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Katy no-pocket
Par H. A. Rey, Emmy Payne. 1944
Katy is a kangaroo without a pocket. She tries to carry her son, Freddy, the way other types of animals…
carry their young, but nothing works. So Katy and Freddy head for the city to buy a pocket. For grades K-3Bridge to Terabithia: A Newbery Award Winner
Par Katherine Paterson. 1977
Jess finds his biggest rival and best friend in Leslie, a girl who moves to his rural Virginia community from…
the city. Together they create Terabithia, a secret kingdom in the woods where they reign supreme--until tragedy strikes. For grades 5-8. Newbery MedalHello, Dark
Par Tamara Campeau, Wai Wong. 2021
The restaurant critic's wife
Par Elizabeth LaBan. 2016
Lila's husband, Sam, takes his job as a restaurant critic too seriously. To protect his professional credibility, he's determined to…
remain anonymous and that preoccupation takes over their lives. Meanwhile, Lisa craves adult conversation and relief from her homemaker role. With her husband obsessed with anonymity, Lila begins to wonder if her own identity has disappeared. Adult. UnratedA continual feast: words of comfort and celebration collected by Father Tim
Par Jan Karon. 2005
Words of wisdom, faith, and encouragement, as well as lively ideas, humor, commonsense advice, and more, that fictional Father Tim…
of Mitford has collected over the years from writers, philosophers, and the Bible. Companion to Patches of Godlight (DB 61575). 2005El crossover: Crossover (spanish Edition), A Newbery Award Winner (Crossover series #01)
Par Kwame Alexander. 2019
"Twin fourteen-year-old basketball stars Josh and Jordan wrestle with highs and lows on and off the court, as their father…
ignores his declining health. Told in hip-hop style verse." -- Provided by NLSOn a scale of 1 to 10
Par Ceylan Scott. 2019
Lime Grove is home to a number of teenagers with a variety of problems: anorexia, bipolar disorder, behavior issues. Tamar…
will come to know them all very well. But there's one question she can't...won't answer: What happened to her friend Iris? As Tamar's emotional angst becomes more and more clear to her, she'll have to figure out a path to forgiveness. UnratedRosie colored glasses
Par Brianna Wolfson. 2018
Whimsical, heartbreaking and uplifting, this is a novel about the many ways love can find you. Rosie Colored Glasses triumphs…
with the most endearing examples of how mothers and fathers and sons and daughters bend for one another. Just as opposites attract, they can also cause friction, and no one feels that friction more than Rex and Rosie's daughter, Willow. Rex is serious and unsentimental and tapes checklists of chores on Willow's bedroom door. Rosie is sparkling and enchanting and meets Willow in their treehouse in the middle of the night to feast on candy. After Rex and Rosie's divorce, Willow finds herself navigating their two different worlds. She is clearly under the spell of her exciting, fun-loving mother. But as Rosie's behavior becomes more turbulent, the darker underpinnings of her manic love are revealed. Rex had removed his Rosie colored glasses long ago, but will Willow do the same? UnratedThe girls of No Return
Par Erin Saldin. 2012
The Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness Area stretches across two million acres in central Idaho, with the Alice…
Marshall School for Girls at its heart. When Lida arrives at AMS, she meets Boone, who once burned down a building; Jules, who seems too happy to belong at the school; and Gia, whose glamour entrances everyone she meets. As they prepare for their personal wilderness treks, Lida is both thrilled and terrified to be chosen as Gia's friend. But all the girls have their own secrets to guard-and when those come out, the knives do too. Adult. Strong languageNo more words: a journal of my mother, Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Par Reeve Lindbergh. 2001
This book is a moving and compassionate memoir of the final seventeen months of Reeve's mother's life. Reeve writes with…
great sensitivity of her mother's flight while also analyzing her own conficting feeling. Anyone who has had to care for an elderly parent disabled by Alzheimer's or stroke will understand the heartache and find comfort in the storyTo the front!: Clara Barton braves the battle of Antietam
Par Claudia Friddell. 2022
During the Civil War, nurse Clara Barton carefully snuck her wagon filled with supplies and provisions onto the field where…
