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Barrumbi kids - Book 1 / Norrington, Leonie 2002  Book
Norrington, Leonie Book
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Edition 2005 (Reprint)
Publication Gosford, Omnibus Books, 2002.
Description 197pDark blue spine
Summary/Abstract They can't take the smiles off their faces. They got away with it. No one saw them slip under the school fence into the long grass. Now they're free to wag all day. Dale and Tomias are best mates. Tomias's ancestors have lived at Long Hole since the Dreaming. Dale's grandfather was the first white man to settle here. This is their country. An exciting, funny first novel about children moving between Aboriginal and white cultures.
Standard Number 9781862914964 Pb.
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ID:   024493


Brave new world / Huxley, Aldous 1988  Book
Huxley, Aldous Book
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Publication London, Marshall Cavendish, 1988.
Description 213pBlue spine
Summary/Abstract It is the year AF 632 and the breeding and conditioning of humans by scientific methods have created world wide stability and happiness. Suitable for developing literacy and/or English language skills.
Standard Number 086307703X Hb.
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ID:   023147


Chicken sunday / Polacco, Patricia; Polacco, Patricia (ill.) 1992  Book
Polacco, Patricia Book
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Publication New York, Philomel Books, 1992.
Description 36pWhite Spine
Summary/Abstract To thank Miss Eula for her wonderful Sunday chicken dinners, three children sell decorated eggs to buy her a beautiful Easter hat.
Standard Number 9780399221330 Pb.
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ID:   026448


Chowpatty cooking club / Bandukwala, Lubaina 2022  Book
Bandukwala, Lubaina Book
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Publication Gurugram, Duckbill Books, 2022.
Description 128pOrange Spine
Series Songs of freedom
Summary/Abstract Sakina and her friends Zenobia and Mehul desperately want to be part of this struggle for freedom. But there is little that they are permitted to do. But at least, they are trying to do something useful, while their mothers are only running a cooking club ...
Standard Number 9780143454250 Pb.
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ID:   025384


Day you begin / Woodson, Jacqueline; Lopez, Rafael (ill.) 2018  Book
Woodson, Jacqueline Book
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Publication New York, Nancy Paulsen Books, 2018.
Description 32pGreen spine
Summary/Abstract Other students laugh when Rigoberto, an immigrant from Venezuela, introduces himself but later, he meets Angelina and discovers that he is not the only one who feels like an outsider.
Standard Number 9780399246531 Hb.
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ID:   025984


Golden sandal: a Middle Eastern Cinderella story / Hickox, Rebecca; Hillenbrand, Will (ill.) 1998  Book
Hillenbrand, Will (ill.) Book
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Publication New York, Holiday House, 1998.
Description 32pWhite Spine
Summary/Abstract An Iraqi version of the Cinderella story in which a kind and beautiful girl who is mistreated by her stepmother and stepsister finds a husband with the help of a magic fish.
Standard Number 9780823415137 Pb.
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ID:   024398


I want to be an angel / Gavin, Jamila 1992  Book
Gavin, Jamila Book
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Publication London, Mammoth, 1992.
Description 126pPurple Spine
Summary/Abstract A collection of stories about culturaly diversed children.
Contents I want to be an Angel The private world of Rajiv Ray Dawlish Dobson My name is Jasmine Grey
Standard Number 0749709871 Pb.
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ID:   019881


Let's eat! / Zamorano, Ana; Vivas, Julie (ill.) 1996  Book
Zamorano, Ana Book
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Publication New York, Scholastic, 1996.
Description 26pWhite Spine
Summary/Abstract A Spanish mother's lunchtime meal is not complete if the whole family is not together but, one day, she is the missing family member because she is in hospital having the latest addition to the family.
Standard Number 0439067588 Pb.
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ID:   020414


Misfits / Darnton, Kate 2014  Book
Darnton, Kate Book
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Publication New Delhi, Young Zubaan, 2014.
Description 204pLight Green Spine
Summary/Abstract Divided by background, class, language, skin colour - you name it - Chloe and Lakshmi soon realise they have a lot more in common than meets the eye. With a little help from Chloe's zany mom, her prefect-perfect sister and a street dog called Kali, they discover that even a couple of misfits can change the world.
Standard Number 9789383074792 Pb.
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ID:   022272


My godri anthology / Almeida, Merle 2013  Book
Almeida, Merle Book
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Publication Goa, Bookworm Publishing, 2013.
Description 26pBlue Spine
Summary/Abstract A patchwork quilt triggers a flashback for a young girl, prompting her to recall bits and pieces of her grandmother’s life.
Standard Number 9788192304243 Pb.
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ID:   021764


