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Caldecott Medal winner Emily Arnold McCully delivers a charming picture book following the life of prolific composer and musician Franz Schubert through the eyes of the friends who helped him find success. Franz Schubert was only eleven when he auditioned for the Emperor’s Choir School in Vienna,...
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Design Your Dream Space! Set yourself up for success and turn any space into a creative paradise! Make 4 fantastic pen/pencil toppers (pens not included), including a furry fox friend, fuzzy paw, sloth, and pineapple, and extra fancy magic wand glitter pen. Store your pens in...
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Author(s)
Age Range
8+
Release Date
August 04, 2020
How did a working-class girl from Cuba become a symbol of artistic freedom for Cuban Americans and the "Queen of Salsa"? Find out in this addition to the Who HQ library! Although her family and friends know her as Úrsula Hilaria Celia de la Caridad Cruz Alfonso,...
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Author(s)
Age Range
8+
Release Date
June 04, 2019
Find out how Che Guevara--a doctor turned communist leader and much more than a face on a T-shirt--ended up paying the ultimate price for his cause. His very image has become associated with a spirit of rebellion, but Ernesto Guevara--known around the world simply as Che--didn't dream...
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Yallah! From January to December, join some busy kids as they partake in traditions old and new. There’s so much to do, whether it’s learning to write Arabic or looking at hijab fashion sites while planning costumes for a local comic convention. With details as vivid as the scent...
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Author(s)
Age Range
8+
Release Date
June 07, 2022
Sandor Katz’s love of fermented food started with kosher dill pickles he ate as a New York City kid. As an adult, he left the busy city and moved to a queer community in the mountains of Tennessee. There, his friends grew their own food, cooked and ate together,...
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Author(s)
Age Range
6+
Release Date
June 19, 2022
A hopeful and inspiring biography of the historic gay activist Harvey Milk, who gave people the courage to be proud of who they are. On a rainy day in January, on the steps of San Francisco's City Hall, Harvey Milk was sworn into office, the...
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Author(s)
Age Range
8+
Release Date
May 27, 2022
The inspiring biography of Ghanaian artist El Anatsui whose handmade sculptures, created from discarded bottle tops, have received international acclaim and been showcased around the world. If you touch something, you leave a charge on it and anybody else touching it connects with you, in...
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Author(s)
Age Range
4+
Release Date
June 22, 2022
A folksy, larger-than-life picture book biography about Ann Richards, the late governor of Texas who has inspired countless women in politics today. Dorothy Ann Willis hailed from a small Texas town, but early on she found her voice and the guts to use it. During...
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Author(s)
Age Range
4+
Release Date
April 20, 2022
Time spent in the outdoors stirs a child’s imagination. Nature sparks wonder, wonder leads to curiosity, and curiosity brings about a greater knowledge of the world and one’s self. In Outside, You Notice, a meditative thread of child-like observations (How after the rain / Everything smells greener) is paired...
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Help your child understand the creatures that share our world and how we can protect them with these big ideas expressed through bite-size chunks of information and eye-opening graphics. This fascinating companion to If the World Were 100 People is perfect for home and classroom settings! With...
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Author(s)
Age Range
4+
Release Date
August 16, 2022
The story of Kate Moore is not well known, but it should be told to inspire others. When Kate is five years old, her father is appointed lighthouse keeper on Fayerweather Island. As Kate grows up, she learns about everything lighthouse keepers have to do, including how to maintain...
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Author(s)
Genre(s)
Age Range
6+
Release Date
September 20, 2022
Discover the true story of how a shy miner’s daughter became one of the most legendary costume designers in Hollywood in this inspiring nonfiction picture book biography. As a child in the small mining town of Searchlight, Nevada, Edith Head had few friends and spent most of...
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Author(s)
Age Range
6+
Release Date
July 05, 2022
Before Kahlil Gibran became the world’s third-best-selling poet of all time, he was Gibran Khalil Gibran, an immigrant child from Lebanon with a secret hope to bring people together despite their many differences. Kahlil’s life highlights the turn of the twentieth century, from the religious conflicts that tore apart...
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In this multilayered Big, Little Concepts book for preschoolers, explore body parts along with animals and celebrate the differences and similarities of our wonderful bodies Bear has a belly: A soft, round belly. ...
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