Julia Kuo
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Publisher Annotation: When it's dark out, we need light to see. But what if your body could make its own light? From acclaimed author-illustrator Julia Kuo comes a remarkable picture book about bioluminescence, the light made from living things, and its many forms.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Little Green is a proud and strong pickup truck who loves helping with chores, but when Farmer Gray buys a big new blue truck, Little Green is left to rust in a pasture until the farmer's daughter, Fern, suggests they fix him up and use him for such gentle jobs as going to the farmers' market.
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
700L
Physical Desc
269 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
Just when twelve-year-old Summer thinks nothing else can possibly go wrong in a year of bad luck, an emergency takes her parents to Japan, leaving Summer to care for her little brother while helping her grandmother cook and do laundry for harvest workers.
Author
Language
English
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Description
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "Hip, entertaining...imaginative."-Kirkus, starred review * "Essential." -Min Jin Lee * "A Herculean effort."-Lisa Ling * "A must-read."-Ijeoma Oluo * "Get two copies."-Shea Serrano * "A book we've needed for ages." -Celeste Ng * "Accessible, informative, and fun." -Cathy Park Hong * "This book has serious substance...Also, I'm in it."-Ronny Chieng RISE is a love letter to and for Asian Americans--a vivid scrapbook...
Author
Publisher
Atheneum
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 11
Physical Desc
405 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Hanako and her family, reeling from their confinement in an internment camp, renounce their American citizenship to move to Hiroshima, a city devastated by the atomic bomb dropped by Americans.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
36 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 23 x 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Yoshio delights in the everyday sounds of Tokyo, but when a musician tells him that her favorite sound is ma, the Japanese word for silence, Yoshio sets out to hear this sound for himself among the hustle and bustle of the city. Includes information on the Japanese concept of ma.
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
From New York Times bestselling author Livia Blackburne and illustrator Julia Kuo, here is I Dream of Popo. This delicate, emotionally rich picture book celebrates a special connection that crosses time zones and oceans as Popo and her granddaughter hold each other in their hearts forever. I dream with Popo as she rocks me in her arms. I wave at Popo before I board my flight. I talk to Popo from across the sea. I tell Popo about my adventures. When...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First Edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"A timely and important picture book that introduces readers to Wong Kim Ark, who challenged the Supreme Court for his right to be an American citizen"--
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
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Description
"A lyrical nonfiction picture book featuring eighteen Asian American changemakers and two pivotal moments in Asian American history, illustrated by fifteen renowned Asian and Asian American artists"--