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English
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"Miss May Does Not Exist, by Carrie Courogen is the riveting biography of comedian, director, actor and writer Elaine May, one of America's greatest comic geniuses. May began her career as one-half of the legendary comedy team known as Nichols and May, the duo that revolutionized the comedy sketch. After performing their Broadway smash An Evening with Mike Nichols and Elaine May, Elaine set out on her own. She toiled unsuccessfully on Broadway for...
Author
Publisher
Kids Can Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"When Croc sleeps in one morning, he rushes out the door so he won't be late for work -- leaving no time to eat breakfast. When he fails to grab a bite before his shift as a ferry boat, his growling hunger starts making his passengers look like tasty treats. This laugh-out-loud cautionary tale will be gobbled up by anyone who's ever missed a meal."--
Author
Publisher
Kane Miller, a division of EDC Publishing
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Woof! says Dog. Moo! says Cow. Cluck! says Hen, and Duck Goes... meow. A little yellow duckling is amongst animal friends who are all sure of the sounds they make: hiss, neigh, moo, cheep, cluck and oink. But when Duck goes 'meow', the other animals say no, that is wrong, try again... then Duck's mama arrives, and boy, do they get a surprise!
Author
Publisher
Clavis Publishing Inc
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
A sweet picture book about a little polar bear and his helpers. And about lots of ice cream, of course! For children ages 5 years and up. Waking from his nap, a little polar bear finds himself floating alone on the open sea. His home has broken off from the ice floe and is melting! Just in the nick of time, he arrives in a new land. He needs help, but no one pays him any attention. Until a kind girl with an ice cream cone walks by and takes notice....
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Series
Publisher
Phoenix International Publications, Inc
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Join Marshall, Skye, and all your PAW Patrol pals as you search for hidden things in 7 scenes! Then flip to the end of the book for even more Look and Find challenges. Concepts include counting, rhyming, shapes, and more! Toddlers can search, point, match, and compare all on their own no reading required! Look and Find play encourages focus and exploration, and helps build early learning skills.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
An evocative nonfiction narrative follows the swifts on their epic journey north, from the jungles of Africa to nesting sites in Europe. A swift may not look like anything special--it's just a plain brown bird, small enough to nestle in the palm of your hand--but these superheroes of the avian world can fly incredible distances amazingly quickly, reaching speeds of up to seventy miles per hour and spending ten months of every year in the air. Follow...
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Publisher
Feiwel and Friends, an imprint of Macmillan Publishing Group, LLC
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
When Harold first meets Kayla, he's in awe. She's tall and strong, has glorious, full leaves and is always ready to help with a smile. But the more Harold thinks about how super Kayla is, the more he feels like he's not good enough, no matter how much he wants to help others. Harold is not a super food. As his worries continue to grow, it'll be up to his friends to show Harold that not only is he enough, but that he's a super helper in his own special...
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Publisher
Web of Life Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
An injured red-tailed hawk can no longer fly free, but her instinct to become a mother is so strong that she adopts and raises two abandoned red-shouldered hawks in this true and heartwarming story of interspecies friendship.
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Publisher
Vintage Español
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
Español
Description
A young Dominican American girl in New York City moves from jealousy to empathy as her parents babysit children whose families work the overnight shift in this picture book debut. Night after night, a young girl watches her mami set up a cot in the living room for guests in their Washington Heights apartment, like Raquel (who's boring) and Edgardo (who gets crumbs everywhere). She resents that they get the entire living room with a view of the George...
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Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
Español
Description
"De la pluma de la legendaria Dolly Parton nos llega esta historia sobre su dios-perro y personalidad de Instagram, Billy el Niño, quien anhela triunfar como estrella de la música country en Nashville, Tennessee. El bulldog francés Billy el Niño nació con buen oído para la música. Y no para cualquier tipo de música. ¡Le encanta ladrar al ritmo de la música country! De manera que Billy parte hacia Nashville para dedicarse a cantar con el...