My two great-grandmothers / Solberg, Lisa Aisato N'jie; Stranger-Johannssen, Espen (Tr.) 2016  Book
Solberg, Lisa Aisato N'jie Book
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Publication Bengaluru, Pratham Books, 2016.
Description 36pBlue Spine
Summary/Abstract Story about a little girl who learns about her two very different great-grandmothers and their two very different worlds.
Standard Number 9788184794601 Pb.
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ID:   026170


Namakarana / Ganesh, Ananditha Anand 2020  Book
Ganesh, Ananditha Anand Book
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Publication New Delhi, Ananditha Anand Ganesh, 2020.
Description 20pRed Spine
Series Let's learn about series (Culture)
Summary/Abstract Advik is excited that his little sister has her name keeping ceremony, Join him in his celebrations!
Standard Number 9788195291939 Pb.
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ID:   020232


Orani: my father's village / Nivola, Claire A. 2011  Book
Nivola, Claire A. Book
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Publication New York, Francis Foster Books, 2011.
Description 30pBlack Spine
Summary/Abstract Author Claire A. Nivola explores the village of Orani, the tiny hamlet in the mountains of central Sardinia where her father lived before moving to New York during World War II.
Standard Number 9780374356576 Hb.
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ID:   026528


Story quilt: regional children's stories from India / Udasi, Harshikaa (ed.) 2021  Book
Udasi, Harshikaa (ed.) Book
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Publication Noida, Harper Collins Children's Books, 2021.
Description 102pPink Spine
Summary/Abstract A delightful collection of eight children's stories includes translations from Assamese, Gujarati, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, Maithili, Punjabi and Sindhi.
Standard Number 9789354224744 Pb.
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ID:   024406


Sudden puff of glittering smoke / Fine, Anne; Higham, David (ill.) 2000  Book
Fine, Anne Book
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Publication London, Mammoth, 2000.
Description 48pWhite Spine
Summary/Abstract Jeanie finds a ring on her way to school, and in the middle of class she gives it a rub and a genie appears on her desk. Suddenly everything she wants seems within reach - until she finds that this is a grumpy genie with a very different view of the world from her own.
Standard Number 0749702540 Pb.
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ID:   025956


Tea with milk / Say, Allen 1999  Book
Say, Allen Book
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Publication New York, Sandpiper, 1999.
Description 32pMagneta Spine
Summary/Abstract After growing up near San Francisco, a young Japanese woman returns with her parents to their native Japan, but she feels foreign and out of place.
Standard Number 9780547237473 Pb.
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ID:   025338


Ties that bind, ties that break / Namioka, Lensey 2003  Book
Namioka, Lensey Book
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Publication London, Puffin Books, 2003.
Description 154pRed Spine
Summary/Abstract Third sister in the Tao family, Ailin has watched her two older sisters having their feet bound. In China in 1911, all girls of good families follow this ancient practice, which is also an extremely painful one. Ailin loves to run away from her governess and play games with her male cousins. Knowing she will never run again once her feet are bound, she refuses to follow this torturous tradition. As a result, the family of her intended husband breaks their marriage agreement. As she enters adolescence, Ailin finds that her family, shamed by her decision, will not longer support her.
Standard Number 9780141317151 Pb.
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ID:   027137


Too Many Tamales / Soto, Gary; Martinez, Ed (ill.) 1993  Book
Soto, Gary Book
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Publication New York, Scholastic, 1993.
Description 32pBrown Spine
Summary/Abstract Everyone is coming for Christmas dinner at Maria's house. She and her mother prepare by kneading the "masa" to make tamales. When her mother takes off the ring, Maria tries it on - and is beside herself, when hours later, she thinks it has been kneaded into the tamales. How many can you eat?
Standard Number 0590226509 Pb.
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ID:   021765


Treasures from Tibet / Navale, Malavika 2015  Book
Navale, Malavika Book
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Publication New Delhi, Katha, 2015.
Description 24pOrange and Purple Spine
Summary/Abstract Homes are really special. What does it mean to belong? What makes one feel at home? Find out with this simple story of Pema and her Momo-ley as they uncover, share and cherish their secret treasures from places they call home.
Standard Number 9789382454311 Pb.
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Walk this world: A celebration of life in a day / Nieminen, Lotta 2013  Book
Nieminen, Lotta Book
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Publication Somerville, Big Picture Press, 2013.
Description 22pGrey Spine
Summary/Abstract Celebrates the everyday similarities and differences that exist between cultures around the world. Travel to a new country with every turn of the page, each with new surprises to discover: peek through windows, open doors, and delve underground by opening the many flaps on every spread.
Standard Number 9780763668952 Bb.
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