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This & That August 2020 Imagine Your Story
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The Patchwork Bike by Maxine Beneba Clarke A child living in a mud house in a village on the edge of a forbidding desert teams up with her brothers to build a creative bicycle from everyday items and embarks on an adventure filled with laughter and bumpy rides over sand hills.
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Be Kind by Pat Zietlow Miller When Tanisha spills grape juice all over her dress, her classmate wants to make her feel better and ponders the different ways in which they can be kind.
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Thank You, Omu! by Oge Mora When the aroma of Omu's homemade stew fills the air, her neighbors arrive, one by one, for a taste until all is gone except for her generous spirit.
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Niblet & Ralph by Zachariah OHora Two cats that look alike live in the same building and, when they sneak out to visit one another, worry their young owners by their changed behavior.
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Yasmin the Builder by Saadia Faruqi As their makerspace project the students in Yasmin's second grade class are building a city: there are houses, a school, a church, even a castle, but Yasmin is not sure what to build--until inspiration strikes.
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Mr. Monkey Visits a School by Jeff Mack Mr. Monkey is invited to visit a school to perform a trick he just learned, but nothing goes as planned.
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See Otto by David Milgrim Otto the robot lands on Earth, where he is chased by a rhinoceros and befriended by some monkeys.
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I Lost My Tooth! by Mo Willems Friends search for Zoom Squirrel's missing baby tooth. Includes "acorn-y jokes" and "cool facts."
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The Bad Guys by Aaron Blabey A group of animal companions who look bad but perform good deeds overcome their inborn natures to work together for the sake of rescuing hundreds of dogs from a maximum-security dog pound.
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Ada Lace, On the Case by Emily Calandrelli "Eight-year-old Ada, who has a knack for science, math, and solving mysteries, teams up with her best friend, Nina, to find a missing dog."
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Saving Winslow by Sharon Creech When his father brings home an ailing, newborn donkey, Louie names the animal Winslow and takes care of him, but everyone, including Louie's quirky friend Nora, thinks Winslow is not going to survive.
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Out Of Left Field by Ellen Klages In 1957, inspired by what she is learning about civil rights and armed with knowledge of female ball players, ten-year-old Katy Gordon fights to be allowed to play Little League baseball.
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Voyage of the Dogs by Greg Van Eekhout A specially trained dog crew that assists human astronauts on missions in space is stranded on a severely damaged ship and must figure out how to survive without human protection.
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The Language of Spells by Garret Weyr Grisha the dragon is born in the Black Forest in 1803, the last year any dragon was born, and while young he was trapped by the emperor's sorcerer, and turned into a teapot, which was frustrating but kept him alive while magic and other dragons were disappearing--until one day he meets Maggie, a poet's daughter, and the two of them set out to discover what happened to all the other dragons.
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The life of librarian and storyteller Pura Belpré by Anika Denise A lyrical picture book portrait of New York City's first Puerto Rican librarian describes how Pura Belpré moved to America in 1921 and became an influential writer and puppeteer who is celebrated for championing bilingual literature.
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A love letter to our planet by April Pulley Sayre A striking, visual love letter to the planet that introduces children to concepts in science, nature and other disciplines through vibrant, close-up images of subjects ranging from plants and animals to weather and natural-world landscapes.
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A book of science and wonder by Walter Wick Striking photography paired with simple but engaging explanations of the scientific properties of light, touching on subjects ranging from incandescence and iridescence to light waves and the spectrum.
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The Looking Glass Wars by Frank Beddor When she is cast out of Wonderland by her evil aunt Redd, young Alyss Heart finds herself living in Victorian Oxford as Alice Liddell and struggles to keep memories of her kingdom intact until she can return and claim her rightful throne.
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The Belles by Dhonielle Clayton Born one of the revered Belles in the opulent world of Orleans, where people are naturally born gray and seek the talented Belles to transform themselves with beauty, Camellia dreams of being declared the queen's favorite before her arrival at court exposes dark and dangerous realities within the palace walls.
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Talon by Julie Kagawa In a first installment of a series featuring near-extinct dragons who pass as humans to grow their numbers secretly, siblings Ember and Dante Hill prepare for destined positions in the world of Talon only to be hunted by a dragon-slaying soldier who questions everything he has been taught.
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A twisted tale by Elizabeth Lim When Captain Shang is mortally wounded by Shan Yu in battle, Mulan must travel to the Underworld, Diyu, in order to save him from certain death. But King Yama, the ruler of Diyu, is not willing to give Shang up easily.
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We Set the Dark On Fire by Tehlor Kay Mejia A society wife-in-training has an uncomfortable awakening about her strictly polarized society after being recruited into a band of rebel spies and falling for her biggest rival.
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The rise and fall of Simon Snow by Rainbow Rowell Simon Snow's final year at the Watford School of Magicks is overshadowed by a painful breakup, an overprotective mentor, a roommate's disappearance and a plethora of monsters.
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And other tales by Michael Cunningham Four modern fairy tales in which elements from traditional stories are interwoven with the experiences of people at times of profound revelation.
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The Queen Of Sorrow by Sarah Beth Durst Queen Daleina finds shattered the peace and prosperity she has fought hard to bring to her forest home when Naelin’s children are kidnapped by spirits.
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Wicked Charms by Janet Evanovich Lizzy's culinary efforts at Dazzles Bakery are put on hold once again when she embarks on a new mystery with Diesel involving the protection of the Seven Stones of Power.
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All Summer Long by Dorothea Benton Frank A Southern gentleman and his talented New York wife return to his home in the lush Carolina lowcountry, where they endure a summer of transitions while observing the impact of seasonal choices on the lives of neighbors and visitors.
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Tales of everyday horror by Daniel Mallory Ortberg A collection of darkly whimsical stories based on classic fairy tales updates familiar favorites with elements of psychological horror, emotional clarity and feminist mischief.
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