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My Town / Mi Pueblo
by Nicholas Solis (Author) and Luisa Uribe (Illustrator)
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Booktalk: In this bilingual English and Spanish picture book, cousins from opposite sides of the border visit each other’s towns and delight in their similarities and differences. Bilingual readers will notice that the text on facing pages say the same thing — in a different language.
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Splash! Ethelda Bleibtrey Makes Waves of Change
by Elisa Boxer (Author) and Elizabeth Baddeley (Illustrator)
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Booktalk: Ethelda Bleibtrey was a girl with guts who loved the water. As a child with polio in the early 1900s, swimming set her free. The water released her from her pain and helped her build strong muscle–and a powerful spirit. From then on, from the New York beaches to the choppy waters of the 1920 Olympics to the Central Park Reservoir, Ethelda made a splash wherever she went. For Ethelda, doing the right thing sometimes came with a price–change often does–but Ethelda helped make the world better than how she found it. Splash!
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