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The First Partner’s Summer Book Club is a 9-week initiative to promote children’s literacy and participation in summer reading programs hosted by local libraries throughout the state. Launched in partnership with the California State Library, the First Partner’s Summer Book Club offers California families opportunities to keep children engaged all summer long. |
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Isabel and Her Colores go to School by Alexandra AlessandriEnglish just feels wrong to Isabel. She prefers her native Spanish. As she prepares for a new school, she knows she's going to have to learn. Her first day is uncomfortable, until she employs her crayons and discovers there's more than one way to communicate with new friends.
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I Walk with Vanessaby KerascotA wordless story inspired by real events follows the actions of a little girl who inspires her community to stand up to bullying when a classmate is treated badly and she chooses to stand by her side, an act of kindness that leads to greater acceptance, understanding and the discovery of strength in numbers.
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Miguel's Community Garden by Janay Brown-WoodTo complete his party at his community garden for all of his friends, Miguel needs help searching for sunflowers, and young readers will enjoy discovering the wonders of fresh produce as they join him.
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Where Three Oceans Meet by Rajani LaRoccaTraveling to the southern tip of India, Sejal, Mommy and Pati find their way to Kanyakumari, where three oceans meet, and delight in making it to the end of the earth together. |
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Maybe Maybe Marisol Rainey by Erin Entrada KellyIn her small Louisiana town, Marisol Rainey, who has a big imagination but is afraid of adventure and fun, must find a way to salvage her summer with her best friend and maybe find the courage to try new things. |
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The Cot in the Living Room by Hilda Eunice BurgosA young Dominican American girl in New York City moves from jealousy to empathy as her parents babysit children whose families work the overnight shift in this honest and warm picture book debut.
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Drawn Together by Minh LêStruggling throughout a visit with his grandfather when they cannot speak each other's language, a young boy discovers their mutual love of art and storytelling during a shared session of drawing that helps them form a bond beyond words.
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Lupe Wong Won't Dance by Donna Barba HigueraLupe Wong is going to be the first female pitcher in the Major Leagues. She's also championed causes her whole young life. Some worthy ... like expanding the options for race on school tests beyond just a few bubbles. And some not so much...like complaining to the BBC about the length between Doctor Who seasons. Lupe needs an A in all her classes in order to meet her favorite pitcher, Fu Li Hernandez, who's Chinacan/Mexinese just like her. So when the horror that is square dancing rears its head in gym? Obviously she's not gonna let that slide. |
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Barakah Beats by Maleeha SiddiquiLeaving Islamic school to attend real school, 12-year-old Nimra Sharif, joins the schools popular 8th grade boy band, Baraka Beats, in an attempt to fit in, even though she was taught that music isnt allowed in Islam, forcing her to make a difficult decision. |
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Land of the Cranes by Aida SalazarNine-year-old Betita and her parents fled Mexico after her uncle was killed by the cartels, and settled in Los Angeles seeking political asylum and safety in what her father calls Aztlan, the land of the cranes; but now they have been swept up by by the government's Immigration Customs Enforcement, her father deported back to Mexico, and Betita and her mother confined in a family detention camp--Betita finds heart in her imagination and the picture poems her father taught her, but each day threatens to further tear her family apart. |
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Before the Ever After by Jacqueline WoodsonThe son of an idolized pro-football star begins noticing the contrast between his father’s angry, forgetful behavior and his superhero reputation before adjusting to a new reality involving difficult symptoms stemming from his father’s numerous head injuries. By the National Book Award-winning author of Brown Girl Dreaming.
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