Layla's Head Scarf
Title | Layla's Head Scarf PDF eBook |
Author | Miriam Cohen |
Publisher | Star Bright Books |
Pages | 37 |
Release | 2023-11-08 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1595723102 |
Layla is a shy new girl in first grade and her classmates wonder why she wears a head scarf. As the school day progresses, the first graders learn about Layla's culture and help make her feel more at ease in her new school. Part of the We Love First Grade!™ series.
Layla's Head Scarf
Title | Layla's Head Scarf PDF eBook |
Author | Miriam Cohen |
Publisher | We Love First Grade! |
Pages | 32 |
Release | 2009 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 9781595721778 |
After wondering about the new girl's hijab, the class learns just how much they all have in common.
A Scarf for Keiko
Title | A Scarf for Keiko PDF eBook |
Author | Ann Malaspina |
Publisher | Millbrook Press |
Pages | 32 |
Release | 2019-02-01 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 154155390X |
Kar-Ben Read-Aloud eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting to bring eBooks to life! It's 1942. Sam's class is knitting socks for soldiers and Sam is a terrible knitter. Keiko is a good knitter, but some kids at school don't want anything to do with her because the Japanese have bombed Pearl Harbor and her family is Japanese American. When Keiko's family is forced to move to a camp for Japanese Americans, can Sam find a way to demonstrate his friendship?
The Shape of Home
Title | The Shape of Home PDF eBook |
Author | Rashin Kheiriyeh |
Publisher | Chronicle Books |
Pages | 44 |
Release | 2021-09-14 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1646141393 |
“A joyful, wildly imaginative book” —The New York Times It’s Rashin’s first day of school in America! Everything is a different shape than what she’s used to: from the foods on her breakfast plate to the letters in the books! And the kids' families are from all over! The new teacher asks each child to imagine the shape of home on a map. Rashin knows right away what she’ll say: Iran looks like a cat! What will the other kids say? What about the country YOUR family is originally from? Is it shaped like an apple? A boot? A torch? Open this book to join Rashin in discovering the true things that shape a place called home. P R A I S E ★ “A creative, child-centered picture book about finding a new home after immigration. Ebulliently illustrated.” —Kirkus (starred) ★ “It’s hard to find a more joyful take on the first day of school in a new country than that found in Kheiriyeh’s new work.” —School Library Journal (starred) ★ “Exuberant...A warm and welcoming story about a group of children who may have come from other places but have found a classroom that is ‘shaped like a home.’” —Booklist (starred)
Hair Story
Title | Hair Story PDF eBook |
Author | NoNieqa Ramos |
Publisher | Carolrhoda Books ® |
Pages | 40 |
Release | 2022-08-01 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1728476194 |
Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and sentence highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience! With rhythmic, rhyming verse, this picture book follows two girls—one non-Black Puerto Rican, one Black—as they discover the stories their hair can tell. Preciosa has hair that won’t stay straight, won’t be confined. Rudine’s hair resists rollers, flat irons, and rules. Together, the girls play hair salon! They take inspiration from their moms, their neighbors, their ancestors, and cultural icons. They discover that their hair holds roots of the past and threads of the future. With rhythmic, rhyming verse and vibrant collage art, author NoNieqa Ramos and illustrator Keisha Morris follow two girls as they discover the stories hair can tell.
Sometimes You Barf
Title | Sometimes You Barf PDF eBook |
Author | Nancy Carlson |
Publisher | Carolrhoda Books ® |
Pages | 40 |
Release | 2014-10-01 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1467772666 |
Everybody barfs. Dogs, cats, chickens, alligators, and even you. It happens to everyone, and sometimes it even happens . . . at school. With her characteristic humor and compassion, Nancy Carlson helps young readers through what is often a scary and embarrassing rite of passage. Sometimes you barf. But it's OK. You get better!
Yoga in the Jungle
Title | Yoga in the Jungle PDF eBook |
Author | Ramiro Calle |
Publisher | Cuento de Luz |
Pages | 40 |
Release | 2014-08-18 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 8416078173 |
Winner at the 2014 Living Now Book Awards. Follow these two friends into the depths of the jungle and discover the ancient science of yoga. Its wisdom and secrets await you in this book. Ravi and Tony suddenly crashed into each other in the huge hall of the United States Embassy in Delhi by chance. Surprisingly, although they are very different and come from different cultures, instantly a beautiful friendship arises between them and they become excellent playmates. Enthusiastic, Ravi proposes a new adventure—to explore the wisdom of the jungle and teach Tony about the lush forest and introduce him to yoga, the science of the spirit that goes back thousands of years in India. They meet all kinds of exotic animals, and the two friends blend in with them and perform yoga asanas, thus balancing their body and mind. Do you know the benefits of practicing yoga? It improves improve our poise and concentration, nurturing a learning process that will fill them with peace, happiness and a sense of being connected to nature.