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  • True Teen Stories from Somalia: Surviving War and Al-Shabaab

    Anna Maria Johnson

    Library Binding (Cavendish Square Publishing, Aug. 15, 2018)
    "A book for high school students about growing up in the war-torn and terror-ridden country of Somalia."--Publisher's description.
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  • True Teen Stories from Nigeria: Surviving Boko Haram

    Kristin Thiel

    Library Binding (Cavendish Square Publishing, Aug. 15, 2018)
    In April 2014, the Muslim extremist group Boko Haram kidnapped 276 schoolgirls from the town of Chibok, Nigeria. Over the next three years, some of the girls began to emerge from captivity and told their stories. They faced harrowing experiences, yet they survived. This resources includes teens' accounts of their time as prisoners and offers insight into Nigeria's problems, and the efforts of human rights activists to build a more peaceful nation.

  • Lao Lao of Dragon Mountain: A Chinese Tale

    Margaret Bateson-Hill, Anna McQuinn, Francesca Pelizzoli, Manyee Wan

    Hardcover (Alanna Books, )
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  • The Grasshopper and the Ants: An Aesop Fable

    Eve Tharlet, Aesop, Paula Franklin

    Paperback (Silver Burdett Pr, Sept. 1, 1985)
    A grasshopper plays all summer long while the hardworking ants store food for the winter, but when winter comes the hungry grasshopper regrets his laziness
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  • Gerry Goes to Town

    Paula Franklin, Roser Capdevila I Valls

    Paperback (Silver Burdett Pr, )
    Curious about the world outside his zoo home, Gerry the giraffe sneaks out one night to see the town and finds himself involved in several unexpected adventures.
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  • Roncho Finds a Home

    Paula Franklin, Merce Company Gonzalez, Agusti Asensio

    Paperback (Silver Burdett Pr, Sept. 1, 1985)
    Roncho, an alley cat, invites a little girl's doll to go out for a walk, and when they return she asks him to stay and make friends with her owner
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  • The Seventh Night of July

    Paula Franklin

    Paperback (Silver Burdett Pr, )
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  • The Greedy Monster

    Paula Franklin, Ulises Wensell, Paloma Martinez

    Paperback (Silver Burdett Pr, June 1, 1985)
    Bees save the day when a monster from the forest hides in an old woman's cellar, looking for food
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  • The Golden Goose

    Paula Franklin, Eve Tharlet

    Paperback (Silver Burdett Pr, July 1, 1985)
    A simpleton is rewarded for his kindness with the gift of a golden goose, which helps him to win the hand of a princess.
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  • The Moon Watching Party

    Masago Aka

    Paperback (Silver Burdett Pr, Oct. 1, 1985)
    After sharing his pampas grass with the other animals, Tim Raccoon is not sure there will be enough for the moon watching party, but, fortunately, they all remember to bring theirs

  • The Snail Who Flew

    Paula Franklin, Carme Peris

    Paperback (Silver Burdett Pr, June 1, 1985)
    Dot and Spot, two caterpillars, change into butterflies and take their friends Curly and Shelley, two snails, for a ride on a leaf
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  • The Terrible Chenoo: A Tale from the Algonquian Nations

    Fran Parnell, Sophie Fatus

    Paperback (Barefoot Books, March 1, 2020)
    Discover what happens when a brave woman and her husband are kind to a terrible Chenoo. Instead of letting themselves be scared of this man-eating monster, they feed him, provide him with clothes, and make him snug and warm in their home. Can they melt his frozen heart?
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