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Author
Series
Artemis Fowl series volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Artemis is at boarding school in Ireland when he receives an urgent video e-mail from Russia. In it is a plea from a man who has been kidnapped by the Russian Mafiya -- a man Artemis had thought he would never see again: his beloved father. As Artemis rushes to his rescue, he is stopped by a familiar nemesis, Captain Holly Short of the LEPrecon fairy police. But this time, instead of battling the fairies, he is going to have to join forces with them...
43) A monster calls
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Conor awakens one night to find a monster outside his bedroom window, but not the one from the recurring nightmare that began when his mother became ill--an ancient, wild creature that wants him to face truth and loss.
46) New to Drew
Publisher
Picture Window Books
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
When Drew needs some new clothes, his mother fixes some hand-me-downs, making them special and "new to him" along with a very special addition.
47) Puddle
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"A mother and son use their imagination to have fun on a rainy day"--
48) Little Bear
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Overview: Enter the world of Little Bear. Children will be entranced by Little Bear's trip to the moon, his birthday party, and his wishes and adventures. This is the first of the five classic books about Little Bear, introducing the funny and strikingly childlike bear cub and his friends. The combination of Else Holmelund Minarik's simple, yet eloquent, stories and Maurice Sendak's warm, tender illustrations have made this beloved character an enduring...
49) Mommy's hometown
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
When a young boy and his mother travel to her childhood home in Korea, the town is not as he imagined until he visits the river where she used to play and sees that the spirit and happiness of those days remain.
Author
Series
Artemis Fowl volume 2
Publisher
Talk Miramax Books
Pub. Date
©2002
Language
English
Description
When Artemis learns that his father has been kidnapped by the Russian mob, he races to the Arctic Circle to make a daring rescue where he finds an old acquaintance, Captain Holly Short, who is investigating a plot of the goblin mob.
51) My mom is great
Author
Publisher
Bright Sparks
Pub. Date
2002, c2001
Language
English
Description
A boy tells about the qualities that make his mother great in his eyes.
Author
Publisher
Nosy Crow, an imprint of Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
A heart-warming bedtime picture book all about the love between a parent and child. One guinea pig mummy loves her little one so much more than she can say. As they spend a fun-filled day together - painting, reading, baking and sharing a very special picnic - she finds lots of different ways to show the very special love between a mother and child.
57) Blueberry cake
Author
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2021.
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.
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Frankie Joe Huckaby, forced to live with the father he never knew, a stepmother, and four half-brothers in Illinois, starts a delivery service to finance his escape back to his mother in Texas, not realizing he is making a better life for himself than he ever had with her.
59) Scarlet portal
Author
Publisher
Magic Wagon
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
Max's mom is alive and recovering. But the demons are still out there. And the Scarlet Portal will open soon. Can Max stop the demons and close the portal to save humanity? What will he have to sacrifice?
60) Faraway things
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Secundo enjoys searching the beach below his home for treasure, but after becoming attached to a mysterious cutlass he meets its owner, who offers something greater for its return.