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1) Say hello!
Author
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
A little girl greets people in her neighborhood in many different languages
2) The pledge
Author
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
In a dystopian kingdom where the classes are separated by the languages they speak, Charlaina "Charlie" Hart has a secret gift that is revealed when she meets a mysterious young man named Max.
3) Max's words
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Max cuts out words from magazines and newspapers, collecting them the way his brothers collect stamps and coins, they all learn about words, sentences, and storytelling.
4) Gibberish
Author
Language
English
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Best Children's Books 2022
Books By And About Asian Americans And Pacific Islanders
Best Children's Books 2022
Books By And About Asian Americans And Pacific Islanders
Formats
Description
When Dat starts school in a country where he does not speak the language, everything around him sounds like gibberish until a new friend helps him make sense of his new world.
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Hispanic Heritage Month 2023
Hispanic Heritage Month Children's Books
New Children's Books January 2023
Hispanic Heritage Month Children's Books
New Children's Books January 2023
Description
On his first day of first grade in a new country, Santiago has a dinosaur-sized problem: how will he make new amigos when he does not speak English?
9) The Centre
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Anisa Ellahi dreams of being a translator of "great works of literature," but mostly spends her days subtitling Bollywood movies and living off her parents' generous allowance. Adding to her growing sense of inadequacy, her mediocre white boyfriend, Adam, has successfully leveraged his savant-level aptitude for languages into an enviable career. But when Adam learns to speak Urdu practically overnight, Anisa forces him to reveal his secret. Adam...
14) Pie in the Sky
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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Description
"Sometimes life isn't a piece of cake... When Jingwen moves to a new country, he feels like he's landed on Mars. School is torture, making friends is impossible since he doesn't speak English, and he's often stuck looking after his (extremely irritating) little brother, Yanghao. To distract himself from the loneliness, Jingwen daydreams about making all the cakes on the menu of Pie in the Sky, the bakery his father had planned to open before he unexpectedly...
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