Antietam, the bloodiest battle of the war, was set to take place. On the day of the battle, Clara and her team of helpers sprang into action. She found herself comforting the wounded and dying, cooking meals for soldiers, and providing doctors with innovative sources of light so they could see better. No soldier went unnoticed or unaided by the woman called "The Angel of Antietam." Author Claudia Friddell blends her words with Clara Barton's firsthand account to capture the nurse's brave actions while Christopher Cyr's accurate and dramatic illustrations portray one of the most heroic women in history. For grades 3-6Glimpses of grace: daily thoughts and reflections
Par Madeleine L'Engle. 1996
For half a century, Madeleine L'Engle has spun magic with words, touching millions of lives and earning a devoted readership…
with her award-winning fiction, candid reflections on her personal and family life and graceful meditations on faith. Now, Glimpses of Grace captures the essence of L'Engle's literary gift in one unprecedented volume. Ranging freely throughout L'Engle's remarkable lifework of more than 40 volumes of fiction and nonfiction, adventure stories, family dramas, autobiography and religious commentary, editor Carole P. Chase has collected evocative passages and arranged them as daily readings that offer illuminating bits of wisdom, provocative insight, and, above all, engaging and intelligent daily inspiration. With enduring power and resonance, each of these 366 rich selections speaks to the simple joys and sorrows of daily life and the deepest questions of the human heart and spirit, while reflecting the exhilarating artistry of one of the most spiritually alive and articulate storytellers of this century. AdultCréativité. un art de vivre
Par Rick Rubin. 2024
De nombreux producteurs de musique célèbres sont connus pour un son particulier qui fait leur succès. Rick Rubin, lui, est…
connu pour autre chose : la création d'un espace où des artistes de tous genres et de toutes traditions peuvent cultiver ce qu'ils sont réellement et ce qu'ils ont réellement à offrir. Créativité est une belle et généreuse leçon qui présente le chemin de l'artiste comme une voie pouvant être empruntée par tout un chacun. « En entamant l'écriture de ce livre, j'entendais expliquer comment on crée des œuvres d'art de qualité. Ce qui s'est révélé, au final, c'est un livre sur l'art de vivre. » Rick Rubin Avec la collaboration de Neil Strauss L'acte créatif est un programme d'études beau et généreux qui éclaire le chemin de l'artiste comme un chemin que nous pouvons tous suivre. Il distille la sagesse glanée au cours d'une vie de travail dans une expérience de lecture lumineuse qui met le pouvoir de créer des moments - et des vies - d'exaltation et de transcendance à portée de main de nous tousHopeless in Hope
Par Wanda John-Kehewin. 2023
Fourteen-year-old Eva’s life is like her shoes: rapidly falling apart. With Nohkum in the hospital, Eva’s mother struggles to keep…
things together and loses custody of Eva and her little brother. As Eva tries to adjust to living in a group home, can she find forgiveness for her mother within the pages of an old diary?How to Party Like a Snail
Par Naseem Hrab. 2022
Like a Hurricane
Par Jonathan Bécotte. 2023
The Probability of Everything
Par Sarah Everett. 2023
“One of the best books I have read this year (maybe ever).” —Colby Sharp, Nerdy Book ClubNPR Books We Love…
2023 | Publishers Weekly Best of 2023 | Winner of the Governor General's Literary Awards for Young People's LiteratureA heart-wrenching middle grade debut about Kemi, an aspiring scientist who loves statistics and facts, as she navigates grief and loss at a moment when life as she knows it changes forever.Eleven-year-old Kemi Carter loves scientific facts, specifically probability. It's how she understands the world and her place in it. Kemi knows her odds of being born were 1 in 5.5 trillion and that the odds of her having the best family ever were even lower. Yet somehow, Kemi lucked out.But everything Kemi thought she knew changes when she sees an asteroid hover in the sky, casting a purple haze over her world. Amplus-68 has an 84.7% chance of colliding with earth in four days, and with that collision, Kemi’s life as she knows it will end.But over the course of the four days, even facts don’t feel true to Kemi anymore. The new town she moved to that was supposed to be “better for her family” isn’t very welcoming. And Amplus-68 is taking over her life, but others are still going to school and eating at their favorite diner like nothing has changed. Is Kemi the only one who feels like the world is ending?With the days numbered, Kemi decides to put together a time capsule that will capture her family’s truth: how creative her mother is, how inquisitive her little sister can be, and how much Kemi's whole world revolves around her father. But no time capsule can change the truth behind all of it, that Kemi must face the most inevitable and hardest part of life: saying goodbye."My heart hurt as I raced through the last chapters of this unique book that shines a light on family, friends, grief, and love." —Lisa Yee, author of Maizy Chen's Last ChanceEscarpolette (Rose)
