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Families are different

An adopted Korean girl discovers that her classmates have different types of families.
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Saige

Upset that her New Mexico school can only afford music and art teachers in alternate years, fourth-grader Saige works with her grandmother, Mimi, to plan a fundraiser but when Mimi has an accident, Saige relies on new friend Gabi to help.

Binky the space cat

Binky, a house cat who believes the family home is actually a space station, trains and prepares to travel into outer space, where his humans go everyday and need his protection.

Edgewater

Formerly rich girls, Lorrie Hollander and her sister have had to get used to living in Edgewater, their eccentric Aunt Gigi's decaying mansion, after their wealthy mother abandoned on them. Lorrie works hard to keep her family from collapsing, and in the process meets boy-next-door Charlie, a senator's son. Lorrie hides her situation from Charlie, afraid to lose his friendship, and maybe more than friendship--but Charlie and his family have embarrassing secrets, too.
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Juniper

the girl who was born too soon
2016
The authors detail the fight for their daughter, Juniper, who was born four months early, and weighed 1 pound, 4 ounces.
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Hey, kiddo

2018
In graphic novel format author and illustrator Jarrett J. Krosoczka discusses growing up in a family grappling with addiction.
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OCD

the struggle with obsessions and compulsions
This volume helps readers understand how people with OCD use rituals to cope with distressing intrusive thoughts.
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All about families

2017
"[An introduction to families that helps young readers] understand similarities and differences between themselves and others, and among families, communities, and traditions; understand feelings; be sensitive to others needs; [and] explore behavior and consequences"--Provided by publisher.
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He's got the whole world in his hands

...and more stories to celebrate the environment
2010
A collection of animated stories celebrating the planet Earth, based on award-winning children's books.

Gingersnap

When her brother Rob, a Navy cook, goes missing in action in 1944, Jayna, desperate for family, leaves upstate New York and their cranky landlady, accompanied by a turtle and a ghost, to seek their grandmother, who Rob believes may live in Brooklyn.
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