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      Children's & YA

      First Things First

      by Farhad Hasanzadeh

      A little mouse who loves watching the sunset comes across a snake on its way one day. Scared for his life, the mouse tries his best to come up with anything that would create a friendship between him and the snake. Would his efforts work? “First Things First” is a sweet story in the appreciation of friendship. It helps children understand that sometimes the unlikeliest friendships could be built with enough effort, passion, and care.

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      Children's & YA
      January 2011

      The Boy Who Saw the Color of Air

      by Abdo Wazen

      In his first YA novel, cultural journalist and author Abdo Wazen writes about a blind teenager in Lebanon who finds strength and friendship among an unlikely group. Growing up in a small Lebanese village, Bassim’s blindness limits his engagement with the materials taught in his schools. Despite his family’s love and support, his opportunities seem limited. So at thirteen years old, Bassim leaves his village to join the Institute for the Blind in a Beirut suburb. There, he comes alive. He learns Braille and discovers talents he didn’t know he had. Bassim is empowered by his newfound abilities to read and write. Thanks to his newly developed self-confidence, Bassim decides to take a risk and submit a short story to a competition sponsored by the Ministry of Education. After winning the competition, he is hired to work at the Institute for the Blind. At the Institute, Bassim, a Sunni Muslim, forms a strong friendship with George, a Christian. Cooperation and collective support are central to the success of each student at the Institute, a principle that overcomes religious differences. In the book, the Institute comes to symbolize the positive changes that tolerance can bring to the country and society at large. The Boy Who Saw the Color of Air is also a book about Lebanon and its treatment of people with disabilities. It offers insight into the vital role of strong family support in individual success, the internal functioning of institutions like the Institute, as well as the unique religious and cultural environment of Beirut. Wazen’s lucid language and the linear structure he employs result in a coherent and easy-to-read narrative. The Boy Who Saw the Color of Air is an important contribution to a literature in which people with disabilities are underrepresented. In addition to offering a story of empowerment and friendship, this book also aims to educate readers about people with disabilities and shed light on the indispensable roles played by institutions like the Institute.

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      Children's & YA

      Changeling

      by Kotryna Zylė

      Changeling is a rebellious novel about creativity, youth and the raging intensity of teenage emotional life. The gripping story plunges the reader into the depths of a mystical town, a haunting and haunted place, where boundaries between the real and the otherworldly become dangerously blurred. A strange and electrifying tale of teenage disenchantment, Changeling is a work of stunning emotional force that captures the twisted complexities of family relationships and friendships, first love, and the quest for self-definition. Guided by short introductions to Baltic mythology, readers will find themselves in an urban landscape steeped in pagan and post-Soviet history.

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      Children's & YA
      2019

      Yanou a le palu

      by Vincent Nomo

      Malaria kills millions of people every year around the world. Dying from malaria is the daily life of people in tropical areas. This book is an excellent fun tool for the potential patient but also, more broadly, for learning to read and the cognitive development of children in Africa.

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      Comic strip fiction / graphic novels (Children's/YA)
      August 2018

      The Straw Giant and the Crow

      by Bosworth-Smith, Jessica

      The Straw Giant and The Crow by Jessica Bosworth Smith is a heartfelt and off-the-wall story about a mysterious relationship between a straw giant and a crow. There is a field afar that holds an incredible secret... a giant lives there who is made of straw. One winter, grumpy and miserable with his cold surroundings, the Straw Giant chases away all the other animals in his field. That is, until the Crow arrives and begins to leave him little gifts each morning. A sweet and subtle friendship emerges — but will the Crow be able to last the Winter Solstice? Will their friendship defy the cold clutches of winter and last out?

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      2022

      Deception and Other Stories

      by Namarome Wanjala, Lilian Akampurira Aujo, Chuma Nwokolo, Ekilah Ndung'u, Racquel Anyango, Barakat Akinsiku, Jennifer Nkiruka Mbunabo, Teri Were, Muthoni Muchemi

      Dive into diverse African experiences through these compelling stories. From the allure of online gambling to village life, from friendships tested by social media to coastal communities facing ancient deities, this collection offers intimate, thought-provoking glimpses into contemporary African life. Each tale invites readers to explore complex themes and vibrant characters across the continent.

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      Children's & YA

      I will nerver forget you

      by Jean de Dieu Munyurangabo

      It is a book story where Benitta help Zoe a child with disabity who was a begger on the street she decided to take her to school hence the friendship...

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      The Arts
      August 2022

      Robert Guédiguian

      by Joseph Mai

      Intervening at the crossroads of philosophy, politics, and cinema, this book argues that the career of Robert Guédiguian is the result of one of the most original and coherent projects in contemporary French cinema: to make a committed, historically-conscious cinema, in a local space, over a long period of time, but most especially with friends. The account starts with in-depth consideration of friendship and its relation to philosophy, politics, time, and space. The book chronologically traces this project as it begins in Guédiguian's hometown, the Communist-leaning Marseille. It further unfolds through the political transformations of the 1980s Left and the local activism and utopias of the 1990s, and spreads into Guédiguian's varied explorations of genre and register. Close analysis is accompanied with historical and social contextualization, but also with a consistent return to the underlying, radical and philosophically rich project.

