Maggie's Chopsticks

Maggie's Chopsticks
Author: Alan Woo
Publisher: Kids Can Press Ltd
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2012-08
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1554536197

When Maggie gets chopsticks, she has difficulty using them and everyone at the table seems to have a different advice on holding them.

Maggie’s Chopsticks

Maggie’s Chopsticks
Author: Alan Woo
Publisher: Kids Can Press Ltd
Total Pages: 33
Release: 2012-08-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1894786203

Poor Maggie struggles to master her chopsticks it seems nearly everyone around the dinner table has something to say about the "right" way to hold them! But when Father reminds her not to worry about everyone else, Maggie finally gets a grip on an important lesson.

Smelling Sunshine

Smelling Sunshine
Author: Constance Anderson
Publisher: Star Bright Books
Total Pages: 37
Release: 2023-11-10
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1595725105

All around the world in cities, towns and villages—large and small—clothes are washed. They are hung to dry in the breeze and sunshine and children everywhere revel in the fun of helping with the laundry. Smelling Sunshine captures some of the special moments of this day-to-day chore—a wonderful, heart-warming time shared between parent and child and an experience young readers will relate to.

David Jumps In

David Jumps In
Author: Alan Woo
Publisher: Kids Can Press Ltd
Total Pages: 28
Release: 2020-03-03
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1525305131

An old game helps a new kid find his footing. It is David’s first day at his brand-new school. He doesn’t know anyone. At recess, he stands alone and watches the other children enjoying their activities on the playground, from practicing soccer moves and climbing monkey bars to playing hopscotch and daydreaming in the grass. Bundled deep inside David’s pocket is a string of rubber bands, knotted and ready for a game of elastic skip. But will anyone want to try that game? he wonders. Will anyone want to play with him? Sometimes you’ve got to stretch yourself to find the place where you belong.

Accordionly

Accordionly
Author: Michael Genhart
Publisher: American Psychological Association
Total Pages: 22
Release: 2020-06-02
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1433834243

Finalist in the International Latino Book Awards. This unique book includes a bonus fold-out and a note from the author sharing the true story of his own family.​ When both grandpas, Abuelo and Opa, visit at the same time, they can’t understand each other’s language and there is a lot of silence. The grandson’s clever thinking helps find a way for everyone to share the day together as two cultures become one family.

Ten Birds

Ten Birds
Author: Cybele Young
Publisher: Kids Can Press Ltd
Total Pages: 34
Release: 2011-03
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1554535689

Ten birds devise inventive ways to cross a river.

Good Manners with Family

Good Manners with Family
Author: Ann Ingalls
Publisher:
Total Pages: 24
Release: 2017-08
Genre:
ISBN: 9781510520394

With good manners, your family will know that you respect your home and its rules. Learn about showing appreciation for your family, keeping private spaces private, and how to treat borrowed things in Good Manners with Family.

The Sleepover

The Sleepover
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 48
Release: 1988
Genre: Dolls
ISBN: 9781558021167

Describes how Sunny Bunny learned to have a good time when his owner Marcella took him with her to a friends house for a sleepover. He was very lonesome and homesick until the dolls and other toys at Kathryn's house played games and made him feel welcome.

Una Huna?: What Is This? (Inuktitut)

Una Huna?: What Is This? (Inuktitut)
Author: Susan Aglukark
Publisher:
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2019-05-28
Genre: Communities
ISBN: 9781772272451

Ukpik loves living in her camp in the North with her family and she especially loves thinking up names for her brand new puppy. When a captain from the south arrives to trade with Ukpik's father, she's excited to learn how to use forks, knives, and spoons. At first, Ukpik enjoys teaching the other children how to use these new tools. But soon, she starts to wonder if they'll need to use the new tools all the time, and if that means that everything in camp will change. After a conversation with her grandmother, Ukpik realizes that even though she will learn many new things, her love for her family and camp will never change - and it even inspires her to find a name for her puppy!