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21) On the rooftop
Author
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A stunning novel about a mother whose dream of musical stardom for her three daughters collides with the daughters' ambitions for their own lives-set against the backdrop of gentrifying 1950s San Francisco"--
At home they are just sisters, but on stage, they are The Salvations. Ruth, Esther, and Chloe have been singing and dancing in harmony since they could speak. Thanks to the rigorous direction of their mother, Vivian, they’ve become a...
Author
Publisher
Macmillan Audio
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
"Kim Brooks's moving narration is the perfect vehicle for the drama surrounding her arrest for a momentary lapse in judgement...Brooks's lyrical writing and largely dispassionate narration will draw parents into this larger dynamic and restore their freedom to do what they believe is best as parents." — AudioFile Magazine
This program includes a bonus interview with the author.
One morning, Kim Brooks made a split-second
Author
Language
English
Description
The universally acclaimed debut novel. “Extraordinary . . . a spare, futuristic fable about a brand-new mother navigating a flooded world.”—Vogue.com
Pre-empted by publishers around the world within days of the 2016 London Book Fair, The End We Start From heralds the arrival of Megan Hunter, a dazzling and unique literary talent. Hunter’s debut is a searing original, a modern-day parable of rebirth...
Pre-empted by publishers around the world within days of the 2016 London Book Fair, The End We Start From heralds the arrival of Megan Hunter, a dazzling and unique literary talent. Hunter’s debut is a searing original, a modern-day parable of rebirth...
Author
Publisher
Larrikin House
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
My mum's a little quirky, free-spirited and bold. She dances to the beat of her own drum. A fun-filled adventure and celebration of an extraordinary mum and her daughter who find magic in unexpected places. We are all extraordinary, sometimes we just need reminding.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
Now available in a padded, paper-over-board book, I LOVE YOU BECAUSE YOU'RE YOU celebrates a parent's unconditional love for a child, as illustrated by award-winning artist David McPhail.
This book has quickly become a family favorite—and this new format with padded covers and cardstock pages will become an enduring classic of the genre.As a poem about a mama fox's unconditional love for her cub, this story describes the many moods...Author
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Formats
Description
"It is wartime in German-occupied Poland. A mother hides with her five-year-old daughter, a musical prodigy whose slightest sound may cost them their lives. The girl is forbidden from making a sound, so the yellow bird sings. He sings whatever the girl composes in her head: high-pitched trills of piccolo; low-throated growls of contrabassoon. Music helps the flowers bloom. When the daisies grow abundant, the bird weaves a garland for the girl to wear...
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"When Mama tells Stinky Face she's thankful for him, he has some questions. Is she really thankful for every single bit of him--even his sticky fingers? Even his puckered-up mouth? Mama assures Stinky Face that she will always be thankful for all of him, from the top of his head to the tip of his toes. No matter what. share this loving message of thanks with your little Stinky Face!"--
Author
Language
English
Description
Vivian Howe, author of thirteen beach novels and mother of three nearly grown children, is killed in a hit-and-run car accident while jogging near her home on Nantucket. In the Beyond, she's assigned to a Person named Martha, who allows Vivi to watch what happens below for one last summer. Vivi also is granted three 'nudges' to change the outcome of events on earth. Daughter Willa is on her third miscarriage; son Carson partys until all hours, and...
30) Owl babies
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Three owl babies whose mother has gone out in the night try to stay calm while she is gone.
Author
Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Formats
Description
Laura Bartone, now in her fifties, is forced to face unpleasant truths from the past when her troubled sister Caroline calls on the eve of a family reunion and asks to meet with her and their brother to discuss the abuses she believes she suffered at their hands of their emotionally distant mother.
32) Master class
Author
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
"From the critically acclaimed author of Vox comes a suspenseful new novel that explores a disturbing alternate reality where the government has legalized eugenics. Elena Fairchild is a teacher at one of the state's new elite schools, where children undergo routine tests for their quotient (Q). Those who don't measure up are placed in the many state boarding schools that have cropped up under a new government mandate--Elena's daughter, Freddie, is...
Author
Publisher
Magination Press, American Psychological Association
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Zane rushes home to tell his mother about problems he faced during his school day, and she reminds him that while others may only see his "autism stripe," he has stripes for honesty, caring, and much more.
34) Moonflower
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Moon is convinced that they do not belong to this world: that most of the time they are invisible (unless they stay still too long), that they belong to the stars, and want to go back to them--they live entirely in their imagination with an imaginary spirit guide who can appear in any shape and refuses to speak to anyone, lest their words tie them to a world they reject.
35) Little Owl lost
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Friendly forest animals help a newborn owl find his mother.
Little Owl falls out of his nest and tries to find his mommy. With the help of his new friend Squirrel, Little Owl goes in search of animals that fit his description of Mommy Owl.
36) Mamasaurus
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books LLC
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Babysaurus is looking for his Mamasaurus. Can his prehistoric friends help him find her?"--Back cover.
Publisher
Cleis Press
Pub. Date
©2012
Language
English
Description
A collection of stories by mothers of transgender and gender variant children.
This is the first collection to ever invite mothers of transgender and gender variant children of all ages to tell their own stories about their child's gender transition. Representing a diversity of backgrounds and sexual orientations, these mothers affirm the experience of those who have raised and are currently raising transgender and gender variant children.
38) Never far away
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Once a wife, mother, and witness to a gruesome crime, Leah Trenton was extended a miraculous olive branch in the form of the state's protected witness program. But for this second chance at life, Leah would have to leave behind her Midwestern roots to the northernmost tip of Maine. Alone and isolated along the banks of the Allagash River, she is determined to focus on the present, on her reclaimed future, but the demons of her past are relentlessly...
39) Unraveled
Author
Publisher
Margaret Ferguson Books / Holiday House
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"A baby blanket is a very special gift, but what happens when you grow up and it comes undone? Is it time to let go, or to make something new?"
40) Hooray for fish!
Author
Series
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Formats
Description
Little Fish has all sorts of fishy friends in his underwater home, but loves one of them most of all.