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Buildings, bridges, and books don't exist without the laborers who are often invisible in the final product, as this picture book reveals.

All across this great big world, jobs are getting done
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A child reflects on the meaning of being Black in this moving and powerful anthem about a people, a culture, a history, and a legacy that lives on.

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Fry bread is food.
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Set in an internment camp where the United States cruelly detained Japanese Americans during WWII and based on true events, this moving love story finds hope in heartbreak.

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The Dark

Laszlo is afraid of the dark. The dark is not afraid of Laszlo.

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Every Living Thing (All Creatures Great and Small, #8)

For more than twenty years, James Herriot has captivated millions of readers and television viewers with tales of the triumphs, disasters, pride and sometimes heartache that filled his life as a vet i…

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Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson, and Christine Darden were good at math...really good.

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