Karen Lynn Williams
1) Facing fear
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"Enrique is a U.S. citizen-but the rest of his family isn't. When he hears a rumor of a police raid, Enrique must face the possibility of being separated from his parents and sister"--
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Nothing seems to be going right for Julie Dorinsky. Her best friend, Abby is hanging with the gifted crowd, while Julie's struggling to keep up in school. She can't even read the notes Abby passes her in class. It seems as if everybody, from her snooty older sister, Alexia, to her baby brother, Bean, is smarter than she is. There must by one thing she's good at. In One Thing I'm Good At, Karen Lynn Williams has created a warm and winning portrait...
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Bear waits for fall as she sees the forest shift through spring and summer in this charming picture book about how the forest regrows.
Bear loves jumping in leaf piles, but fall playtime ends with winter hibernation. When Bear wakes up she realizes it'll be a while-through spring and summer-till the leaves will fall again. While she waits, she learns about the constant work the forest does to renew her playground-and how she helps. Alongside Bear...
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Young Roblay runs through his Somali village practicing for the big race, where only the fastest runners will be, declared men. He turns for advice to his grandfather, who tells Roblay of the mighty Shabelle River, which is strong and swift like a cheetah. Roblay must capture that spirit if he is to finish among the winners of the race and become a man. Inspired by her father's storytelling, Khadra Mohammed joins Karen Lynn Williams in retelling this...
5) A Beach Tail
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Karen Lynn Williams "always takes readers on a worthwhile journey" (Booklist) with her critically acclaimed children's tales. A Beach Tail follows a father and son during a magical day at the beach. After Gregory draws a lion in the sand, his father tells him to stay close to it and not to wander away. So Gregory, taking his father's advice to heart, doesn't dare leave his lion-even when he draws its tail so long it extends the length of the beach....
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Frances Lincoln Children's Books
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2011.
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IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
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Beatrice, a thirteen-year-old orphan who lives with her older brother in Kibera, a slum in Nairobi, Kenya, describes her life at home and at school, including the daily walk, the overcrowded classrooms, housework, and her hope of becoming a nurse.
There are approx 2.5 million slum dwellers in about 200 settlements in Nairobi representing 60% of the Nairobi population, and occupying just 6% of the land. Kibera houses almost 1 million of these people....