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When a close relative falls ill, Hannah Larson and her young son, Nicky, join him for the summer at Ashton Hall, a historic manor house outside Cambridge, England. A frustrated academic whose ambitions have been subsumed by the challenges of raising her beloved child, Hannah longs to escape her life in New York City, where her marriage has been upended by a recently discovered and devastating betrayal. Soon after their arrival, ever-curious Nicky...
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Series
Llama Llama (Picture books) volume 1
Language
English
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At bedtime, a little llama worries after his mother puts him to bed and goes downstairs.
Author
Series
Llama Llama (Picture books) volume 5
Language
English
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Description
Llama Llama's mother takes good care of him when he has to stay home from school because he is sick, but when Mama Llama begins to feel sick, too, Llama Llama knows how to take care of her.
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Language
English
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"The world has changed around seventy-nine-year-old librarian Millicent Carmichael, aka Missy. Though quick to admit that she often found her roles as a housewife and mother less than satisfying, Missy once led a bustling life driven by two children, an accomplished and celebrated husband, and a Classics degree from Cambridge. Now her husband is gone, her daughter is estranged after a shattering argument, and her son has moved to his wife's native...
5) Owl babies
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Series
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Language
English
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Three owl babies whose mother has gone out in the night try to stay calm while she is gone.
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Series
Dinosaur (Bob Shea) volume 6
Publisher
Disney/Hyperion
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
Dinosaur spends a day "helping" his mother, from the time he roars to awaken her until their final contest at bedtime.
7) Koala Lou
Author
Publisher
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
Pub. Date
1989.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
A young koala, longing to hear her mother speak lovingly to her as she did before other children came along, plans to win her distracted parent's attention.
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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Cinnamon Haynes has fought hard for a life she never thought was possible--a good man by her side, a steady job, and a cozy house in a quaint town. Daisy Jacobs's hopes for her future are threatened when she gets unexpectedly pregnant. She hides this development and then makes a drastic decision with devastating consequences. When Cinnamon finds an abandoned baby in a park and takes the newborn into her home, the ripple effects risk exposing Cinnamon's...
Author
Series
Llama Llama (Picture books) volume 3
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
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Llama Llama experiences separation anxiety on his first day of nursery school.
16) Slug needs a hug
Author
Publisher
Andersen Press Picture Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
24 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Slug worries that the reason his mother never hugs him is that he is ugly, so he follows his friends' advice to be furry, with a beak, horns, and more, until his mother can no longer recognize him, but then he learns that she loves him, no matter what.
Author
Publisher
Schwartz & Wade Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"Follows a mama mouse and her baby mouse on the little mouse's journey to becoming a reader--from infancy to toddlerhood to elementary school and beyond"--
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Series
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English
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Paris, 1974. Radha is living in Paris with her husband, Pierre, and their two daughters. She still grieves for the baby boy she gave up years ago, but has finally found her passion: the treasure trove of scents. When a friend's grandfather offered her a job at his parfumerie, Radha discovers she can find the perfect fragrance for any customer who walks in the door. Now she is helping to design new fragrances for clients. Her first major project takes...
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Publisher
Scribner
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English
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"Kiese Laymon fearlessly explores what the weight of a lifetime of secrets, lies, and deception does to a black body, a black family, and a nation teetering on the brink of moral collapse. Laymon invites us to consider the consequences of living in a country wholly obsessed with progress yet wholly disinterested in the messy work of reckoning with where we've been. In Heavy, Laymon writes eloquently and honestly about growing up a hard-headed black...
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