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My teacher's not here! / by Button, Lana,1968-; Battuz, Christine.;
Although she is shy and quiet, Kitty likes going to school--and this is all due to her teacher, Miss Seabrooke. One day, Kitty's routine is thrown into disarray by a substitute teacher named Mr. Omar, who is nothing like what Kitty's used to. Kitty knows that Miss Seabrooke is counting on her to be helpful, so she sets about helping Mr. Omar and the other kids with the daily chores and lessons. They get through their day very happily together, and Kitty realizes that sometimes change is good and maybe even fun!LSC
Subjects: Substitute teachers; Helping behavior; Schools;
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Alice Austen lived here / by Gino, Alex.;
Middle school student Sam is comfortable with their nonbinary identity, and their family has accepted it too (as long as they do their homework and chores), so when their history teacher assigns as a project coming up with a proposal for the new statue honoring a historical Staten Islander (there is a contest involved) they and their friend TJ decide to focus on Alice Austen, a lesbian photographer, whose house on Staten Island is a museum--but they have to overcome the presumption on the part of their teacher that only straight males are eligible.Ages 9-12.Grades 4-6.LSC
Subjects: Austen, Alice, 1866-1952; Gender-nonconforming people; Sexual minorities; Monuments; Contests; Middle schools;
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Tidesong / by Xu, Wendy.;
Sophie, a young witch under pressure to get accepted to the top magic academy, is sent to live with relatives she's never met. Cousin Sage and Great-Aunt Lan are supposed to help Sophie train, but they seem more interested in giving her chores. When Sophie attempts her own magic, she accidentally traps a young water dragon named Lir in human form. Lir is everything Sophie isn't--skilled at magic, and beloved by Auntie Lan. If Sophie can fix her mistake, Lir can return home, but she'll lose her friend, and magic teacher. Will she make things right, or will Lir be stuck forever?Ages 8-12.LSC
Subjects: Graphic novels.; Fantasy comic books, strips, etc.; Witches; Aunts; Dragons; Magic; Friendship; Seashore;
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I survived the Dust Bowl, 1935 / by Tarshis, Lauren.; Dawson, Scott.;
Includes bibliographical references.When a drought turns the farmland of the Texas Panhandle into a dry wasteland, eleven-year-old Ray's world begins to crumble. Fierce dust storms blacken the sky and destroy everything in their path. Ray and his best friend, Dolly, do their chores and go to school. But there's nothing they can do to save their struggling town or the thousands of people who are sick from the filthy air. Then Ray learns a family secret. He sets out to help his parents... and ends up caught in the most vicious dust storm of them all. Will Ray make it through? Will he ever see his parents again?
Subjects: Action and adventure fiction.; Historical fiction.; Survival fiction.; Dust Bowl Era, 1931-1939; Droughts; Dust storms;
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Cook simply, live fully : flexible, flavorful recipes for any mood / by Fahr, Yasmin,author.;
"What's for dinner?" It's a question we ask ourselves most nights -- pressed for time or groceries, searching through the fridge for inspiration. Dinner can be a time to unwind and connect with family or friends, but it can also feel like a chore. Recipe developer and cookbook author Yasmin Fahr gets it, and is here to help readers create nourishing meals even when real life seems to have other plans. In Cook Simply, Live Fully she offers 120 recipes for taking the grind out of dinnertime, with dishes that span the range of "too tired to chop vegetables" to "up for a challenge but please make it snappy."
