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Shabbat Hiccups
Tracy Newman
Paperback (Albert Whitman, July 6, 2016)None
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Inspirations: Stories About Women Artists
Leslie Sills
Hardcover (Albert Whitman & Co, Nov. 1, 1988)Discusses the lives and art of Frida Kahlo, Georgia O'Keeffe, Alice Neel, and Faith Ringgold. Includes color reproductions of their work.
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If All the World Were Paper
Miriam Nerlove
Library Binding (Albert Whitman & Co, Jan. 1, 1991)A child draws his ideal world with upside-down trees, pink leaves, miniature parents, and a gigantic puppy
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To Be a Drum
Evelyn Coleman, Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson
Hardcover (Albert Whitman & Co, Feb. 1, 1998)Daddy Wes tells two young children the tale of the "drum"--the rhythm that has moved through the African people through generations, in a wonderful combination of history and mixed-media rag paintings.
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Howie Helps Himself.
Joan Fassler, Joe Lasker
Hardcover (Albert Whitman & Co, Dec. 1, 1974)Howie wants to make his father proud of him by learning to move his own wheelchair as his classmates do
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Pumpkin Jack
Will Hubbell
Hardcover (Albert Whitman & Co, June 1, 2000)In the course of one year, a jack-o-lantern, discarded after Halloween, decomposes in the backyard and eventually grows new pumpkins from its seeds.
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Saying Goodbye to Daddy
Judith Vigna
Hardcover (Albert Whitman & Co, Jan. 1, 1991)Frightened, lonely, and angry after her father is killed in a car accident, Clare is helped through the grieving process by her mother and grandfather
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Flicka, Ricka, Dicka and the Three Kittens
Maj Lindman
Paperback (Albert Whitman & Co, Sept. 1, 1994)When their aunt and uncle's cat disappears while they are supposed to be taking care of it, three young sisters frantically look for it and get quite a surprise
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The Christmas Menorahs: How a Town Fought Hate
Janice Cohn, Bill Farnsworth
Hardcover (Albert Whitman & Co, Sept. 1, 1995)Based on a real event that took place in Billings, Montana, in 1993, this holiday tale tells how two children, their families, and an entire community stand together against the shameful actions in their own town.
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My Body Is Private
Linda Walvoord Girard, Kathleen Tucker, Rodney S. Pate (Illustrator)
Hardcover (Albert Whitman & Co, Dec. 1, 1984)A mother-child conversation introduces the topic of sexual abuse and ways to keep one's body private.
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The Hottest Boy Who Ever Lived
Anna Fienberg, Kim Gamble
Library Binding (Albert Whitman & Co, Oct. 1, 1994)Being the hottest boy is pretty lonely for Hector since only his pet salamander can tolerate his heat, until he meets Gilda, who takes him to her land of snow and ice, and finds his difference may prove useful.
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Best Friend on Wheels: A Concept Book
Debra Shirley, Judy Stead
Hardcover (Albert Whitman, March 1, 2008)In second grade, Mrs. Poole asks our narrator to show the new girl around school. Imagine the surprise when our narrator first meets Sarah-Sarah uses a wheelchair! For a moment, our narrator feels awkward. Then she sees a button Sarah wears. It says "Rockhound" on it. "Do you collect rocks?" Sarah says she does! "So do I," says our narrator. And soon it's clear that these new friends are more alike than different. They scrapbook, draw cartoons, and even go hot-air ballooning. Lively verse and bright pictures celebrate this very close friendship.
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