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Author
Pub. Date
2013
Description
Nora Eldridge, an elementary school teacher in Cambridge, Massachusetts, long ago abandoned her dream to be a successful artist. Instead she has become the "woman upstairs," a reliable friend and tidy neighbor always on the fringe of others' achievements. Then into her classroom walks Reza Shahid, a child who enchants as if from a fairy tale, and Nora is drawn into the complex world of his glamorous and cosmopolitan family. As happiness explodes her...
Author
Series
Miss Dimple Kilpatrick mysteries volume 5
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
328 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
Description
"October, 1944. When a girl Miss Dimple brought home from the library is discovered dead - murdered, Miss Dimple teams up with Augusta, a guardian angel, to find out who the killer is"--
Author
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
253 p. ; 24 cm.
Description
Relegated to the status of schoolteacher and friendly neighbor after abandoning her dreams of becoming an artist, Nora advocates on behalf of a charismatic Lebanese student and is drawn into the child's family until his artist mother's careless ambition leads to a shattering betrayal.
Pub. Date
2011.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Mona Gray is a quirky young woman who hides in a private world of numbers after her beloved mathematician father falls ill. But when Mona is offered a job as an elementary school math teacher, she will introduce the students to her own eccentric gift for numerical obsession. Can the joys of arithmetic multiplied by a shy romance with the school science teacher help Mona discover a new life she can count on?
Author
Series
Desmond Cole ghost patrol volume 13
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
122 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Description
"Kersville Elementary School has a problem: there's a very hungry vampire on the loose! But this creature doesn't thirst for blood. Instead, he's been eating the students' homework! Can Desmond Cole stop the monster from turning everyone's work into food for thought?"--
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 98 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When he was growing up, Brad started making funny noises - all the time. Only Brad and his supportive mother knew he could not control it. He was teased, misunderstood, and punished for disrupting class. By the time he was diagnosed with Tourette Syndrome, Brad had learned to hate school. When an understanding school principal offered encouragement, Brad decided to become a teacher. Now he has to find a school where someone with Tourettes can teach...
12) Ali and Ava
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Sparks fly as two people develop a deep connection despite the lingering legacy of past relationships. A compelling love story enveloped in music and imbued with humor. BAFTA nominee for Best British Film.
Author
Series
Miss Dimple Kilpatrick mysteries volume 3
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
328 pages (large print) ; 22 cm.
Author
Series
Miss Dimple Kilpatrick mysteries volume 4
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
335 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
Description
It's the summer of 1944 and the world seems mired in a war that will never end. But even with a war on, the peaches are ripe for picking. As veteran teacher Miss Dimple Kilpatrick and her colleagues work in the orchard, they hear frantic calls for help. An eighteen-year-old girl, Prentice, has been missing -- and is later found murdered. Miss Dimple and her fellow teachers-turned-sleuths are determined to find the killer. Although Prentice had recently...
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
272
Description
"It's the summer of 1944 and the world seems mired in a War that will never end. On the home front, the people of Elderberry, Georgia, are doing everything they can to support the troops. Even with a war on, the peaches are ripe for picking. As veteran teacher Miss Dimple Kilpatrick and her colleagues work in the orchard, they hear frantic calls for help: An eighteen-year-old girl, Prentice, has been missing--and is later found murdered. Miss Dimple...
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Pub. Date
2023.
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Description
From Gordon Korman, the bestselling author of Restart and The Unteachables, comes a hilarious new story about a mysterious new teacher who turns out to be an AI robot from a secret experimental program.
Oliver Zahn, spitball champion and self-declared rule-wrecker of Brightling Middle School, is not a fan of his new homeroom teacher, Mr. Aidact. The guy is sort of stiff, never cracks a smile, and refers to them as "pupils."
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Series
Planet Omar volume 3
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
238 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Description
"Omar is going on his biggest adventure yet--a trip to Pakistan! But his excitement about the trip is interrupted by some shocking news: his amazing teacher is not coming back to school, and no one will say why. When Omar and his friends start investigating, the hints they overhear and clues they find lead them to an alarming conclusion--it must be aliens! Omar has a huge imagination, but saving his teacher from aliens seems far-fetched even to him....
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
784 p., [38] p. of plates (large print) : ill. ; 23 cm.
Description
The intimate and startlingly candid memoir from one of America's most beloved and private first ladies. In a captivating and compelling voice that ranks with many of our greatest memoirists, Laura Bush tells the story of her unique journey from dusty Midland, Texas, to the world stage and the White House. Her compassion her, sense of humor, her grace, and her uncommon willingness to bare her heart make Laura Bush's story deeply revelatory, beautifully...
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