Jesse Byrd
1) El cambio
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Jesse Byrd es un autor de libros para niños que ha sido galardonado internacionalmente y es el miembro más joven de la junta directiva de NPR (el radio publica nacional). De pies a 6'8" de altura, Jesse dejó de jugar baloncesto en la Universidad de California-Santa Bárbara para dedicarse a su pasión por contar cuentos. Después de trabajar en Google en Silicon Valley y luego en EY en Dubái como director de comunicaciones para el Medio...
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Big sister Coco volume 1
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Paw Prints Publishing
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[2023]
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"Big Sister Coco is sassy and smart, and she absolutely adores her little brother, Bo! Together, Coco and Bo are ready to have fun and solve any problem or mystery that comes their way! In "A Birthday Surprise," three interconnecting stories told as an easy graphic novel will introduce emerging readers to this dynamic duo while highlighting their first mystery: How will Coco's help Bo figure out, prepare for, and enjoy his big fifth-birthday surprise?"--...
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Jesse Byrd is an international award-winning children's book author and the youngest NPR Board member. At 6'8", Jesse pivoted from playing basketball at UCSB to pursue his passion for storytelling. After working at Google in Silicon Valley and later EY in Dubai as Director of Communications for Middle East and North Africa, Jesse turned all of his energy toward his deepest love: making stories for youth and families with a focus on supporting diverse...
4) Sunny Days
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Jesse Byrd is an international award-winning children's book author and the youngest NPR Board member. At 6'8", Jesse pivoted from playing basketball at UCSB to pursue his passion for storytelling. After working at Google in Silicon Valley and later EY in Dubai as Director of Communications for Middle East and North Africa, Jesse turned all of his energy toward his deepest love: making stories for youth and families with a focus on supporting diverse...
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After Marina throws away the plastic wrapper on her sandwich, the plastic goes on a journey to disturb a series of sea creatures before, later, washing up on a beach where Marina and her family are playing. This experience is Marina's introduction to the harmfulness of single-use plastics, lighting a spark within her to learn more and do more to help the planet. Jesse Byrd is an international award-winning children's book creator who focuses mainly...
6) The Switch
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Kibwe is the best basketball player on his second-grade team. But the success is starting to get to his head-- he's becoming bigheaded and sort of bossy! Seeing this, Kibwe's dad decides to do something drastic to help humble his son and teach him some lessons that'll work on (and off) the court. Jesse Byrd is an international award-winning children's book author and the youngest NPR Board member. At 6'8", Jesse pivoted from playing basketball at...
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After Kavya and her family are flooded out of their home in Southeast Asia, they have to make the difficult decision to return and try to rebuild or move away from their native land. The creators of Seeking Shanti is the same team behind the non-profit Create-Structure and Better Shelter. Over the past five years, Better Shelter has collaborated with leading UN organizations, NGOs, governmental donors and the private sector to provide shelter for...
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Paw Prints Publishing
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[2023]
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Big Sister Coco is sassy and smart, and she absolutely adores her little brother, Bo! Together, CoCo and Bo are ready to have fun and solve any problem or mystery that comes their way! In "A Birthday Surprise" three interconnecting stories told as an easy graphic novel will introduce emerging readers to this dynamic duo while highlighting their first mystery: How will Coco's help Bo figure out, prepare for, and enjoy his big fifth-birthday surprise!...
9) La Gran Mara
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A young girl aspires to dance despite her disability.
Welcome to Sametown where everyone and everything is...well...the same. Except Mara! She's a little different. She' bright. She's sunny. And, unlike her classmates who are all planning on performing a similar magic show act at the school talent show, she is going to dance, dance, dance! One problem: everyone in Sametown – her classmates, her teacher-they all think she shouldn't do it. And it's...
10) Mighty Mara
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Carina Ho is dancer and musician who performs under the moniker ONIKHO. Having trained in dance and music since childhood, Carina joined AXIS Dance Company, a physically integrated dance company that casts dancers with and without disabilities, shortly after sustaining a spinal cord injury. Over the next two years she toured the United States with them until she was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship, for which she relocated to Montevideo, Uruguay to...