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The important book: and 3 more stories
By Margaret Wise Brown. 1977
Children will find answers to questions like "What is the important thing about rain?" Grades P-2. 1977. Taped with: The…
Runaway Bunny, by Margaret Wise Brown. In an imaginary game of hide-and-seek, a little rabbit keeps running away from his mother, but she finds him every time. Grades P-2. 1970. Taped with: Goodnight Moon, by Margaret Wise Brown. A little rabbit says goodnight to all the things in his bedroom. Grades P-2. 1975. Taped with: A Little Fir Tree, by Margaret Wise Brown. A little fir tree is uprooted and moved to spend Christmas and winters with a young boy who is confined to his bed and cannot visit the tree himself. Grades P-2. 1985.The Hatbox Letters
By Beth Powning. 2021
In this beautiful and deeply moving novel, a young widow struggles to come to terms with her solitary life in…
the rambling Victorian house she shared until recently with her husband and children in semi-rural New Brunswick.It is in this house, surrounded by heirloom gardens and the gentle sounds of a river, that Kate Harding, 52, faces her second winter since the untimely death of her husband. Her children, now grown, are living away, and Kate is truly on her own. In her living room are several hatboxes filled with letters and other ghostly ephemera, recently brought by her sister from the attic of their grandparents’ 18th-century Connecticut house. Their sweet mustiness tinges the air and makes Kate dream of her childhood and of her beloved grandparents. She remembers the sense of permanence and refuge that she felt in their apple-scented world, as well as, more recently, with her husband. As she begins to read the hatbox letters, she discovers that what to a child seemed a serene and blissful marriage was in fact founded on a tragic event. As Kate’s eyes clear to the truth of the past, a new tragedy unfolds, and her own house, filled with the shared detritus of marriage and motherhood, becomes the refuge where Kate can connect the strands of her unravelled life.In The Hatbox Letters — which is both sad and exhilarating, touching and illuminating — Beth Powning offers readers an unforgettable story of love, grief and renewal, both past and present, as well as her extraordinary perceptions of the natural world.Excerpt from The Hatbox LettersThe birds rise with a muted thunder, their wings serrate the light. For an instant, a peregrine falcon zigzags through the flock. Then it drops from the belly of the rising bird-cloud. In its talons is a sandpiper, crumpled like a ball of paper. It is hard to decide which drama to observe, the escape of the falcon with its prey or the flock’s display as the birds rush seaward like a single entity, a ballooning flame that rises and falls, expands and implodes, one instant silver and the next black. The flock speeds back towards the beach, passes close to the watchers, makes a dazzling turn, fast as thought. Then, with a diminishing roar, the birds waver, their legs drop, stretch. They touch down. They fluff their feathers, Kate observes, the way humans pull coats up around necks after a shock. Trying to put ourselves back as we were.Battle for the Nether: an unofficial Minecrafter's adventure (Gameknight999 Series #Bk. 2)
By Mark Cheverton. 2014
Trapped inside Minecraft, player Gameknight999 and his friend Crafter have been transported to a new server. Knowing that Malacoda, King…
of the Nether, plans to destroy Minecraft, the duo searches the land to recruit an army. Sequel to Invasion of the Overworld (DB 81527). For grades 4-7. 2014After discovering that zombies have destroyed his Minecraft village, Steve embarks on a mission to mine forty diamonds in order…
to make a diamond sword that he can use against the walking-dead menace. For grades 3-6. 2014Invasion of the Overworld: an unofficial minecrafter's adventure (Gameknight999 Series #Bk. 1)
By Mark Cheverton. 2014
Minecraft player Gameknight999 intentionally harasses other players and delights in ruining their campaigns and buildings. When he's transported into the…
game, however, he discovers that everything inside Minecraft is real. He must cooperate with others in order to stay alive. For grades 4-7. 2013Falling out of time
By David Grossman. 2014
Walking Man announces to his wife that he is setting out in search of their son, who has died. As…
Walking Man travels, other townspeople join him in search of their own loved ones. They all question whether death is truly the end of a person. Translated from Hebrew. 2014How they croaked: the awful ends of the awfully famous
By Georgia Bragg, Kevin O'Malley. 2011
Guide to the deaths of nineteen notable people begins with King Tut, who died of malaria. Also covers King Henry…
VIII, whose corpse exploded; George Washington; Marie Curie, who literally worked to death; and Albert Einstein. Includes facts, oddities, and resources. Some violence. For grades 5-8 and older readers. 2011A spotlight for Harry (A Stepping Stone Book(TM))
By Eric A. Kimmel, Jim Madsen. 2009
Story based on childhood events of Harry Houdini (1874-1926), who became a famous magician and escape artist. Describes Harry and…
his brother Dash learning to walk a tightrope after going to the circus with their family for the first time. For grades 2-4. 2009Dirt road: A Novel
By James Kelman. 2016
The story of a teenage boy, who travels with his father from Scotland to Alabama to visit with relatives after…
the death of his mother and sister, and becomes swept up into the world of zydeco and bluesWords with wings
By Nikki Grimes. 2013
When Gabby's parents separate, her tendency to daydream becomes essential to coping with life's difficulties, which only increase when she…
moves with her mother to a new home and a new school. For grades 3-6Mummies: the newest, coolest, and creepiest from around the world
By Shelley Tanaka. 2005
Discusses the ways cultures in various climates and time periods have preserved the dead. Describes the process of mummification in…
the Andes mountains and dry deserts of South America, the Egyptian desert, glaciers of Canada and Italy, European peat bogs, Siberian ice, and Chinese sand dunes. For grades 3-6. 2005The president's lady: a novel about Rachel and Andrew Jackson
By Irving Stone. 1996
Rachel Donelson Robards first meets lawyer Andrew Jackson when she is separated from her abusive husband, Lewis. After they fall…
in love they travel to the Spanish territories to obtain her divorce in order to marry. When war hero Jackson later ventures into politics, his wife's scandalous past creates a crisis. 1951Do you remember the color blue?: and other questions kids ask about blindness
By Sally Hobart Alexander. 2000
A writer who went blind at age twenty-six answers questions that children have frequently asked during her visits to schools.…
She discusses reading, working with her guide dog, meeting her husband, and parenting her two children, as well as her reactions to being blind. For grades 4-7. 2000On our own: independent living for older persons (Golden Age Bks.)
By Ursula A Falk, Falk, Ursula A. Falk. 1989
Americans cherish their independence, and so it is difficult when age raises the spectre of dependence. Falk suggests ways in…
which older people can continue to live successfully on their own. She outlines meal programs, alternative living arrangements, family support systems, leisure activities, and employment opportunities. 1989Les devoirs d'edmond
By Hugo Léger. 2022
« Ma maman est morte. Je le dis comme c'est arrivé, brusquement. Quelques minutes avant que la mer l'avale, on…
s'amusait tous les deux. Elle était le requin, j'étais le surfeur. On l'a retrouvée le lendemain, comme la boîte noire d'un avion. On ne meurt pas en vacances. C'est pas juste. On peut pas être très heureux et très malheureux la même journée. C'est trop rapproché. » De retour d'un voyage au dénouement malheureux, le jeune Edmond doit apprendre à vivre sans sa mère, pendant que son père essaie de cacher sa peine et que sa soeur ne semble pas vraiment comprendre que leur maman ne reviendra pas. Edmond tente de venir en aide à sa famille en faisant des grilled cheese (avec du beurre des deux côtés, comme sa maman) et toute sortes de petites tâches quotidiennes. Il en vient à se dire qu'il pourrait trouver un boulot... Il n'a peut-être que dix ans, mais ça lui permettrait de faire sa part. Sur le chemin du travail, Edmond rencontrera Raymond et son chat Dali. Au fil de leurs échanges et de sa première expérience professionnelle, il découvrira que rien ne sert de précipiter les choses, qu'il peut encore attendre avant d'être un adulte et qu'il peut prendre le temps d'être un enfant et de vivre son deuil avec ses proches.As my parents age: reflections on life, love, and change
By Cynthia Ruchti. 2017
When angels sing: a Christmas story
By Turk Pipkin. 1999
When Michael Walker was a child, he'd wished that every day could be Christmas. But that was thirty years ago,…
before a tragic accident changed his life one Christmas morning. He still can't muster any spirit for the holidays. For him, it will always be a time of pain, a memory of that day. But when his young son faces a sadness as profound as his own, Michael is the only one who can save him. It takes nothing short of a miracle to give Michael the courage to make peace with his past and find the hope, joy, and spirit he lostPicture perfect (Fiction - Young Adult)
By Elaine Marie Alphin. 2003
Best friends Ian and Teddy meet regularly in an abandoned motel in the redwood forest, California, to take photographs. One…
day Teddy doesn't show up and Ian suspects his oppressive father has something to do with his friend's mysterious disappearance. Ian is questioned by the sheriff but he can't remember everything that happened that day. For grades 6-9The rough patch: A Caldecott Honor Award Winner
By Brian Lies. 2018
Farmer Evan and his dog do everything together, and they especially love working in the garden. But when his dog…
passes away, Evan lets his garden fill with weeds until a pumpkin vine brings new hope. PRINT/BRAILLE. For grades K-3. 2018The last: Endling (Endling Ser. #1)
By Katherine Applegate. 2018
Fearing she may be the last of her kind, Byx sets off to find a safe haven and to see…
if the legends of hidden dairne packs are true. For grades 4-7. 2018