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Anyone fortunate enough to have seen the sun set at Kommos in southern Crete will have heard the calls and glimpsed the shadows: proud ships glide into the bay, escorted by songs and steered by men with salt-encrusted faces, confident, hardy, and satisfied. Much like four thousand years ago, when Kommos was a way station for mariners who had made the sea their home and the horizon their destination. They were no cause for alarm, these men from Syria,...
13) Cast out of Eden: the untold story of John Muir, indigenous peoples, and the American wilderness
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Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Cast Out of Eden explores John Muir's role in the legacy of racialized colonialism affecting U.S. wild lands and points toward a way forward"--
"John Muir is widely and rightly lauded as the nature mystic who added wilderness to the United States' vision of itself, largely through the system of national parks and wild areas his writings and public advocacy helped create. That vision, however, came at a cost: the conquest and dispossession of the...
14) Quizás
Author
Publisher
NubeOcho
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
Español
Description
¡Chris Haughton nos presenta a 3 monitos muy traviesos! A los monitos les encantan los mangos, pero hay tigres cerca. ¿Y si bajan del árbol con cuidado?Ummm...Quizás... Los monitos saben que hay muchos tigres cerca del árbol. Pero ellos quieren comer un mango. ¡Les encantan los mangos! ¿Y si bajan con cuidado y tan rápidos como el rayo? Sólo por mirar no pasaría nada, ¿no? Ummm... Quizás...
"Three little monkeys and their big monkey are...
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Publisher
Child's Play Inc
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Cuando la madre de Nieve dice que se mudarán a un nuevo y emocionante lugar, Nieve no está tan segura. Le gusta su casa y sus amigos, y la diversión que tienen juntos. El viaje dura una eternidad y su nuevo hogar es muy extraño. Todo es diferente: el clima, la comida, la gente y el idioma. Nieve intenta hacer amigos, pero todos parecen estar demasiado ocupados y preocupados como para prestarle atención. ¿Pasará algo que ayude a Nieve a sentirse...
16) We are Groot
Author
Series
Rocket and Groot volume 2
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Groot's family -- fellow Guardians of the Galaxy, Rocket, Star-Lord, Gamora, Mantis, and Drax -- are silly, strange, sensitive, and sometimes a little spooky. They don't look anything like him, but they have been by his side for as long as he can remember. In this sweet storybook designed for young readers, Groot comes to realize that family doesn't necessarily mean the people who look the most like you... it's the people who show up, no matter what....
17) Pan dorobō
Author
Publisher
Kadokawa
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
日本語
Description
Pan ga daisuki pan dorobō. Sekaiichi no pan o sagashimotomete kyō mo panya e shinobikomimasu.
A shadowy figure bursts out of a bakery in town. A loaf of bread runs away carrying a loaf of bread! "I'm the bread thief, and I'm looking for delicious bread!"
Author
Series
Publisher
Ge lin wen hua shi ye gu fen you xian gong si
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
中文
Description
This cookie has never felt like a smart cookie no matter how hard she tries, especially in comparison to all the clever cupcakes and brilliant rolls in the bakery. Will a dash of creativity and a sprinkle of confidence be enough to help her learn that perfect scores and having all the answers aren't the only ingredients for intelligence?
19) Home and alone
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Publisher
Viva Editions
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Simply a must read for anyone who seeks a behind-the-scenes peek of some of Hollywood's classic films . . . Beginning with his film debut in Breaking Away, Daniel Stern has grown up on-screen before our very eyes. His connection with audiences is cemented in movies like Home Alone and City Slickers, and in his debut memoir, Home and Alone, he is the Everyman narrator on a ride into the human side of Hollywood. Buckle up and experience what it's like...
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Publisher
Ryland Peters & Small
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"There's a universal appeal to a home where we can kick back and chill out, an interior where the emphasis is on cozy, casual comfort, yet with all the essentials at hand. In the first section of this book, Casual Style, interiors expert Judith Wilson maps out the two facets of the look--Country Casual and City Casual--so you can identify the style that suits you best. Next, Casual Elements focuses on the different ingredients that come together to...
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