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Series
Amelia Bedelia series volume 12
Language
English
Description
Amelia Bedelia introduces Mr. and Mrs. Rogers to the members of her family, all of whom are described with Amelia's literal outlook.
83) Autumn street
Author
Pub. Date
1980.
Language
English
Description
When her father goes to fight in World War II, Elizabeth goes with her mother and sister to her grandfather's house where she learns to face up to the always puzzling and often cruel realities of the adult world.
Author
Series
Olivia books (Ian Falconer) volume 4
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
When Olivia learns that there will be no band at the evening's fireworks display, she decides to form one of her own, with herself as the only musician and some rather unusual instruments.
88) The getaway
Author
Series
Diary of a wimpy kid volume 12
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Greg Heffley and his family escape to a tropical island resort for some much-needed rest and relaxation, but sun poisoning, stomach troubles, and venomous creatures all threaten their vacation.
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
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Description
Beautiful and successful New York magazine editor Lizzy Bennet returns to her Ohio home with her sister, Jane, to comfort their ill father. Dramatic changes come when the sisters meet single doctor and reality television star Chip Bingley and cross paths with neurosurgeon Fitzwilliam Darcy, his maddening friend.
90) Olive the alien
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Archie is convinced that his sister must be an alien! Archie loves his sister, but sometimes he is very confused by her. She speaks in a different language (baby talk), cries for no reason, sleeps anywhere, puts everything in her mouth, and is scared of bath water. There's no other conclusion Archie can make except that his sister must be an alien! But when Archie's cousin William and his baby brother Ned come over, Archie sees that all babies are...
93) Penny and Peter
Author
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
Whenever Penny and his adopted brother Peter decide to help their parents, they usually end up in trouble.
94) The wrong family
Author
Language
English
Description
An off-kilter narrator witnesses the slow unraveling of a couple's strained marriage that erupts in unexpected ways, in a chilling tale of domestic suspense.
Author
Pub. Date
[1995]
Language
English
Description
520 Relates a child's activities in the heat of a summer day punctuated by a thunderstorm. An effervescent city child dances through a hot summer day until a thunderstorm brings welcome relief. Executed in collages made from color photographs, imaginatively redefined in unexpected juxtaposition. A wonderful concept book, grounded in ordinary events yet touched with magic, that will strike a familiar chord with preschool audiences while enlarging their...
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"A monumental new novel from the bestselling author of Everything Is Illuminated and Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close In the book of Genesis, when God calls out, "Abraham!" to order him to sacrifice his son Isaac, Abraham responds, "Here I am." Later, when Isaac calls out, "My father!" to ask him why there is no animal to slaughter, Abraham responds, "Here I am." How do we fulfill our conflicting duties as father, husband, and son; wife and...
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Finally, an evidence-based, don't-panic guide to what to do about kids and screens. Today's babies often make their debut on social media with the very first sonogram. They begin interacting with screens at around four months old. But is this good news or bad news? A wonderful opportunity to connect around the world? Or the first step in creating a generation of addled screen zombies? Many have been quick to declare this the dawn of a neurological...
Author
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
A longtime former writer for the Chicago Sun-Times and now a columnist for the Chicago Tribune, Jennifer Grant is no stranger to the common reader. MOMumental is a foray into the enormously amusing, creative, and taxing process of raising a family and a starkly honest memoir that mothers everywhere can identify with. With narrative that is chock-full of humorous, poignant stories drawn from her everyday adventures as a mother and wife, Grant presents...
100) The black painting
Author
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
There are four cousins in the Morse family: perfect Kenny, the preppy West Coast lawyer; James, the shy but brilliant medical student; his seductive, hard-drinking sister Audrey; and Teresa, youngest and most fragile, haunted by the fear that she has inherited the madness that possessed her father. Their grandfather summons them to his mansion at Owl's Point. None of them have visited the family estate since they were children, when a prized painting...
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