Bear Books Lower School

• Being you : poems of positivity by Daniel Thompson; Collins Kids; Julia Murray (Illustrator)

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  Call Number: POETRY THO

  ISBN: 9780008581336

  Publication Date: 2023-06-06

  Being You' is a collection of uplifting poems for children to read alone or share with the whole family. Beautifully illustrated, it is filled with poems to build confidence, bring courage, overcome worries and spread kindness.

• Saving Sorya: Chang and the Sun Bear by Trang Nguyen; Jeet Zdung (Illustrator)

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  Call Number: GN NGU

  ISBN: 9780593353639

  Publication Date: 2021-09-14

  "A young conservationist overcomes the odds to return a sun bear to its natural habitat"--Provided by publishe

• The Boy who Grew a Tree by Polly Ho-Yen ; illustrated by Sojung Kim-McCarthy

  Call Number: FIC HOY

  ISBN: 9781913311308

  Publication Date: 2022

  Nature-loving Timi is unsettled by the arrival of a new sibling and turns to tending a tree growing in his local library. But there is something magical about the tree and it is growing FAST - and the library is going to close. Can Timi save the library and his tree, and maybe bring his community closer together along the way?

• Attack of the Dragon King by M.Chan

  Call Number: FIC CHA

  ISBN: 9781408363089

  Publication Date: 2021

  When Jack's grandpa leaves him a magical twelve-sided jade coin, Jack finds himself caught in an ancient battle between good and evil. For he is the new Tiger Warrior, and it's up to him to save the world! Luckily, Jack has the spirits of the twelve animals of the Chinese Zodiac to help him. Tiger can harness the power of fire, Dragon can control water, Monkey has lightening speed and the rest, well they're just happy to be out of the jade coin for a bit! But other ancient spirits want the power of the Chinese Zodiac for themselves.

• The Way of Dog by words by Zana Fraillon ; illustrated by Sean Buckingham

  Call Number: FIC FRA

  ISBN: 9781915026231

  Publication Date: 2023

  Scruffity is born into the harsh, grey world of a puppy farm, taken from his Mama. What he yearns for most is Family. Just as his chances of adoption grow dangerously thin, Scruffity is set free by a boy as unwanted and lonely as he is. Outside, Scruffity learns all about The Way of Dog - to dig, howl and, most of all, to love. But when tragedy strikes, Scruffity is suddenly all alone again. How does a dog find his way home when he never had one to begin with?

• Muhammad Najem, War Reporter by Muhammad Najem; Nora Neus; Julie Robine (Artist)

  Call Number: B NAJ

  ISBN: 9780759556898

  Publication Date: 2022-09-27

  "A graphic memoir by young Syrian Muhammad Najem, who rose to international notoriety during the Syrian Civil War due to his on-the-ground reporting using social media"--Provided by publisher.

• The Kaya Girl by Mamle Wolo

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  Call Number: FIC WOL

  ISBN: 9780316703932

  Publication Date: 2022-06-28

  "Fourteen-year-olds Abena and Faiza, girls from vastly different worlds, cross paths in chaotic Makola Market in Accra, Ghana, and forge a beautiful bond that changes the path of each of their lives"--Provided by publisher.

• Temple Alley Summer by Sachiko Kashiwaba; Avery Fischer Udagawa (Translator); Miho Satake (Illustrator)

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  Call Number: FIC KAS

  ISBN: 9781632063038

  Publication Date: 2021-07-06

  Upon seeing a ghostly figure slip out of his home, Kazu grows convinced it’s connected to an ancient temple and the sudden appearance of a mysterious new classmate.

• Ahmed Aziz's Epic Year by Nina Hamza

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  Call Number: FIC HAM

  ISBN: 9780063024892

  Publication Date: 2021-06-22

  "A Indian American boy endures a family move from Hawaii to frigid Minnesota and, with the help of three life-changing books he reads in school, he learns to like reading, and ultimately, himself"--Provided by publisher.

• Proud of Me by Sarah Hagger-Holt

  Call Number: FIC HAG

  ISBN: 9781474966245

  Publication Date: 2021

  Becky and Josh are almost-twins, with two mums and the same anonymous donor dad. Josh can't wait until he's eighteen, the legal age when he can finally contact his father, and he'll do anything to find out more - even if it involves lying. Becky can't stop thinking about her new friend, Carli. Could her feelings for Carli be a sign of something more. Becky and Josh both want their parents to be proud of them - but right now, they're struggling to even accept themselves.

• Tumble by Celia C. Pérez

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  Call Number: FIC PER

  ISBN: 9780593325179

  Publication Date: 2022-08-16

  Before she decides whether to accept her stepfather's proposal of adoption, twelve-year-old Adela Ramírez reaches out to her estranged biological father--who is in the midst of a career comeback as a luchador--and the eccentric extended family of wrestlers she has never met, bringing Adela closer to understanding the expansive definition of family.

• A Rover's Story by Jasmine Warga

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  Call Number: FIC WAR

  ISBN: 9780063113923

  Publication Date: 2022-10-04

  Told through multiple viewpoints, this tale of emotional rover Resilience’s mission to Mars will keep readers with an interest in STEM will be on the edge of their seats.