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Pride: celebrating diversity & community
By Robin Stevenson. 2016
For lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people around the world, Pride is both protest and celebration. It's about embracing diversity.…
It's about fighting for freedom and equality. It's about history, and it's about the future. It's about all of us. Grades 4-7. 2016.Écrivains contemporains du Québec: anthologie
By Lise Gauvin, Gaston Miron. 1998
Cette anthologie couvre trois décennies de littérature québécoise. Les auteurs visent à la diversité, à une répartition équilibrée entre les…
générations et les genres, les divers milieux, tendances et écritures. Pour chaque auteur, une notice bio-bibliographique d'un peu plus d'une page. 1998.An evening with W.O. Mitchell: a collection of the author's best-loved performance pieces
By Barbara Mitchell, W. O Mitchell, Ormond Mitchell. 1997
A collection of 31 pieces of Mitchell's writing which he often used in public readings. Some are from his novels,…
such as "Who has seen the wind" and "The vanishing point," and others are new to this collection. Some strong language and some descriptions of violence. 1997.Do you wonder why?: how to answer life's tough questions
By David Pouilloux, François Cointe, Kate Moloney. 2012
Advice for teens on growing up and discovering the real you. Topics include body image, school, relationships, friends, and more.…
Concentrates on the themes of staying true to oneself, building confidence, and trying new things. Translated from French by Willard Wood. For grades 6-9 and older readers. 2006The Keillor reader
By Garrison Keillor. 2014
Thirty short science fiction stories. Includes "Aliens Ate My Pickup" by Mercedes Lackey, "Invasion of the Jack Benny Snatchers" by…
John Gregory Betancourt, and "The Santa Claus Planet" by Frank M. Robinson. Companion to This Is My Funniest (DB 65600). Some strong language. For senior high and older readers. 2007What do you say, dear?
By Maurice Sendak, Sesyle Joslin. 1986
A guide to good manners for all occasions for young ladies and gentlemen. Offers advice on how to cope correctly…
with a variety of common and uncommon social situations. For preschool-grade 2. 1958. For preschool-grade 2. 1958Speaking with the angel: original stories
By Nick Hornby. 2000
Twelve first-person narratives by British and American writers. New short stories by Zadie Smith, Dave Eggers, Helen Fielding, Roddy Doyle,…
and Irvine Welsh. In Nick Hornby's "NippleJesus," a museum security guard recounts what happened to a controversial artwork. Some explicit descriptions of sex and some strong language. Bestseller. 2000The complete humorous sketches and tales of Mark Twain
By Mark Twain. 1996
Compiles 136 comic pieces written between 1862 and 1904, making up a complete collection of Twain's humorous works. Includes thirty…
selections from his five books about travel. Arranged chronologically by year of first publication, with an introduction by the editor, Charles NeiderThe best of Myles: A Selection from Cruiskeen Lawn
By Flann O'Brien. 1983
Collection of humorous and satirical newspaper columns written by the Irish journalist from 1939 to 1966. Among his creations are…
the Plain People of Ireland; the Myles na Gopaleen Central Research Bureau; Keats and Chapman, two absurdly erudite poets; and the brother, a man with a solution to everything"Just wait till you have children of your own!"
By Erma Bombeck. 1971
Princess Pru and the Ogre on the Hill
By Maureen Fergus, Danesh Mohiuddin. 2023
Ms. LaGrange is strange!: My weird school, book 8 (My Weird School Ser. #8)
By Dan Gutman. 2005
The new lunch lady at Ella Mentry School, Ms. LaGrange, writes secret messages in the mashed potatoes and tries her…
best to get A. J. and the other students to eat healthy foods. For grades 2-4. 2005Strega Nona: an old tale (A Strega Nona Book)
By Tomie DePaola. 1975
In the town of Calabria, a long time ago, there lived an old lady known as Strega Nona, who owned…
a magic pot. One day, when Strega Nona went visiting, her helper, Big Anthony, almost destroyed the village by disobeying Strega Nona's warning not to touch the pot. For grades K-3The good egg: An Easter And Springtime Book For Kids
By Jory John. 2019
When the other eggs in his carton behave badly, the good egg feels like he needs to be perfect. But…
then he starts to crack under the pressure. PRINT/BRAILLE. For grades K-3. 2019My Southern journey: true stories from the heart of the South
By Rick Bragg. 2015
Essays about life in the American South by the author of popular memoirs like All Over but the Shoutin' (DB…
46142). The seventy-two essays, many of which originally appeared in Southern Living magazine, are broken down into categories of "Home," "Table," "Place," "Craft," and "Spirit."2015Fakes: an anthology of pseudo-interviews, faux-lectures, quasi-letters, "found" texts, and other fraudulent artifacts
By David Shields, Matthew Vollmer. 2012
Selection of previously published works that parody or satirize common types of writing. Includes a police log showing officers' increasing…
exasperation with their community, a school's alumni newsletter, and a note on typefaces by Jonathan Safran Foer, author of Eating Animals (DB 70373). 2012Squids will be squids: fresh morals, beastly fables
By Jon Scieszka. 1998
Eighteen modern fables with fresh morals about bossy, sneaky, funny, annoying, "dim-bulb" people--all disguised as animals to avoid hurting anyone's…
feelings. Topics include homework, using the telephone on the right occasion, friendship, and dinner-table talk. For grades 3-6Machine of death: a collection of stories about people who know how they will die
By Ryan North, Matthew Bennardo, David Malki. 2010
Machine of Death tells thirty-four different stories about people who know how they will die. Prepare to have your tears…
jerked, your spine tingled, your funny bone tickled, your mind blown, your pulse quickened, or your heart warmed. Or better yet, simply prepare to be surprise. Because even when people have perfect knowledge of the future, there's no telling exactly how things will turn out. Adult. Some explicit descriptions of sex. Some violence and strong languageLove & mr. lewisham: The story of a very young couple
By H. G Wells. 2023
The world of young Mr. Lewisham is one day turned upside down when he meets and falls in love with…
Ethel Henderson, a young woman from London who is visiting relatives in Sussex. Their brief and innocent rendezvous has significant implications when Lewisham's job is threatened. Some time later, Lewisham moves to London, where he decides to go search of Ethel, but finding her proves to be more complicated than expected ... This book is said to closely resemble events in H. G. Wells's own life