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1) Passage
Author
Series
Sharing knife volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A thoughtful and skillful author."
—Cleveland Plain Dealer
One of the most respected writers in the field of speculative fiction, Lois McMaster Bujold has won numerous accolades and awards, including the Nebula and Locus Awards as well as the fantasy and science fiction genre's most prestigious honor, the Hugo Award for Best Novel, four times (most recently for Paladin of Souls). With The Sharing Knife series, Bujold creates a
...2) Bear with me
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"What do you do with a bear who won't leave? When a bear comes to stay, no one expects him to stay too long! But his arrival changes everything, from sleeping to shopping to hanging out with friends. If even dinosaurs and math problems can't drive him away, what are you supposed to do? Featuring quirky, energetic illustrations, this amusing tale suggests we can learn to live with even the most unbearable company." --
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
Jack and Alex meet almost every morning in the sandbox at the playground. Jack likes trucks -- big ones, the kind that can wreck things. Alex likes dolls -- pink ones, with sparkles. And tutus. But Jack doesn't want to play dolls, and Alex doesn't want to play trucks. Readers will smile at the quintessential playground squabble on display in this amusing, relatable tale from Ann Stott and Bob Graham. Luckily for Jack and Alex, the day is saved with...
4) Wishtree
Author
Language
English
Description
"Red is an oak tree who is many rings old. Red is the neighborhood "wishtree" -- people write their wishes on pieces of cloth and tie them to Red's branches. Along with a crow named Bongo and other animals who seek refuge in Red's hollows, this wishtree watches over the neighborhood. You might say that Red has seen it all. Until a new family moves in. Not everyone is welcoming, and Red's experience as a wishtree is more important than ever"--
5) In the dark
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"They came in the dark, and took the narrow path that only witches used. Everyone said that's what they were . . .But what if everyone was wrong? Watch what happens when one girl steps into the woods and gets to know these newcomers. The spooky black cat? Meet Mingus! The broomsticks and cloaks? Cloth and wooden handles. And those shadows in the sky? Handmade kites, fluttering in the breeze. When the breeze becomes a blustery storm, everything changes...including...
6) Tolerance
Author
Series
Publisher
Bridgestone Books
Pub. Date
c2000
Physical Desc
24 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes tolerance as a virtue and suggests ways in which it can be recognized and practiced.
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 30 cm
Language
English
Description
A knight who feels secure on his side of the wall that divides his book discovers that his side is not as safe as he thought, and the other side is not as threatening.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the domed city of Yuan, the blind Princess Isra, a Smooth Skin, is raised to be a human sacrifice whose death will ensure her city's vitality. In the desert outside Yuan, Gem, a mutant beast, fights to save his people, the Monstrous, from starvation. Neither dreams that together they could return balance to both their worlds. As secrets are revealed and Isra's sight returned, Isra will have to choose between duty to her people and the beast she...
15) Tolerance
Author
Series
Publisher
Child's World
Pub. Date
2008.
Physical Desc
24 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Sew Zoey volume 11
Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
First Simon Spotlight hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
158 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Zoey worries that she is closed-minded when she fouls things up trying to help someone who has a crush on her friend and when she tries to bar someone from joining the school's fashion club.
Author
Publisher
Crabtree Pub. Company
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
Learning to tolerate different opinions, perspectives, and beliefs is vital to a healthy society. Slim Goodbody's Can't We Get Along? helps students understand the need and importance for tolerance, and the steps they can take to increase peace in their lives and in the world.
18) Tolerance
Author
Series
Publisher
Marshall Cavendish Benchmark
Pub. Date
2009.
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
138 pages ; 19 cm
Language
English
Description
In this short book, Sam Harris and Maajid Nawaz invite you to join an urgently needed conversation: Is Islam a religion of peace or war? Is it amenable to reform? Why do so many Muslims seem drawn to extremism? What do words like Islamism, jihadism, and fundamentalism mean in today's world? Remarkable for the breadth and depth of its analysis, this dialogue between a famous atheist and a former radical is all the more startling for its decorum. Harris...
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