24 Books in this collection
Community Collection
This collecitons contains books that focus on community themes, including building and maintaining relationships, working together, and exploring different cultures and traditions.
Books in This Collection
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Amazing Faces
By Lee Bennett Hopkins, Chris SoentpietAmazing Faces
By Lee Bennett Hopkins, Chris SoentpietView DetailsAn anthology of universal poems focusing on the human experience--emotions, perceptions, and understandings--as expressed by poets of diverse heritage and reflected in illustrations featuring people of all ages and backgrounds.
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Armando and the Blue Tarp School
By Edith Hope Fine, Judith Josephson, Hernán SosaArmando and the Blue Tarp School
By Edith Hope Fine, Judith Josephson, Hernán SosaView DetailsThe story of a young Mexican boy living in a colonia (trash dump community) who takes the first steps toward realizing his dream of getting an education.
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Auntie Yang's Great Soybean Picnic
By Ginnie Lo, Beth LoAuntie Yang's Great Soybean Picnic
By Ginnie Lo, Beth LoView DetailsWhen Jinyi and her family discover a soybean field, they begin a tradition that becomes a staple of the Chinese American community in the Midwest.
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Birthday in the Barrio / Cumpleaños en el Barrio
By Mayra Lazara Dole, TonelBirthday in the Barrio / Cumpleaños en el Barrio
By Mayra Lazara Dole, TonelView DetailsBilingual English/Spanish. In this second book by author Mayra Lazara Dole, lively determined Chavi sets off on yet another Miami adventure.
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Celebrate! Connections Among Cultures
By Jan ReynoldsThis product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageCelebrate! Connections Among Cultures
By Jan ReynoldsView DetailsA photographic exploration comparing celebrations in seven indigenous world cultures and the United States, highlighting common rituals such as body decoration, music, and dance.
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DeShawn Days
By Tony Medina, R. Gregory ChristieDeShawn Days
By Tony Medina, R. Gregory ChristieView DetailsIn this uplifting story told in verse, a young boy living in the inner city projects tells about his hopes, fears, and dreams.
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Galápagos Girl / Galapagueña
By Marsha Diane Arnold, Angela DomínguezGalápagos Girl / Galapagueña
By Marsha Diane Arnold, Angela DomínguezView DetailsThis charming bilingual English & Spanish picture book from the illustrator of Mango, Abuela, and Me introduces the fascinating creatures of the Galápagos Islands through the life of one very lucky girl.
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In My Family / En mi familia
By Carmen Lomas GarzaIn My Family / En mi familia
By Carmen Lomas GarzaView DetailsBilingual English/Spanish. In My Family/En mi familia is Carmen Lomas Garza's second book of family pictures, a continuing tribute to the loving family and community that shaped her childhood-and her life.
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On My Block
Stories and Paintings by Fifteen ArtistsBy Dana Goldberg, Cecilia Álvarez, Carl Angel, Cbabi BayocThis product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageOn My Block
Stories and Paintings by Fifteen ArtistsBy Dana Goldberg, Cecilia Álvarez, Carl Angel, Cbabi BayocView DetailsFifteen fine artists portray, in words and pictures, the places and spaces most special to them.
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Rent Party Jazz
By William Miller, Charlotte Riley-WebbRent Party Jazz
By William Miller, Charlotte Riley-WebbView DetailsAn African American boy living in New Orleans in the 1930s raises money to pay the rent with the help of a popular jazz musician.
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Sweet Music in Harlem
By Debbie Taylor, Frank MorrisonSweet Music in Harlem
By Debbie Taylor, Frank MorrisonView DetailsSearching his Harlem neighborhood for his uncle's missing hat, an energetic African American boy unintentionally creates an exuberant gathering of the neighborhood's jazz musicians for a magazine photograph; a fictional story inspired by Art Kane's historic photograph of jazz greats, Harlem 1958.
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Sweet Potato Pie
By Kathleen D. Lindsey, Charlotte Riley-WebbSweet Potato Pie
By Kathleen D. Lindsey, Charlotte Riley-WebbView DetailsIn this fictional story set in the South in the 1920s, an African American girl and her family sell Mama's sweet potato pies at the Harvest Celebration to raise money and save their farm.
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The Birthday Swap
By Loretta LopezThe Birthday Swap
By Loretta LopezView DetailsA Mexican American girl looks for the perfect birthday gift for her sister and ends up with a big surprise of her own.
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Under the Lemon Moon
By Edith Hope Fine, René King MorenoUnder the Lemon Moon
By Edith Hope Fine, René King MorenoView DetailsOne night, Rosalinda is awakened by a noise in the garden.
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Young Cornrows Callin Out the Moon
By Ruth Forman, Cbabi BayocYoung Cornrows Callin Out the Moon
By Ruth Forman, Cbabi BayocView Detailswe don have no backyard
frontyard neither...Who needs a backyard when you've got brownstone steps, double dutch, and freeze tag beneath the sizzling summer sun?