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English
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"This is how a family keeps a secret ... and how that secret ends up keeping them. This is how a family lives happily ever after ... until happily ever after becomes complicated. This is how children change ... and then change the world. When Rosie and Penn and their four boys welcome the newest member of their family, no one is surprised it's another baby boy. At least their large, loving, chaotic family knows what to expect. But Claude is not like...
Author
Publisher
Xist Publishing
Pub. Date
12
Physical Desc
1 online resource.
Language
English
Description
"Are your kids' rooms pristine havens for play and imagination? Do they beg you for extra chores? No? Then they sound like regular kids and that means they're ready for a little reminder that cleaning can be fun. In this level 1 reader, kids will learn about the different things people do to clean a house. With this little book, the next time you ask, "would you rather clean your room or read a book?" you might just get both."--
63) I Love You!
Author
Publisher
Xist Publishing
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
1 online resource.
Language
English
Description
"I love you like a skipping stone...I love you like a doggy's bone..." Celebrating the love between a parent and a child, this rhyming book features a host of animals and the things they love about each other. Perfect for babies, toddlers, preschoolers and as a reminder to the big kids in your life."--
65) Oh my darling
Publisher
SND Films
Pub. Date
1977.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (8 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
None
Description
Honored as Best Short Film at the Cannes Film Festival, OH MY DARLING is an Oscar-nominated animated short about parents who love their daughter too much, or perhaps not? This delightful film covers the changing relationship between a child and her parents as she grows up and flies the nest, and reveals in a masterly fashion in the complexities and dynamics of the modern family.
Author
Publisher
Anne-Marie Ronsen
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
1 online resource
Language
English
Description
"Quick And Easy Meals For A Healthy And Happy Baby The book ranges in recipes for first purees all the way to lunch box and family meals that everyone will love.'Healthy Nutritional Baby Food Recipes' is a practical, easy-to-read recipe book for today's parents. This book that you can trust is for all mom. Feeding your baby doesn't have to be complicated and this book proves that. Written by a team of dieticians from Food & Nutrition Specialists,...
Author
Language
English
Description
As a teenager growing up in the 1980s, all Jerry Mahoney wanted was a nice, normal sham marriage: 2.5 kids and a frustrated, dissatisfied wife living in denial of her husband's sexuality. Hey, why not? It seemed much more attainable and fulfilling than the alternative-coming out of the closet and making peace with the fact that he'd never have a family at all.
Twenty years later, Jerry is living with his long-term boyfriend, Drew, and they're ready...
68) My ABC Book
Publisher
Xist Publishing
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
1 online resource.
Language
English
Description
"ABC Flashcards with a Mid-Century Modern Twist! For fans of retro style everywhere, this ABC book features alphabetical objects with class."--
69) Weekend dad
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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""This home is home because my dad is here, and it's nothing like home because my mom isn't here," thinks the boy in this story when he enters his dad's new apartment for the first time. His dad moved out on Monday and now it's Friday night, the start of his weekend with his dad. The boy and his dad follow their normal weekend routine -- they eat eggs for breakfast, play cards and spend time at the park. And then they do the same things on Sunday....
70) Wait
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Language
English
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Description
"A ... picture book about the joys of waiting and taking in what is around you"--
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Language
English
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From the author of The New York Times #1 best-selling novel The Carpetbaggers comes a story inspired by the real-life murder of Johnny Stompanato, allegedly stabbed to death by the daughter of his lover, actress Lana Turner. Where Love Has Gone is a thrilling tale of greed, betrayal, and passion. When first published in 1962, the novel rocked Hollywood to its core, staying on The New York Times best sellers list for 14 weeks and it is now for the...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
HL 800L
Language
English
Description
Camino Rios lives for the summers when her father visits her in the Dominican Republic. But this time, on the day when his plane is supposed to land, Camino arrives at the airport to see crowds of crying people... In New York City, Yahaira Rios is called to the principal's office, where her mother is waiting to tell her that her father, her hero, has died in a plane crash. Separated by distance -- and Papi's secrets -- the two girls are forced to...
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Josie and her husband have split up, she's been sued by a former patient and lost her dental practice, and she's grieving the death of a young man senselessly killed. When her ex asks to take the children to meet his new fiancée's family, Josie makes a run for it, figuring Alaska is about as far as she can get without a passport. Josie and her kids, Paul and Ana, rent a rattling old RV named the Chateau, and at first their trip feels like a vacation:...
74) Mommy! Mommy!
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Language
English
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“The story’s gentle surprises are sure to delight, as will the birds’ happy reunion.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)
Toddlers and beginning readers will love joining in on the quest for a missing mother chicken in this sweet book by the beloved, award-winning author and illustrator that shows how appearances can be deceiving . . .
“Two little...
Toddlers and beginning readers will love joining in on the quest for a missing mother chicken in this sweet book by the beloved, award-winning author and illustrator that shows how appearances can be deceiving . . .
“Two little...
75) Girlhood
Publisher
Strand Releasing
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (114 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
Français
Description
Fed up with her abusive family situation, lack of school prospects and the "boys' law" in the neighborhood, Marieme starts a new life after meeting a group of three free-spirited girls. She changes her name, her style, drops out of school and starts stealing to be accepted into the gang. When her home situation becomes unbearable, Marieme seeks solace in an older man who promises her money and protection. Realizing this sort of lifestyle will never...
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Language
English
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"NONE BUT THE RIGHTEOUS is a southern gothic fever dream, a voodoo-laced journey through the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Set adrift when his hometown of New Orleans is ravaged by Hurricane Katrina, Ham struggles for belonging between the Atlanta home of a childhood friend and the rural Alabama home of the mother of his child. As he reckons with his impending fatherhood, Ham navigates his new circumstances under the guidance of the spirit of St. Martin...
77) Every breath
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 13
Lexile measure
890L
Language
English
Description
A chance encounter in 1990 becomes a transcendent turning point for two very different people, including the conflicted surgeon daughter of an ALS patient and a Sunset Beach newcomer from Zimbabwe who aims to meet his birth father. Spanning two decades, Sparks transports readers to the bush of Zimbabwe and the Carolina coast.
78) The Little Leaf
Author
Publisher
Xist Publishing
Pub. Date
12
Physical Desc
1 online resource.
Language
English
Description
"A little leaf wants to grow larger but needs help along the way. This children's picture book contains an important lesson told in a manner that children will love and understand--growing up isn't easy but you don't have to do it on your own. For children ages 3-6."--
79) The Lace Dowry
Author
Publisher
namelos
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
1 online resource (115 p.)
Language
English
Description
"Dowry. The word sounds like something from the Middle Ages. "Mama, I don't need a dowry," I say quickly. "Nobody in Budapest has a dowry anymore." Twelve-year-old Juli wants neither a dowry nor the dancing lessons that her mother has long planned for her. Studious and smart, Juli dreams of a career, not of marriage. But her mother insists, and together they make regular trips to the countryside to check on the progress of the large lace tablecloth...
80) According to Kit
Author
Publisher
namelos
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
1 online resource (136 p.)
Language
English
Description
"Kit struggles with home-school until a substitute dance teacher shows up. Luis is brilliant and gorgeous. He transforms her days . . . Kit's life was simple-farm work, school, and dance-until her beloved dance teacher, Ursula, gets sick and her mother decided to home school Kit because of an incident at school. Kit doesn't know how she can possibly deal with her mother, the Lady of Sorrows, and she can't stand not dancing. The senior students take...
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