Our Little World

Our Little World

Author: Karen Winn

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2022-05-03

Total Pages: 353

ISBN-13: 0593184491

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"I was intrigued by Our Little World from the chilling first paragraph. It's a coming-of-age novel complicated by a tragic and untimely death, and it's also a novel about two sisters you will never forget. I fell in love with the confidence of the writing and the colorful nostalgia of the mid-'80s details. Our Little World will transport and transfix you."—Elin Hilderbrand July 1985. It’s a normal, sweltering New Jersey summer for soon-to-be seventh grader Bee Kocsis. Her thoughts center only on sunny days spent at Deer Chase Lake, on evenings chasing fireflies around her cul-de-sac with the neighborhood kids, and on Max, the boy who just moved in across the street. There's also the burgeoning worry that she'll never be as special as her younger sister, Audrina, who seems to effortlessly dazzle wherever she goes. But when Max’s little sister, Sally, goes missing at the lake, Bee’s long-held illusion of stability is shattered in an instant. As the families in her close-knit community turn inward, suspicious and protective, things in Bee’s own home become increasingly strained, most of all with Audrina, when a shameful secret surfaces. With everything changed, Bee and Audrina’s already-fraught sisterhood is pushed to the limit as they grow up—and apart—in the wake of an innocence lost too soon. Perfect for readers of Celeste Ng’s Everything I Never Told You, Our Little World is a powerful and lyrical coming-of-age story that examines the complicated bond of sisterhood, the corrosive power of envy, and how the traumas of our youths can shape our identities for a lifetime.


Perfect Little World

Perfect Little World

Author: Kevin Wilson

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 2017-01-24

Total Pages: 274

ISBN-13: 0062450352

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Wilson’s ambition alone is exciting. . . . [His] writing has a Houdini-like perfection, wherein no matter how grim the variables, each lovely sentence manages to escape with all its parts intact.” —Boston Globe The eagerly-anticipated follow-up to the New York Times bestseller The Family Fang—a warm-hearted and moving story about a young woman making a family on her own terms. When Isabelle Poole meets Dr. Preston Grind, she’s fresh out of high school, pregnant with her art teacher's baby, and totally on her own. Izzy knows she can be a good mother but without any money or relatives to help, she’s left searching. Dr. Grind, an awkwardly charming child psychologist, has spent his life studying family, even after tragedy struck his own. Now, with the help of an eccentric billionaire, he has the chance to create a “perfect little world”—to study what would happen when ten children are raised collectively, without knowing who their biological parents are. He calls it The Infinite Family Project and he wants Izzy and her son to join. This attempt at a utopian ideal starts off promising, but soon the gentle equilibrium among the families disintegrates: unspoken resentments between the couples begin to fester; the project's funding becomes tenuous; and Izzy’s growing feelings for Dr. Grind make her question her participation in this strange experiment in the first place. Written with the same compassion and charm that won over legions of readers with The Family Fang, Kevin Wilson shows us with grace and humor that the best families are the ones we make for ourselves.


Little World: Jungle Journey

Little World: Jungle Journey

Author: Ladybird Publishing Staff

Publisher: Ladybird

Published: 2019-09-05

Total Pages: 8

ISBN-13: 9780241373002

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Curious minds will love to explore the dark recesses of the jungle with this interactive title from Little World. Discover all sorts of creatures high up in the canopy and on the jungle floor in this bright and colourful board book, which features a novelty to slide, push or pull on every spread.


Slaughterhouse 90210

Slaughterhouse 90210

Author: Maris Kreizman

Publisher: Flatiron Books

Published: 2015-10-06

Total Pages: 226

ISBN-13: 1250061121

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The perfect book for anyone with a Netflix account and a library card. "Smart, sharp, and hilarious, Slaughterhouse 90210 is the perfect pick-me-up and never-put-me-down book." - Jami Attenburg, bestselling author of The Middlesteins Slaughterhouse 90210 pairs literature's greatest lines with pop culture's best moments. In 2009, Maris Kreizman wanted to combine her fierce love for pop culture with a lifelong passion for reading, and so the blog Slaughterhouse 90210 was born. By matching poignant passages from literature with popular moments from television, film, and real life, Maris' work instantly caught the attention (and adoration) of thousands. And it's easy to see why. Slaughterhouse 90210 is subversively brilliant, finding the depth in the shallows of reality television, and the levity in Lahiri. A picture of Taylor Swift is paired with Joan Didion's quote, "Above all, she is the girl who 'feels things'. The girl ever wounded, ever young." Tony Soprano tenderly hugs his teenage son, accompanied by a line from Middlemarchabout, "The patches of hardness and tenderness [that] lie side by side in men's dispositions." The images and quotes complement and deepen one another in surprising, profound, and tender ways. With over 150 color photographs from some of popular culture's most iconic moments, Kreizman shows why comparing Walter White to Faust makes sense in our celebrity obsessed, tv crazed society.


Moo

Moo

Author:

Publisher: Little Tiger Kids

Published: 2017-02-09

Total Pages: 16

ISBN-13: 9781848695801

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Learn to count from 1 to 5 with smiley Pink Pig, busy Mother Hen, and a whole host of farmyard characters in this first book of counting. A combination of bright, engaging artwork, concentric finger-holes and cheerful rhyming text make this book an interactive delight for toddlers.


Reflections on the History of Art

Reflections on the History of Art

Author: Ernst Hans Gombrich

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 1987-01-01

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 9780520061897

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Essays discuss Greek and Chineese art, Da Vinci, Michelangelo, Dutch genre painting, Rubens, Rembrandt, art collecting, museums, and Freud's aesthetics


Little World: on the Farm

Little World: on the Farm

Author:

Publisher: Ladybird

Published: 2020-08-04

Total Pages: 8

ISBN-13: 9780241416723

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Curious minds will love to explore the busy, muddy farm in this interactive title from Little World. This bright and colourful board book features a novelty to slide, push or pull on every spread - so plough the fields and feed the chickens with Little World On the Farm!


Our World

Our World

Author: Sue Lowell Gallion

Publisher: Phaidon Press

Published: 2020-06-10

Total Pages: 26

ISBN-13: 9781838660819

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A read-aloud introduction to geography for young children that, when opened and folded back, creates a freestanding globe Children are invited to identify and experience the Earth's amazing geography through rhyming verse and lush illustrations: from rivers, lakes, and oceans deep, to valleys, hills, and mountains steep. Secondary text offers more detailed, curriculum-focused facts and encourages readers to consider their own living environments, making the reading experience personal yet set within a global backdrop. This informative homage to Earth is sure to inspire readers to learn more about their planet – and to engage with the world around them. Ages 2–5


Zoom

Zoom

Author: Jonathan Litton

Publisher: National Geographic Books

Published: 2014-03-04

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 1589255941

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Who will win this colorful race? Bright artwork, pages of finger-holes, and an exciting rhyming story make learning about colors fun!


Dino

Dino

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Publisher: Little Tiger Kids

Published: 2017-02-09

Total Pages: 16

ISBN-13: 9781848695818

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Discover lots of little dinosaurs in this playful book of colours. On every page is a newly hatched dinosaur, from orange Diplodocus to pink Iguanodon. A combination of bright, engaging artwork, shaped finger-holes and cheerful rhyming text make this book an interactive delight for toddlers.