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Soup day / by Iwai, Melissa.;
A mother and child spend a snowy day together buying and preparing vegetables, assembling ingredients, and playing while their big pot of soup bubbles on the stove.LSC
Subjects: Soups; Cooking (Vegetables); Mother and child;
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Perfect paper cranes / by Iwai, Melissa.;
Gigi loves the Japan Day Festival! When Ojiji volunteers at the origami booth, Gigi can't wait to make a paper crane like Ojiji's. But folding paper is harder than it looks, and Gigi is disheartened when she sees her paper crane next to Ojiji's. Will Gigi give up or will she try her best?
Subjects: Readers (Publications); Japanese Americans; Grandfathers; Grandparent and child;
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Gigi and Ojiji : food for thought / by Iwai, Melissa.;
"Ohayo! It's breakfast time and Gigi can't wait to make her favorite meal--Peanut Butter Toast. Yummy! But Ojiji doesn't like peanut butter. How can anyone NOT like peanut butter? Ojiji prefers Japanese foods--like natto, made from fermented soybeans. Will Gigi learn to love a new breakfast treat? This story highlights the close relationship of Gigi and her grandfather and the importance of trying new things!"--
Subjects: Readers (Publications); Food; Japanese Americans; Racially mixed people; Grandfathers; Grandparent and child;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Gigi and Ojiji : what's in a name? / by Iwai, Melissa.;
"Gigi wants to go by something besides her baby name--but her full name, Geraldine, is too long to write and Hanako, her middle name, doesn't feel quite right. Will Gigi find the perfect name?"--
Subjects: Readers (Publications); Names, Personal; Japanese Americans; Racially mixed people; Grandfathers; Grandparent and child; Families;
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Gigi and Ojiji / by Iwai, Melissa.;
"Gigi can't wait for her Ojiji--Japanese grandpa--to move in. Gigi plans lots of things to do with him, like playing tag, reading books, and teaching Roscoe, the family dog, new tricks. But her plans don't work out quite the way she'd hoped. And her grandpa doesn't seem to like Roscoe. Will Gigi find a way to connect with her Ojiji?"--Provided by publisher.Guided reading level L.LSC
Subjects: Japanese Americans; Racially mixed people; Grandfathers; Grandparent and child;
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The Beeman / by Krebs, Laurie; Iwai, Melissa;
In rhyming text, a child describes the work Grandpa does to take care of honeybees and harvest the honey they make.
Subjects: Beekeepers; Bee culture; Honeybee; Grandfathers; Narrative poetry;
© c2002., National Geographic,
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Hush, little monster / by Markell, Denis.; Iwai, Melissa.;
In this variation on a classic lullaby, a monster father promises his baby a variety of visitors, from a screeching owl to a zombie family."Ages 4-6"--P. [2] of cover.LSC
Subjects: Humorous fiction.; Stories in rhyme.; Monsters; Father and child;
© c2012., Simon & Schuster Children's Pub.,
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Let's go to the hardware store / by Rockwell, Anne F.; Iwai, Melissa.;
When the new house needs fixing up, a brother and sister accompany their father on a trip to the hardware store to find the tools and materials needed to get the job done.LSC
Subjects: Hardware stores; Dwellings;
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Chanukah lights everywhere / by Rosen, Michael J.,1954-; Iwai, Melissa.;
A young boy counts the candles on the family menorah and the lights he sees in the world around him on each night of Hanukkah. Includes information on the history and significance of the celebration."Ages 3 to 7"--P. [4] of cover.LSC
Subjects: Hanukkah stories.; Jews; Hanukkah; Channukah; Hanukah; Fasts and feasts—Judaism; Counting books.;
© 2006, c2001., Harcourt,
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We can get along : a child's book of choices / by Payne, Lauren Murphy,1956-; Iwai, Melissa.;
In simple text, describes how it feels when people get along well together and when they do not, and explains that one has control over how one reacts in both kinds of situations.Reading level grade 2; interest level ages 4-8.LSC
Subjects: Social interaction; Interpersonal relations; Choice (Psychology); Social interaction in children; Moral education; Interpersonal relations in children;
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