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Curious George Mother's Day surprise

It's Mother's Day and George's friends Marco and Cecilia need his help with a very important surprise for Mother's Day. Will they be able to work quickly in enough time for the special holiday?.
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Mama the alien =

Mama la extraterrestre
A young girl misunderstands the word alien on her mother's Resident Alien Card and let's her imagination run wild, coming to the conclusion that her mother is from outer space.
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Starring Carmen!

Singer, dancer, actress, and costume designer Carmen puts on a show every night for her exhausted parents, who would like Carmen to share the stage with her biggest fan, her little brother Eduardo.
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A bean and cheese taco birthday = Un cumpleanos con tacos de frijoles con queso

Five-year-old Ariel wants a very simple birthday celebration at the park with bean and cheese tacos and bubbles, despite his older brother Dario's preference for big birthday parties. In English and Spanish.
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Lola Levine is not mean!

2016
1 in the series--Second-grader Lola has a wonderful family, a great teacher, and the best friend ever, Josh, and they all help her feel better after she is teased and forbidden to play team sports at recess for having accidentally hurt classmate Juan during a soccer game.
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Luis paints the world

2016
Nico doesn't have to join the Army to see the world--that's what younger brother Luis tries to show by painting a mural in the neighborhood alley. But Nico is deployed and his small brother paints the world in the alleyway to hold on to him.
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Not-so-lucky lefty

2018
Number 10: Tomorrow is Left Handers Day, and Stink and Dad, the southpaws in the Moody family, are celebrating at the pretzel factory. Judy is allowed to come along on one condition: she has to be left-handed--the whole entire day.
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From far away

Describes one girl's experience of adapting to a new culture, as she leaves war-torn Beirut to settle in Canada with her family.
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The Nutcracker in Harlem

In Harlem in the 1920s, in the middle of a family Christmas party, Marie receives a nutcracker from her Uncle Cab, which leads to a marvelous dream in this resetting of E.T.A. Hoffmann's familiar tale. Includes historical notes.
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Just like daddy

2015
Baby Bear likes to do everything his Daddy does. But then Mommy surprises Baby Bear with a talent all her own!.

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