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Author
Publisher
Roca Junior
Pub. Date
2011
Language
Español
Description
En esta tierna y bella carta dedicada a sus hijas, el presidente Barack Obama hace un emocionante tributo a trece norteamericanos y norteamericanas ilustres y a los ideales que han forjado los Estados Unidos. Desde el arte de Georgia O'Keeffe al coraje de Jackie Robinson, de la fuerza de Helen Keller al patriotismo de George Washington, el presidente Obama ve los rasgos de estos héroes en sus propias hijas, y en todos los niños y niñas de Estados...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Explores the little-known literary tradition of love between women in Western literature, from Chaucer and Shakespeare to Charlotte Brontë, Dickens, Agatha Christie, and many more. Donoghue examines how desire between women in English literature has been portrayed, from schoolgirls and vampires to runaway wives, from cross-dressing knights to contemporary murder stories. She writes about the half-dozen contrasting girl-girl plots that have been retold...
4) Whale
Author
Publisher
Archipelago Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"The Whale, set in a remote Jeju village in the 1950s, follows the lives of three mythical characters: Geumbok, an extremely ambitious woman who has been chasing an indescribable thrill ever since she first saw a whale crest in the ocean; her mute daughter, Chunhui, who communicates with elephants; and a one-eyed woman who controls honeybees with a whistle. Brimming with surprises and wicked humor, The Whale is a rare, cinematic satire about modernity...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Original and illuminating."-The New York Times Book Review
In her most ambitious work since In the Time of Butterflies, Julia Alvarez tells the story of a woman whose poetry inspired one Caribbean revolution and of her daughter whose dedication to teaching strengthened another.
Camila Henriquez Urena is about to retire from her longtime job teaching Spanish at Vassar College. Only now as she sorts through family papers does she begin to know...
7) Cougars
Author
Publisher
Lerner Publications Co
Pub. Date
c1997
Language
English
Description
Describes the physical characteristics, behavior, and habitat of the members of the cat family known by several names: cougar, puma, mountain lion, and panther.
10) Tigers
Author
Series
Publisher
Blackbirch Press
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
English
Description
Describes the physical characteristics, behavior, habitat, and endangered status of tigers.
12) Big cats
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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Description
Publisher Annotation: With grace, guile, and unstoppable power, big cats are admired for their speed and strength. Although they are related to house cats, these magnificent creatures are nothing like our pets!
13) Thanksgiving is
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Thanksgiving is turkey, cranberry sauce, and pumpkin pie. It is a holiday for remembering the Pilgrims and the Indians. Most of all, it is a time to share with family and friends, and a time to give thanks for many blessings.
14) Meerkats
Author
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2013?]
Language
English
Description
Describes the physical characteristics, habitats, and behavior of the meerkat with beautiful photographs and many facts about this mysterious animal.
15) Avalanche
Author
Series
Publisher
Carolrhoda Books
Pub. Date
c1992
Language
English
Description
Discusses different types of avalanches, how they form, where they happen, and how to keep safe when traveling in snowy mountains.
18) The bee sting
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
"The Barnes family is in trouble. Dickie's once-lucrative car business is going under--but rather than face the music, he's spending his days in the woods, building an apocalypse-proof bunker with a renegade handyman. His wife Imelda is selling off her jewelry on eBay, while their teenage daughter Cass, formerly top of her class, seems determined to binge-drink her way through her final exams. And twelve-year-old PJ is putting the final touches to...
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Publisher Annotation: Think being creative has nothing to do with computer coding? Think again! Coding is all about creativity. The video games you play, the photo-sharing apps you love, the animated movies you watch?they?re all made with code. And the coolest part? YOU can make anything with code, too! The possibilities for coding projects are limitless, so use these pages to get inspired, jot down ideas, doodle, play coding games, and more. Let...
20) The old man
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Now an original series from FX starring Jeff Bridges, John Lithgow, and Amy Brenneman: a retired intelligence officer living off the grid is caught in “[a] harrowing hunt-and-hide adventure” (The New York Times).
To all appearances, Dan Chase is a harmless retiree in Vermont with two big mutts and a grown daughter he keeps in touch with by phone. But most sixty-year-old widowers don’t have multiple driver’s...
To all appearances, Dan Chase is a harmless retiree in Vermont with two big mutts and a grown daughter he keeps in touch with by phone. But most sixty-year-old widowers don’t have multiple driver’s...
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