Washington, D. C. Festival Fun for Kids!

Washington, D. C. Festival Fun for Kids!
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Publisher : Carole Marsh Books
Total Pages : 67
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ISBN-10 : 9780793339518
ISBN-13 : 0793339510
Rating : 4/5 (18 Downloads)

Synopsis Washington, D. C. Festival Fun for Kids! by : Carole Marsh

Daniel's Story

Daniel's Story
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Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages : 148
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ISBN-10 : 0590465880
ISBN-13 : 9780590465885
Rating : 4/5 (80 Downloads)

Synopsis Daniel's Story by : Carol Matas

Daniel, whose family suffers as the Nazis rise to power in Germany, describes his imprisonment in a concentration camp and his eventual liberation.

Jabari Tries

Jabari Tries
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Publisher : Candlewick Press
Total Pages : 35
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ISBN-10 : 9781536227956
ISBN-13 : 1536227951
Rating : 4/5 (56 Downloads)

Synopsis Jabari Tries by : Gaia Cornwall

Jabari is inventing a machine that will fly all the way across the yard! But making it go from CRASH to WHOOSH will take grit, patience, and maybe even a little help from his sister. Jabari is making a flying machine in his backyard! “It’ll be easy. I don’t need any help,” he declares. But it doesn’t work! Jabari is frustrated. Good thing Dad is there for a pep talk and his little sister, Nika, is there to assist, fairy wings and all. With the endearing father-child dynamic of Jabari Jumps and engaging mixed-media illustrations, Gaia Cornwall’s tale shows that through perseverance and flexibility, an inventive thought can become a brilliant reality.

Because

Because
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Publisher : Hyperion Books for Children
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 1368019013
ISBN-13 : 9781368019019
Rating : 4/5 (13 Downloads)

Synopsis Because by : Mo Willems

Mo Willems, a number one New York Times best-selling author and illustrator, composes a powerful symphony of chance, discovery, persistence, and magic in this moving tale of a young girl's journey to center stage. Illustrator Amber Ren brings Willems' music to life, conducting a stunning picture-book debut.

A Wind in the Door

A Wind in the Door
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Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Total Pages : 257
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ISBN-10 : 9781429915786
ISBN-13 : 1429915781
Rating : 4/5 (86 Downloads)

Synopsis A Wind in the Door by : Madeleine L'Engle

In A Wrinkle in Time Quintet book two, Charles Wallace falls ill, and Meg, Calvin, and their teacher, Mr. Jenkins, must travel inside C.W. to make him well, and save the universe from the evil Echthros. It is November. When Meg comes home from school, Charles Wallace tells her he saw dragons in the twin's vegetable garden. That night Meg, Calvin and C.W. go to the vegetable garden to meet the Teacher (Blajeny) who explains that what they are seeing isn't a dragon at all, but a cherubim named Proginoskes. It turns out that C.W. is ill and that Blajeny and Proginoskes are there to make him well – by making him well, they will keep the balance of the universe in check and save it from the evil Echthros. Meg, Calvin and Mr. Jenkins (grade school principal) must travel inside C.W. to have this battle and save Charles' life as well as the balance of the universe. Books by Madeleine L'Engle A Wrinkle in Time Quintet A Wrinkle in Time A Wind in the Door A Swiftly Tilting Planet Many Waters An Acceptable Time A Wrinkle in Time: The Graphic Novel by Madeleine L'Engle; adapted & illustrated by Hope Larson Intergalactic P.S. 3 by Madeleine L'Engle; illustrated by Hope Larson: A standalone story set in the world of A Wrinkle in Time. The Austin Family Chronicles Meet the Austins (Volume 1) The Moon by Night (Volume 2) The Young Unicorns (Volume 3) A Ring of Endless Light (Volume 4) A Newbery Honor book! Troubling a Star (Volume 5) The Polly O'Keefe books The Arm of the Starfish Dragons in the Waters A House Like a Lotus And Both Were Young Camilla The Joys of Love

Jabari Jumps

Jabari Jumps
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Publisher : Candlewick Press
Total Pages : 32
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ISBN-10 : 9781536220674
ISBN-13 : 1536220671
Rating : 4/5 (74 Downloads)

Synopsis Jabari Jumps by : Gaia Cornwall

Working up the courage to take a big, important leap is hard, but Jabari is almost absolutely ready to make a giant splash. Jabari is definitely ready to jump off the diving board. He’s finished his swimming lessons and passed his swim test, and he’s a great jumper, so he’s not scared at all. “Looks easy,” says Jabari, watching the other kids take their turns. But when his dad squeezes his hand, Jabari squeezes back. He needs to figure out what kind of special jump to do anyway, and he should probably do some stretches before climbing up onto the diving board. In a sweetly appealing tale of overcoming your fears, newcomer Gaia Cornwall captures a moment between a patient and encouraging father and a determined little boy you can’t help but root for.

