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1) I hope
Author
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
"This beautifully illustrated picture book, written by award-winning Indigenous author Monique Gray Smith, explores all the hopes adults have for the children in their lives"--
4) Heart stones
Author
Publisher
McSea Books
Pub. Date
[2022].
Language
English
Description
Sailors are lost at sea after a storm. When heart shaped stones begin to wash up on the shore followed by strange magical events in town, young Gale and Celia try to solve the mystery and heal a broken community.
5) Guttersnipe
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Description
In Canada early in the twentieth century, Ben, the youngest in a family of Jewish immigrants struggling to make ends meet, decides to help out but when a hat maker gives him a chance, disaster strikes and Ben nearly loses hope.
Author
Publisher
Red Comet Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"A wordless picture book portrayal of war seen through the eyes of a young girl who finds hope in the symbolism of yellow butterflies against the background of a pure blue sky. Using the colors of his national flag, Oleksandr Shatokhin has created a deeply emotional response to the conflict in Ukraine and provided a narrative full of powerful visual metaphors for readers to consider as they travel from the devastating effects of war to a place of...
Author
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
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Description
A gorgeous, inspiring picture book about how one simple act can be the beginning of real change-from popular author Kat Yeh and award-winning illustrator Isabelle Arsenault. Your one little light cannot light the whole sky but it is enough to begin. This luminous picture book is a powerful reminder to readers of any age that no matter how dark it may seem, even the smallest glimmer of hope can make a difference.
Author
Language
English
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". . . Petra's world is ending. Earth has been destroyed by a comet, and only a few hundred scientists and their children - among them Petra and her family - have been chosen to journey to a new planet . . . Hundreds of years later, Petra wakes to this new planet - and the discovery that she is the only person who remembers Earth. A sinister collective has taken over the ship during its journey, bent on erasing the sins of humanity's past . . ....
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"A perfect book to help discuss mental health, depression, empathy, loss, and hope with young children. Arthur's gloomy father rushes him through the park every morning, through gray and rainy weather. Arthur just wants a bright balloon from the park's vendor, but Papa always says no. One morning, the balloons magically appear at their doorstep, and Arthur figures out the perfect way to bring the sunshine out--and Papa's smile back--even if only for...
Author
Publisher
Cuento de Luz
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
Español
Description
"¿Cómo es un faro de las almas? Un faro de las almas es la luz que guiará a Leo y a su abuelo a través de los mares más lejanos para encontrarse con aquellos que esperan, cada noche, una palabra de cariño para irse a dormir con una sonrisa en los labios. El faro de las almas es una tierna historia que nos habla no solo de la relación entre los abuelos y los nietos, sino sobre todo entre personas desconocidas que siempre buscan algo en común:...
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Once upon an Eid is a collection of short stories that showcases [fifteen of] the most brilliant Muslim voices writing today, all about the most joyful holiday of the year: Eid! Eid: The short, single-syllable word conjures up a variety of feelings and memories for Muslims. Maybe it's waking up to the sound of frying samosas and simmering pistachio kheer, maybe it's the pleasure of putting on a new outfit for Eid prayers, or maybe it's the gift giving...
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