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5381) The Story of Christmas
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books LLC
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
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Description
"Delicate paper-cut illustrations provide a lovely, solemn backdrop to the King James Bible's account of the Nativity story" in this delightful book (Publishers Weekly).
Deeply reverent and richly detailed, Pamela Dalton's exquisite scissor-cut illustrations follow The Story of Christmas from the appearance of the Angel to the shepherds who came from the fields, and to the three wise men who followed the star to pay respect...
Deeply reverent and richly detailed, Pamela Dalton's exquisite scissor-cut illustrations follow The Story of Christmas from the appearance of the Angel to the shepherds who came from the fields, and to the three wise men who followed the star to pay respect...
5382) 14 Hollow Road
Author
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Formats
Description
A warm summer novel about a community banding together in the wake of a tornado, perfect for fans of Lynda Mullaly Hunt, Kate Messner, and Jeanne Birdsall.
The night of the sixth-grade dance is supposed to be perfect for Maddie: she’ll wear her perfect new dress, hit the dance floor with her friends, and her crush, Avery, will ask her to dance. But as the first slow song starts to play, her plans crumble. Avery asks...
The night of the sixth-grade dance is supposed to be perfect for Maddie: she’ll wear her perfect new dress, hit the dance floor with her friends, and her crush, Avery, will ask her to dance. But as the first slow song starts to play, her plans crumble. Avery asks...
5383) The Boy Who Ran Away From the Circus (and joined the library): The Boy Who Ran Away From the Circus
Author
Series
Fizzlebert Stump series volume 1
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Formats
Description
'There are many boys in the world, all slightly different from one another, and most of them are referred to by names. These are often John or Jack or Desmond, but sometimes they are James or Philip or Simon. Once, and once only, there was a boy whose name was Fizzlebert.'
Fizzlebert Stump lives in a travelling circus. But although he gets to hang around with acrobats, play the fool with clowns, and put his head in a lion's mouth every night,...
Fizzlebert Stump lives in a travelling circus. But although he gets to hang around with acrobats, play the fool with clowns, and put his head in a lion's mouth every night,...
Author
Series
Publisher
John Corwin
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Formats
Description
Justin won Elyssa's heart and saved his dad from rogue vampires, but just when he thinks he can ride off into the sunset on a white horse, trouble not only knocks on his door, it plows through it with hellhounds.
Spawn relatives with their own agendas, vampires running amok, and his father marked for death, it seems there's no end to the kinds of monsters out to make Justin's life miserable. It's almost enough to make him
...5385) The Unquiet
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Formats
Description
Over the summer, Rinn stopped taking her bi-polar meds and blames herself and the voices she heard for her grandmother's tragic death. To get a new start, Rinn and her mother are moving back to her mom's small hometown and Rinn has promised to never miss a pill again. The fresh start is just what Rinn needs. She falls in with the popular girls at her new school and she falls for very cute "farmer boy" Nate. But River Hills High School has a secret....
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A quietly reassuring story showing that change can be a good thing at times." —Kirkus Reviews
"This is a feel-good story...a wonderful read-aloud, especially for snuggling by a fire on a cold night!" —School Library Journal
"This lovely celebration of quirky individualism applauds both creativity and science." —Booklist
Try though she might, ten-year-old Lucy Castor can't seem...
"This is a feel-good story...a wonderful read-aloud, especially for snuggling by a fire on a cold night!" —School Library Journal
"This lovely celebration of quirky individualism applauds both creativity and science." —Booklist
Try though she might, ten-year-old Lucy Castor can't seem...
5387) Cinder
Author
Publisher
Alexandra Kiadó
Pub. Date
2016
Language
Hungarian
Formats
Description
Százhuszonhat évvel a negyedik világháború után emberek és kiborgok népesítik be Új Peking utcáit. A népességet halálos járvány tizedeli. Az űrből kegyetlen holdlakók figyelnek és várnak a megfelelő alkalomra... Senki sem sejti, hogy a Föld sorsa egyetlen lány kezében van... Cindert, a tizenhat éves kiborgot a társadalom nagy része technológiai tévedésnek tartja, mostohaanyja pedig ki nem állhatja. De a kiborglétnek
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Series
Cupcake club (Sheryl Berk) volume 3
Publisher
Sourcebooks
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Formats
Description
The third book in a delicious new series by New York Times bestselling author Sheryl Berk and her cupcake-obsessed daughter, Carrie.
The Cupcake Club competes in the Battle of the Bakers on live TV. Can the club whip up a victory?
Meet Sadie.
