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1) First flight
Author
Series
Publisher
Picture Window Books/Capstone
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Emma and her family are taking a trip. And this trip includes going on a plane! Emma is excited about flying on the plane, but she is also nervous. Will Emma like flying? Emma is deaf and often uses sign language to communicate, and this early chapter book includes an ASL fingerspelling chart and a sign language guide"--Provided by the publisher.
Author
Series
Publisher
Picture Window Books/Capstone
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"It's time to try something new, and Emma loves art. But Emma has never tried pottery before. It's a lot harder than it looks! Will Emma keep trying or give up before her project is done? Emma is deaf and often uses sign language to communicate, and this early chapter book includes an ASL fingerspelling chart and a sign language guide"--Provided by the publisher.
Author
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of blue-haired Ryan and pink-haired Avery, two boys who meet at a queer prom, through their first 10 dates as they fall in love amidst snowstorms, groundings, meeting parents, heartbreak, and every day and date in between.
When Ryan and Avery met at a queer prom, they felt an instant connection. This is the of their first 10 dates: the tender hopes, the skittish fears, the difficulty of introducing someone into your pre-existing life....
Author
Series
Alex Delaware novels volume 39
Language
English
Description
LAPD homicide lieutenant Milo Sturgis sees it all the time: Reinvention's a way of life in a city fueled by fantasy. But try as you might to erase the person you once were, there are those who will never forget the past . . . and who can still find you. A pool boy enters a secluded Bel Air property and discovers two bodies floating in the bright blue water: Gio Aggiunta, the playboy heir to an Italian shoe empire, and a gorgeous, even wealthier neighbor...
Author
Language
English
Description
"Eleven-year-old Nico Krispis never told a lie. When the Nazi's invade his home in Salonika, Greece, the trustworthy boy is discovered by a German officer, who offers him a chance to save his family. All Nico has to do is convince his fellow Jewish residents to board trains heading to "new homes" where they are promised jobs and safety. Unaware that this is all a cruel ruse, the innocent boy goes to the station platform every day and reassures the...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Richard E. Grant emigrated from Swaziland to London in 1982, with dreams of making it as an actor. Unexpectedly, he met and fell in love with a renowned dialect coach Joan Washington. Their relationship and marriage, navigating the highs and lows of Hollywood, parenthood, and loss, lasted almost forty years. When Joan died in 2021, her final challenge to him was to find a "pocketful of happiness in every day." This honest and frequently hilarious...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
In Singapore, three very different women--Dara, a workaholic lawyer from the UK; Amaka, a sharp-tongued banker from Nigeria; and Lillian, a pianist turned "trailing spouse" from the United States--find their lives inexplicably intertwined upon the arrival of a handsome and mysterious man from Geneva who brings their worlds crashing down.
Author
Language
English
Description
"Andrea Leighton-Hughes--shockingly wealthy Upper East Sider, a chess-piece in her family's games since before she was born--knows what it's like to hide behind a mask. Her world is one of lies, manipulation, and reputation. Jace is the first and only person to see who she truly is. Jace Morgan is no stranger to tragedy and every day is a struggle to get by. A musical prodigy from the Bronx, Jace and his brothers will do whatever it takes to climb...
Author
Language
English
Description
"If you knew how dark tomorrow would be, what would you do with today? "This is the magic circus book that I have been looking for all my life."--Seanan McGuire, New York Times bestselling author of Every Heart A Doorway Ringmaster -- Rin, to those who know her best -- can jump to different moments in time as easily as her wife, Odette, soars from bar to bar on the trapeze. And the circus they lead is a rare home and safe haven for magical misfits...
Author
Publisher
[Library Ideas, LLC]
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
Español
Description
"This sweet bilingual picture book follows a boy and his stay-at-home dad, who takes care of him while his mom goes to work at the port, "where huge cargo ships come and go every day." She oversees the containers that go around the world! The boy recounts his days spending time with his father, from "when the sun starts filling the room with light," to eating breakfast, brushing his teeth and talking to his grandparents who live in a different country....
Author
Language
English
Description
Given unprecedented access to three major influencers--Calvin Covington of Southern Curls and Pearls, runner Mima Valerio and OG "mommy blogger" Shannon Bird--a millennial journalist shows how they build their empires, struggle with the haters, fight for creative control, parent in public, and try to look good while doing it.
15) Today
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
When a child anticipates a long-awaited day with cousins and grandparents, the child discovers every day is filled with surprises and joy, which can easily be lost if one is not present.
Author
Language
English
Description
"This takedown of American gun culture argues that the nation's fathers did not intend the Second Amendment to guarantee an individual right to bear arms-and that this intentional distortion of the record is an urgent threat to democracy. Hundreds of lives are lost to firearms every day in America. The cost is more than the numbers-it is also the fear, the anxiety, the dread of public spaces that an armed society has created under the tortured rubric...
Author
Publisher
Piñata Books, an imprint of Arte Público Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"This sweet bilingual picture book follows a boy and his stay-at-home dad, who takes care of him while his mom goes to work at the port, "where huge cargo ships come and go every day." She oversees the containers that go around the world! The boy recounts his days spending time with his father, from "when the sun starts filling the room with light," to eating breakfast, brushing his teeth and talking to his grandparents who live in a different country....
Author
Language
English
Description
"Tender and powerful spiritual reflections and blessings that invite readers to honestly and joyfully walk through their everyday, wonderful, messy humanity, from the New York Times bestselling author of Good Enough. Kate Bowler, author of the instant New York Times bestseller Good Enough and national bestseller The Lives We Actually Have, wants to encourage people to develop their capacity to feel the breadth of their experiences. The better we are...
Author
Publisher
Greystone Kids, Greystone Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"An extraordinary book that celebrates skateboarding, family, and community. Every day, a little boy watches kids pass by on skateboards, and dreams of joining them. One day, his mother brings a surprise: her old skateboard, just for him! haw êkwa! Let's go! Together, they practice on the sidewalk, at the park, in Auntie's yard--everywhere. But when it comes time to try the skatepark, the skateboarders crash down like a waterfall. Can he find the...
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