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He won't let the children play in his garden. What can give him a change of heart?

Deux histoires de "Little Lou" : Little Lou raconte l'histoire d'un petit garçon qui a la musique dans la peau. Il descend tous les soirs au petit bar, le "Bird Nest", prendre des leçons de piano auprès du vieux Slim. À la mort de celui-ci, Lou hérite de son piano. Le "Bird Nest" est transformé en boîte de nuit. Un soir, des gangsters font irruption dans le bar, mais Lou est là...

Eddie Rickenbacker was a World War I Flying Ace, a Medal of Honor winner, and even a racecar driver. But did you know that his first attempt at flying was to ride his bicycle off the roof of his house while holding an umbrella?

George Henry Alexander is a huge fan of baseball. His favorite team is the New York Yankees and his favorite player is Babe Ruth. George plays baseball during his free time and he listens to the games on the radio with his dad. Everywhere he goes, he carries his Babe Ruth baseball card. On his birthday, George's parents surprise him with two tickets to watch the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees - his first real game!

Raised in Charlotte, North Carolina, in the heart of Jim Crow, Dovey Johnson Roundtree felt the sting of inequality at an early age and made a point to speak up for justice. She was one of the first Black women to break the racial and gender barriers in the US Army when women were barely allowed to serve; a fierce attorney in the segregated courtrooms of Washington, DC; and a minister in Black churches, where women had never before had the chance to speak.

Junko is bad at athletics. Really bad. She struggles in gym class and on short hikes. Other students laugh because they think she is small and weak. In fourth grade, her teacher Watanabe-Sensei takes her class on a trip to a mountain. It's bigger than any Junko's ever seen, and she's determined to make it to the top. After the trip, Junko becomes a mountaineer in body and spirit.

It’s a hot summer day and New York City is buzzing like a hive of eager honeybees. From Riis Beach to the Flower District, into the West Village and over to the Brooklyn Museum, folks young and old embrace the resolute and love-filled spirit of icon activist Marsha P. Johnson in all that they do.

Das ist die Erzählung eines Jungen, der 1947 in Leipzig geboren wird, in der SBZ und später in der DDR aufwächst. Was macht eine glückliche Kindheit und Jugend aus? Wie lebt man zwischen einem behüteten bürgerlichen Elternhaus, Erzählungen von Vertreibung, der Zeit im Thomanerchor, den vielen gesellschaftlichen Auseinandersetzungen in der DDR, den weltpolitischen Auseinandersetzungen in der DDR und den weltpolitischen Ereignissen der 1950er und 1960er Jahre?

Sara é uma criança como são as crianças felizes: irrequieta, tagarela, curiosa. Ela está sempre buscando novas aventuras e conhecendo pessoas interessantes. Nesta história, Sara e sua vizinha, a cantora Dhi Ribeiro, para ela Tia Dhi, conversam sobre a tradição de preparar e servir caruru no dia da comemoração de Cosme e Damião. Um livro sobre a importância da cultura africana no Brasil.

Este audiolivro apresenta um belo projeto capitaneado, em Salvador, pela professora Cláudia Mattos, também rainha do Grupo Muzenza e bailarina de intérpretes conhecidos da MPB. Nessa aventura, Sara conhece o projeto Rei e Rainha Azeviche, realizado por Tia Cláudia em sua escola. Um livro sobre a importância da cultura africana no Brasil.

Based on the author's own family history, here is a moving story about a young girl from two different backgrounds. The girl’s mother tells her stories about her mother, a Jewish seamstress in Brooklyn, New York. She lived in a tiny two-bedroom apartment and sewed wedding dresses shimmering in satin and lace. Her father tells stories of his mother, the girl’s other grandmother, who liked to cook bubbling dal on a coal stove in Pakistan. They tell stories about how both sides came to America, and how, eventually, her parents met on a warm summer evening in Poughkeepsie.

After working as spies to aid the Colonies and delivering a message to General George Washington himself, twins Ambrose and John Clark find themselves volunteering for another mission to help the newly forming United States. This time, the boys step up to help transport much-needed gunpowder to the patriots, and end up in an even more dangerous situation—trying to man one of the first submarines. But the biggest challenge may be finding a way to free their imprisoned older brother.

Listen to this fantastic coming-of-age graphic novel, "Words Tangled," which delves into the life of Sophie, a young girl dealing with the complexity of dyslexia and bilingualism. The story will carry you from the wymsical world of Germany to the incredible landscapes of America. Here, the desperate battle with words that turn Sophie to her love of numbers and patterns, and art creating a feeling of safety and control.

Esiste un cammino diverso da tutti gli altri. È un viaggio lungo e faticoso, ma straordinario. Qui ognuno ha un segreto, un dolore, una gioia... Solo che andrea ancora non lo sa. Questo è il viaggio della vita. È il sentiero delle conchiglie. Andrea ha quattordici anni, grandi sogni e una passione per il metaverso. Per aiutarlo a lanciare la sua linea di abbigliamento in vendita nel suo shop virtuale, un influencer gli chiede 700 euro. Andrea, non avendoli, li sottrae alla sua adorata nonna: per lui è un prestito, per i suoi genitori un furto.

Çocuk yazınının en önemli yazarlarından olan Mavisel Yener'den 49 yaş aralığındaki miniklere yönelik rengârenk, cıvıl cıvıl, bilgi dolu kitaplardan biri; Tırtıl Teyze.

The 2006 World Cup is around the corner and thirteen-year-old Sam Kerr is pumped! Even though the games are being played on the other side of the world, Sam and her best friend, Dylan, are planning to get up early to watch the games live on TV. They couldn’t be more excited! But there’s more for Sam to get excited about when she’s invited to trial for a rep soccer team. The coach of the team has seen Sam play and is blown away by how good she is. Sam gets into the team so now she has to juggle training with the Knights AND with her new rep team.

During the (2015-2016) school year, Walter had the unique and fortunate opportunity to teach in a first-grade dual-language program at Hunt Club Elementary School. After reading one of his first grade anchor texts, entitled Señorita Runfio, from the new Ready-Gen series, he felt inspired to write his own children's book.

Roma è stata appena liberata dalle truppe americane, Lia ha tredici anni e, insieme alla sua famiglia, affronta il tentativo di ritornare a una vita normale, ma tutto è da ricostruire: la vecchia casa che non sembra più la stessa, gli esami da recuperare, le lezioni noiose dal rabbino, le amicizie di un tempo che si sfaldano e quelle nuove che nascono nel quartiere, il cuore che batte per qualcuno che non si conosce ancora.

Justice has grown up witnessing the many ways her grandma serves the community. She wants to make a difference in the world, too, but how? Isn't she too young? Through conversations with her grandma and their shared love of books, Justice learns about important women and men throughout history who changed the world: Ella Baker, Shirley Chisholm, Charles Hamilton Houston, Dr. Wangari Maathai, Paul Robeson, and Ida B. Wells. Justice learns how each leader was a champion for advancing justice and improving the world, and she dreams of becoming a change maker, too.

Little Ida is a spruce tree that grows up with a family in Appleton, Wisconsin. Planted next to the house, with a bench nearby, she watches and listens to the comings and goings of Mama Ida, Papa George, and their five daughters, all of whom are unconventional for their time, from the Depression into the early 1970s. Even though Little Ida can’t talk, she certainly has many thoughts and opinions as she observes and chronicles births, deaths, and other family milestones, bringing history to life.