Colleen A. F. Venable
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Description
Did you know that Patrick Swayze was 35 when he got his big break in Dirty Dancing? The Swayze Year is an entertaining and inspiring humor book that proves you're never too old to reach your potential.
The Swayze Year celebrates later-in-life wins with short profiles of one person for every year from age 35 to age 100 who climbed mountains-metaphorical and literal-wrote their own storylines, and found their happy little trees at a more mature age....
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Series
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
120 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 23 cm
Description
"The family toaster is preparing to take over the world with an army of evil robots, but he needs your help to build them! Several obstacles lie in his path: his homework, a pesky little sister, and even a dastardly kitty cat. Just follow his instructions to build a series of robots and world dominiataion is within reach! With [this book] you can create a bunch of (non-evil) robots of your very own! All you need are a few everyday items that can be...
Author
Series
Katie the catsitter volume 2
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
208 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 21 cm.
Description
Twelve-year-old Katie now knows her neighbor Madeline is also the Mousetress, the city's most feared villain (or most misunderstood superhero), and she is ready to become the super sidekick she always wanted to be.
Author
Series
Katie the catsitter volume 1
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
205 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm
Description
Katie is dreading the boring summer ahead while her best friends are all away at camp -- something that's way out of Katie and her mom's budget. But when Katie gets a job catsitting for her mysterious upstairs neighbor, life gets interesting. First, Madeline has 217 cats and they're not exactly normal cats. Also, why is Madeline always out exactly when the city's most notorious villain commits crimes? Is it possible that Katie's upstairs neighbor...
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
211 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Description
"Una novela gráfica irresistible sobre la amistad, la aventura de crecer, héroes y gatos... ¡muchos gatos! Este año, Caty se queda en la ciudad mientras sus amigas se van de campamento, y aunque quiere ir con ellas, no puede permitírselo. Las cosas empiezan a cambiar cuando Caty consigue un trabajo ciudando a los gatos de su misteriosa vecina, Madeline. ¡Tiene que cuidar a 217 gatos! Y no son mininos normales, que digamos. Además, se empieza...
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Series
Katie the catsitter volume 3
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
210 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm.
Description
"Still training to be a sidekick, Katie protects the city against mysterious robot attacks--while trying not to feel like an outsider within her own friend group"--
10) Kiss number 8
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
299 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 22 cm.
Description
"Mads is pretty happy with her life. She goes to church with her family, and minor league baseball games with her dad. She goofs off with her best friend Cat, and has thus far managed to avoid getting kissed by Adam, the boy next door. It's everything she hoped high school would be... until all of a sudden, it's not. Her dad is hiding something big--so big it could tear her family apart. And that's just the beginning of her problems: Mads is starting...
11) Saving Cosmo
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Series
My pet slime volume 3
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
176 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm
Description
After her pet slime came to life and her grandma got kidnapped, Piper didn't think life could get any stranger. But then she found herself trapped in the headquarters of the mysterious MaLa corporation with her Grandma Sadie, her enemy-turned-friend Claire, and Cosmo, her pet slime. Luckily, Piper has an out-of-this-world plan to escape from MaLa and make sure sweet, cuddly Cosmo stays safe forever!