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Author
Series
Salma volume 1
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"After a year, eleven months, and six days apart, Salma's dad is finally joining her family in their new home. Salma is so happy to see her baba-but she's also worried. What if he misses Syria so much that he leaves them again? She throws herself into showing him around the city and helping him learn English, but as Baba shares memories of Damascus Salma starts to realize how much she misses Syria, too. Can Salma make space in her heart for two homes?...
Author
Language
English
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Description
Returning each summer to small town Ridge Creek, Virginia, where her father sells concessions after the minor league baseball games, eleven-year-old Derby Christmas Clark longs for a permanent home as she reconnects with grandmotherly June and uncovers hidden secrets.
Author
Language
English
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DEN - Kids + Teens: Asian / Pacific American Heritage Month
MCL - Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature
MCL - Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature
Formats
Description
Longing for an escape from her extended Filipino family, Lou plans to build a tiny house on land she inherited from her father, but difficulties quickly arise.
26) The road home
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Illustrations and simple, rhyming text follow birds and woodland creatures as they journey to the nests and burrows they call home, past predators and other dangers.
30) House mouse
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"A clever and resourceful mouse looking for a safe place to settle down learns that home is wherever you make it"-- Provided by publisher
32) Bunny bungalow
Author
Pub. Date
[1999]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
A family of rabbits moves into a cozy bungalow which they decorate and make into a perfect bunny home.
34) Mama's home
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"While her mother works, a young girl is taken care of by all the Big Mamas in her community, who shower her with love and affection, in this wonderful story that celebrates the wider meaning of family"--
36) Best family ever
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When Dr. Baxter tells the family that they will be moving from Ann Arbor, Michigan, to Bloomington, Indiana, the five Baxter children, ages six to thirteen, are sure that their lives and home will never be the same. But they find that being together withthe ones you love is the most important part of home"--
37) Just like home
Author
Pub. Date
1999.
Language
English
Description
A young girl's first sights and experiences in the United States are sometimes familiar "just like home."
Author
Series
My life with the Walter boys volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Devastated when her parents are killed in a car accident, sixteen-year old Jackie moves from New York City to Colorado to live with her mother's best friend, who has twelve children, including two boys who start to show an interest in Jackie that goes beyond brotherly.
39) Perdu
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
The moving, beautifully illustrated story of a little lost dog and his search for a place to call home. Poor Perdu is all alone as he journeys from the countryside to the city in search of a home. The city is a big place when you are very small, but is it possible that someone is looking out for Perdu?
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