Sze, Gillian
Summary: "When you ask me why your skin is brown, I will tell you that you are my favorite color. I will say that your skin was decided long, long ago. Time was just waiting for you. So begins a mother's celebration of her children's brown skin, told through warm and vivid poetry."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SZECopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE Social SzeHarvey, Kristy Woodson.
Summary: " A moving debut novel about two mothers-one biological and one adoptive-from a compelling new voice in Southern women's fiction. One baby girl. Two strong Southern women. And the most difficult decision they'll ever make. Frances "Khaki" Mason has it all: a thriving interior design career, a loving husband and son, homes in North Carolina and Manhattan-everything except the second child she...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley Trade 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WOODBaker, Chandler
Summary: "New York Times bestselling author Chandler Baker's Cutting Teeth is a witty, thrilling story of parental love that asks: is there anything a mother won't do for her children? Darby, Mary Beth, and Rhea are on personal quests to reclaim aspects of their identities subsumed by motherhood-their careers, their sex lives, their bodies. Their children, though, disrupt their plans when an unsettling...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flatiron Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BAKJio, Sarah
Summary: Two women are connected across time by the city of Paris, a mysterious stack of love letters, and shocking secrets, sweeping from World War II to the present.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2019
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Summary: Two women are connected across time by the city of Paris, a mysterious stack of love letters, and shocking secrets, sweeping from World War II to the present--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC JIOCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC JIOMeyok, Rosemarie
Summary: "In this adorable book to be shared with babies and toddlers, mothers explore their love for their babies as experienced through the five senses. From the sound of a baby's giggles to the smell of a kunik, this book celebrates the unique bonds shared between mothers and babies."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Inhabit Media Inc. 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MEYSuri, Manil.
Summary: Marrying in order to escape an overbearing father, Meera is further victimized by her physically demanding husband and lustful brother-in-law, a circumstance from which she finds fleeting escape through her relationships with her sister-in-law and young son.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton 2007
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SURBeer, Sophie
Summary: Whether you have one parent, two moms, two dads, a mom and a dad, or another wonderful caregiver, there's one thing that makes a family a family ... and that's love.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 2018
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Summary: Illustrations and gently rhyming text follow two mothers and their toddler on a sunny day.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 2020
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Summary: "This board book bursts with heart as it describes the love a parent feels for their child from the moment of meeting--and beyond. From eyes, to lips, to fingers, to toes, all parents will know what it feels like to love every inch of your baby--and babies and toddlers will feel the love, too"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Simon, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: BOARD PERHunter, Anne
Summary: "Baby mouse has learned to squeak. And now it's squeak, squeak, squeak all day long. Baby chats with new friends and old friends, big friends and little friends, and sometimes just chats with no one at all. Poor mama needs a break...but when baby wandersoff, mama knows what to do: follow the squeaks!"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tundra 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE HUNBrown, Margaret Wise
Summary: A little rabbit who wants to run away tells his mother how he will escape, but she is always right behind him.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Publishers 2005
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction Brown 1972Poll, Willie
Summary: "My Little Ogichidaa is inspired by Indigenous motherhood. It invites readers to explore the compelling dreams and hopes of an Indigenous parent for her soon-to-be-born warrior. The word Ogichidaa itself means warrior in Anishinaabemowin, and this beautifully illustrated book is a tribute to Indigenous families everywhere who are proudly raising their children to carry forward their culture,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Medicine Wheel Education 2024
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Summary: 'Little one, I love you so, more than you could ever know.' A heartfelt, rhyming story book that is perfect for reading at bedtime, with a glittery heart to shake, shimmer and sparkle. Shake the book to create a colourful cascade of glitter and foil shapes inside the heart, which is secured to the inside of the book so you can make the heart shake, shimmer and sparkle on each page. The gentle,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Imagine That 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: BRDAdamson, Deb
Summary: "Celebrate the special bond between mother and baby with this beautifully illustrated keepsake book. A thankful prayer to God for sending her baby is emotionally touching. Written by a grateful mother herself, Deb Adamson captures moments of the heart like finding out you're expecting, watching your baby sleeping, and hearing their first sweet laugh -- lyrically written in rhyming verse. A...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cottage Door Press, LLC 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: BOARD ADAMunsch, Robert N.
Summary: A mother sings a lullaby of love to her son for many years, then he has a baby!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Firefly Books 1986
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MUNCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MUNVeillé, Éric
Summary: Lionel can do everything Dad does: Dad combs his hair. So does Lionel. Dad scratches his arm. So does Lionel. Dad sings very, very loud. So does Lionel. But when Lionel throws all the toys in the air and they come down THUNK on Dad's head ... Dad yells! Ow! So does Lionel! Dad takes a break and has a think. Then comes rushing back for a big hug--Dad is very, very happy, and so is Lionel!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gecko Press 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE VELKidd, Sue Monk
Summary: This is the Spanish text edition of the New York Times best selling novel, "The Secret Life of Bees". It is a beautifully written, coming of age story, set in rural South Carolina in 1964 against the back drop of the civil rights movement. It is the touching story of a young white girl, fourteen year old Lily Owens, whose mother died in a tragic accident when Lily was about four. Lily lives...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2005