Kids

Classified : the secret career of Mary Golda Ross, Cherokee aerospace engineer book cover

Classified : the secret career of Mary Golda Ross, Cherokee aerospace engineer

Traci Sorell

j629.1092 Ross
Kids, Picture Books, Nonfiction, Science

"Mary Golda Ross designed classified projects for Lockheed Air Corporation as the company's first female engineer. Find out how her passion for math and the Cherokee values she was raised with shaped her life and work"--

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Cherokee author Traci Sorell and Métis illustrator Natasha Donovan trace Ross’s journey from being the only girl in a high school math class to becoming a teacher to pursuing an engineering degree, joining the top-secret Skunk Works division of Lockheed, and being a mentor for Native Americans and young women interested in engineering. In addition, the narrative highlights Cherokee values including education, working cooperatively, remaining humble, and helping ensure equal opportunity and education for all. Mary Golda Ross designed classified airplanes and spacecraft as Lockheed Aircraft Corporation’s first female engineer. Find out how her passion for math and the Cherokee values she was raised with shaped her life and work. -Angie

The big, fun kids baking book book cover

The big, fun kids baking book

j641.815 Food
Nonfiction, Cookbooks, Kids

An ultimate baking primer for beginners, written by the editors of the top-selling food magazine, shares more than 100 photographed recipes for everyday and special-occasion cakes, brownies and other baked favorites while providing fun ideas for customizations and alternatives to cakes.

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I recently took this kids cookbook home for my daughter and I to bake something together. We loved the pictures of each recipe, the tips and random facts. The spiral bound book made it easy for us to flip through to find all the delicious bake goods! -Angie

David gets in trouble book cover

David gets in trouble

David Shannon

jE Shannon
Kids, Picture Books

When David gets in trouble, he has excuses right up until bedtime, when he realizes he really is sorry.

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When David gets in trouble, he has excuses right up until bedtime, when he realizes he really is sorry. -Angie

Peace book cover

Peace

Baptiste Paul

jE Paul
Kids, Picture Books

"From saying hello and pronouncing your friend's name correctly to giving more than you take and saying I'm sorry, this simple concept book explores definitions of peace and actions small and big that foster it"--

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"From saying hello and pronouncing your friend's name correctly to giving more than you take and saying I'm sorry, this simple concept book explores definitions of peace and actions small and big that foster it"-- Provided by publisher. -Angie

Llama Llama and the bully goat book cover

Llama Llama and the bully goat

Anna Dewdney

jE Llama
Picture Books, Kids

Following their teacher's lead, Llama Llama speaks to Gilroy Goat and tells him he should not act like a bully on the playground.

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Llama Llama is learning lots of new things at school and making many friends. But when Gilroy Goat starts teasing him and some of their classmates, Llama Llama isn't sure what to do. And then he remembers what his teacher told him—walk away and tell someone. It works! But then Llama Llama feels badly. Can he and Gilroy try to be friends again? Taking on a difficult but important part of children's lives, Anna Dewdney gives readers a way to experience and discuss bullying in a safe and comforting way. -Angie

Otter and Owl say I'm sorry book cover

Otter and Owl say I'm sorry

Crystal Bowman

jREADER Bowman, Crystal
Kids, Early Readers

"Otter has a brand new scooter! And Owl has a fun idea. But when that idea ends in disaster, Owl feels like a bad friends. Will Otter ever forgive him?"--P. [4].

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Owl has a big idea that ends in disaster, and he's worried that his friendship with Otter is ruined---just like he ruined Otter's scooter. But the friends learn about friendship and forgiveness in this story. -Angie

Mouse says "sorry" book cover

Mouse says "sorry"

Michael Dahl

jBOARD BOOK Dahl
Kids, Board Books

As mouse rushes home to dinner, he apologizes for tracking mud everywhere he goes.

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This sturdy board book helps toddlers understand when and why to say sorry. -Angie

Sorry! book cover

Sorry!

Norbert Landa

jE Landa
Kids, Picture Books

Rabbit and Bear enjoy the wonderful feeling of being best friends, until they find a strange object in the woods and argue over whose picture appears within.

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Rabbit and Bear enjoy the wonderful feeling of being best friends, until they find a strange object in the woods and argue over whose picture appears within. -Angie

I did it, I'm sorry book cover

I did it, I'm sorry

Caralyn Buehner

jE Buehner
Kids, Picture Books

Ollie Octopus, Bucky Beaver, Howie Hogg, and other animal characters encounter moral dilemmas involving such virtues as honesty, thoughtfulness, and trustworthiness. The reader is invited to select the appropriate behavior from a series of choices.

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Do your words and actions help or hurt? In this humorous guide to good behavior, Ollie Octopus, Bucky Beaver, and their friends help point the way to good behavior. -Angie

The invisible boy book cover

The invisible boy

Trudy Ludwig

jE Ludwig
Kids, Picture Books

Brian has always felt invisible at school, but when a new student, Justin, arrives, everything changes.

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A gentle story that teaches how small acts of kindness can help children feel included and allow them to flourish. -Angie