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The Paper & Hearts Society: Book 1: Find your people in this joyful, comfort read – the perfect bookish story for the Snapchat generation.
by Lucy PowrieThe first Paper & Hearts Society adventure. Join Tabby and The Paper & Hearts society gang in this joyful comfort read and celebration of books from Booktuber Lucy Powrie - all about what happens when you let your weird out! The perfect book for fans of Alice Oseman, Holly Smale and Zoella.Tabby Brown is tired of trying to fit in. She doesn't want to go to parties - in fact, she would much rather snuggle up on the sofa with her favourite book.It's like she hasn't found her people ...Then Tabby joins a club that promises to celebrate books. What could go wrong? EVERYTHING - especially when making new friends brings out an AWKWARD BUZZING feeling all over her body.But Olivia, Cassie, Henry and Ed have something that makes Tabby come back. Maybe it's the Austen-themed fancy-dress parties, or Ed's fluffy cat Mrs Simpkins, or could it be Henry himself ...Can Tabby let her weird out AND live THE BEST BOOKISH LIFE POSSIBLE?
The Paper House
by Lois PetersonLife is hard for ten-year-old Safiyah in the Kibera slum outside Nairobi. Too poor to go to school, she makes a meager living for herself and her grandmother Cucu by selling things she finds at the garbage dump. After using scavenged paper to fix up the inside of the hut, Safiyah starts a mural on the outside. As word of the paper house spreads, Safiyah begins to take pride in her creation. When Cucu collapses after a fire, Safiyah stays at the hospital to help care for her grandmother. While Safiyah is away, her friend Pendo works on the mural, which upsets Safiyah. But when Pendo attracts media attention to the paper house, Safiyah and her grandmother are given a chance of a better life.
The Paper Kingdom
by Helena Ku RheeAn office at night is reimagined as a fantastical kingdom of paper complete with friendly dragons in this own voices picture book.When the babysitter is unable to come, Daniel is woken out of bed and joins his parents as they head downtown for their jobs as nighttime office cleaners. But the story is about more than brooms, mops, and vacuums. Mama and Papa turn the deserted office building into a magnificent kingdom filled with paper. Then they weave a fantasy of dragons and kings to further engage their reluctant companion--and even encourage him to one day be the king of a paper kingdom.The Paper Kingdom expresses the joy and spirit of a loving family who turn a routine and ordinary experience into something much grander. Magical art by Pascal Campion shows both the real world and the fantasy through the eyes of the young narrator.
Paper Magic (Fountas & Pinnell Classroom, Guided Reading)
by Elizabeth GossNIMAC-sourced textbook. Snip, Snip—Surprise! A piece of paper, a pencil, and some scissors are all you need to make pictures that will surprise everyone—maybe even yourself!
Paper Son: Lee's Journey To America (Tales Of Young Americans)
by Helen Foster James Virginia Shin-Mui Loh Wilson OngIn 1926, 12-year-old Fu Lee lives with his grandparents in a small village in China. He lives with his grandparents because his parents are dead. It is a difficult life but made easier by the love Lee shares with his grandparents. But now Lee must leave all that he knows. Before his parents died, they spent all of their money buying a "paper son slot" for Lee to go to America. Being a "paper son" means pretending to be the son of a family already in America. If he goes, he will have the chance for a better life. But first he must pass the test at Angel Island Immigration Station in San Francisco. Only then will he be allowed to live with his new family. If Lee makes even a single mistake, he could be sent back to China. Lee knows his grandparents want a better life for him. He can't let them down.
Paper Son: The Inspiring Story of Tyrus Wong, Immigrant and Artist
by Julie LeungWinner of the American Library Association's 2021 Asian/Pacific American Award for Best Picture Book! An inspiring picture-book biography of animator Tyrus Wong, the Chinese American immigrant responsible for bringing Disney's Bambi to life.Before he became an artist named Tyrus Wong, he was a boy named Wong Geng Yeo. He traveled across a vast ocean from China to America with only a suitcase and a few papers. Not papers for drawing--which he loved to do--but immigration papers to start a new life. Once in America, Tyrus seized every opportunity to make art, eventually enrolling at an art institute in Los Angeles. Working as a janitor at night, his mop twirled like a paintbrush in his hands. Eventually, he was given the opportunity of a lifetime--and using sparse brushstrokes and soft watercolors, Tyrus created the iconic backgrounds of Bambi.Julie Leung and Chris Sasaki perfectly capture the beautiful life and work of a painter who came to this country with dreams and talent--and who changed the world of animation forever.
