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Author
Series
Weenies short story collections volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Thirty-five creepy stories about pigeons, ancient predators, Girl Scouts, and other terrifying things. Includes author's notes on how he got his ideas for these stories.
Publisher
BOOM! Studios
Language
English
Description
Adding a touch of class to outer space...
The conclusion of our super-spies' foray into space! John Steed and Emma Peel have gotten entangled with an eccentric figure that is determined to see Britain lead in space, no matter the cost. Rising star Caleb Monroe brings us a story of defending Queen & Country in Zero-G!
Author
Language
English
Description
"Bestselling author and longtime Trump observer David Cay Johnston shines a light on the political termites who have infested our government under the Trump Administration, destroying it from within and compromising our jobs, safety, finances, and more. No journalist knows Donald Trump better than David Cay Johnston, who has been following him since 1988. It's Even Worse Than You Think: What the Trump Administration Is Doing to America goes inside...
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Language
English
Description
"The idea of training rarely crosses cat owners' minds, and we often assume that cats can't and don't need to be trained. But in The Trainable Cat, bestselling anthrozoologist John Bradshaw and cat expert Sarah Ellis show that not only can cats be trained, but they absolutely must be in order to strengthen the bond between pet and owner, reduce their anxiety, and maximize their happiness, "--Amazon.com.
Author
Series
Publisher
Hogarth Shakespeare
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Kate Battista feels stuck. How did she end up running house and home for her eccentric scientist father and uppity, pretty younger sister Bunny? Plus, she’s always in trouble at work – her pre-school charges adore her, but their parents don’t always appreciate her unusual opinions and forthright manner. Dr. Battista has other problems. After years out in the academic wilderness, he is on the verge of a breakthrough. His research could help...
66) Skin
Author
Series
Publisher
PowerKids Press
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
This book exposes children to the most exposed, yet underappreciated organ-our skin. The integumentary system is the body's first line of defense against disease and bacteria. It's also the liaison between the external world and our other invaluable body systems. This book discusses the different layers of skin and each layer's function. It explains how things can go wrong, and offers advice on ways to keep the skin and body healthy.
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"We all want to feel safe. But safe from what, and from whom? In his 60-plus years as a trial lawyer, Gerry Spence has never represented a person accused of a crime in which the police hadn't themselves violated the law. Whether by covering up their own corrupt dealings, by the falsification or manufacture of evidence, or by the outright murder of innocent civilians, those individuals charged with upholding the law break it every day, in ways more...
70) Split horizon
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
1994.
Language
English
Description
Poems dealing with the illness and disinfunction of society. "It is easy to be happy here: obey. / Obey, a godly word, say yourself to sleep / with it and let it be the word / that burns your lips at dawn: obey." By the author of The Drowned River.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
This updated edition of one of the bestselling and most comprehensive Broadway reference books, first published in 1985, has been expanded to include many of the most important and memorable productions of American musical theater, including revivals. Chronologically arranged, beginning with The Black Crook in 1866, the eighth edition adds new entries and photos on numerous musicals from recent years, including Priscilla, Queen of the Desert ; The...
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Splat the Cat and his class go on a field trip to the aquarium! Splat tries to impress Kitten with his excellent sea creature facts, but he might not know as much about underwater creatures as he first thought. Mrs. Wimpydimple reminds them to look, don't touch. But Splat finds himself making a great big splash!
Author
Publisher
Ten Peaks Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"You don't have to be an expert or carve out a lot of time to add some delightful touches to your home. If you have ten minutes, you can try one of these simple seasonal ideas. These fast projects don't require fancy tools or any decorating experience and many use supplies you already have at home. Show out in spring with a simple grocery-store flower arrangement, a boho basket makeover, and a creative basket storage solution. Celebrate summer with...
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
The Ultimate Rules for Grandpa Success Being a grandfather is a very important role. There are children to bribe, forts to build, tea parties to attend, and tutus to be worn if you want to achieve your full grandfatherly potential. This book is here to prepare you for those touching moments when your grandchildren ask you for advice, don't ask you for advice, or can't remember your name. Here you'll learn when to inspire, enlighten, or perhaps just...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
In this heartfelt, funny, touching memoir, Tan France tells his origin story for the first time. With his trademark wit, humor, and radical compassion, Tan reveals what it was like to grow up gay in a traditional South Asian family, as one of the few people of color in South Yorkshire, England. He illuminates his winding path of coming of age, finding his voice (and style!), and marrying the love of his life―a Mormon cowboy from Salt Lake City....
76) Dragonfell
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Rafi Bywater is unlike anyone else. The people in his village dont trust him because he spends too much time in an abandoned dragon lair. When a stranger, Mister Flitch, accuses Rafi of being zdragon-touched,y Rafi sets off to discover the truth about dragons -- and about himself. On his journey, Rafi befriends a brilliant scientist, Maud, who has secrets of her own. Together they search for dragons while escaping from a dangerous dragon hunter, engaging...
77) Salad pie
Author
Publisher
Ripple Grove Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"There is nothing sweeter than arriving at the playground, seeing it empty, and knowing you have it all to yourself-the silent comfort of playing alone. Maggie is overjoyed to have that solitude to make her Salad Pie. But then Herbert saunters over and wants to play too. "I'm making salad. Salad Pie. And don't you touch it!" Herbert just wants to help, even though Maggie makes it clear she won't let him.Then her imaginary pie takes a spill, and she...
Author
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Formats
Description
Author Craig Nelson restores the mystery and majesty to an event that may have become too familiar for most people to realize what a stunning achievement it represented in planning, technology, and execution. Through interviews, 23,000 pages of NASA oral histories, and declassified CIA documents on the space race, Nelson creates a vivid and detailed account of the Apollo 11 mission. From the quotidian to the scientific to the magical, readers are...
Author
Language
English
Description
This book is a compendium of humorous and touching short stories by a man suddenly assigned the new role as a "Daddy" by his wife when their first child, a little girl, was born. It presents his unique observations and attempts to adapt to the Daddy status through the years as a second baby girl, and then a third baby girl filled their household in an upscale Long Island community. It is composed of true stories from the perspective of a Daddy who...
Author
Language
English
Description
"When New Yorker staff writer Lauren Collins moves to Geneva, Switzerland, she decides to learn French--not just to be able to go about her day-to-day life, but in order to be closer to her French husband and his family. ...At once a hilarious and idiosyncratic memoir about the things we do for love, and an exploration across cultures and history into how we learn languages, and what they say about who we are"--