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5) I am small
Author
Publisher
Kids Can Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"With beautifully composed watercolor illustrations, Qin Leng recalls her own childhood in this story about a little girl who has always been the smallest: smallest of the family, smallest in school, smallest in a crowd. The girl faces her own set of challenges, but her loving parents and an unexpected visitor might change her perception for good."--
Author
Publisher
Princeton Architectural Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
As we grow, our dreams grow bigger too! When I Am Bigger is a counting book with numbers from nine to one hundred that skip ahead in non-sequential order, so readers are challenged to count all the objects to get the right number--and discover all the silly details in each scene along the way. This book builds on the whimsical scenarios in When I Am Big, like creating 31 incredible contraptions for traveling around the world, while also incorporating...
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"The international pop star chronicles her trajectory from small-town girl to overnight icon as part of the Spice Girls, revealing that power can be easily taken away by those around you, whether by pressure, exhaustion, shaming, bullying or a constant feeling like you aren't enough."--
The Spice Girls began after five women answered an ad in the paper. Their first single. 'Wannabe' became a hit. Almost overnight, Chisholm went from small town girl...
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English
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"Kavanagh keeps the suspense high to the chilling conclusion."
—Publishers Weekly
From a distance, they seem to be sleeping. Three bodies, sitting propped up against the ancient stones of Hadrian's Wall. Until a closer look reveals the horror of their too-white faces.
The victims were found by schoolgirl Isla Bell, out on an early morning run along the historic site. That day changed the small town of...
—Publishers Weekly
From a distance, they seem to be sleeping. Three bodies, sitting propped up against the ancient stones of Hadrian's Wall. Until a closer look reveals the horror of their too-white faces.
The victims were found by schoolgirl Isla Bell, out on an early morning run along the historic site. That day changed the small town of...
10) The glitch
Author
Language
English
Description
"A fast, funny, deeply hilarious debut--The Glitch is the story of a high-profile, TED-talking, power-posing Silicon Valley CEO and mother of two who has it all under control, until a woman claiming to be a younger version of herself appears, causing a major glitch in her over-scheduled, over-staffed, over-worked life. Shelley Stone might be a little overwhelmed. She runs the company Conch, the manufacturer of a small wearable device that attaches...
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English
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Description
"Mrs. Obama offers readers a series of fresh stories and insightful reflections on change, challenge, and power, including her belief that when we light up for others, we can illuminate the richness and potential of the world around us, discovering deeper truths and new pathways for progress. Drawing from her experiences as a mother, daughter, spouse, friend, and First Lady, she shares the habits and principles she has developed to successfully adapt...
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Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"In this follow up to I'm Sticking with You, Bear and Squirrel are back, and they're perfectly in tune. They make merry music, they sing the same song--it's all going great, until Chicken comes along. Chicken knows she could add something to Bear and Squirrel's band of two, but the duo is certain that three is a crowd! Fed up, Chicken leaves--and lands herself in hot water. Will Bear and Squirrel come to the rescue?"--
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Language
English
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Description
"Am I Overthinking This' is a book of advice for the overthinker who just wants an answer, the chart lover who wants a laugh, and the former mathlete who can't resist a graph. Each chart asks and answers a super-important and yet not-actually-vital question, like 'Do I need more plants?' 'What wine should I bring?' and 'Do I have time for this?' The author has a twitter account, ThisAmericanChart, of funny charts about everyday life, and this book...
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English
Description
"In the early 1970s, in Stovall, Texas, seventeen-year-old Earl--a loner, dreamer, lover of music and words--meets Tina, the new girl in town. Tina convinces Earl to drive her to see her mother in Austin, where Earl and Tina are quickly separated. Two days later, Earl is being questioned by the police about Tina's disappearance and the blood in the trunk of his car. But Earl can't remember what happened in Austin, and with little financial support...
15) I'm not small
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"A young boy can feel small in a world made up of big, big things, but when he takes a closer look, he discovers that he is big, too"--
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books LLC
Language
English
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Description
A small dog named Baked Potato is lost and searching for his lady owner, but neither the grumpy dog or the fox are helpful, and his strange name creates confusion--until owl explains that, whatever he is called, he is really a dog.
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English
Description
"From the detective who found The Golden State Killer, a memoir of investigating America's toughest cold cases and the rewards--and toll--of a life solving crime. I order another bourbon, neat. This is the drink that will flip the switch. I don't even know how I got here, to this place, to this point. Something is happening to me lately. I'm drinking too much. My sheets are soaking wet when I wake up from nightmares of decaying corpses. I order another...
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Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"The #1 New York Times best-selling author of Zealot recounts the spellbinding tale of an unrecognized American martyr for democracy. As a student of Woodrow Wilson at Princeton, Howard Baskerville was aflame not only with the gospel of Jesus, but with the Wilsonian gospel that constitutional democracy is the birthright of all nations. Rather than become a small-town minister like his father in South Dakota, he volunteered for missionary service in...
Author
Publisher
Goodwin Books/Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Wherever you're going, I'm going too. Whatever you're doing, I'm sticking with you. It's wonderful to have good friends to see you through the good times and the bad. But sometimes, friends can also be a bit ... well ... overbearing. A gorgeously warm, funny book about everything a friendship can be -- for anyone who's ever had a friend.
20) A woman's story
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Language
English
Description
"A Woman's Story is Annie Ernaux's "deeply affecting account of mothers and daughters, youth and age, and dreams and reality" (Kirkus Reviews). Upon her mother's death from Alzheimer's, Ernaux embarks on a daunting journey back through time, as she seeks to "capture the real woman, the one who existed independently from me, born on the outskirts of a small Normandy town, and who died in the geriatric ward of a hospital in the suburbs of Paris." She...
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