Quigley, Dawn

Summary: "Jo Jo Makoons Azure is a spirited seven-year-old who moves through the world a little differently than anyone else on her Ojibwe reservation. It always seems like her mom, her kokum (grandma), and her teacher have a lot to learn--about how good Jo Jo is at cleaning up, what makes a good rhyme, and what it means to be friendly. Even though Jo Jo loves her #1 best friend Mimi (who is a cat),...

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE QUI

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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE QUI

Quigley, Dawn

Summary: "Filled with lots of glitter, raised pinkies, and humorous misunderstandings, this second book in the Jo Jo Makoons series--written by Dawn Quigley and illustrated by Tara Audibert--is filled with the joy of a young Ojibwe girl discovering her very own special shine from the inside out. First grader Jo Jo Makoons knows how to do a lot of things, like how to play jump rope, how to hide her peas...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Heartdrum, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2022

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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE QUI

Bird, James

Summary: "When home is a car, life is unpredictable. School, friends, and three meals a day aren't guaranteed. Not every town has a shelter where a family can sleep for a night or two, and places with parking lots don't welcome overnight stays. Opin, his brother Emjay, and their mother are trying to get to Los Angeles, where they hope an uncle and a new life are waiting. Emjay has taken to disappearing...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Feiwel and Friends 2023

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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC BIR