L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Ming and Poppy's journey takes them over sidewalk cracks and dancing shadows, past honking horns and crowded crosswalks. They greet old friends and make new ones, while sharing stories, secrets, and the sting of painful words"--
11) The train
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Lexile measure
590L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A fiction picture book about residential schools. Author Jodie Callaghan worked as a journalist at the time of the Canadian government's apology for the residential school system. She took inspiration for this book from her conversations with survivors--including her own grandmother's experience at Indian day school, and memories shared with her by a man she interviewed by the train tracks that transported children to residential school in Shubenacadie,...
12) Ojiichan's gift
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
800L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A young girl finds a way to give the gift of a traditional Japanese garden back to her beloved grandfather and accept a difficult change"--
13) Nikhil out loud
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
"From the acclaimed actor and Stonewall Honor-winning author of The Best at It, Maulik Pancholy, comes a new middle grade novel about a gay Indian American boy who learns the power of using his voice. Thirteen-year-old Nikhil Shah is the beloved voice actor for Raj Reddy on the hit animated series Raj Reddy in Outer Space. But being a star on TV doesn't mean you have everything figured out behind the scenes. . . . When his mom temporarily moves them...
Author
Lexile measure
AD 620L
Language
English
Formats
Description
In this story that is at once an education on pecan farming and a reminder of the importance of family histories and legacies, a young girl's grandfather plants a pecan tree when she is born and then teaches her how to care for it throughout all the seasons of the year. Includes pecan facts.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Two sisters have waited all spring and summer to pick berries with their ningiuq, their grandmother. They've gone fishing, dug for clams, and by the time late summer arrives, it's finally time for berries! Ninguiq and the girls head out to pick berries, rain or shine--nothing will stop Ningiuq! Through driving rain and early autumn snow the girls and Ningiuq pick as many sweet berries as their buckets can hold. The hard work is all worth it to enjoy...
Author
Series
Nguyen kids volume 01
Lexile measure
530L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A charming early chapter book series that explores Vietnamese culture and identity through the eyes of the Nguyen siblings, with elements of the supernatural, spirituality, and social justice woven in. Organized and introspective nine-year-old Anne Nguyen misses her Grandma Nội, a lot. But even though Grandma Nội passed away, it doesn't mean she's disappeared. When Anne and her younger siblings Jacob and Liz are given gifts passed on to them...
18) Grandpa's scroll
Author
Lexile measure
AD 580L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Lily and her grandpa are good pen pals, so when he dies and leaves behind a rice paper scroll he was painting for her, Lily finishes the scroll with help from her mother.
19) Buffalo wild!
Author
Lexile measure
AD 550L
Language
English
Formats
Description
An exuberant celebration of the Buffalo's return to the wild. Since Declan was born, his kokum has shared her love of Buffalo through stories and art. But Declan longs to see real Buffalo. Then one magical night, herds of the majestic creatures stampede down from the sky. That's when things really get wild! Azby Whitecalf's playful illustrations add to the joy and reverence in Deidre Havrelock's picture book debut. A reprinting of the Buffalo Treaty...
Author
Series
Nguyen kids volume 04
Lexile measure
630L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The Nguyen kids are going on vacation! It's their first time in Vietnam and staying in Grandma Nội's childhood home, so they should be excited. As soon as they enter the house, though, something doesn't feel right. Why is the door to the ancestors' room always closed? And why can't they connect with Grandma Nội using their gifts, the way they can at home?"--
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