Catalog Search Results
Author
Language
English
Description
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
From Jamie Ford, author of the beloved Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, comes a much-anticipated second novel. Set against the backdrop of Depression-era Seattle, Songs of Willow Frost is a powerful tale of two souls—a boy with dreams for his future and a woman escaping her haunted past—both seeking love, hope, and forgiveness.
Look for special features inside....
From Jamie Ford, author of the beloved Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, comes a much-anticipated second novel. Set against the backdrop of Depression-era Seattle, Songs of Willow Frost is a powerful tale of two souls—a boy with dreams for his future and a woman escaping her haunted past—both seeking love, hope, and forgiveness.
Look for special features inside....
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Giving advice is what Julianne does for a living - in a column in her local Wisconsin paper. But when it comes to her personal life, Julie seems to have missed some clues. She has worked hard to keep her marriage fresh and to be a good mother, so it's a mystery when husband, Leo, decides to defect from their life together and their three children. In his absence, Julie is diagnosed with a serious illness, which drives her children to undertake
...Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
For readers of Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine and A Man Called Ove, a life-affirming, deeply moving "coming-of-old" story, a celebration of how ordinary days are made extraordinary through friendship, family, and the power of forgiving yourself—at any age.
"At a time when people are having to isolate, [this novel is] a balm, offering an expansive sense of love and possibility at a time when the main characters feel like...
"At a time when people are having to isolate, [this novel is] a balm, offering an expansive sense of love and possibility at a time when the main characters feel like...
5) Mamasaurus
Author
Series
Babysaurus volume 1
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Babysaurus is looking for his mamasaurus and meets different prehistoric animals along the way.
Author
Series
Llama Llama (Picture books) volume 1
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Formats
Description
At bedtime, a little llama worries after his mother puts him to bed and goes downstairs.
11) Room: a novel
Author
Language
English
Description
Narrator Jack and his mother, who was kidnapped seven years earlier when she was a 19-year-old college student, celebrate his fifth birthday. They live in a tiny, 11-foot -square soundproofed cell in a converted shed in the kidnapper's yard. The sociopath, whom Jack has dubbed Old Nick, visits at night, grudgingly doling out food and supplies. But Ma, as Jack calls her, proves to be resilient...
12) Owl babies
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Language
English
Formats
Description
Three owl babies whose mother has gone out in the night try to stay calm while she is gone.
13) Bob, not Bob!
Author
Publisher
Disney-Hyperion
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"When a young boy gets a cold, he just wants his mommy. But his stuffy nose makes it difficult for him to call out to his mom--not 'Bob,' who happens to be the family dog"--
15) Sleepytime rhyme
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
1999.
Language
English
Description
Illustrations and rhyming text conveys a mother's love for her child.
16) Stormy weather
Author
Publisher
Walker & Co
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
As nighttime approaches, a baby fox and his mother imagine all the different animals around the world preparing for bed and falling asleep.
17) The kiss box
Author
Publisher
Orchard Books
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
As they prepare for a short separation, Mama Bear and Little Bear find a way to reassure each other while they are apart.
20) Carry me!
Author
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
A very young rabbit's wish of being sung to, talked to, and carried.
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Try our Materials Request Service. Submit Request