'Twas the Night Before Christmas: A First for Gus
'Twas the Night Before Christmas: A First for Gus

Author: Sherry Roberts

Publisher: Adventures of Gus the Bass

Published: 2021-08-10

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13: 9781633736856

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It is the night before Christmas and Gus just can't sleep. He lives in a shelter and longs for a home of his very own. Suddenly, he hears a loud noise and looks outside to find Santa Claus. As they ride off into the night sky together Gus has no idea that one of the houses he will visit is his new forever home. Dreams do come true even for shelter dogs like Gus!

Tu Youyou's Discovery
Tu Youyou's Discovery

Author: Songju Ma Daemicke

Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company

Published: 2021-10-01

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13: 0807581100

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2024 Garden State Children's Book Award Nominee 2023 Finalist AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books Tu Youyou's malaria treatment saved millions of lives, and she became the first Chinese woman to win a Nobel Prize. Tu Youyou had been interested in science and medicine since she was a child, so when malaria started infecting people all over the world in 1969, she went to work finding a treatment. Trained as a medical researcher in college and healed by traditional medicine techniques when she was young, Tu Youyou started experimenting with natural Chinese remedies. The treatment she discovered through years of research and experimentation is still used all over the world today.

The Boy and What Might Have Been
The Boy and What Might Have Been

Author: Russell Newell

Publisher: Dog Ear Publishing

Published: 2015-07-13

Total Pages: 330

ISBN-13: 1457536706

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At a time before Amber Alerts and America’s Most Wanted, missing children on milk cartons and DNA forensics, on Christmas Day, 1977, the little boy of the premier mutual fund manager in America disappears. Thus begins Gus Delaney’s long journey to find his son and discover what happened. Was he kidnapped? Is he still alive? Is his ex-wife involved? When the police begin to suspect Gus, he loses everything and descends from the pinnacles of success, where the world adores him, to a private hell on Earth, abandoned and alone. Meanwhile, Jack Delaney is brought into a bewildering world by strange people who tell him he has been chosen and must forget about his old life. Isolated from the outside world, Jack learns to forget about a father he believes stopped looking for him long ago, until unfamiliar, forbidden feelings and the revelation of a dark secret cause him to question everything he once believed.

Waffles and Pancake: Planetary-YUM
Waffles and Pancake: Planetary-YUM

Author: Drew Brockington

Publisher: Little, Brown Ink

Published: 2021-10-26

Total Pages: 67

ISBN-13: 0316500410

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Inspired by his beloved CatStronauts series, Drew Brockington is going back in time to when everyone's favorite Catstronaut, Waffles, was a kitten! Fans of Narwhal and Jelly and Elephant & Piggie will love this fun, cat-tastic early graphic novel series. One very special Saturday, Dad-Cat decides to take Waffles and his sister Pancake to the big city to go to the science museum! While they're there, the kittens see extraordinary things, like dino-cats, hairballs in 4D, and even the planetarium. But as the kittens learn about constellations and Neil Pawstrong, they get separated from Dad-Cat. Oh no! Will the kittens be able to find their (possibly invisible) Dad-Cat? Or will they get stuck living in the museum and eating star tots and tuna melts fur-ever?! This early graphic novel series is chock-full of educational facts about space—perfect for young readers. Read more in the Waffles and Pancake series: Flight or Fright Failure to Lunch

Texas Fury
Texas Fury

Author: Fern Michaels

Publisher: Ballantine Books

Published: 1989-03-13

Total Pages: 514

ISBN-13: 0345313755

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From the exotic traditions of the Far East to the troubled oil fields of Texas, from the paradise landscapes of Hawaii to the snow-covered mountains of Switzerland . . . the lives, loves, and fates of the Colemans all come together in the name of family and in the name of their unforgettable Texas dynasty.

The Night Before Halloween
The Night Before Halloween

Author: Natasha Wing

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 1999-08-16

Total Pages: 34

ISBN-13: 0448419653

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It's time for Halloween! Celebrate the holiday with this this family fun read-aloud, a delightful seasonal entry in Natasha Wing's best-selling series. Little monsters and goofy goblins take center stage in this silly, spooky spin on Clement C. Moore's beloved poem. But what will happen on Halloween when the monsters come face to face with human trick-or-treaters in this fun-filled book by the author of The Night Before Easter? A perfect gift to get young readers excited for this festive fall holiday!

A to Zoo
A to Zoo

Author: Carolyn W. Lima

Publisher: New York : Bowker

Published: 1982

Total Pages: 496

ISBN-13:

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A comprehensive guide to more than 4400 picture books for preschool through second grade children, classified under 543 subjects and indexed by author, title, and illustrator.

The Christmas Encyclopedia, 4th ed.
The Christmas Encyclopedia, 4th ed.

Author: William D. Crump

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2022-12-22

Total Pages: 632

ISBN-13: 1476647593

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From the manger of Jesus Christ to the 21st century, this encyclopedia explores more than 2,000 years of Christmas past and present through 966 entries packed with a wide variety of historical and pop-culture subjects. Entries detail customs and traditions from around the world as well as classic Christmas movies, TV series/specials and animated cartoons. Arranged alphabetically by entry name, the book includes the historical background of popular sacred and secular songs as well as accounts of beloved literary works with Christmas themes from such noted authors as Charles Dickens, Louisa May Alcott, Hans Christian Andersen, Pearl Buck, Henry Van Dyke and others. All things Christmas are available here in one comprehensive volume.