Clarence's big secret by MacGregor Cation, Christine 

BTSB Prebound(Owlkids, 2020)

BTSB #: 593940 Available

Dewey: 305.5/BAges: 4-8   
Lexile: 650

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Subjects: Brazier, Clarence,|d1906-2012 Illiterate persons - Canada - Biography Literacy - Canada Family life

Summary: Clarence Brazier kept a big secret for nearly one hundred years: he didn't know how to read. The true story of his journey to literacy with the help of one of his daughters.

Complete Persepolis by Satrapi, Marjane 

Paperback(Pantheon, 2007)

BTSB #: 779151 Available

Dewey: 955.05/BAges: 12-16   


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Subjects: Satrapi, Marjane,|d1969- Iranians - Biography Women - Biography Family life Refugees - Biography Muslims - Biography Autobiographical comic books, strips, etc Iran

Summary: The story of Satrapi's unforgettable childhood and coming of age within a large and loving family in Tehran during the Islamic Revolution; of the contradictions between private life and public life in a country plagued by political upheaval; of her high school years in Vienna facing the trials of adolescence far from her family; of her homecoming--both sweet and terrible; and, finally, of her self-imposed exile from her beloved homeland. In graphic novel format.

Families with two dads [All Kinds Of Families]by Morlock, Rachael 

BTSB Prebound(PowerKids, 2021)

BTSB #: 659214 Available

Dewey: 306.874/NAges: 7-10   


Genres:

Subjects: Same-sex parents Gay fathers Family life

Summary: Similarities between traditional families and families with two dads are highlighted, showing readers that being different is OK. Readers learn that families with two dads are built on love, just like other kinds of families.

Genius under the table : growing up behind the Iron Curtain by Yelchin, Eugene 

BTSB Prebound New title, awaiting publication or binding.(Candlewick Press, 2021)

BTSB #: 972839 In Bindery

Dewey: 947/BAges: 10-14   


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Subjects: Yelchin, Eugene Russian authors - Biography Jews - Russia - Biography Family life Wit and humor

Summary: Recounts in hilarious detail the author's childhood in Cold War Russia as a young boy desperate to understand his place in his family.

Grandma's gardens by Clinton, Hillary Rodham 

BTSB Prebound(Philomel Books, 2020)

BTSB #: 222908 Available

Dewey: 635/NAges: 4-8   


Genres:

Subjects: Family life Gardens Gardening

Summary: A celebration of family, tradition and discovery, and an ode to mothers, grandmothers, and the children they love.