Lisa Brown
4) How to be
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 21 x 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
When two children pretend to be various animals, they discover how to be themselves.
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
202 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Isabel and Jane are the Extraordinary Peabody Sisters, conjoined twins in a traveling carnival freak show--until an ambitious surgeon tries to separate them and fails, causing Jane's death. Isabel has lost an arm and a leg but gained a ghostly companion: Her dead twin is now her phantom limb. Haunted, altered, and alone for the first time, can Isabel build a new life that's truly her own?
Author
Publisher
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
66 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 20 x 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"One hundred pithy and skewering three-panel literary summaries, from curriculum classics like Don Quixote, Lord of the Flies, and Jane Eyre to modern favorites like Beloved, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, and Atonement, conveniently organized by subjects including "Love," "Sex," "Death," and "Female Trouble.""--
7) Mummy Cat
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
"Mummy Cat prowls his pyramid home, longing for his beloved owner. As he roams the tomb, lavish murals above his head display scenes of the cat with his young Egyptian queen. Hidden hieroglyphs deepen the tale and are explained in an informative author's note"--
Author
Publisher
HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 21 x 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
A brother and sister spend a day in preschool learning lessons about boundaries, such as that it is sometimes okay to make a lot of noise, but at other times one must be quiet.
Author
Publisher
McSweeny's Books
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
43 p. : ill. ; 18 cm
Language
English
Description
"Latkes are potato pancakes served at Hanukah. Lemony Snicket is an alleged children's author. For the first time in literary history, these two elements are combined in one book. People who are interested in either or both of these things will find this book so enjoyable it will feel as if Hanukah is being celebrated for several years, rather than eight nights."--back cover.
13) Uno
Author
Publisher
NWME
Pub. Date
c2003
Physical Desc
1 sound disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A compilation of the Ensemble's best compositions. The music is composed by students in the Ensemble, reflects different cultures and incorporates various ethnic instruments from Africa, Latin America, Australia, Haiti, the Middle East, India and Europe.
14) Futatsu
Author
Publisher
NWME
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
1 sound disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Publisher
Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
xv, 205 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Presents a collection of humorous stories from over two dozen contemporary female writers, as well as autobiographical essays, comics, poems, and comic strips.
16) Picture the Dead
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks, Inc
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
A ghost will find his way home.
Jennie Lovell's life is the very picture of love and loss. First she is orphaned and forced to live at the mercy of her stingy, indifferent relatives. Then her fiancé falls on the battlefield, leaving her heartbroken and alone. Jennie struggles to pick up the pieces of her shattered life, but is haunted by a mysterious figure that refuses to let her bury the past.
When Jennie forms an unlikely alliance with
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