Laura Watkinson
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Letter for the king volume 1
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On the night of his final vigil before being knighted, Tiuri answers a request to deliver an urgent letter to a distant kingdom across the Great Mountains--a journey that will threaten his life and teach him the true meaning of what it is to be a knight.
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"A sapphic reimagining of Mary Shelley's youth, vividly exploring innocence, young love, gothic mystery and the roots of her literary masterpiece, Frankenstein. Switzerland, 1816. A volcanic eruption in Indonesia envelopes the whole of Europe in ash and cloud. Amid this "year without a summer," eighteen-year-old Mary Shelley and her lover Percy Bysshe Shelley arrive at Lake Geneva to visit Lord Byron and his companion John Polidori. Anguished by the...
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Pub. Date
2021.
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170 pages : illustration ; 21 cm
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"It only takes one day at their new school for Parker and Sven to become mortal enemies. Parker's had a terrible summer and just wants to be invisible, while Sven is desperate to make an impression and be known as anything other than 'that boy with epilepsy.' When Parker discovers her beloved dog Alaska--who she had to give away last year--now belongs to Sven, she's determined to steal her back. Of course, that's easier said than done"--Provided by...
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Pub. Date
2019.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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A little boy--um, no, a tiger!--tells us all about what he gets up to on an ordinary day: how he wakes up in his tiger den, what he eats for breakfast at his feeding spot, and how little tigers feel when they are wide awake, hungry, thirsty, or in the mood for adventures. But at night, even the wildest of tigers is happy to curl up in bed with Tiger-Mom and Tiger-Dad and become a cuddly little tiger cub.
6) Jesus
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2014.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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An introduction to the life of Jesus Christ for young people.
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2020.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 cm x 30 cm
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"Little Wise Wolf is very wise. He loves reading books and soaking up all the knowledge embodied within them. One day, Little Wise Wolf is called on to use his impressive wisdom to help the ailing king. But on his way to the palace, he slowly realizes he may not be as wise as he thinks he is, and that the world is much bigger than that contained within his books."--
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2021.
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185 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 25 cm
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Clear, accessible, often funny-- and accompanied by lively illustrations that bring the story to life-- Palm Trees at the North Pole will help young readers understand the most important issue humanity has ever faced.
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[2023]
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1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm
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Bear likes playing piano for all the other animals, but they keep asking him for more, and Bear has trouble setting boundaries and expressing that he needs time for himself until he finds sympathetic Zebra.
12) Vincent
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Pub. Date
2014.
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141 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
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"The turbulent life of Vincent van Gogh is a constant source of inspiration and intrigue for artists and art lovers. In this beautiful graphic biography, artist and writer Barbara Stok documents the brief and intense period of creativity Van Gogh spent in Arles, Provence. Away from Paris, Van Gogh falls in love with the landscape and light of the south of France. He dreams of setting up an artists' studio in Arles - somewhere for him and his friends...
14) Snot, sneezes, and super-spreaders: everything you need to know about viruses and how to stop them
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2022.
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121 pages : colour illustrations ; 26 cm
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"Discover the extraordinary world of viruses, from their creation and transmission to vaccination. If we didn't know it before, we certainly know it now: viruses can be powerful--so powerful, in fact, that they can hold the world in their grip for months at a time. But what exactly is a virus? Where do they come from and what do they do to our bodies? How do they spread, and what can we do to protect ourselves? Author Marc ter Horst tackles these...
16) Get on your bike
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2018.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 36 cm
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"When William and Bobby have a fight, Bobby jumps on his bike and leaves, but as he travels through the countryside, he starts to mull things over"--
17) The box
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2022.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 30 cm
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"When a mysterious box arrives in the woods, a group of friends try to reassure the animal inside the box and introduce them to their new home"--
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Pub. Date
2021.
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127 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm.
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"Did you ever wonder what a bee looks like underneath its furry coat? Did you know that a seahorse protects itself with both armor on the outside and a skeleton on the inside? Can you guess why a tree frog needs to use its eyes to swallow? With Inside In, photographer Arie van 't Riet gives us a rare chance to see beneath the surface of some of nature's most captivating creations--tiny insects, fascinating fish, intriguing reptiles and amphibians,...
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2020
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For fans of The Hazel Wood, this middle grade novel takes the dark stuff of fairytales and crafts it into a powerful story of friendship and light.
"Once I picked the book up, I didn’t set it down until I finished it with tears in my eyes. . ." —The New York Times Book Review
Every evening Lampie, the lighthouse keeper's daughter, must light a lantern to warn ships away from the rocks,...
"Once I picked the book up, I didn’t set it down until I finished it with tears in my eyes. . ." —The New York Times Book Review
Every evening Lampie, the lighthouse keeper's daughter, must light a lantern to warn ships away from the rocks,...