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      The Peanut Man

      Carmen Agra Deedy

      Cuban refugee Coqui warmly recalls the friendly peanut salesman from her Havana neighborhood when she encounters a vendor at a baseball game in Atlanta.

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      The Yellow Star: The Legend of King Christian X of Denmark

      Carmen Agra Deedy

      Deedy retells the story of King Christian X and the Danish resistance to the Nazis during World War II. Full-color illustrations.

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      Martina the Beautiful Cockroach: A Cuban Folktale

      Carmen Agra Deedy

      If you though ferries had disappeared from America’s waterways, you’re wrong. There are 260 ferries operating today, in nearly every sate in the country, and every one has a story…

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      14 Cows for America

      Carmen Agra Deedy

      Recounts the gift of the Maasai to the American people after 9/11, in this story of generosity that crosses boundaries, nations, and cultures.

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      Martina una cucarachita muy linda: Un cuento cubano

      Carmen Agra Deedy

      En este recuento chistoso de un folktale cubano, una cucarachita se entrevista a sus pretendientes para decidir quiaen para casar.

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      14 Vacas para America

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      Based on the true story of a Maasai village that offers 14 blessed cows to the U.S. as a sign of friendship, compassion, and solidarity after the September 11 terrorist…

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      Return of the Library Dragon

      Carmen Agra Deedy

      After 682 years of faithful service, Miss Lotty is retiring from guarding books. But before she can check out of Sunrise Elementary for good, disaster strikes. Someone has ordered that…

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      Martina the Beautiful Cockroach: A Cuban Folktale

      Carmen Agra Deedy

      In this humorous retelling of a Cuban folktale, a cockroach interviews her suitors in order to decide whom to marry.

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      El Dia Terrible de Rita Y Rafi (Rita and Ralph’s Rotten Day)

      Carmen Agra Deedy

      Cada daia, Rita y Ralph se reaunen para jugar bajo el manzano untie se divierten, hasta el triste daia en que un juego nuevo hace llorar a uno de los…

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      Children’s Moon, the (Sp Tk)

      Carmen Agra Deedy

      Have you ever seen the moon on a clear blue day and wondered why?

      Hubo un tiempo en que solo el sol reinaba en el dia, la luna adornaba la…

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      The Library Dragon (30th Anniversary Edition)

      Carmen Agra Deedy

      A funny, playful salute to the value of books and libraries from the New York Times best-selling and beloved author Carmen Agra Deedy.

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      Rita and Ralph’s Rotten Day

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      Every day Rita and Ralph go down the hill, and up the hill, and down
      the hill, and up the hill to meet beneath their favourite apple
      tree to play…

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      Wombat Said Come In

      Carmen Agra Deedy

      A kindhearted wombat offers refuge to a parade of animal friends during an Australian bushfire in a delightful new picture book from New York Times best-selling creators Carmen Agra Deedy…

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      The Children’s Moon

      Carmen Agra Deedy

      One dawn, when the Moon hears the laughter of awakening children, she yearns to see them. But the day belongs to the Sun. And he refuses to share the daytime…

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      The Rooster Who Would Not Be Quiet!

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      The mayor of the noisy city of La Paz institutes new laws forbidding all singing, but a brave little rooster decides he must sing, despite the progressively severe punishments he…

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      Rita and Ralph’s Rotten Day

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      Rita and Ralph live on neighboring hills and they are best friends, until a silly accident while goofing around ends up with both of them angry and unhappy–and they both…

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      Carina Felina

      Carmen Agra Deedy

      "Carina Felina is an arrogant cat with an appetite so huge that she eats everything and everyone who crosses her path as she ambles through Havana--until a small crab outsmarts…

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      Martina una cucarachita muy linda: Un cuento cubano

      Carmen Agra Deedy

      Sumario en espaanol: En este recuento chistoso de un folktale cubano, una cucarachita se entrevista a sus pretendientes para decidir quiaen para casar.

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      The Last Dance

      Carmen Agra Deedy

      An extraordinary story that speaks to children and adults alike about the value of promises and the limitless power of love. Santini’s fluid, expressive illustrations capture the magic of the…

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      Wombat Said Come In

      Carmen Agra Deedy

      When Wombat welcomes five other animals into the safety of his burrow while a bushfire rages above, his anxiety grows - his peaceful home is becoming pandemonium!

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      The Yellow Star: The Legend of King Christian X of Denmark

      Carmen Agra Deedy

      Deedy retells the story of King Christian X and the Danish resistance to the Nazis during World War II. Full-color illustrations.

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      The Rooster Who Would Not Be Quiet! / El gallo que no se callaba!

      Carmen Agra Deedy

      Pura Belpre Honoree Carmen Agra Deedy and Newbery Honor-book author/illustrator Eugene Yelchin have created a powerful tale that celebrates the spirit of freedom.

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      The Last Dance

      Carmen Agra Deedy

      An extraordinary story that speaks to children and adults alike about the value of promises and the limitless power of love. Santini’s fluid, expressive illustrations capture the magic of the…

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      Un colchon de plumas para Agata

      Carmen Agra Deedy

      When Agata buys a new feather bed and six angry naked geese show up to get their feathers back, the incident reminds her to think about where things come from.

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      Agatha’s Feather Bed: Not Just Another Wild Goose Story

      Carmen Agra Deedy

      Professional storyteller Carmen Deedy spins a riotous morality tale in Agatha’s Feather Bed. Agatha, a weaver, orders a new feather bed from B.B. Lean, then six shivering, naked geese pay…

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      The Cheshire Cheese Cat: A Dickens of a Tale

      Carmen Agra Deedy,Randall Wright

      Alley cat Skilley longs to escape London’s damp streets. He strikes a bargain with Pip, an erudite mouse at the Cheshire Cheese Inn: Skilley will protect the mice at the…

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      The Cheshire Cheese Cat: A Dickens of a Tale

      Carmen Agra Deedy,Randall Wright

      Skilley, an alley cat with an embarrassing secret, longs to escape his hard life and trade his damp alley for the warmth of the Cheshire Cheese Inn. When he learns…

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      14 Vacas para America

      Carmen Agra Deedy

      En colaboracion con Wilson Kimeli Naiyomah.

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      14 Cows for America

      Carmen Agra Deedy

      Recounts the gift of the Maasai to the American people after 9/11, in this story of generosity that crosses boundaries, nations, and cultures.

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      Martina the Beautiful Cockroach: A Cuban Folktale: A Cuban Folktale

      Carmen Agra Deedy,Michael Austin (Howard University USA)

      For use in schools and libraries only. In this humorous retelling of a Cuban folktale, a cockroach interviews her suitors in order to decide whom to marry.

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      Old Enough

      In Old Enough, twenty-one women artists and writers write about the experience of aging. However, all are still driven to create and to investigate, to stay committed to the processes…

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