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[2022]
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations, color map ; 29 cm
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"With colorful illustrations and a timeline, this introductory history of Juneteenth for kids details the evolution of the holiday commemorating the date the enslaved people of Texas first learned of their freedom. On June 19, 1865--more than two years after President Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation--the enslaved people of Texas first learned of their freedom. That day became a day of remembrance and celebration that changed and grew from year...
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Pub. Date
2022.
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"Greta Russakoff needs some space from her overbearing family. Truman Belvedere needs a place to heal after a devastating heartbreak. The solution is obvious: Truman and Greta decide to swap houses for the month of December. Can a change of scenery be the start of something new?"--
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Ashley Davison, a graduate student in California, desperately wants to spend the holidays with her family in Seattle. Dashiell Sutherland, a former army intelligence officer, has a job interview in Seattle and must arrive by December 23. Though frantic to book a last-minute flight out of San Francisco, both are out of luck: Every flight is full, and there's only one rental car available. Ashley and Dash reluctantly decide to share the car, but neither...
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Series
Pub. Date
2023.
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48 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 29 cm.
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"Take a trip around our world and visit 20 children with very different ways of life... From Australia to Africa, the festivals we share with family and friends can be serious, exciting, or just plain fun. Come and celebrate!"--
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As the owner of Mrs. Claus's Treasures, Merry Wilkinson knows how to decorate homes for the holidays. That's why she thinks her float in the semi-annual Santa Claus parade is a shoe-in for best in show. But when the tractor pulling Merry's float is sabotaged, she has to face facts: there's a Scrooge in Christmas Town. Merry isn't ready to point fingers, especially with a journalist in town writing a puff piece about Rudolph's Christmas spirit. But...
13) Season of wonder
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
376 pages ; 23 cm
Description
"Wonders abound with the winter holidays. Yuletide brings marvels and miracles both fantastic and scientific. Christmas spirits can bring haunting holidays, seasonal songs might be sung by unearthly choirs, and magical celebrations are the norm during this very special time of the year. The best stories from many realms of fantasy and a multitude of future universes, gift-wrapped in one spectacular treasury of wintertime wonder"--Page 4 of cover.
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (71 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Terence takes a shortcut across a frozen lake while collecting Christmas trees for the holiday market. Disaster strikes as the ice begins to crack, leaving Terence nervously waiting to be rescued. Meanwhile, Daisy is sad when Christmas doesn't go as planned, and Spencer and Gordon upset their passengers when their competitive behavior gets out of hand. Poor Emily gets struck in the middle while helping bickering brothers Donald and Douglas.
15) Whispering rock
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Series
Virgin River volume 3
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LAPD officer Mike Valenzuela, a twice-married, decorated U.S. Marine Corps reservist who had been wounded in the line of duty, finds peace and healing in the town of Virgin River, as well as new love in the person of Brie Sheridan.
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Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
35 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Description
"Good company, great food and drink, and most importantly, lots of fun--we all love the holidays! But have you ever wondered how people celebrate in other countries? Together we'll join in the many celebrations, all of them different. What's Halloween like in Ireland, and Timakat in Ethiopia? What are the customs observed during Hanukkah? You'll make new friends who'll tell you all about their culture. Ready to explore? It's party time all over the...
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Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 27 cm
Description
"Discover a world of celebrations! This entertaining book introduces kids to 14 holidays, from Brazilian carnival, Chinese New Year, Bastille Day, and the Cherry Blossom Festival to Purim, Holi, Eid al-Fitr, Day of the Dead, and Halloween. As in the popular What's On Your Plate?, each spread showcases a different holiday, offering background, cultural context, vocabulary words, photographs, and instructions for festive projects."--Publisher's description....
18) Veterans Day
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Series
Pub. Date
[2019]
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24 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Description
Introduces young readers to the history and celebration of Veterans Day.
Pub. Date
c1994
Physical Desc
v. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Description
The electronic version contains the complete print version including multiple tables, enhanced functionality, complete text of the paper index, Boolean searching, scheduling, new groupings, not in the print edition, and networkability. This version offers more complete access to the information than the print version is able offer.
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