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JUMP TO MIDDLE GRADE<\/span><\/a> -|||- <\/span>JUMP TO YOUNG ADULT<\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n RETURN TO WELCOME<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n New books added daily through July 30th, 2021!<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n ===========================<\/p>\n CHILDREN’S PICTURE BOOK \/ REALISTIC FICTION \/ AGES 6-10<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n By Ellen Leventhal; Illustrated by Blythe Russell<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n WorthyKids \/ Hachette Book Group<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n 32 pages; hardcover<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n “The night the river jumped its banks, everything changed.” <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n So begins A Flood of Kindness<\/em>, a picture book that addresses grief and loss and demonstrates how kindness can bring hope. The story follows Charlotte, a young girl who watches floodwaters rise in her home and is forced to evacuate to a shelter with her parents. Kind people she doesn’t know give her food, shoes and socks to keep her feet warm, and a place to sleep. As Charlotte adjusts to the shelter\u2014a strange, crowded place that is not home\u2014she grapples with feelings of anger and sadness. But as the days go by, she learns that accepting and passing on kindness, is a wonderful way to start to heal.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n ===========================<\/p>\n CHILDREN’S PICTURE BOOK \/ CHAPTER BOOK \/ ANIMALS \/ AGES 6-10<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n By Sharyn Diamond<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Page Publishing<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n 46 pages; hardcover, paperback, and eBook<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n “I wrote Amy’s Amazing Hats<\/em> as a way to teach children the values of being kind and caring to a friend with cancer, bringing awareness to pediatric cancer, sharing the challenges young people have fighting this disease, and the wonderful work the Passing Hats organization does. For more information, look up www.passinghats.org<\/a> and you too may get “hooked” on looming hats! On behalf of children fighting cancer everywhere and Passing Hats, please share this special book with your friends and family.” – Sharyn Diamond<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n ===========================<\/p>\n CHAPTER BOOK \/ CROSS-CULTURAL ADVENTURE \/ BILINGUAL<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n By Marion Surles<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Love and Literacy<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n 136 pages; paperback and eBook<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Panchita has a tender heart for dogs, and too many strays roam her neighborhood in Juarez, Mexico. But as one little dog decides to trust her, and then another, Panchita renames herself Panchita the protector. Soon she becomes protector of more than stray dogs. Has she gone too far? Follow Panchita on her rescue adventures. Panchita tiene un gran coraz\u00f3n y un enorme deseo para ayudar a los perritos, y hay demasiados vagando por su vecindario en Ciudad Ju\u00e1rez, M\u00e9xico. Pero cuando una perrita decide confiar en ella, y despu\u00e9s otro, Panchita se convierte en Panchita la protectora. Pronto protege m\u00e1s que perros. \u00bfHabr\u00e1 ido demasiado lejos en su lucha por defender a los perros? Sigue a Panchita en sus aventuras de rescate.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n ===========================<\/p>\n CHILDREN’S PICTURE BOOK \/ INTERNATIONAL ADOPTION \/ BLENDED FAMILIES \/ AGES 3-7<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n By Julie Gianelloni Connor; Illustrated by Saman Chinthaka Weerasinghe<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Bayou City Press<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n 42 pages; hardcover, paperback, and eBook<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Called by reviewers “essential,” “unique,” “charming,” The Baby with Three Families, Two Countries, and One Promise<\/em> is a children’s book designed to be read by parents to a child adopted from a foreign country. The story recounts the separate emotional journeys taken by prospective adoptive parents and a biological mother in order to arrive at an adoption. The complex adoption process is “stripped down to its simplest form for a concise and sincere look at the topic.” In the final pages of the book, the adoptive parents tuck their baby in at night, telling him his story–that he has three families, two countries, and a promise for the future to return to the country of his birth.