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- Katie's caterpillar / by Smith, Annette.; Thomas, Meredith.;
- LSC
- Subjects: Caterpillars; Schools; Children and animals;
- Barack Obama : the story / by Maraniss, David.;
- Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction : It's not even past -- In search of El Dorado -- Luoland -- "In this our life" -- Nairobi days -- Afraid of smallness -- Beautiful isle of somewhere -- Hapa -- Orbits -- "Such a world" -- Marked man -- What school you went? -- Barry Obama -- Riding Poniyem -- Mainland -- End and beginning -- The moviegoer -- Genevieve and the veil -- Finding and being found.
- Subjects: Obama, Barack; Obama, Barack; Obama, Barack; Presidents;
- © 2012., Simon & Schuster,
- The girl who saw Heaven : a fateful tornado and a journey of faith / by Reburn, Lisa,author.; Tresniowski, Alex,author.;
- "Shares the story of Ari Hallmark, who is now a high school senior, and what happened to her during the tornado that claimed the lives her parents, delivering a powerful message to the world: you will see your loved ones again"--
- Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Hallmark, Ari.; Death; Heaven; Near-death experiences;
- The islands : stories / by Irving, Dionne,author.;
- "Follows the lives of Jamaican women-- immigrants or the descendants of immigrants-- who have relocated all over the world to escape the ghosts of colonialism. Set in the United States, Jamaica, and Europe, these international stories examine the lives of an uncertain and unsettled cast of characters. In one story, a woman and her husband impulsively leave San Francisco and move to Florida with wild dreams of American reinvention only to unearth the horrible cracks in their marriage. In another, the only Jamaican mother at a pricey prep school feels pressure to volunteer at the school's International Day. With locales ranging from 1950s London to 1960s Panama to modern-day New Jersey, author Dionne Irving reveals the intricacies of immigration and assimilation, establishing a new and unforgettable voice in Caribbean American literature. Restless, displaced, and disconnected, these characters try to ground themselves-- to grow where they find themselves planted-- in a world in which the tension between what's said and unsaid can bend the soul"--
- Subjects: Short stories.; Immigrants; Imperialism; Jamaicans; Jamaicans; Women; Women;
- Hickory dickory dog / by Murray, Alison,M.A.;
- LSC
- Subjects: Stories in rhyme.; Dogs; Schools;
- © 2014, c2012., Candlewick Press,
- Dojo daytrip / by Tougas, Chris.;
- Six ninjas from Dojo Daycare go on a field trip to the farm where all kinds of chaos ensues.LSC
- Subjects: Stories in rhyme.; Ninja; Farms; School field trips; Teacher-student relationships;
- The first grader [videorecording] / by Chadwick, Justin.; Feuer, Sam,1974-; Harris, Naomie,1976-; Kgoroge, Tony.; Litondo, Oliver.; Litondo, Oliver.; Peacock, Ann.; Reding, Nick.; BBC Films.; National Geographic Entertainment (Firm); UK Film Council.; Vivendi Entertainment (Firm);
- Music by Alex Heffes ; cinematography, Rob Hardy ; edited by Paul Knight.Naomie Harris, Oliver Litondo, Sam Feuer, Tony Kgoroge, Oliver Litondo, Nick Reding.The story of an 84-year-old Kenyan villager and ex-Mau Mau freedom fighter who fights for his right to go to school for the first time to get the education he could never afford. Based on a true story.MPAA Rating: PG-13.DVD ; NTSC ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby digital 5.1.
- Subjects: Biographical films.; Feature films.; Older men; Right to education; Veterans;
- © c2011., Vivendi Entertainment,
- Cemetery boys / by Thomas, Aiden.;
- Yadriel, a trans boy, summons the angry spirit of his high school's bad boy, and agrees to help him learn how he died, thereby proving himself a brujo, not a bruja, to his conservative family.LSC
- Subjects: Paranormal romance stories.; Transgender people; Wizards; Latin Americans; Spirits; Magic; Families;
- Sammy the seal / by Hoff, Syd,1912-;
- Anxious to see what life is like outside the zoo, Sammy the seal explores the city, goes to school, and plays with the children but decides that there really is no place like home.
- Subjects: Seals (Animals); Schools;
- © [2009], c2000., HarperCollins,
- When I was your age : life lessons, funny stories & questionable parenting advice from a professional clown / by Thompson, Kenan,author.;
- "When I Was Your Age is a hilarious, heartwarming and surprising ode to growing up, getting older and wiser, and luck, life, and learning from the school of hard knocks, from SNL's longest-serving actor, Kenan Thompson"--
- Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; Thompson, Kenan.; Actors; African American actors; African American comedians; Comedians; Conduct of life.;
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