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281) Ani's light
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Ani's world has gone dark in his mother's absence, and his family and friends are unable to help, but when Mama finally returns, with her hair missing, her love chases the darkness away. Includes a note to parents and caregivers.
282) Hush up and migrate!
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Mama Caribou tries to get Baby Bou to migrate, but he would rather play with his friends or eat, and he thinks he can avoid predators all by himself, without the protection of the herd.
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
HUMOROUS STORIES (CHILDREN'S / TEENAGE). An untidy kid sets off a pest invasion like no other in this boisterously fun picture book about the perils of messy habits. Playing and having fun is a kid s job, right? Cleaning up is a parent's job, right? Why do grown-ups make such a fuss about tidiness and cleanliness, anyway? What s the worst that could happen? A couple of ants pass through? A lone little mouse pays a midnight call? No big deal, right?...
285) Baby drag queen
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
High readability edition.
Language
English
Description
"Ichiro is a transgender youth in his final year of high school. He has a job as a dishwasher to earn money to help support his single mother. But it's not enough. Ichiro dreams of buying a camper van for the two of them so they can escape and live off the grid and not have to worry about money anymore. A budding drag queen, he takes a second job performing drag at a local club and learns of an upcoming contest where the prize money would be enough...
286) The ferris wheel
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First American edition.
Language
English
Description
"This is the story of two parallel journeys in cities far apart. A mother and a son leave their home for a better day, while a father and a daughter leave their home for a safer day. The concerns of the parents are almost the same as they watch over theirkids, but their experiences are sadly very different. The father and daughter are fleeing a city devastated by war, leaving their home-and beloved goldfish-behind. All through their journey the goldfish...
287) Osito
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
Primera edicion.
Language
Español
Description
Osito tiene cuatro aventuras incluyendo un viaje a la luna y una fiesta de cumpleaños.
Four brief tales in which Little Bear plays in the snow, has a birthday party, goes to the moon, and dreams about things he would like to do.
288) An egg for Shabbat
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Young Ben, eager to help his mother, rushes to the chicken pen Sunday through Friday mornings and each day learns a new lesson about carrying an egg.
291) Un beso en mi mano
Author
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
Español
Description
When Chester the raccoon is reluctant to go to kindergarten for the first time, his mother teaches him a secret way to carry her love with him.
292) Lark
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Things are getting tense at home for Nicky and Kenny as they wait for a visit from their estranged mother. To escape, they go for a walk on the moors, taking their little Jack Russell terrier with them. But what should have been a laugh, a lark, turns deadly when the weather changes and they are caught in a blizzard. Nothing will ever be quite the same again...
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
As the person who cares for his terminally-ill mother, Bobby Seed has a lot on his plate. Add to that a responsibility to watch over his little brother (with his endless question about why their mother is in so much pain), keeping up at school, and navigating a relationship with a girl friend who wants to be a girlfriend, and he's barely keeping his head above the water. Something's got to give. But then Bobby's mother makes a request, one that seems...
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"When a downcast Sergio gets home from a terrible day at school, his mom shows him a simple way to measure how bad the day really was. Sergio is amazed to discover that his day was better than he thought, and his mom explains why things often seem much worse than they really are"--Jacket.
296) Th3 brav5
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Collin can't help himself--he has a unique condition that leads him to count every letter spoken to him. It's a quirk that makes him a prime target for bullies and a continual frustration to the adults around him, including his father. When Collin is asked to leave yet another school, his dad decides to send him to live in Minnesota with the mother he's never met. She is Ojibwe and lives on a reservation. Collin arrives in Duluth with his loyal dog,...
Pub. Date
[2007]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
In 2001, audiences first met and fell in love with a twelve-year-old criminal mastermind named Artemis Fowl. Since then, the series has sold over seven million copies in the United States alone. Now, this phenomenally successful series is being translated into a graphic novel format. Eoin Colfer has teamed up with established comic writer Andrew Donkin to adapt the text. For the first time, rabid fans will be able to see what Foaly's tin hat looks...
Author
Pub. Date
2012.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Little John is proud of his mother's work as a stonecutter for a cathedral called "Big John," but struggles to understand the importance of spending so much time on one stone that no one will know Momma cut. Includes a history of New York City's Cathedral of St. John the Divine.
Author
Pub. Date
septiembre de 2022.
Language
Español
Description
"Martín tiene una imaginación desbordante que a veces le juega malas pasadas. Se imagina que ocurrirán cosas catastróficas y, de lo mucho que se preocupa, tirita como un flan. ¿Y si explotan todos los globos en la fiesta? ¿Y si se pierde en la excursión con su clase? Pero entonces su madre decide darle la vuelta a sus miedos... ¿Y si lo mejor está por llegar?" --
"Martín has an overflowing imagination that sometimes plays tricks...
300) A time of miracles
Author
Language
English
Description
Blaise Fortune, also known as Koumaïl, loves hearing the story of how he came to live with Gloria in the Republic of Georgia: Gloria was picking peaches in her father's orchard when she heard a train derail. After running to the site of the accident, she found an injured woman who asked Gloria to take her baby. The woman, Gloria claims, was French, and the baby was Blaise. When Blaise turns seven years old, the Soviet Union collapses and Gloria...
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