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Author
Publisher
Drawn & Quarterly
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"In the early twentieth century, travel writing represented the desire for the expanding bourgeoisie to experience the exotic cultures of the world past their immediate surroundings. Journalist William Buehler Seabrook was emblematic of this trend--participating in voodoo ceremonies, riding camels cross the Sahara desert, communing with cannibals and most notably, popularizing the term 'zombie' in the West. A string of his bestselling books show an...
Author
Publisher
Lil' Libros
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"A gifted puppeteer and storyteller, Pura Belpré captivated millions of bilingual readers across New York City--and worldwide. Her children's book, Perez y Martina, became the first Spanish language children's book published by a mainstream U.S. press. She left such a lasting impact on the reading world and Puerto Rican community that the Pura Belpré Award is named after her legacy"--
Series
Publisher
Gale Research Co
Pub. Date
[1987]
Language
English
Description
Essays on pioneer American writers whose books set standards of children's poetry, picture books and nonfiction; American writers who take seriously the task of communicating with children, employing diverse approaches in their original writings.
3327) Bingebox: Girl Power
Publisher
Barrington Public Library
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Annie : Annie (Quvenzhané Wallis) is a young, happy foster kid who's also tough enough to make her way on the streets of New York in 2014. Originally left by her parents as a baby with the promise that they'd be back for her someday, it's been a hard knock life ever since with her mean foster mom Miss Hannigan (Cameron Diaz). But everything's about to change when the hard-nosed tycoon and New York mayoral candidate Will Stacks (Jamie Foxx), advised...
Publisher
Cranston Public Library
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Election: Tracy Flick (Witherspoon), a straight-A go-getter is determined to be president of Carver High's student body. Popular teacher Jim McAllister (Broderick) decides to derail Tracy's obsessive overachieving by recruiting an opposition candidate. Mr. M. never imagines that stopping Tracy is like trying to put toothpaste back in the tube. Based on the novel by Tom Perrotta.
Legally blonde: When a blonde sorority queen is dumped by her boyfriend,...
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