Brooke Smith
Author
Pub. Date
2018
Description
In this sweet story, The Mango Tree grows while discovering inspiration and development from somewhere within itself, but also from the surrounding world. The Mango Tree tells a story of growth and perspective; of love and fear; of strength and protection – all hidden within the perfect little body of one small seed. While The Mango Tree matures to reach its full potential, it learns lessons of gratitude and acceptance along the way. What will you...
Author
Pub. Date
2018
Description
Julieta is a spectacular, sparkly, social tortoise. She has a passion for creativity and the thing she likes making most is her flair to wear! Julieta makes friends wherever she goes, and she shares her compassion with everyone she meets. One day, Julieta is missing from her circle of friends. When her friends finally find her, they notice that Julieta is feeling low, low, low. How can Julieta’s friends help her feel sunny again?The Tortoise and...
Author
Description
Riding the bus home one day, Brinley is teased for believing in Santa Claus. Pondering the words that were said, Brinley chooses to face the facts and along with the support of mom, makes a choice which ultimately changes the spirit of Santa forever – and for the better! In this story, Brinley faces some hard facts and makes a choice to participate in random acts of kindness, and to carry forward the true spirit of Santa every day.
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
Mimi is a writer and when she finds that some of her favorite words for natural things, such as wren, violet, and dandelion, are disappearing she appoints her granddaughter, Brooke, as the keeper of wild words, and shows her how to bring them to life by knowing, appreciating, and using the things they stand for.
Author
Series
Mimi and Maty to the rescue! volume 1
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Inspired by a notebook from her Aunt Bee, on whose farm she rescued several animals last year, Mimi advertises that she is available to help other animals in need and soon she and her three-legged dog, Maty, are on the trail of a lost rat.
7) Labor day
Description
Thirteen-year-old Henry Wheeler struggles to be the man of his house and care for his reclusive mother Adele, all the while confronting the pangs of adolescence. Henry and his mother encounter Frank Chambers, an intimidating man clearly in need of help. Frank convinces them to take him into their home and later is revealed to be an escaped convict. The events of this long Labor Day weekend will shape them for the rest of their lives.
Description
Alice Paul and Lucy Burns were two defiant suffragist women who fought for the passage of the 19th Amendment. The two activists broke from the mainstream women's rights movement and created a more radical wing, daring to push the boundaries to secure women's voting rights in 1920. In a country dominated by chauvinism, this is no easy fight. Along the way, sacrifices are made: Alice gives up a chance for love, and colleague Inez Mulholland gives up...
9) The namesake
Pub. Date
[2007]
Description
The son of Indian immigrants born in America wants to fit in with fellow New Yorkers, but his family is unwilling to let go of their traditional ways.
"The Namesake is suffused with radiant grace, and manages to be old-fashioned yet immediate, epic and intimate."--New York Daily News.
"The Namesake brims with intelligence, compassion and sensuous delight..."--Chicago Tribune.
"A deeply moving saga of several generations of a Bengali family."--San...