Paper Towns (Playaway Young Adult Ser.)
by John GreenFrom the #1 bestselling author of The Fault in Our Stars<P><P> Winner of the Edgar Award for Best Young Adult Mystery<P> New York Times bestseller<P> USA Today bestseller<P> Publishers Weekly bestseller<P> When Margo Roth Spiegelman beckons Quentin Jacobsen in the middle of the night--dressed like a ninja and plotting an ingenious campaign of revenge--he follows her. Margo's always planned extravagantly, and, until now, she's always planned solo. After a lifetime of loving Margo from afar, things are finally looking up for Q... until day breaks and she has vanished. Always an enigma, Margo has now become a mystery. But there are clues. And they're for Q.<P> Printz Medalist John Green returns with the trademark brilliant wit and heart-stopping emotional honesty that have inspired a new generation of readers.
Paper Valentine
by Brenna YovanoffThe city of Ludlow is gripped by the hottest July on record. The asphalt is melting, the birds are dying, petty crime is on the rise, and someone in Hannah Wagnor’s peaceful suburban community is killing girls. For Hannah, the summer is a complicated one. Her best friend Lillian died six months ago, and Hannah just wants her life to go back to normal. But how can things be normal when Lillian’s ghost is haunting her bedroom, pushing her to investigate the mysterious string of murders? Hannah’s just trying to understand why her friend self-destructed, and where she fits now that Lillian isn’t there to save her a place among the social elite. And she must stop thinking about Finny Boone, the big, enigmatic delinquent whose main hobbies seem to include petty larceny and surprising acts of kindness. With the entire city in a panic, Hannah soon finds herself drawn into a world of ghost girls and horrifying secrets. She realizes that only by confronting the Valentine Killer will she be able move on with her life—and it’s up to her to put together the pieces before he strikes again. Paper Valentine is a hauntingly poetic tale of love and death by the New York Timesbestselling author ofThe ReplacementandThe Space Between.
Paper Valentine
by Brenna YovanoffThe city of Ludlow is gripped by the hottest July on record. The asphalt is melting, the birds are dying, petty crime is on the rise, and someone in Hannah Wagnor's peaceful suburban community is killing girls. For Hannah, the summer is a complicated one. Her best friend Lillian died six months ago, and Hannah just wants her life to go back to normal. But how can things be normal when Lillian's ghost is haunting her bedroom, pushing her to investigate the mysterious string of murders? Hannah's just trying to understand why her friend self-destructed, and where she fits now that Lillian isn't there to save her a place among the social elite. And she must stop thinking about Finny Boone, the big, enigmatic delinquent whose main hobbies seem to include petty larceny and surprising acts of kindness. With the entire city in a panic, Hannah soon finds herself drawn into a world of ghost girls and horrifying secrets. She realizes that only by confronting the Valentine Killer will she be able move on with her life--and it's up to her to put together the pieces before he strikes again. Paper Valentine is a hauntingly poetic tale of love and death by the New York Times bestselling author of The Replacement and The Space Between.
The Paper Wagon (Orca Echoes)
by Martha Attema Graham RossThe rooster has been kidnapped by the fox. What is the little hen to do? Go to the shed and build a paper wagon, that's what. With two Herculean mice in place of horses, the little hen heads for the fox's house deep in the forest. On the way, she is joined by a cat, a brick, a needle and a hairy spider, all desperate for a ride. Will they be able to complete the rescue?
