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2) Explorers
Author
Language
English
Description
A boy plays with an origami bird made by a homeless man while his family visits a museum, which causes all sorts of trouble but leads to new friendships in this nearly wordless book.
Author
Series
Mr. Wolf's class volume 5
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"A blizzard is coming to Hazelwood Elementary! It's snowing, and there's excitement in the air because the school day might end early. Students and teachers alike are looking forward to seeing what happens! Meanwhile, Abdi is distracted and worried because his brother is having surgery. He's supposed to go home with Henry, but they miss the bus and end up having an unexpected adventure with Mr. Wolf!"--Provided by publisher.
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Series
Language
English
Description
"In this new installment in the New York Times bestselling Brad McLanahan series, Russia and China have teamed up to gain dominance in outer space, and it's up to McLanahan and the newly formed U.S. Space Force to stop them"--
"Because its enemies never stop trying to undermine the United States' security, the men and women who serve to protect America must always be vigilant. Few know this better than warriors Brad McLanahan and Nadia Rozek. Newly...
7) Wintergirls
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Language
English
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Description
Eighteen-year-old Lia comes to terms with her best friend's death from anorexia as she struggles with the same disorder.
Author
Language
English
Description
"Since childhood, Helene Stapinski heard lurid tales about her great-great-grandmother, Vita. In Southern Italy, she was a loose woman who had murdered someone. Immigrating to America with three children, she lost one along the way. Helene's youthful obsession with Vita deepened as she grew up, eventually propelling the journalist to Italy, where, with her own children in tow, she pursued the story, determined to set the record straight" -- provided...
Author
Language
English
Description
"Donald Hall is an American master, one of the nation's most beloved and accomplished poets. Now in his eighties having taken stock of the body of his work - rigorous, gorgeous verse that is the result of seventy years of 'ambition and pleasure' - he strips it down. The Selected Poems of Donald Hall reflects the poet's handpicked, concise selection, showcasing work rich with humor and eros and 'a kind of simplicity that succeeds in engaging the reader...
Author
Language
English
Description
This book recounts one of history's most harrowing - and chilling - tales of survival. In 1846, a group of emigrants bound for California face a choice: continue on their planned route or take a shortcut into the wilderness. Eighty-nine of them opt for the untested trail, a decision that plunges them into danger and desperation and, finally, the unthinkable. This is a retelling of the ill-fated journey of the Donner party across the Sierra Nevadas...
Author
Series
Fables (Bill Willingham) volume 3
Publisher
DC Comics
Pub. Date
2009-2017.
Language
English
Description
"Imagine that all the characters from the world's most beloved storybooks were real -- real, and living among us, with all of their powers intact. How would they cope with life in our mundane, un magical reality? The answer can be found in FABLES, Bill Willingham's celebrated reimagining of the venerable fairy tale canon. From Snow White and the Big Bad Wolf to Goldilocks and Little Boy Blue, the folk tales of old are reborn here as exiles living...
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
"Wolf is feeling offended and indignant: all the wolves he's ever read about are nasty, scary, and greedy! To set the record straight, he decides to write a story about a nice wolf. But will his wolfish instincts get the better of him after all?" -- dust jacket flap.
15) Good poems
Language
English
Description
Every day people tune in to The Writer's Almanac on public radio and hear Garrison Keillor read them a poem. And here, for the first time, is an anthology of poems from the show, chosen by the narrator for their wit, their frankness, their passion, their "utter clarity in the face of everything else a person has to deal with at 7 a.m." The title Good Poems comes from common literary parlance. For writers, it's enough to refer to somebody having written...
Author
Publisher
Fantagraphics
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
On the run from her treasured home, Joana boards a steamship bound for the frozen realm of wolves and men. Here, Tala guides a gold-hunting expedition into the heart of the wilderness. As storm winds loom and a fearsome she-wolf lurks in the shadows, these bold young women soon discover that Nature's wrath come for all who seek to plunder Her.
Author
Series
Fables (Bill Willingham) volume 21
Publisher
DC Comics/Vertigo
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"In the aftermath of Bigby Wolf's destruction, a shift in the Fables' underlying power structure threatens to split the community into two warring factions - one led by Snow White, the other led by her sister Rose Red."
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