I Love My Beautiful Hair / Amo mi hermoso pelo (Scholastic Bilingual)

I Love My Beautiful Hair / Amo mi hermoso pelo (Scholastic Bilingual)
Author: Elissa Wentt
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 22
Release: 2022-08-02
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1338831755

A celebration of family tradition and natural hair, in this adorable rhyming board book! A la pequeña EJ le hace mucha ilusión acompañar a su mamá y a su abuela por primera vez a la peluquería. Quiere encontrar un peinado especial, pero con tantas opciones... ¿cómo elegir? A los lectores les encantará “probar” peinados junto a EJ, quien se imagina luciendo distintos estilos. ¿Deberá llevar moños, con cintas y lazos? ¿O mechones que le hagan cosquillas? Por suerte, su mamá está allí para alentarla: “Tu pelo [...] es rizado como las nubes allá arriba. ¡Es hermoso con cualquier estilo que elijas!”Little EJ is so excited to join her mom and grandmommy for her first-ever trip to the hair salon. She wants to find a special hair style. But with so many options... how can she choose? Readers will love “trying on” hair styles alongside EJ, as she imagines herself in a variety of styles. Should she try afro puffs, with ribbons and bows? Or twisty spirals that tickle her nose? Luckily, Mommy is there to offer reassurance: “Your hair is curly, like clouds in the sky. It’s beautiful no matter which style you try!”

I Love My Beautiful Hair

I Love My Beautiful Hair
Author: Elissa Wentt
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2022-06-02
Genre:
ISBN: 9780702317637

A celebration of family tradition and Black hair, in this adorable rhyming board book! Little EJ is so excited to join her mum and grandma for her first ever trip to the hairdressers. She wants to find a style that is just right. But with so many options... how can she choose? Should she try afro puffs with ribbons and bows? Or twisty spirals that tickle her nose? Luckily, Mummy is there to offer reassurance: 'Your hair is curly, like clouds in the sky. It's beautiful no matter which style you try!' With gorgeous artwork and sweet rhyming text, this story is the perfect way to celebrate your beautifulhair. A lovely, reassuring rhyming text to read aloud with your little one Empowers young readers to celebrate the beauty and versatility of their hair Bright, bold and graphic artwork by Elissa Wentt

Ellie

Ellie
Author: Mike Wu
Publisher: Disney Electronic Content
Total Pages:
Release: 2015-05-12
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1484730291

The zoo is closing! Ellie and her friends want to save their home, but Ellie's just a baby elephant, and she doesn't know what she can do to help. While the other animals are busy working, Ellie finds a brush and some paints, and gives the zoo a big splash of color! Will her bright new talent be enough to keep the zoo's gates open for good? Follow along with word-for-word narration to find out!

Felipe and Claudette

Felipe and Claudette
Author: Mark Teague
Publisher: Orchard Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2019
Genre: JUVENILE FICTION
ISBN: 9780545914321

Felipe (a grumpy cat) and Claudette (a rambunctious dog) are the only animals left at a pet shelter. One of the two friends is adopted and taken to a new home. Soon, Felipe is no longer quite so talkative. And Claudette doesn't bark or chew or play in circles. Could they actually miss each other? Full color.

Ellie in Concert

Ellie in Concert
Author: Mike Wu
Publisher: Disney Electronic Content
Total Pages:
Release: 2018-05-29
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1368041612

Since Ellie saved her home with her wonderful paintings, the zoo is back in business and the animals are more energetic than ever. All except for Lucy the giraffe, who hasn't been able to sleep with all the noise. Determined to help her friend, Ellie tries to tone down the ruckus and organizes the animals into an orchestra. But is it possible to conduct the cacophony of the zoo into beautiful music? Praise for Ellie "[Wu's] visual storytelling, rendered in sweet, throwback-style watercolors, shows creativity and poise. . . .

Allergic

Allergic
Author: Megan Wagner Lloyd
Publisher: Graphix
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2021-03-02
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9781338568912

A semiautobiographical coming-of-age middle-grade graphic novel featuring a girl with severe allergies who just wants to find the perfect pet At home, Maggie is the odd one out. Her parents are preoccupied with the new baby they're expecting, and her younger brothers are twins and always in their own world. Maggie thinks a new puppy is the answer, but when she goes to select one on her birthday, she breaks out in hives and rashes. She's severely allergic to anything with fur Can Maggie outsmart her allergies and find the perfect pet? With illustrations by Michelle Mee Nutter, Megan Wagner Lloyd draws on her own childhood to tell a heartfelt story of family, friendship, and finding a place to belong.

Hair Love

Hair Love
Author: Matthew A. Cherry
Publisher: Penguin UK
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2019-05-02
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0241406439

Based on the Oscar winning short film! It's up to Daddy to give his daughter an extra-special hair style in this story of self-confidence and the love between fathers and daughters. Zuri knows her hair is beautiful, but it has a mind of its own! It kinks, coils, and curls every which way. Mum always does Zuri's hair just the way she likes it - so when Daddy steps in to style it for an extra special occasion, he has a lot to learn. But he LOVES his Zuri, and he'll do anything to make her - and her hair - happy. Tender and empowering, Hair Love is an ode to loving your natural hair - and a celebration of daddies and daughters everywhere.

Divination on stage

Divination on stage
Author: Folke Gernert
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages: 260
Release: 2021-02-08
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 3110695758

Magicians, necromancers and astrologers are assiduous characters in the European golden age theatre. This book deals with dramatic characters who act as physiognomists or palm readers in the fictional world and analyses the fictionalisation of physiognomic lore as a practice of divination in early modern Romance theatre from Pietro Aretino and Giordano Bruno to Lope de Vega, Calderón de la Barca and Thomas Corneille.

A Kissing Hand for Chester Raccoon

A Kissing Hand for Chester Raccoon
Author: Audrey Penn
Publisher: Tanglewood
Total Pages: 14
Release: 2014-04-15
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9781933718774

During the last 20 years, parents and teachers have passed along the secret of the Kissing Hand to children facing first days of kindergarten, first grade, and other separations. Now younger children can get in on Mama Raccoon's secret and find comfort in A Kissing Hand for Chester Raccoon, a board-book adaptation of the original picture book. Chester could feel his mother's kiss leap straight into his heart. "With a Kissing Hand," said Chester's mom, "We'll never be apart." "Just press your hand upon your cheek and feel that loving glow. It's Mommy saying, 'I love you,' wherever you may go." The Kissing Hand has become a children's classic that has touched the lives of millions of children and their parents. A Kissing Hand for Chester Raccoon conveys the heart of the story in rhyming verse, perfect for read-aloud and easy for even the little ones to remember and recite. With illustrations by Barbara Gibson that capture the warmth and beauty of the original artwork, toddlers now share in the benefits from Mrs. Raccoon's secret for making a child feel safe and secure.