When she's not mixing it up on the basketball court, she's mixing the perfect batter with her friends in the cupcake club. Sadie's definitely no stranger
...Author
Series
Publisher
Waverley Books
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Formats
Description
The charming and entertaining stories of Anne Shirley of Green Gables fame continue with this fourth book in the Avonlea series set in the countryside of Prince Edward Island, Canada. Anne Shirley is now the principal of Summerside High School. The book consists of a series of letters Anne writes to Gilbert Blythe, her friend and medical student who is studying in Nova Scotia.
5390) Krakens and Lies
Author
Series
The menagerie (Tui Sutherland) volume 3
Publisher
Tantor Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
The Menagerie trilogy comes to a fantastic conclusion in Krakens and Lies, the third magical and mysterious adventure from Tui Sutherland (New York Times bestselling author of the Wings of Fire series) and Kari Sutherland. Young readers who love mythological creatures and series like Fablehaven, the Spiderwick Chronicles, and Spirit Animals won't want to miss the Menagerie.
Someone has been sabotaging the Menagerie, and Logan and Zoe are on the case....
5391) The red fairy book
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Thirty-seven fairy tales from the folklore of France, Germany, Scandinavia, and Russia, including The Golden Goose, The Story of Sigurd, and The Twelve Dancing Princesses.
5393) Buffalo flats
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The coming of age story of Rebecca Leavitt as she searches for her identity in the Northwest Territories of Canada"--
Seventeen-year-old Rebecca Leavitt has traveled by covered wagon from Utah to the Northwest Territories of Canada, where her father and brothers are now homesteading and establishing a new community with other Latter-Day Saints. Rebecca is old enough to get married, but what kind of man would she marry and who would have a girl like...
5394) The familiars
Author
Series
Familiars volume 1
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
When a scrappy alley cat named Aldwyn passes himself off as a magical animal companion to Jack, a young wizard in training, Aldwyn and his fellow "familiars," a know-it-all blue jay and bumbling tree frog, must save the kingdom after the evil queen of Vastia kidnaps Jack and two other wizards.
5395) Dead end in Norvelt
Author
Series
Norvelt books volume 1
Language
English
Description
In the historic town of Norvelt, Pennsylvania, twelve-year-old Jack Gantos spends the summer of 1962 grounded for various offenses until he is assigned to help an elderly neighbor with a most unusual chore involving the newly dead, molten wax, twisted promises, Girl Scout cookies, underage driving, lessons from history, typewriting, and countless bloody noses.
Author
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Formats
Description
Whether it is basketball dreams, family fiascos, first crushes, or new neighborhoods, this bold short story collection—written by some of the best children’s authors including Kwame Alexander, Meg Medina, Jacqueline Woodson, and many more and published in partnership with We Need Diverse Books—celebrates the uniqueness and universality in all of us.
"Will resonate with any kid who's ever felt different—which...
"Will resonate with any kid who's ever felt different—which...
Author
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the wake of a destructive tornado, Ivy Aberdeen develops feelings for another girl in this stunning, tender novel about emerging identity, perfect for fans of The Thing About Jellyfish.
When a tornado rips through town, twelve-year-old Ivy Aberdeen's house is destroyed and her family of five is displaced. Ivy feels invisible and ignored in the aftermath of the storm—and what's worse, her notebook filled with secret...
When a tornado rips through town, twelve-year-old Ivy Aberdeen's house is destroyed and her family of five is displaced. Ivy feels invisible and ignored in the aftermath of the storm—and what's worse, her notebook filled with secret...
Author
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
Celebrate the joys of Black boyhood with stories from seventeen bestselling, critically acclaimed Black authors—including Jason Reynolds (the Track series), Jerry Craft (New Kid), and Kwame Mbalia (the Tristan Strong series)!
Black boy joy is…
Picking out a fresh first-day-of-school outfit.
Saving the universe in an epic intergalactic race.
Finding your voice—and your rhymes—during tough times.
Flying...
Black boy joy is…
Picking out a fresh first-day-of-school outfit.
Saving the universe in an epic intergalactic race.
Finding your voice—and your rhymes—during tough times.
Flying...
5399) The Glass Town game
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Language
English
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Description
Inside a small Yorkshire parsonage, Charlotte, Branwell, Emily, and Anne Brontë have invented a game called Glass Town, where their toy soldiers fight Napoleon and no one dies. This make-believe land helps the four escape from a harsh reality: Charlotte and Emily are being sent away to a dangerous boarding school, a school they might not return from. But on this Beastliest Day, the day Anne and Branwell walk their sisters to the train station, something...
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