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Featuring children's own words and heart-warming pictures, this board book, this is the perfect book for children to share with Grandpa! 'I love my grandpa because... ' Everyone's grandpa is the best. And who better to tell the world than children themselves? This charming book combines endearing things said by children about their grandpas with gentle illustrations of familiar animals. The text is amusing and insightful, with reasons why grandpas...
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Prince Rei, Regent of Suiran, has set out on the progress around the region to convince the lords to help him defend his country and people from the Lord of Tarc. Ore needs to learn how to become a clan head of Tarc before they reach the end of the progress and Mizi and Ilena are the newest royalty of Ryokudo, so they go with more than one goal in mind. When they reach Kouzanshi University, they learn more about Ilena's past and how she began on her...
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"Slow and steady," that's how you make a grandfather clock. Grandpa should know. He and Cayley have made nineteen clocks together. Now they are making Cayley's very own, a Lord Nelson. Then, one night, Cayley awakes to the sound of a siren. Grandpa is gone. Cayley is scared by what she sees when she is allowed to visit him in the hospital. But scared or not, she knows what Grandpa needs, and she tells him, "Slow and steady" as he heals. The Lord Nelson...
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Zoey loves poutine with its French fries, gravy, and squeaky squeaky cheese curds. It's her favourite dish to make with her father. And it's their annual tradition to make it for their shared July 1 birthday. Zoey is excited. Tomorrow is her fifth birthday! It's also a holiday in Canada. This year, family members--grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins--from across Canada are coming to celebrate Zoey's birthday. But as a surprise to Zoey, everyone is...
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From award-winning author-illustrator duo Karina N. González and Krystal Quiles comes Churro Stand, a heartwarming picture book celebrating love, community, and the POP, SIZZLE, and CRUNCH of a perfect churro-inspired by the author's relationship with her own mother.
Everybody loves churros!
On a hot summer's day, Lucía and her brother accompany their mother to sell delicious, sugary churros on the bustling streets of New York City. But...
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De la mano de un galardonado dúo de autora e ilustradora, llega un conmovedor libro ilustrado que celebra el amor, la comunidad y el CRUJIDO, ESTALLIDO, y CHISPORROTEO de un churro perfecto.
¡Todo el mundo ama los churros!
En un día caluroso de verano, Lucía y su hermano acompañan a su madre a vender churros deliciosos y azucarados en las bulliciosas calles de Nueva York. Pero cuando se acerca una tormenta y los clientes huyen, la madre...
8) L'héritier
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Halfdan, adolescent de treize ans, apprend d'une manière inattendue qu'il est l'héritier d'une lignée de « héros » remontant à cinq mille ans. En effet, son ancêtre, Arymir, avait naguère été choisi afin de repousser telle une Jeanne d'Arc les armées des Ténèbres des royaumes en paix. Or, pour Halfdan, rien ne se passera comme prévu, car il devra avant tout se vaincre lui-même.
Avec cette fantaisie classique et émouvante, John...
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From the author of bestselling debut Boy Underwater comes another moving, hilarious novel of friendship and family secrets, which shows that people are people, no matter where they're from. BOY UNDERWATER WAS SHORTLISTED FOR THE CARNEGIE AWARD, AND SELECTED AS WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE MONTH. Here's something you won't believe: someone is doing TERRIBLE things to Mrs Martin, Cymbeline Igloo's favourite teacher of all time. Cymbeline has to find the...
10) Spotting Dottie
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"In this high-interest accessible novel for middle-grade readers, fourteen-year-old Charlotte wants to use her new drone to prove that Dottie, the elusive lake monster of Lake Dorothy, really exists"--
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