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n ===========================<\/p>\n CHILDREN’S PICTURE BOOK \/ NONFICTION \/ BIOGRAPHY \/ CIVIL RIGHTS \/ AGES 6-10<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n By Nancy Churnin; Illustrated by Felicia Marshall<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Creston Books (distributed by Lerner Books)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n 32 pages; hardcover<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Growing up in the late 19th century, Laura Wheeler Waring didn’t see any artists who looked like her. She didn’t see any paintings of people who looked like her, either. As a young woman studying art in Paris, she found inspiration in the works of Matisse and Gaugin to paint the people she knew best. Back in Philadelphia, the Harmon Foundation commissioned her to paint portraits of accomplished African-Americans. Her portraits still hang in Washington DC’s National Portrait Gallery, where children of all races can admire the beautiful shades of brown she captured.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n ===========================<\/p>\n CHILDREN’S PICTURE BOOK \/ CHAPTER BOOK \/ ANIMALS \/ AGES 6-10<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n By Haven Lindsey<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Sasha Agencies<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n 59 pages; paperback<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n A book of true stories about a small blue heeler dog named Gracie, who befriended an older, retired Texas roping horse named Max. The stories are written by Gracie\u2019s owner who watched the two animals, seemingly different in every way, form a bond and become best friends. These short stories touch on friendship, connection, and trust with colorful illustrations based on real-life photographs taken of Gracie and Max. People of all ages will enjoy the stories for their uplifting lessons and messages of kindness, respect, and tolerance. Gracie and Max\u2019s adventures take place on a ranch in the Hill Country of Central Texas and include many references to life on a ranch and the rich variety of landscapes, weather, and nature.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n ===========================<\/p>\n CHILDREN’S PICTURE BOOK \/ NONFICTION \/ CREATIVE WRITING \/ AGES 5+<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n By Sherri Maret; Illustrated by Thomas Hilley<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n The RoadRunner Press<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n 32 pages; hardcover<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Do you like using your imagination? Are you someone who wants to create stories? Then grab a piece of paper and a pen, open this book, and let your imagination soar! What is your big fish story? If little aliens visited earth, what would they look like and what would they do? If an octopus could read books, what would it read and why? Fourteen colorful illustrations await, but only you can tell your unique story based on them. A doorway to endless hours of creative writing, The Book of Untold Stories<\/em> will turn you into a storyteller or writer no matter your age! For ages 5-up.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n ===========================<\/p>\n CHILDREN’S PICTURE BOOK \/ EDUCATION \/ ANIMALS \/ AGES 2-8<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n EEK! I Hear a Squeak By Lavelle Carlson; Illustrated by Jenny Loehr<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n SLP Storytellers<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n 47 pages; paperback<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n This book, written by a speech-language pathologist, is a delightfully humorous book that children will beg to have read to them night after night. It is a great book for teaching early literacy because it contains many of the components recommended by early literacy specialists; i.e. dialogue set in bubbles for print awareness, rhyming, colorful pictures, repetition and predictability, counting, and interactive dialogue for language development, and coloring pictures. Children will also enjoy the companion EEK! I Hear a Squeak<\/em> coloring book in black and white. The publisher provides coloring downloads as well as an activity booklet on www.slpstorytellers.com<\/a>. EEK! I Hear a Squeak<\/em> was a North Texas Book Festival 2008 Award Recipient.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n ===========================<\/p>\n CHILDREN’S PICTURE BOOK \/ BILINGUAL \/ INFORMATIONAL FICTION \/ K-3RD GRADE<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n*CHILDREN’S* <\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n
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<\/a>Amy’s Amazing Hats: A Book About Friendship, Caring and Kindness<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/article_body_images\/ay_chihuahua_1.jpg\")
<\/a>\u00a1\u00a1Ay, Chihuahua!!<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/article_body_images\/baby_with_3_families_1.jpg\")
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<\/a>Beautiful Shades of Brown, the Art of Laura Wheeler Waring<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/article_body_images\/blue_dog_the_and_the_white_horse_1.jpg\")
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<\/a>The Book of Untold Stories: Fourteen Prompts to Spark the Imagination<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/article_body_images\/eek_i_hear_a_squeak_1.jpg\")
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<\/a>El Libro Que Jake Tomo Prestado \/ The Book That Jake Borrowed<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n