Rainbow Books: Coloring Required

SUMMARY: From the book's jacket "Somewhere there's a mama lifting baby from a crib, Snapping rompers, looping laces, Brushing crumbs from baby's bib." With its simple rhyming verse, this book pays tribute to mamas and children. From waking babies up in...

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SUMMARY: This book was published in 2010 by Picture Window Books. It is part of a series of beginner's chapter books. They all share the stories about a girl named Katie Woo. She is Chinese American and has 2 best friends Pedro and JoJo. In this book...

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SUMMARY: This book was published in 2010 and it is based on a true story. From the book's jacket Rubina is invited to her first ever birthday party! She can't wait for the games, cake, fun...and party favors. But her mom doesn't know what a birthday party...

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SUMMARY: This book was published in 2008 and it is about a girl named Grace. Grace is shocked when her teacher reveals that the United States has never had a female president, so she decides to be the first. She starts off her political career by running...

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SUMMARY: This book that was published in a 1995 is a story about a boy named Ling Sung. He does not like to go to school because he is feeling left out. It seems to him that all his friends are good at something, except for him. When he discovers something...

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SUMMARY: This book was published in 1980, and it is about a girl named Jenny and her two friends, Sam and Nicholas, who welcome a new girl who has just moved into the neighborhood. DEVELOPMENTAL VALUE: This book is wonderful, just like the title, and...

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SUMMARY: From the book's jacket A rose is a rose And everything grows-- When summer is summer is summer. "For many children summer is lemonade and salty air, baseball and ice cream, fireflies and starry nights, and much, much more. Join four friends as...

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SUMMARY: Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes opens with the following lines: “There was one little baby who was born far away, and another who was born on the very next day. And both of these babies—as everyone knows— had ten little fingers and ten...

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