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The astrobiologist Theo Byrne searches for life throughout the cosmos while single-handedly raising his unusual nine-year-old, Robin, following the death of his wife. Robin is a warm, kind boy who spends hours painting elaborate pictures of endangered animals. He's also about to be expelled from third grade for smashing his friend in the face. As his son grows more troubled, Theo hopes to keep him off psychoactive drugs. He learns of an experimental...
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Publisher
Milkweed Editions
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
269 pages ; 21 cm
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In North Dakota in 1951, years after losing her son in a horse riding accident, Margaret Blackledge seeks to retrieve her grandson from the daughter-in-law who ran off with another man but finds her efforts challenged by her reluctant husband and the boy's stepfamily.
44) Micro living: 40 innovative tiny houses equipped for full-time living, in 400 square feet or less
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Publisher
Storey Publishing
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
255 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm
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"Best-selling author and tiny house enthusiast Derek “Deek” Diedricksen profiles 40 tiny ? but practical ? houses that are equipped for full-time living, all in 400 square feet or less. Detailed photography and a floor plan for each structure highlight inventive space-saving design features along with the nuts-and-bolts details of heating, cooling, electric, and plumbing systems. The real-life stories of residents impart the pleasures, as well...
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Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2020.
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265 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 23 cm
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"A Cat's Tale is a history of feline kind: its origins, the evolution of the relationship with their human companions, and the surprising ways in which feline history parallels that of humanity. From the prehistoric Felis (a large mammal from which all domestic cats have descended) to ancient Egyptian cat goddess, key cats of the Enlightenment to swashbuckling pirate felines and infamous American tabbies, the story of catkind is told here in its totality."--...
48) Home front
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Pub. Date
2012
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"From a distance, Michael and Joleen Zarkades seem to have it all: a solid marriage, two exciting careers, and children they adore. But after twelve years together, the couple has lost their way; they are unhappy and edging toward divorce. Then the Iraq war starts. An unexpected deployment will tear their already fragile family apart, sending one of them deep into harm's way and leaving the other at home, waiting for news. When the worst happens,...
50) Baa-choo!
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HarperCollins
Pub. Date
c2004
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32 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm.
Description
When Sam the lamb has trouble sneezing, the other animals try to help.
51) Earthquack!
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2002
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : ill. ; 29 cm.
Description
When Chucky Ducky feels the earth beneath him grumble and rumble, he runs to alert the other barnyard animals to the coming earthquake, but just as a wily weasel is about to take advantage of their fears, the true source of the rumbling is revealed.
54) The younger wife
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Pub. Date
2022.
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Stephen Aston is getting married again. The only problem is, he's still married to his first wife, even thoughshe is in a care facility for dementia. But he'll take care of that easily, by divorcing her--even if his adult daughters protest. Tully and Rachel Aston look upon Heather as nothing but an interloper. Heather is the same age as Rachel and even younger than Tully. Clearly she's a golddigger and after their father's money. Heather has secrets...
55) Farm
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Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly color illustrations ; 18 cm
Description
"Introduce babies to the animal residents of a farm in a bright, graphic, nearly wordless board book that will grab their attention as it fosters developing visual skills. Each right-hand page features a simple white shape of a pig, sheep, dog, horse, goose, or cow against a vivid background, while the facing page features the same shape in a charming, folk-art-style pattern"--Description from Amazon.com.
56) Dooby dooby moo
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Formats
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While Farmer Brown sleeps, his animals prepare for a talent show at the county fair.
58) The doghouse
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Cow, Pig, Duck, and Mouse are afraid to retrieve their ball when it goes into the dog's house, but when they do go in they are pleasantly surprised.
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Louisa has come to her parents’ house in Maine this summer with all three of her kids, a barely-written book, and a trunkful of resentment. Left behind in Brooklyn is her husband, who has promised that after this final round of fundraising at his startup he will once again pick up his share of the household responsibilities. Louisa is hoping that the crisp breeze off Penobscot Bay will blow away the irritation she is feeling with her life choices...
60) Foggy Friday
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Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2000
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 21 cm.
Description
When the rooster loses his "cock-a-doodle-doo," the other animals on Bonnie Bumble's farm are not able to begin the day.
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