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1) One family
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"Celebrates families of different sizes, ages, races, and gender orientations in a story that introduces numbered groups from one to ten."--Provided by publisher.
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It's another Thanksgiving at Grandma's. Gavin expects a long day of boredom and being pestered by distantly related toddlers, but his cousin Rhonda has a different idea: make a break for it - out of the kids' room to the swing set in the backyard! Gavin isn't so sure, especially when they encounter vicious guard dogs (in homemade sweaters), a hallway full of overly affectionate aunts, and worse yet, the great wall of butts! Will they manage to avoid...
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Blossom family volume 5
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Convinced that Mud is responsible for the disappearance of the school hamster that was his responsibility for the weekend, Junior Blossom is determined that the dog should be tried for his "crime."
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Ayer Children's Books Featuring LGBTQ
Clinton - Check Meowt
Shrewsbury - Classroom Visit Read Alouds
Westminster - Cats (Picture Books)
Clinton - Check Meowt
Shrewsbury - Classroom Visit Read Alouds
Westminster - Cats (Picture Books)
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Dad has posted a list of chores for the family to do before grandma comes, including bathing the cat; but the cat does not want a bath, so she mixes up the instructions, and soon the family is mowing the floor, vacuuming the lawn, mopping the baby--and the house is in chaos.
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The Penderwicks volume 2
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The four Penderwick sisters are faced with the unimaginable prospect of their widowed father dating, and they hatch a plot to stop him.
9) Crash
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Seventh-grader John "Crash" Coogan has always been comfortable with his tough, aggressive behavior, until his relationship with an unusual Quaker boy and his grandfather's stroke make him consider the meaning of friendship and the importance of family.
10) Guinea dog
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Guinea dog volume 1
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When his mother brings home a guinea pig instead of the dog he has always wanted, fifth-grader Rufus is not happy--until the rodent starts acting exactly like a dog.
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When a teacher asks the children in her class to think about what makes their families special, the answers are all different in many ways - but the same in the one way that matters most of all.
One child is worried that her family is just too different to explain, but listens as her classmates talk about what makes their families special. One is raised by a grandmother, and another has two dads. One has many stepsiblings, and another has a new baby...
12) Homecoming
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Abandoned by their mother, four children begin a search for a home and an identity.
14) Hello lighthouse
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"Explores the life of one lighthouse as it beams its message out to sea through shifting seasons, changeable weather, and the tenure of its final keeper."-- Provided by publisher.
15) Olive's ocean
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On a summer visit to her grandmother's cottage by the ocean, twelve-year-old Martha gains perspective on the death of a classmate, on her relationship with her grandmother, on her feelings for an older boy, and on her plans to be a writer.
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Abrams Books for Young Readers
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2023.
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From their homes in New York and New Zealand, cousins Noah and Nora have a competition to decide who can have the world's best Hanukkah, winter or summer, but as the eight nights of Hanukkah go on, they realize they have more in common than they thought.
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Clementine volume 7
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Clementine faces changes at the end of her third grade year and anticipates the birth of her family's new baby.
18) The Willoughbys
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Willoughbys volume 1
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In this tongue-in-cheek take on classic themes in children's literature, the four Willoughby children set about to become "deserving orphans" after their neglectful parents embark on a treacherous around-the-world adventure, leaving them in the care of an odious nanny.
19) Also
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This moving story follows one family through generations of time spent together and shows readers that memories allow us to connect to the past, the present, and also to each other.
20) Together we swim
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Told in rhyming text, a young boy learns to swim in a pool with the example and encouragement of his family.
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