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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 22
Language
English
Description
A #1 New York Times bestseller by Kim Edwards, The Memory Keeper’s Daughter is a brilliantly crafted novel of parallel lives, familial secrets, and the redemptive power of love
Kim Edwards’s stunning novel begins on a winter night in 1964 in Lexington, Kentucky, when a blizzard forces Dr. David Henry to deliver his own twins. His son, born first, is perfectly healthy, but the doctor immediately recognizes that his...
Kim Edwards’s stunning novel begins on a winter night in 1964 in Lexington, Kentucky, when a blizzard forces Dr. David Henry to deliver his own twins. His son, born first, is perfectly healthy, but the doctor immediately recognizes that his...
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
What do we wish for our children? What better place to look to than nature? Wife/husband duo David Wax and Brett Blumental combine talents as they walk us through the values we can draw from the diverse, natural world around us. Giraffes, penguins, and dolphins are just a sample of the creatures you can find populating this story. A heartfelt board book about the unshakable love between a parent and their baby.
Author
Publisher
Rise
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"From the more traditional to the all-out risky, this collection runs a creatively wide gamut of ways to embrace...and by doing so, brings comfort to the forefront of conversation. Every hug was field-tested by the author and his sons, and titled for practicality and kicks. The pure physicality of being a child - or being a parent - is documented with wit and style for both to enjoy"--
10) Hand in hand
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Celebrates all that parents do with and for their children from the very beginning.
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
When eighteen-year-old Ben De Backer tells their parents that they are non-binary they are immediately thrown out of their home, without even time to put on a coat or shoes, despite the cold January North Carolina weather; Ben is rescued by Hannah, their estranged older sister and her husband Thomas, and desperately hopes to finish the last half of senior year while dealing with an anxiety disorder and without calling attention to themselves--a plan...
Author
Publisher
Harper, and imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
A young girl who is a transracial adoptee learns to love her Asian eyes and finds familial connection and meaning through them, even though they look different from her parents'. Her family bond is deep and their connection is filled with love. She wonders about her birth mom and comes to appreciate both her birth culture and her adopted family's culture, for even though they may seem very different, they are both a part of her, and that is what makes...
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