Subjects: Cookbooks.; Recipes.; Dinners and dining.; Quick and easy cooking.;
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Bud finds her gift / by Kimmerer, Robin Wall,1953-; Stoop, Naoko.;
Includes bibliographical references."When young Bud sees people bustling around, intent on their chores and their screens, she is certain they must be doing important things--and she wants to be included. But wise Nokomis, her grandmother, shows her that there is a different way to find belonging, one that relies on stillness and observing the natural world. As Bud discovers the freely given gifts of the Earth, she wonders if she has something important to give back: What is her gift? Infused with warmth, humor, and insight, and beautifully illustrated by Naoko Stoop, the first picture book by renowned author and Indigenous ecologist Robin Wall Kimmerer inspires readers to treasure nature's generosity and the gifts each one of us can share with the Earth"--
Subjects: Picture books.; Nature fiction.; Grandparent and child; Indigenous peoples; Belonging (Social psychology); Grandmothers; Gifts; Nature;
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Life hacks tips & tricks : and more things I didn't know until I was in my 30s! / by Raskind, Sidney,author.; Brookes, Luke,illustrator.; DK Publishing, Inc.,publisher.;
Packed with more than 200 shortcuts and tricks, this might just be the most helpful book you will ever own. When Sidney Raz hit 30, he realized there was so much advice no one had ever bothered to tell him. So Sid went on a mission to make his life as easy as humanly possible. He began posting his discoveries online and quickly built a following of millions, all eager for his next hacks. This book is a culmination of that work, presenting Sid's greatest tips, tricks, and life hacks to make cooking, chores, and life in general far more efficient. It's all stuff you wish someone had already told you, and now they have. Share them with everyone you know!
Subjects: Trivia and miscellanea.; Home economics; Housekeeping; Life skills;
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Sorry, bro / by Voskuni, Taleen,author.;
"When Nar's non-Armenian boyfriend gets down on one knee and proposes to her in front of a room full of drunk San Francisco tech boys, she realizes it's time to find someone who shares her idea of romance. Enter her mother--armed with plenty of mom-guilt and a spreadsheet of Facebook-stalked Armenian men, she convinces Nar to attend Explore Armenia, a month-long series of events in the city. But it's not the mom-approved playboy doctor or wealthy engineer who catches her eye: it's Erebuni, a woman as equally immersed in the witchy arts as she is in preserving Armenian identity. Suddenly, with Erebuni as her wingwoman, the events feel like far less of a chore, and much more of an adventure"--
Subjects: Romance fiction.; Bisexual fiction.; Novels.; Armenian Americans; Bisexual women; Bisexuality; Coming out (Sexual orientation); Dating services; Families; Female friendship; Mothers and daughters; Separation (Psychology); Sexual orientation;
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Huguette / by Black, Cara,1951-author.;
"August 1945: Seventeen-year-old Huguette Faure is a survivor. The war has taken everything from her-both her parents and her sense of safety. Now, pregnant and on the lam, she cannot return to her childhood home in Paris. Forced to reinvent herself, she must outrun her father's enemies, who want her dead. After narrowly avoiding jail time-thanks to the help of a kind-hearted police officer named Claude Leduc, Huguette lands a job assisting a legendary film director. As her role develops from helping him with chores to cooking his books, she sees an opportunity to break free from the ghosts of her past once and for all. In this big-hearted story of resilience, New York Times bestselling author Cara Black offers a wholly original depiction of post-war France-as well as a prequel to her fan-favorite Aimée Leduc series"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Historical fiction.; Novels.; Nineteen forties; Revenge; Resilience (Personality trait); Survival; Young women;
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The son of the house / by Onyemelukwe-Onuobia, Cheluchi,1978-author.; Cleveland, Karen,author.;
"Celebrating the resilience of women as they navigate and transform what remains a man's world. In the city of Enugu in the 1970s, young Nwabulu dreams of becoming a typist as she endures her employers' endless chores. Although a housemaid since the age of ten, she is tall and beautiful and in love with a rich man's son. Educated and privileged, Julie is a modern woman. Living on her own, she is happy to collect the gold jewellery love-struck Eugene brings her, but has no intention of becoming his second wife. When dramatic events straight out of a movie force Nwabulu and Julie into a dank room years later, the two women relate the stories of their lives as they await their fate. Pulsing with vitality and intense human drama, Cheluchi Onyemelukwe-Onuobia's debut is set against four decades of vibrant Nigeria, and celebrates the resilience of women as they navigate and transform what remains a man's world."--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Abused women; Kidnapping; Social classes; Women;
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