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81) New to Drew
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
When Drew needs new clothes, his mother fixes hand-me-downs, making them special and "new to him," along with a very special addition.
83) I'm OK
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
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Description
Ok Lee knows it's his responsibility to help pay the bills. With his father gone and his mother working three jobs and still barely making ends meet, there's really no other choice. If only he could win the cash prize at the school talent contest! But he can't sing or dance, and has no magic up his sleeves, so he tries the next best thing: a hair braiding business. It's too bad the girls at school can't pay him much, and he's being befriended against...
84) Pirate Mom
Author
Pub. Date
[2006]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
When a hypnotist convinces Pete's mother that she is a pirate, Pete tries to find a way to turn her back into a regular parent.
85) Milo walking
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Young Milo and his mother go for the same walk around their neighborhood every morning, but with Milo's imagination, there are always new things to see, old things to see in new ways, and the possibilities of what they will see tomorrow.
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"It's bedtime for baby. But before baby goes to sleep, he tells Mom about all the things he wants to dream about. From soaring across clouds of vanilla ice cream to driving a train across the ocean, baby can do anything! Including seeing his beloved Dada again"--
Author
Series
Weekends with Max and his dad volume 2
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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Description
"Max and his mom embark on a road trip as they adjust to their new understanding of family"--
Author
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"When Carlos was nineteen years old, his mother decided to leave her life in El Salvador for a new start in the United States. Reluctant to follow, but unwilling to let his mother go without him, Carlos joined her on the journey north. During their trip through Mexico and into the US, they experienced the risks and fears countless people from Central American countries have faced while migrating to different lands. Ten years later, Carlos shared these...
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Leo's grandfather died a year ago, and ever since Leo has been tasked with tracking his grandmother down whenever she wanders away from their home in Allentown, Pennsylvania--but when she abruptly decides to take the trip to Utah that her husband was planning, Leo finds himself on the way to visit dinosaurs, in an old Buick with his grandmother, his seventeen-year-old cousin Abby, and Abby's old, smelly Golden retriever, Kermit, without telling his...
91) Hungry Jim
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Jim wakes up hungry, just not for the pancakes his mother is fixing--so his imagination takes over, and he pictures himself as a lion checking out the possibilities for breakfast (including his mother).
92) Knockout
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Told in assonant free verse, Levi was once a premature baby who suffered from respiratory problems; he recovered, and now in seventh grade, he struggles to demonstrate to his divorced mother and overprotective brother that he is okay--so when his father suggests he take up boxing he falls in love with the sport, but he still must find a way to convince his family to set him free to follow his dream.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Jack and his poor mother follow all the rules of this classic tale. But can they escape the raging Giant? Jack must return time and again to ask the Giant to return his family's wealth. Each time the Giant makes new demands. Readers will marvel at the twists and turns in this gruesome tale."--
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First hardcover edition.
Language
English
Description
A full-color graphic novel adaptation in which thirteen-year-old criminal mastermind Artemis Fowl must join forces with his nemesis, Captain Holly Short of the LEPrecon fairy police, in order to save his father--one of the few people in the world Artemis loves--who has been kidnapped by the Russian Mafiya.
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Language
English
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Description
A little rabbit who wants to run away tells his mother how he will escape, but she is always right behind him. This 75th anniversary edition includes the original picture book followed by a 32-page retrospective look with lively anecdotes, exclusive photographs, archival material, and an essay by noted children's book historian Leonard S. Marcus.
97) My must-have mom
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
American edition.
Language
English
Description
When his mom, who is not like most moms, upcycles the entire apartment, changing everything, Jake wonders if he's next, until he learns he is perfect just the way he is.
98) Blueberry cake
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First Aladdin hardcover edition.
Language
English
Description
Little Bear LOVES blueberries, and while picking them for Mama so she can make his favorite blueberry cake, he eats them all and must find a way not to come home empty handed.
99) Skywatcher
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Tamen longs to see the stars, but none are visible in the light-polluted sky above the fire escape of his urban apartment building. Even in the neighborhood park, the stars are hidden by city lights"--
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