Paper Wishes
by Lois SepahbanTen-year-old Manami did not realize how peaceful her family's life on Bainbridge Island was until the day it all changed. It's 1942, after the attack on Pearl Harbor, and Manami and her family are Japanese American, which means that the government says they must leave their home by the sea and join other Japanese Americans at a prison camp in the desert. Manami is sad to go, but even worse is that they are going to have to give her and her grandfather's dog, Yujiin, to a neighbor to take care of. Manami decides to sneak Yujiin under her coat and gets as far as the mainland before she is caught and forced to abandon Yujiin. She and her grandfather are devastated, but Manami clings to the hope that somehow Yujiin will find his way to the camp and make her family whole again. It isn't until she finds a way to let go of her guilt that Manami can reclaim the piece of herself that she left behind and accept all that has happened to her family.
Paperboy (Newbery Honor Ser.)
by Vince Vawter<P>An 11-year-old boy living in Memphis in 1959 throws the meanest fastball in town, but talking is a whole different ball game. He can barely say a word without stuttering, not even his own name. <P>So when he takes over his best friend's paper route for the month of July, he knows he'll be forced to communicate with the different customers, including a housewife who drinks too much and a retired merchant marine who seems to know just about everything. <P>The paper route poses challenges, but it's a run-in with the neighborhood junkman, a bully and thief, that stirs up real trouble--and puts the boy's life, as well as that of his family's devoted housekeeper, in danger.<P><P> <b>Newbery Honor Book</b>
The Paperboy (Caldecott Honor Book)
by Dav PilkeyFrom #1 bestselling author-illustrator Dav Pilkey, a Caldecott Honor picture book about a boy, his dog, and the solitude they share before the world wakes up.In the still before dawn, while the rest of the world is sleeping, a boy and his dog leave the comfort of their warm bed to deliver newspapers. As the boy pedals his bike along a route he knows by heart, his dog runs by his side, both enjoying a world that, before sunrise, belongs only to them.Bestselling author-illustrator Dav Pilkey celebrates the beauty found in silence and the peace that comes from being with a beloved friend in this Caldecott Honor-winning picture book.For more acclaimed picture books from Dav Pilkey, check out Dog Breath, The Hallo-Wiener, 'Twas the Night Before Thanksgiving, and Julius (written by Angela Johnson). And don't forget the worldwide bestselling Dog Man and Cat Kid Comic Club graphic novels and Captain Underpants chapter books!
Paperweight
by Meg HastonIn the vein of Laurie Halse Anderson's Wintergirls, this emotionally haunting and beautifully written young adult debut delves into the devastating impact of trauma and loss.Seventeen-year-old Stevie is trapped. In her life. In her body. And now in an eating-disorder treatment center on the dusty outskirts of the New Mexico desert. Life in the center is regimented and intrusive, a nightmare come true. Nurses and therapists watch Stevie at meal time, accompany her to the bathroom, and challenge her to eat the foods she's worked so hard to avoid. Her dad has signed her up for sixty days of treatment. But what no one knows is that Stevie doesn't plan to stay that long. There are only twenty-seven days until the anniversary of her brother Josh's death--the death she caused. And if Stevie gets her way, there are only twenty-seven days until she, too, will end her life.Paperweight follows Stevie's journey as she struggles not only with this life-threatening eating disorder, but with the question of whether she can ever find absolution for the mistakes of her past...and whether she truly deserves to.
Papi est parti au Paradis
by Amber Richards Line BouchardLe livre électronique Papi est parti au Paradis a été écrit dans une perspective chrétienne à l'égard de très jeunes enfants qui ont perdu un être cher. Que pouvons-nous dire à un enfant qui a perdu un être cher et qui ressent le deuil? Les enfants ont une ligne de pensée très concrète et la mort peut s'avérer un sujet très difficile à expliquer en termes simples, surtout lorsqu'ils ressentent une douleur émotionnelle et une grande perte. Ils cherchent tout de même des réponses. Ce livre a été écrit comme un outil pour accompagner les parents et les proches dans leur démarche pour aider les enfants à comprendre ce que sont la mort, le chagrin et le deuil. Il contient de magnifiques images et reconnaît la tristesse du deuil, tout en offrant aussi de l'espoir et du réconfort. La préface de ce livre électronique est destinée aux parents. Elle offre des suggestions afin d'aider leurs enfants à traverser cette période difficile, ainsi que quelques trucs pour personnaliser le livre aux circonstances de leur propre famille, pour inclure des êtres chers autres qu'un grand-papa. Téléchargez votre exemplaire de Papi est parti au Paradis dès maintenant.