Eliza's Cherry Trees

Eliza's Cherry Trees
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Publisher : Pelican Publishing Company, Inc.
Total Pages : 36
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ISBN-10 : 1589809548
ISBN-13 : 9781589809543
Rating : 4/5 (48 Downloads)

Synopsis Eliza's Cherry Trees by : Andrea Zimmerman

Presents the story of Eliza Scidmore, a world traveler, writer, photographer, and peace advocate who, after years of persistence, planted cherry trees all across Washington, D.C.

Rolling Warrior

Rolling Warrior
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Publisher : Beacon Press
Total Pages : 216
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ISBN-10 : 9780807003602
ISBN-13 : 0807003603
Rating : 4/5 (02 Downloads)

Synopsis Rolling Warrior by : Judith Heumann

As featured in the Oscar-nominated documentary Crip Camp, and for readers of I Am Malala, one of the most influential disability rights activists in US history tells her story of fighting to belong. “If I didn’t fight, who would?” Judy Heumann was only 5 years old when she was first denied her right to attend school. Paralyzed from polio and raised by her Holocaust-surviving parents in New York City, Judy had a drive for equality that was instilled early in life. In this young readers’ edition of her acclaimed memoir, Being Heumann, Judy shares her journey of battling for equal access in an unequal world—from fighting to attend grade school after being described as a “fire hazard” because of her wheelchair, to suing the New York City school system for denying her a teacher’s license because of her disability. Judy went on to lead 150 disabled people in the longest sit-in protest in US history at the San Francisco Federal Building. Cut off from the outside world, the group slept on office floors, faced down bomb threats, and risked their lives to win the world’s attention and the first civil rights legislation for disabled people. Judy’s bravery, persistence, and signature rebellious streak will speak to every person fighting to belong and fighting for social justice.

Cherry Blossoms Say Spring

Cherry Blossoms Say Spring
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Publisher : National Geographic Books
Total Pages : 20
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ISBN-10 : 9781426309847
ISBN-13 : 1426309848
Rating : 4/5 (47 Downloads)

Synopsis Cherry Blossoms Say Spring by : Jill Esbaum

Looks at the life cycle of a cherry tree, the history behind the gift of the Japanese cherry trees to our nation's capital, and the association of cherry trees and spring.

Surviving Home

Surviving Home
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Publisher : Kelsay Books
Total Pages : 108
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ISBN-10 : 1639800018
ISBN-13 : 9781639800018
Rating : 4/5 (18 Downloads)

Synopsis Surviving Home by : Katerina Canyon

Katerina Canyon's poems offer intimate accounts of home as the locus of danger - and homeland as a state of oppression. They are at once urgent and mysterious, full of ocean depths and surging currents. Far from nostalgia, home inspires in this poet a vigilance, keeping watch on herself and others. Her very language is charged with the alert intelligence that offers a means of survival, and metaphors that transform pain into poetry. -Devin Johnston, author of Mosses and Lichens Katerina Canyon's poems dive into history unafraid to explore the complexity of home and family and acknowledge: the sea is filled with bones. This powerful, engaging collection where we see the billowing skirt of sunset asks again and again: How do get past our pasts? Smart, poignant, compassionate, Canyon's poems remind us that strength happens despite one's childhood and one's country; they exclaim, We can choose whether we are stuck / In darkness or in light. -Kelli Russell Agodon, author of Dialogues with Rising Tides In lush language and startling images, Katerina Canyon unveils a story in blood and bone of a speaker who survives domestic cycles of addiction and abuse, terrors handed down from the plantation through generations of her kin . . . Like the Phoenix, the speaker dares to draw near destruction to name our violent histories in order to claim a survivor's eternal understanding of how to love, how to mother, and how to teach the world that We cannot be bound. We are free. We are infinite. -Katy Didden, author of The Glacier's Wake