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Author
Publisher
Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"From the moment Sylvie and Andrée meet in their Parisian day school, they see in each other an accomplice with whom to confront the mysteries of girlhood. For the next ten years, the two are the closest of friends and confidantes as they explore life in a post-World War One France, and as Andrée becomes increasingly reckless and rebellious, edging closer to peril."--Jacket flap.
4) Robert Frost
Author
Language
English
Description
"Kids will discover the poetry of Robert Frost in this installment in the Poetry for Kids series. Professor, poet, novelist, and Frost biographer Jay Parini has carefully chosen 35 poems of interest to children and their families, including "Mending Wall," "Birches," "The Road Not Taken," "Fire and Ice," "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening," and many more of Frost's favorite and most accessible works."--
Author
Series
Larson Gary. Far Side volume 2
Publisher
Andrews, McMeel & Parker
Pub. Date
[1986]
Language
English
Description
Collection of the syndicated cartoon panel "The Far Side."
7) Foxheart
Author
Series
Foxheart volume 1
Publisher
Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
"Twelve-year-old Quicksilver--the self-proclaimed greatest thief in all the Star Lands--must travel back in time to when magic still existed and, with the help of her older self and a dog named Fox, stop the evil Wolf King from hunting witches to extinction"--
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Formats
Description
"[A] drama centered on the tragic shooting of Oscar Grant ... [the] 22-year-old Bay Area father who was ... gunned down by BART officers on New Year's Day in 2009, and whose murder sent shockwaves through the nation after being captured on camera by his fellow passengers"--Container.
9) Mary Poppins
Series
Publisher
[Walt Disney Home Video]
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Formats
Description
A beloved classic shines like never before with an all-new digital restoration. Winner of five Academy Awards, including best actress (Julie Andrews), best song (Chim Chim Cher-ee), and best visual effects. Mary Poppins flies out of the windy London skies and into the home of two mischievous children. With the help of a carefree chimney sweep named Bert (Dick Van Dyke), the spirited nanny turns every chore into a game, and every day into a 'Jolly...
10) Georgia O'Keeffe
Author
Series
Publisher
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Pub. Date
1988
Language
English
Description
For seven decades Georgia O'Keeffe (1887-1986) was a major figure in American art who, remarkably, maintained her independence from shifting artistic trends. She painted prolifically, and almost exclusively, the flowers, animal bones, and landscapes around her studios in Lake George, New York, and New Mexico, and these subjects became her signature images. Remaining true to her own unique artistic vision, she created a highly individual style of painting...
Author
Publisher
Hugh Lauter Levin Associates
Pub. Date
©1986
Language
English
Description
"The standard Italian edition of Vasari runs to nine volumes and covers a host of artists great and small. The Great Masters presents six of the most detailed and luminous biographies--the lives of Giotto, Botticelli, Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Michelangelo, and Titian. With an ear for gossip, Vasari recorded for posterity the particualars of their lives while giving early expression to the world's lasting admiration for their genius. Vasari's texts...
Author
Publisher
Dutton Childrens Books
Pub. Date
[2009]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
One summer day in 1959, nine-year-old Ron McNair, who dreams of becoming a pilot, walks into the Lake City, South Carolina, public library and insists on checking out some books, despite the rule that only white people can have library cards. Includes facts about McNair, who grew up to be an astronaut.
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton
Pub. Date
©2004
Language
English
Description
"Over the past twenty years, Alice Fulton has emerged as one of the most honored poets of her generation. Cascade Experiment, a selection from five books, charts the evolution of a poetics that revises the limits of language, emotion, and thought. Few poets have Fulton's prodigious range; few have been so consistently and successfully intrepid in their metamorphoses."--BOOK JACKET.
Author
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Robert Coover has been playing by his own rules for more than half a century, earning the 1987 Rea Award for the Short Story as "a writer who has managed, willfully and even perversely, to remain his own man while offering his generous vision and versions of America." Coover finds inspiration in everything from painting, cinema, theater, and dance to slapstick, magic acts, puzzles, and riddles. His 1969 story "The Babysitter" has alone inspired generations...
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