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Sun Ho first watches the artistic fruit and vegetable man, Ruby Rubenstein, at work; then he begins helping in the store--even offering something new: bean sprouts.

Joy Street Books, Boston : ©1993.

Sun Ho first watches the artistic fruit and vegetable man, Ruby Rubenstein, at work; then he begins helping in the store--even offering something new: bean sprouts.

Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York : ©2007.

Every day, Angelina dreams of her home in Jamaica and imagines she is there, until her mother finds a wonderful way to convince her that New York is now their home.

This simple biography of Beatrix Potter, best known for writing The tale of Peter Rabbit, includes excerpts from her published letters and journals and reveals why she drew and wrote about animals.

Beach Lane Books, New York : ©2010.

"After amassing piles of books, Luis, a voracious reader, dreams up a way to share his collection with 'faraway villages.' He starts with two burros--one for himself, one for books--and heads off. Tough terrain and menacing bandits challenge him along the way, but at last he reaches a remote town, where he holds a story hour and loans titles to eager kids before returning home to his wife and reading late into the night."--Amazon.com.

National Geographic School Publishing : Johnson City, TN : ©2013.

After amassing piles of books, Luis, a voracious reader, dreams up a way to share his collection with 'faraway villages.' --Amazon.com.

Harcourt, Orlando : ©2004.

Every year Don Pedro and his family make paper-mache skeletons, or calavera, for Mexico's Day of the Dead holiday, and every letter of the alphabet gets its own unique bones.

Knopf, New York : ©1986.

Presents the Mother Goose rhyme inviting girls and boys to leave supper and sleep and come out to play in the street by the light of the moon. Illustrations show modern-day children.

Dutton Children's Books, New York : ©1993.

A visit to Grandmama provides lyrical moments of peace and pleasure, picking huckleberries or catching tadpoles in the goldfish pond.

The story of the great American painter of the Wild West, Charlie Russell.

Paw Prints, [United States?] : [2009?]

Describes a Mexican family preparing for and celebrating the Day of the Dead.

Harcourt Brace, San Diego : ©1997.

Describes a Mexican family preparing for and celebrating the Day of the Dead.

Discusses the childhood of Diego Rivera and how it influenced his art.

Frances Foster Books, New York : 2004.

In South Africa, a Basotho girl paints designs on her house as a prayer to the ancestors for rain.

A brief description of the life of Emily Dickinson and a selection of her poems.

Knopf, New York : ©1988.

By following the directions in a song, "The Drinking Gourd," taught them by an old sailor named Peg Leg Joe, runaway slaves journey north along the Underground Railroad to freedom in Canada.

Developmental Studies Center, Oakland, CA : ©1996.

Pantheon Books, New York : ©1980.

A monster who is afraid of little people discovers they are even more afraid of him.

CNIB, Toronto : 2014.

In a small weaving town in France, a young boy named Henri-Emile Matisse drew pictures everywhere, and when he grew up, he moved to Paris and became a famous artist who created paintings that were adored around the world. But late in life, a serious illness confined him to a wheelchair, and amazingly, it was from there that he created some of his most beloved worksenormous and breathtaking paper cutouts. Grades K-3. 2013.

"When Henri Matisse was a boy, he drew pictures everywhere. And when he grew up, he became a famous artist whose paintings were beloved around the world. Then late in life, a serious illness confined Henri to just his bed and a wheelchair. But amazingly, from there he created some of his finest works, the enormous and breathtaking paper cut-outs."--Jacket flap.

Harcourt Brace & Company, San Diego, CA : ©1999.

Simple illustrations are used to present the familiar nursery rhyme about the antics of the cow, moon, dog, cat, etc.

Harper & Row, New York, N.Y. : ©1982.

Hinny Winny Bunco, a farmer overworked by his crabby brother, is miserable until he is given a fiddle by a strange old man and discovers his musical talent.

Pantheon Books, New York : ©1984.

In an old lullaby a baby is promised an assortment of presents from its adoring parent.

Harcourt Brace, San Diego : 1996.

A counting book inspired by Mexican folk artist Josefina Aguilar who makes painted clay figures.

Schwartz & Wade Books, New York : ©2012.

Thousands and thousands of years ago, a young boy gets his first hunting bow and learns to shoot, but he prefers to use the bow to make music.

Knopf, New York : 1992.

A Swedish family faces many hardships when they immigrate to America in search of a better life.

HOUGHTON MIFFLIN HARCOURT, [S.l.] : 2019.

"A lushly illustrated picture-book biography of two young Pakistani heroes, Malala Yousafzai and Iqbal Masih, from acclaimed nonfiction author/illustrator Jeanette Winter"--

Harcourt, Orlando : 2006.

A true story about a baby hippo who loses his mother during a tsunami, but finds a new home and a new mother.

Pantheon Books, New York : ©1978.

The further adventures of three friends who go on a picnic, learn about honesty, and discover a remedy for insomnia.

Joseph Cornell loved to draw and paint and collect things. With these drawings and paintings and collected treasures, he made marvelous shadowboxes--wonderlands covered in glass. And who did he most like to share them with? Children, of course.

Frances Foster Books, New York : 2001.

As she waits for her baby to be born, a young African woman describes some of the sights and sounds of her Mali homeland as she creates a beautiful bogolan cloth for her child.

Silver Whistle/Harcourt Brace, San Diego : ©1998.

Presents, in brief text and illustrations, the life of the painter who drew much of her inspiration from nature.

Voyager Books, Harcourt, Inc., San Diego : 2003.

Presents, in brief text and illustrations, the life of the painter who drew much of her inspiration from nature.

