William Alexander
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Formats
Description
Bill Alexander had no idea that his simple dream of having a vegetable garden and small orchard in his backyard would lead him into life-and-death battles with groundhogs, webworms, weeds, and weather; midnight expeditions in the dead of winter to dig up fresh thyme; and skirmishes with neighbors who feed the vermin (i.e., deer). Not to mention the vacations that had to be planned around the harvest, the near electrocution of the tree man, the limitations...
2) 52 Loaves
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Formats
Description
William Alexander is determined to bake the perfect loaf of bread. He tasted it long ago, in a restaurant, and has been trying to reproduce it ever since. Without success. Now, on the theory that practice makes perfect, he sets out to bake peasant bread every week until he gets it right. He bakes his loaf from scratch. And because Alexander is nothing if not thorough, he really means from scratch: growing, harvesting, winnowing, threshing, and milling...
4) Ambassador
Author
Series
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
222 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Appointed Earth's ambassador to the universe, twelve-year-old Gabe Fuentes faces two sets of "alien" problems when he discovers his parents are illegal aliens and face deportation and the Earth is in the path of a destructive alien force causing multiple mass extinctions.
Author
Publisher
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xiv, 266 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
William Alexander is more than a Francophile. He wants to be French. There's one small obstacle though: he doesn't speak la langue française. In Flirting with French, Alexander sets out to conquer the language he loves. But will it love him back?
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
x, 303 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"The tomato gets no respect. Never has. Lost in the dustbin of history for centuries, accused of being vile and poisonous, subjected to being picked hard-green and gassed, even used as a projectile, the poor tomato has become the avatar for our disaffection with industrial foods - while becoming the most popular vegetable in America (and, in fact, the world). Each summer, tomato festivals crop up across the country; the Heinz ketchup bottle, instantly...
Author
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
182 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"In a world full of ghosts, Rosa and Jasper live in the only unhaunted town--but must spring to action when they realize the ghosts are lying in wait to take the town back"--
12) Celia Cruz
Author
Series
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
120 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Meet the Queen of Salsa, Celia Cruz--once just a girl from Havana, Cuba, who loved to sing. Her soulful voice, compelling charm, and unstoppable determination led to her meteoric rise to fame, opening the door for Latinx performers everywhere. Her booming career took her from the Sonora Matancera to the Fania All-Stars, with the rising popularity of salsa, a genre born of Afro-Cuban musical stylings. Six decades and more than seventy albums later,...
13) True colors
Publisher
Maverick Entertainment Group
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (68 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Trevor Winfield is a former street thief turned painter, who is now in a relationship with his girlfriend Sophia Clifford. After he finds himself in debt to a drug lord, he is faced with the ultimatum of staging a heist against his wealthy girlfriend to pay back a debt. That's until the robbery goes wrong.