Par Sylvie Drapeau. 2022
Depuis le grave accident qui l’a plongée dans le coma, la mère de Rose ne bouge plus, ne parle plus.…
Ses yeux restent toujours fermés. Mais le docteur Chevalier croit que, peut-être, elle peut entendre. Alors Rose lui lit à voix haute des pages entières de son journal intime. Elle lui raconte tout : son école, ses peurs, ses peines, ses défis. Un soir, pour lui changer les idées, le père de Rose l’emmène au théâtre voir Le petit chaperon rouge. Rose est émerveillée. C’est le plus beau spectacle au monde! Soudain, la vie retrouve ses couleurs. C’est décidé, elle fera du théâtre! Sylvie Drapeau est une grande comédienne et une auteure. Avec Escarpolette, elle signe son premier roman pour la jeunesse.The Cat Who Taught Zen EBP
Par James Norbury. 2023
From the author and illustrator of the international bestseller Big Panda and Tiny Dragon comes a beautifully illustrated exploration into…
the journeys we take for self-discovery and the connections we make along the way.In a distant city, an old cat considers himself as wise as can be, until he hears of an ancient pine far away, under the boughs of which infinite wisdom can be found. Thus, the Cat embarks on a journey deep into the forest to search for the tree. Along the way, he meets new friends—the Hare, the Magpie, the Wolf Cub, the Monkey, the Tortoise, and the Tiger—and comes across the energetic young Kitten. What wisdom does the Cat have to impart to his friends, and, perhaps more importantly, what does he still have to learn?Inspired by Zen koans, with stunning illustrations and a gentle voice, The Cat Who Taught Zen has wisdom to offer all readers.My One True North: the Top Five Sunday Times bestseller – discover the magic of Milly
Par Milly Johnson. 2020
A gorgeous read full of hope, warmth and heartfelt emotion from the Sunday Times bestselling author ?&‘The feeling you get when you read…
a Milly Johnson book should be bottled and made available on the NHS&’ Debbie JohnsonLaurie and Pete should never have met. But fate has pushed them together for a reason. Six months ago, on the same night, Laurie and Pete both lost their partners. Struggling to manage the grief, they join the same counselling group – and meet each other. From their sadness, Pete and Laurie find happiness growing and they sense a fresh new beginning. Except, the more they talk, the more they begin to spot the strange parallels in their stories. Then Pete discovers a truth that changes everything. But, as surely as a compass points north, some people cannot be kept apart. My One True North is a story of friendship and what love means, of secrets uncovered, teashops on corners and the northern lights.Praise for My One True North: 'Funny, poignant and so uplifting' Sun 'Reading a Milly Johnson book is like spending time with a best friend - you always end up feeling better about the world. Written with genuine warmth and heart, they're an absolute treat' Lucy Diamond 'A heartfelt novel from one of our favourite authors' Bella 'A heart-warming and engaging read' Woman's Weekly 'Johnson is in a league of her own in the genre…an uplifting story unfolding from hard times, all succinctly nailed with emotional honesty in absorbing prose' The Lady 'A heartfelt and emotional story . . . It's another wonderful feelgood read from a talented author' Daily Express 'Milly Johnson brings her trademark warmth, humour and compassion to this tale of love, fate, second chances and the importance of giving your heart time to heal. The perfect read for a rainy day spent under a blanket' Culturefly, 8 of the Best New Books To Read This March ? 'If your March reading list is all about warmth and cosiness, then Milly Johnson&’s latest novel should be top of your reading pile. From the writer of The Magnificent Mrs Mayhew (which is fabulous, by the way) My One True North is full of the heartfelt optimism we need at this time of year' Yahoo Book of the Month 'A dazzling, contemporary masterpiece, full of heart, soul and humour' Lancashire Evening Post