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When a young mixed-race girl named Remy encounters for the first time the intrusive question, "What are you?", it sends her on a journey towards self-acceptance. Feeling confused about where she belongs, Remy learns about ethnicity and what it means to be mixed by doing her favorite activity with her mother -- baking a cake! Remy discovers being mixed is something to be proud of. When she returns to school, Remy shares with her classmates the importance...

"The students in Miss Seabrooke's Kindergarten class are surprised when they welcome a new student and she doesn't respond, even when they talk LOUDER. They are even more surprised when Tayra doesn't answer the teacher. And they are outraged when she accidentally knocks over one of the students and doesn't apologize. Except for Kitty, who puts herself in Tayra's shoes, offers a welcoming hand, and shows Tayra around. When the other students see them...

"There's a new principal at Ella Mentry School. Yes, it's true! Mr. Klutz is retiring and the president of the Board of Education, Dr. Carbles (Boo! Hiss!), has hired the best person for the job -- or at least the funniest. But stand-up comedian Mrs. Stoker will have to face Vice Principal Mrs. Jafee in a big joke-off duel to defend her new job. Will Mrs. Stoker have the last laugh? Or will shoe lose her audience when things get serious?"--

«Si me levanto con el pie izquierdo, trato de hacer cosas absurdas, para ver qué tal me siento. Me pongo una caja en la cabeza y hago muecas raras. Agito los frascos de salsa de la nevera. Le canto a la almohada» ¿Por qué a veces nos sentimos de mal humor, deprimidos, irascibles, frustrados? ¿Cómo podemos superar un mal día? ¿Qué hacer si persisten las emociones negativas? ¡No por eso somos monstruos! Que levante la mano quien no haya tenido...

Lunch Lady has villains to fight at school and camp in this action-packed book. First, Dee, Terrence, and Hector come face to face with a very special guest on Author Visit Day--but there's something a little off about the world-famous writer. What evil designs does he have on his agenda? Then, the kids take a sigh of relief and are relaxing at summer camp. What evils could befall them there? Of course, there is the legendary swamp monster. Stories...