A is for bee : an alphabet book in translation by Heck, Ellen 

BTSB Prebound(Levine Querido, 2022)

BTSB #: 433815 Available

Dewey: 400/NAges: 3-7   


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Subjects: Alphabet Animals Language and languages

Summary: The word for Bee might start with a B in English, but in many, many languages, it starts with A. Explore the variations in which familiar animals are named in languages around the world.

Bear far from home by Fletcher, Susan 

BTSB Prebound(Anne Schwartz Books, 2022)

BTSB #: 341502 Available

Dewey: 636.9786/NAges: 4-8   


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Subjects: Tower of London (London, England) - History Polar bears - England - London - Anecdotes Zoos - England - London - History

Summary: A poignant historical nonfiction book, about a polar bear that was gifted to King Henry III.

Just like Jesse Owens by Young, Andrew 

BTSB Prebound(Orchard Books, 2022)

BTSB #: 974464 Temp OS

Dewey: 323.1/BAges: 6-8   
AR: 4.2 LG

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Subjects: Young, Andrew,|d1932- - Childhood and youth Owens, Jesse,|d1913-1980 Family life African Americans - Biography Race relations African American track and field athletes New Orleans (La.)

Summary: As a boy, Andrew Young learned a vital lesson from his parents when a local chapter of the Nazi party instigated racial unrest in their hometown of New Orleans in the 1930s. Andrew's father told him that when dealing with the sickness of racism, "Don't get mad, get smart." To drive home the lesson, the family went to the local theater to see newsreels of Olympic track star Jesse Owens and how he competed in Nazi Germany with dignity.

Luminous : living things that light up the night by Kuo, Julia 

BTSB Prebound(Greystone Kids, 2022)

BTSB #: 534944 Available

Dewey: 591.4/NAges: 4-8   
Lexile: 960 AD

Genres:

Subjects: Mother-daughter relationship - Fiction Bioluminescence Nocturnal animals

Summary: A mother and daughter go on a nighttime adventure to explore organisms that create their own light.

Perfect fit : how Lena "Lane" Bryant changed the shape of fashion by Rockliff, Mara 

BTSB Prebound(Clarion, 2022)

BTSB #: 761231 Available

Dewey: 746.9/BAges: 4-7   
AR: 3.4 LG

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Subjects: Bryant, Lane Fashion designers - Biography Jewish women - Biography Women's clothing Immigrants - Biography

Summary: Discover how the Lane Bryant clothing brand changed the way we buy clothes forever by celebrating bodies of all shapes and sizes.

Tower of life : how Yaffa Eliach rebuilt her town in stories and photographs by Stiefel, Chana 

BTSB Prebound(Scholastic, 2022)

BTSB #: 854292 Available

Dewey: 940.53/BAges: 6-8   
AR: 4.8 LG

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Subjects: Eliach, Yaffa United States Holocaust Memorial Museum - Exhibitions Tower of Faces (Exhibition)|d(1993- : - United States Holocaust Memorial Museum) - History Holocaust, 1939-1945 - Lithuania - Eisiskes Jews - Lithuania - Eisiskes - History|y20th century Eisiskes (Lithuania) - History|y20th century

Summary: The true story behind the Tower of Life, a permanent Exhibit at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC.