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Pantallas de plata
By Carlos Fuentes. 2014
Award-winning Mexican author Carlos Fuentes (1928-2012) offers a meditation on the importance of cinema in his life. From the first…
experiences of movies with his father to meeting great directors and actors later in his career, Fuentes explores his love for the world of celluloid. Spanish language. 2014Midkemia: the chronicles of Pug
By Raymond E. Feist, Stephen Abrams. 2013
In a series of journal entries, Pug of Crydee reflects on his life as a magician in the land of…
Midkemia. Notes from his son Magnus supplement Pug's descriptions of the adventures he had during the Chaoswar Saga. 2013The music of silence: New Edition (Amadeus Ser.)
By Andrea Bocelli. 2011
Using a third-person narrative, opera singer Bocelli, who as a young boy lost his vision to congenital bilateral glaucoma, describes…
his childhood in Italy and his interest, education, and career in music. Relates challenges he faced and overcame. Originally published in Italian. 2011Eight girls taking pictures: a novel
By Whitney Otto. 2012
Interlinking stories describe female photographers from different eras and places struggling to balance their desire for the art with societal…
expectations and domestic pressures. In "Cymbeline in Love" a married woman in the 1910s continues her photographic career despite an unsupportive husband, difficult pregnancy, and recent house fire. 2012Conspirata: a novel of ancient Rome
By Robert Harris. 2010
Slave Tiro, secretary to the statesman/philosopher Marcus Tullius Cicero, from Imperium (RC 63427), continues to chronicle his master's rise to…
fame and power. Cicero bribes his way to becoming a consul but is despised by his fellow politicians, including Gaius Julius Caesar, who conspire to assassinate him. Some strong language. 2010A 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. 2009Just behave, Pablo Picasso!
By Jonah Winter, Kevin Hawkes. 2012
Pablo Picasso may have been a world-famous artist, but that doesn't mean no one ever called his artwork "ugly." Any…
kid who's been told what to draw, or heard mean things about something they made, will relate to this story about how Pablo faced down his critics and made something truly original. Ages 3 to 8, for grades K-3. 2012The fabulous feud of Gilbert & Sullivan
By Jonah Winter, Richard Egielski. 2009
In the late nineteenth century, Mr. Gilbert and Mr. Sullivan, who write operas together for a theater called Topsy-Turvydom, have…
a falling-out when Mr. Sullivan refuses to write music for another ridiculous story that is like all the others. Caldecott Medalist Richard Egielski teams up with Jonah Winter for a story about how fights sometime make a stronger friendship (and beautiful music to boot!). For grades K-3. 2009Stillwater
By Nicole Lea Helget. 2014
At the time of the Civil War, Stillwater is a town of pioneers, nuns, fur trappers, loggers, runaway slaves and…
freedmen, outlaws and people of conscience. In that town, Clement and Angel, separated at birth, get to know different types of the residents. Some strong languageHelen's big world: the life of Helen Keller (A Big Words Book #4)
By Doreen Rappaport, Matt Tavares. 2012
This biography of Helen Keller introduces young readers to one of the world's most influential women. Using quotes from Keller…
herself, the author brings to life her story of courage and achievement. For grades K-3Helen Keller's best friend Belle
By Jennifer Thermes, Holly M. Barry, Holly Barry. 2013
The outdoor museum: the magic of Michigan's Marshall M. Fredericks (Great Lakes books)
By Marcy Heller Fisher, Christine Collins Woomer. 2001
Because she is fascinated by a statue she sees while skating, Abby and her mother spend a day looking at…
the sculptures of Marshall Fredericks around the city of Detroit, Michigan. Includes information about the sculptor, his work and the sculptural process, as well as a list of sculptures to be seen throughout Michigan and in other Great Lakes states. For grades 3-6. 2001Ramsés II (Grandes biografías Series #1)
By Isabel Prieto Gonzalez, Isabel Prieto González. 2005
Factual life and times of the great nineteenth-dynasty Egyptian pharaoh, couched in the form of a fictional autobiography. Thus Ramses…
himself recounts his birth and pedigree, childhood and family, succession to the throne, military and political conquests, construction projects, and death. Spanish language. 2004The boy who drew birds: a story of John James Audubon / by Jacqueline Davies
By Jacqueline Davies, Melissa Sweet. 2004
Recounts how passionately the young Frenchman who made his home in America loved birds. Describes the numerous drawings and paintings…
he made of birds, their nests, and eggs and reveals the way he determined whether migrating birds return to the same place in the spring. For grades 2-4. 2004Rabbit-proof fence: The True Story of One of the Greatest Escapes of All Time
By Doris Pilkington, Doris Pilkington Garimara. 1996
Australia, 1931. Novelization of the trip on foot across Australia by three part-Aboriginal girls, who run away from their inhumane…
government resettlement school to return home. Molly, Daisy, and Gracie trek through the wilderness to be reunited with their families. 1996Lust for life
By Irving Stone. 1984
Fictional biography of the passionate and beleaguered Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890). Based on the three volumes of van…
Gogh's letters to his brother, Theo. Basis for an Academy Award-winning movie. 1934The cloud sketcher: a novel
By Richard Rayner. 2000
Disfigured boy develops architectural ambition that grows with his love of the unattainable daughter of a Russian aristocrat, whom he…
first encounters in a remote Finnish village in 1901. He strives to win her through audacious building design in 1920s New York. Some explicit descriptions of sex, some violence, and some strong language. 2000Lady of the reeds
By Pauline Gedge. 1995
Thu, a beautiful, ambitious village girl, meets Hui, a court official, who teaches her skills above her station. Becoming a…
favorite concubine of the Pharaoh Ramses only makes her aspire to more. But Egyptian court intrigue is a dangerous game. Some descriptions of sex and some violenceNo Horses in the House!: The Audacious Life of Artist Rosa Bonheur
By Mireille Messier, Anna Bron. 2023
The year of the bomb
By Ronald Kidd. 2009
Best friends Paul, Oz, Arnie, and Crank enjoy horror movies but when a couple of movie extras, Laura and Darryl,…
working on the Invasion of the Body Snatchers in 1955 try to involve them in a Communist conspiracy in real life, things get too dangerous and they decide to curtail the friendship. For grades 6-9