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Series
Jasmine Toguchi volume 8
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
96 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Description
On her last stop in Japan, eight-year-old Jasmine cherishes the time spent with her family, and plants a garden to ensure a lasting connection with her Obaachan even after returning home.
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 29 cm
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Description
A girl describes her family's annual visit with Mamaw and Papaw in West Virginia, then Abuela and Abuelo in Florida, especially the foods and cultural elements that make each kitchen unique.
Author
Series
Jasmine Toguchi volume 7
Formats
Description
When Jasmine and family visit Kabo, the Japanese village where her grandmother grew up, she is homesick and angry with her older sister for not playing with her, but when they start to compromise, they discover ways to bridge their differences. Includes author's note and instructions on how to make a folding fan.
44) The secret puppy
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Series
Pub. Date
2016
Physical Desc
127 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Description
"On vacation at a farm campsite, Daisy meets the farm dog's puppies. She falls in love with one and secretly names him Baxter. But when it's time to go home, how will Daisy ever say good-bye?"--
46) Stay!
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm.
Description
Ben thinks his dog, Buster, is the best in the world but his parents are not as sure, so when they go on vacation Buster must stay with Grampa who, guided by many notes from Ben and using his own dog-training methods, manages to get Buster under control--mostly.
47) Trespassers
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Description
Gabby Woods loves a mystery, but is breaking into an abandoned lake house going too far to uncover the truth? Gabby Woods is looking forward to another summer vacation at her family's lake house, even though she would rather bury herself in a mystery novel than make new friends. But soon Gabby meets Paige, a snarky kid from Chicago, and they get caught up in a local mystery: the sudden disappearance of a glamorous couple and the extravagant lake house...
Author
Series
Lulu (Hilary McKay) volume 2
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
108 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Description
Seven-year-old Lulu and her cousin think their vacation house is the most perfect place ever until they find a trouble-prone, stray dog living on the beach.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
151 p. ; 20 cm.
Description
Bess, George, and I volunteered to go to Costa Rica for some R&R: rest and research. See, Corcovado Ecologica, a popular resort and preserve, isn't only a beautiful getaway; it's also a great place to study three species of monkeys. Or so we thought.
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
239 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Description
Mike, Timba y Trolli se merecen unas vacaciones, así que lo han preparado todo para pasar unos días de descanso en una isla tranquila y alejada del ajetreo diario. De manera accidental, encontrarán un pergamino que los pondrá sobre la pista de un extraño tesoro, relacionado con viejas leyendas locales que nos hablan de criaturas mágicas, profecías antiguas y batallas entre gigantes y caballeros. Sin haberlo buscado, los compas se verán...
54) The stolen relic
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
148 p. ; 20 cm.
Description
Nancy and her friends are eager to do some hiking and rafting while on vacation in Arches National Park in Moab, Utah, but when their tour guide mysteriously disappears, Nancy sets out to investigate.
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm.
Description
"Every year, I stay in the same cabin at the beach with my family, and every year Chicken Smith's here too, with his Dad and his dog, Jelly. But this year, something's different." As we hang on the words of the narrator, we learn of the legendary Chicken Smith and the beachside town that has been the backdrop to their school-holiday adventures for years. But will Chicken Smith turn up this year? Or will a friendship of a different kind blossom. A...
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
36 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Description
Three goldfish live in a small bowl, in an apartment building, in the middle of a big city, until one summer they get to go on vacation--in a fountain, with lily pads, and reeds, and other neighborhood goldfish. Based on a true story that happened in New York City on Riverside Drive and 76th Street at the Hamilton Fountain over the summers of 1992 to 2005.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
94 p.
Description
Twin brother and sister, James and Morgan, go on an adventurous camping and hiking vacation with their parents to Bryce Canyon and Zion national parks and learn about the history, unusual geology, famous sites, plants, and animals of these two closely situated but very different parks. Accompanying sidebar notes include additional facts about the area and describe the facilities and rules of the two parks.
60) The flamingo
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
141 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Description
From a highly acclaimed illustrator comes a stunning graphic novel filled with adventure and wonder about an imaginative girl and her obsession with flamingoes. A little girl arrives, excited for a beachy vacation with her Lao Lao. The girl and her grandmother search for shells, chase crabs, and play in the sea, but when the girl finds an exquisite flamingo feather in her grandmother's living room, her vacation turns into something fantastical.
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