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1) The familiar
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"In a shabby house, on a shabby street, in the new capital of Madrid, Luzia Cotado uses scraps of magic to get through her days of endless toil as a scullion. But when her scheming mistress discovers the lump of a servant cowering in the kitchen is actually hiding a talent for little miracles, she demands Luzia use those gifts to better the family's social position. What begins as simple amusement for the bored nobility takes a perilous turn when...
Author
Publisher
Owlkids Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 30 cm.
Language
English
Description
"One day, Edie and Lou discover a visitor between the beet greens in their garden: a fuzzy orange-and-black caterpillar called a Woolly Bear. The sisters build Woolly Bear a cozy bed of pine needles and pebbles. They pluck tiny thyme leaves for her to munch on. They sing her all the songs they know. Woolly Bear is the last thing they think of at bedtime, and the first thing they think of in the morning. She becomes part of their family.
But when...
Author
Publisher
Tundra Book Group
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Are you Métis like me? A group of children of Métis descent share and explore all the ways they celebrate and experience their heritage — enjoying traditional foods like bannock bread and Saskatoon berries; crafting with beads; sharing stories, dance, music and songs. Each child shares a different way they enjoy honoring their backgrounds and weaving parts of the rich tapestry that makes up Métis culture. One child, though, has grown up disconnected...
Author
Publisher
Cicada Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly color illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Make sure you double-knot your shoelaces, Humphrey. Never run. Never jump. And never ever ever sit on a wall. You remember what happened to your uncle... A graphic novel which offers a cautionary tale about caution itself.
Author
Publisher
Common Deer Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
99 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Learn about famous actor and inventor Hedy Lamarr! Computer class is off to a rocky start for Asha and Baz! They've been given a Coding Challenge and must correctly code instructions to send a digital frog across a computer screen. But they can't seem to figure it out. With their reputation as the smartest kids in their class at stake, the pair turn to their magic stick for answers. They use it to draw their coding problem in the sand and are transported...
Author
Publisher
Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 548 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
“ 'Just wait until they’re a teenager!'
Many parents of newborns have heard this warning about the stressful phase that’s to come. But what if it doesn’t have to be that way?
Child development expert Ellen Galinsky challenges widely held assumptions about adolescents and offers new ways for parents and others to better understand and interact with them in a way that helps them thrive.
By combining the latest research on cognitive neuroscience...
Author
Publisher
Tra Publishing
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"In this humorous and heartwarming story, a dog wakes up without his nose and sets out on a search to find it. Despite the obvious challenge of searching without a nose, the dog explores various places.
At the seaside, he mistakes a fluffy white cloud for his nose. Underwater, he spots something red that he hopes might be his nose, only to discover it's a fish. As our protagonist continues his quest for his nose, he realizes how far he has come and...
Author
Publisher
The Dial Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
305 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The last thing Ada Hart needs is a man to take care of her. Not anymore. After failing out of her interior design program and the disaster that was her short-lived marriage, Ada clawed her way up from her rock bottom. Now, the only person she trusts is herself, and that has gotten her further than ever before. She has her own business, and one of the largest ranches in Wyoming just hired her for the most important project of her career.
When Ada...
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