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      Children's & YA

      Who am I?

      by Roula Youssef

      'Meet Crazee, a joyful, and free-spirited character, inviting readers to adventure with her on an amazing journey of self-discovery. Springing through life, making new friends, and inspiring young readers, join Crazee as she explores thoughts, feelings, words, behaviours, and friendships from the world around her, and asks 'Who am I?' What are Crazee’s three FUNtabulous expressions? Start reading inside to find out!

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      Children's & YA

      The Makers Club

      Starting Up!

      by Reimena Yee, Tintin Pantoja, Melanie Ujimori

      Childhood friends Aqilah and Yong Qiang have lost touch over the years. Whenthey are unexpectedly reunited in Pangolin Secondary School, they discover thatthings are very different and life seems a lot more uncertain than it once was. Willthey have the courage to start up a brand new school club and convince everyone,including themselves, that they’re ready for independence? Find out how the foundingmembers of The Makers Club forged a friendship that would change their lives forever.

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      Children's & YA
      2017

      The Owl Who Wanted To Become a Lark

      by Halyna Vdovychenko (Author), Khrystyna Lukashcuk (Illustrator)

      The Owl Who Wanted To Become a Lark tells the story of two birds and their sleeping habits. Each of them has their own lifestyle, one nocturnal, one diurnal. But what would happen if one day owls were to hunt in the morning, and larks were to sing at night? How would they adapt to each other? And would the different lifestyles become a threat to their friendship? This book demonstrates that we are all different but equally beautiful. A lark is no better than an owl, and vice versa; differences like these are not an obstacle to a true friendship. From 3 to 8 years, 1757 words Rightsholders: booksxxi@gmail.com

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      Children's & YA
      2020

      Momo, The Strange Cat

      by Morteza Rokhsatpanah

      Momo really wants to find a friend, but it’s not easy for him to do this at all. Because, you know… Momo is a little bit, just a little bit strange. “Momo, the Strange Cat” is a story about friendship. It helps children to understand what it takes to make friends and how they should act on their needs.

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      March 2020

      Cousin Arrived

      by Qin Wenjun

      “Cousin Arrived" is an anthology of short stories. The story involves family love and friendship, as well as the children's little confusion when facing growth. This book contains small stories such as "Mysterious Mascot" full of spiritual inspiration, "Little Brother's Green Manor" that encourages children to choose their own growth path and etc. For children facing their own challenge of growth, this is a good interpretation book of mood and emotions that accompanies children’s growth.

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      Children's & YA
      June 2020

      Two Tortoises in the Forest

      by Bahar Sener / Gabriela Vagnoli

      Regardless of their reactions, all children are beautiful and deserve respect and care. They sometimes misbehave, in fact this may even go as far as peer bullying. In this book, you will see how this kind of behaviours can be transformed and open the way for a good friendship when children are treated with love. Children and adults alike have so much to learn from those intelligent, wise tortoises who are famous for acting slowly but surely.

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      Children's & YA
      September 2028

      Picture book "Karl"

      by Meggie Berns

      Feodora + Gino present: KarlFeodora and Gino go on a picnic. They notice a small beetleamong the many other little crawlers. It looks pretty sad. Ittakes the children a while to find out what's wrong with thepoor little creature. But now they need help fast! Educational approach:This story is all about affection and friendship. It describes howimportant they are and how, without affection, you can evenfeel unwell.

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      Children's & YA
      September 2019

      Eu não tenho medo

      by Niccolò Ammaniti

      The hottest summer of the century. Four houses lost among the wheat fields. The big ones are locked in the house. Six children, on their bicycles, venture into the burning and abandoned countryside. In the middle of that sea of ears hides a frightening secret, a secret that will change forever the life of one of them, Michele, a 9-year-old boy. The story is set in the torrid summer of 1978, in the countryside of an unidentified southern Italy, but evoked with rare descriptive force. In this landscape dominated by the contrast between the blinding light of the sun and the darkness of the night, Ammaniti alternates, with wise narrative moments, comedy, the world of children's relationships, the language and the burlesque wisdom of children, their tenacity, the strength of friendship and the drama of betrayal. And at the same time he sketches an unforgettable display of adult characters. A novel of self-discovery through the most extreme risk and the need to face it, Io non ho paura becomes a poignant farewell to the age of play and amazement, to the magical energy that makes us fight monsters. And it insinuates itself under the skin of all of us, like a light stab in the chest.

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      Children's & YA
      2018

      The Chalk Giraffe

      by Kirsty Paxton

      What if your drawings magically came to life, only to prove rather demanding art critics? Oh, the hassle! In The Chalk Giraffe we follow an artistic child who finds herself drawing a giraffe with chalk… but she is surprised when her creation comes alive and demands changes to his surrounding landscape. What follows is a quirky and humorous tale of creativity and perspective, with the beautiful African landscape as a backdrop to this new and unlikely friendship.

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