Catalog Search Results
1) Step by step
Author
Publisher
Magination Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
With his mother's help, Sam learns how to face his fears, one small step at a time. Includes a note to parents and caregivers with more information about helping children face their fears.
Author
Series
Kyoichiro Kaga mysteries volume 4
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"From the acclaimed author of Malice and Newcomer, a confounding murder in Tokyo is connected to the mystery of the disappearance and death of Detective Kaga's own mother. A decade ago, Tokyo Police Detective Kyoichiro Kaga went to collect the ashes of his recently deceased mother. Years before, she ran away from her husband and son without explanation or any further contact, only to die alone in an apartment far away, leaving her estranged son with...
4) Olivetti
Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Witty typewriter Olivetti and twelve-year-old introvert Ernest embark on a mission to find Ernest's missing mother that takes them across San Francisco.
5) Mother, nature: a 5,000-mile journey to discover if a mother and son can survive their differences
Author
Publisher
Convergent
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"In this poignant memoir from the New York Times bestselling author of To Shake the Sleeping Self, a forty-year-old gay man and his eccentric conservative mother travel the country together and find surprising answers to our generational and cultural rifts. When his mother, Barbara, turned seventy, Jedidiah Jenkins was reminded of a palpable, sobering truth: Our parents won't live forever. For years, he and Barbara had talked about taking a trip together,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Harper an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Pete's big lunch: "Pete the Cat makes one giant, tasty sandwich for lunch. But what's the fun in eating lunch without your friends?"--Amazon.com
Pet the Cat and the surprise teacher: "When Pete goes to school, he finds out his teacher is out sick and the substitute teacher is ... his mom! It's up to Pete to teach the teacher what school is all about."--Amazon.com
7) Erasure
Author
Publisher
Graywolf Press
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
Thelonius "Monk" Ellison is an erudite, accomplished but seldom-read author who insists on writing obscure literary papers rather than the so-called "ghetto prose" that would make him a commercial success. He finally succumbs to temptation after seeing the Oberlin-educated author of We's Lives in da Ghetto during her appearance on a talk show, firing back with a parody called My Pafology, which he submits to his startled agent under the gangsta pseudonym...
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2005]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
670L
Language
English
Description
Although fifth-grader Ty Cutter is named after baseball great Ty Cobb, he is the worst player on the Brewer's team--which happens to be coached by his overly-competitive father.
9) The lock box
Author
Publisher
Crooked Lane Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Nearly a decade after getting chased out of the Army for fighting back against abuse, Monna Locke's skill and discretion have made her the go-to safecracker for Los Angeles clients who need vaults opened and no questions asked. When a lawyer hires her to retrieve a box from his client's mansion, it seems like an easy payday--until she opens the safe and is immediately attacked by heavily-armed men. Locke barely escapes and returns to her isolated...
10) Northwoods
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Working for his mother, the sheriff of an idyllic Midwestern resort town, Eli North, when the body of a teenage boy is found in the lake, is drawn into an investigation related to America's opioid epidemic that becomes much more than just a hunt for a killer.
"Eli North is not okay. His drinking is getting worse by the day, his emotional wounds after a deployment to Afghanistan are as raw as ever, his marriage and career are over, and the only job...
Publisher
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
When his mother dies of a heroin overdose, seventeen-year-old Joshua "J" Cody moves in with his estranged relatives in a Southern California beach town. Heading up their petty crime dynasty are J's manipulative grandmother, Janine "Smurf" Cody, whose iron-fisted, velvet-gloved tough love controls her four sons; adopted right-hand man "Baz"; intense, mentally disturbed Pope; tough, hyperactive Craig; and troubled "baby," Deran.
Author
Series
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"It is almost bedtime, but first young Marco must put away his collection of stuffed animal toys. As a budding scientist Marco tries different ways of sorting the animals, but the animals have their own ideas. Marco scrambles to make everyone happy and make it to bed before his mother comes to tuck him in"--Provided by publisher.
13) Patchwork prince
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
With fabric scrap treasures, a mother makes her son clothes fit for royalty.
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"1942: As the Vichy government hunts for Jews across France, Claudette Pelletier, a young and talented seamstress and lover of romance novels, falls in love with a Jewish man who seeks shelter at the château where she works. Their whirlwind and desperate romance before he must flee leaves her pregnant and terrified. When the Nazis invade the Free Zone shortly after the birth of her child, the disabled Claudette is forced to make a heartbreaking...
Author
Publisher
HQ
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Maddy Wolfe's life has just capsized. After her twenty-year marriage suddenly implodes, she heads to Brighton to search for her estranged son, Jamie. But he's nowhere to be found and for the first time, she's totally alone. That is, until she meets the Salty Sea-Gals, a group of feisty sea-swimmers. Seventy-two-year old Helga is determined not to slow down, while thirty-something Tor is still figuring out who she is. Bereaved Dominica is trying to...
Author
Publisher
Sam Vickery
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"What happens when the hand that rocks the cradle is broken? Megan Taylor was never good at anything, until she became a mother. Raising her first son, Toby, had been the happiest time of her life and she was sure that her second baby would bring her just as much joy. But it isn't long after Milo's birth when she realises that something is different. The bond she found so easy with her firstborn, is conspicuously absent. The harder she tries to force...
17) Reset
Publisher
Well Go USA Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
中文(繁體)
Description
"After Xia Tian discovers time travel, her years of work seem to have paid off, but everything unravels when her young son is kidnapped. She sends herself back in time, discovering multiple versions of her future self. Now, all of the Xia Tians must band together to save their son in this action-packed sci-fi thriller from producer Jackie Chan"--IMDb.com.