At the top of the world, a polar bear hunts, swims, courts, raises cubs, and worries as they go off on their own.

Beach Lane Books, New York : ©2009.

Based on a true story. After her parents are taken away by the Taliban, young Nasreen stops speaking. But as she spends time in a secret school, she slowly breaks out of her shell.

Zaner-Bloser, Columbus, O.H. : [2013]

Based on a true story. After her parents are taken away by the Taliban, young Nasreen stops speaking. But as she spends time in a secret school, she slowly breaks out of her shell.

Dial Books for Young Readers, New York : 2003.

Told that he is too young to wear a mask at the Fiesta, Niño make his own mask and surprises his family and the whole village. Includes a glossary of Spanish words and an author's note.

Hyperion Books for Children, New York : 2000.

A simple biography of the great jazz musician, Benny Goodman, and how his extraordinary musical ability was originally encouraged by his immigrant father.

Harcourt Brace & Company, San Diego, CA : ©1999.

Simple illustrations are used to present the familiar nursery rhyme.

Harcourt Brace, San Diego : ©1999.

Describes how Johann Sebastian Bach survived the sorrows of his childhood and composed the music the world has come to love.

Farrar Straus Giroux, New York : 2004.

On September 11, 2001, two sisters from South Africa find a good use for the roses they have grown when the flower show in New York City is canceled due to the attack on the World Trade Center.

Having come to live among the Shakers at the age of six, Caleb spends the rest of his life learning their songs and their ways.

Philomel, New York : ©1993.

A canoe ride at nightfall provides a mother and child glimpses of ducks, fireflies, bats, and other wonders of nature.

Philomel Books, New York : 1995.

Everything is different the morning after a deep new snowfall.

A farmer's wife becomes the foster mother of a troll's child and her humanistic treatment of the changeling eventually secures the return of her own son.

Putnam & Grosset Group, New York : 1998, ©1994.

Each winter Captain Herman fills his fishing schooner with Christmas trees, sails down Lake Michigan, and delivers trees to the residents of Chicago.

Pantheon Books, New York : ©1984.

A retelling of a traditional Siberian tale in which a lonely moon unsuccessfully tries to carry a young girl off into the sky and then must offer many timeless gifts to win her forgiveness.

Puffin Books, New York : 2003.

Simple rebus illustrations are used to present the familiar cumulative nursery rhyme about the antics that go on in the house built by an unsuspecting Jack.

Simple rebus illustrations are used to present the familiar cumulative nursery rhyme about the antics that go on in the house built by an unsuspecting Jack.

Harcourt, San Diego, CA : ©2000.

The itsy-bitsy spider encounters a fan, a mouse, a cat, and a rocking chair as she makes her way to the top of a tree to spin her web.

Harcourt, Inc., Orlando, Fla. : ©2005.

Alia Muhammad Baker is a librarian in Basra, Iraq. For fourteen years, the library where she works has been a meeting place for those who love books. Until now. Now war has come, and Alia fears that the library--along with the thirty thousand books within it--will be destroyed forever. In a war-stricken country where civilians--especially women--have little power, this true story about a librarian's struggle to save her community's priceless collection of books reminds us all how, throughout the world, the love of literature and the respect for knowledge know no boundaries.

Knopf, New York : 1987.

Lost in the forest after the family she works for is killed by robbers, a poor servant girl is befriended by a white dove who provides food, clothing, and shelter but then asks for a favor in return.

A.A. Levine, New York, NY : 2007.

An introduction to the life of Hildegard of Bingen, who lived in a time when women were expected only to obey--not to have visions or speak about them. Yet she did speak, and through her courage became one of the greatest mystics and composers of the medieval age.

Harcourt, Orlando : ©2007.

The true story of two red-tailed hawks who nested on a tall apartment building on Fifth Avenue in New York City in 1993 and thereby attracted widespread attention from the public.

Harcourt, Orlando : ©2007.

The true story of two red-tailed hawks who nested on a tall apartment building on Fifth Avenue in New York City in 1993 and thereby attracted widespread attention from the public.

Harcourt Brace, San Diego : ©1998.

When all five Romero children get sick, a magical cat appears in the night and cures them of their fevers.

Schwartz & Wade Books, New York : ©2011.

This book traces out the life and career of Jane Goodall as a watcher of English fauna to her adult work as scholar of animal behavior in Africa.

Schwartz & Wade Books, New York : ©2011.

This book traces out the life and career of Jane Goodall as a watcher of English fauna to her adult work as scholar of animal behavior in Africa.

Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, San Diego : 1995, ©1990.

Daniel is determined to have a birthday party for the world to celebrate Rosh Hashanah.

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, New York : 2009, ©1990.

Daniel is determined to have a birthday party for the world to celebrate Rosh Hashanah.

Red Wagon Books, San Diego, CA : ©2000.

An illustrated version of this popular children's song.

This true story of Wangari Maathai, environmentalist and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, is a shining example of how one woman's passion, vision, and determination inspired great change.

This true story of Wangari Maathai, environmentalist and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, is a shining example of how one woman's passion, vision, and determination inspired great change.

Amer School Pub, [Place of publication not identified] : 1985.

Pantheon Books, New York, N.Y. : ©1981.

Goblin, Ghost, and Witch look for buried treasure, go swimming, play a game, hear a story, and get lost in a snowstorm.

Pantheon Books, New York : ©1982.

Three friends show how to write a rebus, play a game, write in secret code, put on a play, and perform a magic trick.

Pantheon Books, New York : ©1976.

Goblin has friends who will help him even when he is afraid, forgetful, or even grumpy.