The Snow Queen is an adventurous fairy tale book about how an evil snow queen manages, with the help of an ice wizard, to possess both children and teenagers, to try to fulfill her misplaced thirst for fame, wealth, and love. The queen's hidden secret is that she feels unlucky, having never found someone who could truly love her. In the book, her first victim is an innocent and fatherless teenage boy named Adam. The queen traps Adam within a kaleidoscope that the ice wizard skillfully makes for her.
Henri, the French Bulldog, loves his home in bustling New York City. He lives in an apartment, has a dog walker, and steers clear of the pond in Central Park. When his mom decides to move to California, Henri is not so sure he’ll adjust to their new home. But, when he arrives, Henri is pleasantly surprised by the warm breeze and palm trees, and even meets new friends on his first day of doggie daycare. The next day, though, his new friends hear his unique snorting sound.
Moonlight Dunk Contest by Michael P. Hamburg is a story that shows the world of a group passionate animals who are not just basketballs fans, but are avid learners as well. Drawing inspiration from their favorite teams, the animals diligently hone their basketball skills. Every night, under the moonlight, they put on their skills to the test in a thrilling dunk contest! Can the animals truly master and display the moves that they’ve learned? Dive in to witness their basketball fun and adventure!
In Stella’s Brave Voice by Marissa Bader, we dive into the world of twin sisters with very different personalities. While Stella is introspective and quiet, Paige is outgoing and often speaks for the both of them. One day, a powerful surge of emotion builds up within Stella whenever Paige answers on her behalf. As she grapples with these newfound feelings, will their close bond withstand the strain? And if a rift forms, can it be healed? Read on into their journey to discover the strength and resilience of their sisterhood!
Last Night at the Circle Cinema is a coming-of-age novel by Emily Franklin that follows the last night that three high school seniors have together before they graduate. Olivia, Bertucci, and Codman are in a friendship “triangle” that has complications as they each navigate their aspirations, the dynamics of their relationships, and loss. The mastermind, Bertucci, strategically plans the night with relics of their past that send each friend down memory lane. The truths of the past are uncovered, despite how much they each try to bury them.
Growing Backyard Vegetables is a perfect book for gardening beginners. It starts by introducing the pros of gardening, then by giving readers a step-by-step tutorial on how to plan, prepare, make, and maintain the garden. Afterwards, there is a section on how to harvest the crops that you have grown, and there is a reflection section at the end where the reader reflects on their gardening experience and how that has affected their everyday life.
F. Kennerly Clay's East of Nowhere captures the soul of the sixties with vivid and raw narrative. It's the story of her life, and what she knew and learned about her father's life. The book is not hagiography (where only the goodness of her father is told). The author clearly loves her father--deeply so--but she is realistic about him and her relationship with him. The author's father is perhaps typical of a free-spirited man from the sixties. His portrait, as she writes it and his poems convey it, is of a person who sees life differently than most.
Anya Novak had always been very timid. Growing up in Slovakia, she was always told that she needed to be quiet and supportive in the background. She was told that as a viola player, she has to blend into the background and allow the violin players to shine. Now, alone in the US after her parents' deaths, she continues to live a quiet lifestyle blending into the background. She plays the viola in a chamber orchestra, and one day near Christmas time, she meets an older man named Niels after rehearsal.
Fifty year old songwriter, Sophia, looks back on her very troubled past. In 1963, she suffered from racism and prejudice by being a black woman studying in an affluent college in Marin County, California. Her mother has been institutionalized in a psychiatric hospital and her brother has been murdered. While Sophia loves her father, she learns some things that question her affection for him. She has a talent for singing and songwriting that she uses in local amateur talent competitions and now plans to display on television.
Tip Tipper is a second grader with lots of smarts and sillies to share. When he tries to join his friends at the park, instead of making them laugh, he scares them; when a classmate falls, he laughs. Tip just can’t seem to figure out the right time to be silly. In an effort to impress his peers at the school spelling bee, Tip embarrasses himself. With the help of King Nobble Ook, the ruler of the village, Tip must learn the appropriate time to have fun and the right way to make friends.