Papillon Goes to the Vet (Papillon #2)
by A. N. KangPapillon, the kitty so fluffy he floats, is back! Only this time, he's grounded. Literally. Weighed down after swallowing a toy and beset with hiccups, Papillon is miserable! Miss Tilly takes him to the vet, but will he ever float again?
Papiros
by Lilia LardoneEl faraón necesita un sucesor que salve su imperio de la desaparición total. Las huellas de los escorpiones le indican que el secreto está en la memoria de su pueblo. Uno a uno, los hijos del faraón le cuentan historias del esplendor egipcio, buscando ser el Elegido, aquel que devolverá la gloria a Egipto. Lilia Lardone nació en Córdoba, Argentina, en 1941. Es Licenciada en Letras Modernas (Universidad Nacional de Córdoba) y se especializó en literatura para niños y jóvenes. Empezó a escribir ficción hace diez años, y desde entonces ha publicado Nunca escupas para arriba (coplas), El Cabeza Colorada (cuentos populares), Poesía & Infancia (ensayo) y El nombre de José (cuento para niños). Incursionó en la novela para adultos con Puertas Adentro (Edit. Alfaguara, 1998, Buenos Aires). En 1999 obtuvo el Premio Latinoamericano de Literatura Infantil y Juvenil Norma-Fundalectura por su novela breve Caballero Negro. También coordina talleres de escritura creativa en su ciudad natal.
Pappu Ani Chimanich Gharat
by Pushpa AntaniStory of boy named Pappu. During his childhood a sparrow built a nest in his room gave eggs, later the eggs hatched. He tells about his experience.
Para Alice, esta noche es la historia de los monstruos
by Ana FolhadelaEl monstruo estaba seguro de quién no era. Tenía los espacios de la caja donde vivía, llenos de listas de nombres que no eran el suyo, y que estaba seguro de que no era él. Nombres de otros monstruos. Otros monstruos de verdad. Y el monstruo pasaba tanto tiempo mirando la lista de nombres de los otros monstruos, recordándolos y que no era ninguno de ellos, entonces dudaba si un monstruo lo sería. Y hacía referencia al silencio dentro de la caja para madurar. Además, fingía que no existía.
¡Para aquí (¡Arriba la Lectura!, Level C #44)
by Ellen Catala Reggie HolladayNIMAC-sourced textbook
Para la eternidad
by Alexandra García Galván Charles Sheehan-MilesDylan Paris es un chico de la clase trabajadora de Georgia. Dispuesto a asentar cabeza, Dylan se encuentra impresionado al ser seleccionado para un programa de intercambio extranjero de seis semanas a Israel. Alex Thompson es la hija de un rico embajador estadounidense y es parte de la alta sociedad de San Francisco y está cansada de las restricciones y las expectativas en su vida, por lo que pasar un tiempo del otro lado del mundo es la oportunidad para explorar nuevas identidades. Lo último que los dos querían o necesitaban era enamorarse. Sobre la serie de Las Hermanas Thompson Para la eternidad es una novela complementaria de la serie de Las Hermanas Thompson y se puede leer de manera independiente. El orden cronológico va de la siguiente manera: Las Hermanas Thompson Una canción para Julia - 2002 Sólo recuerda respirar - 2012 *The Last Hour - 2013 Las Hermanas Thompson - Rachel's Peril *Girl of Lies - 2014 *Girl of Rage - 2014 *Girl of Vengeance - 2014 Novelas derivadas *Falling Stars - 2013 Para la eternidad - 2007 *Aún no disponibles en español
Una para los Murphys
by MULLALY HUNT, LYNDADe la autora de la novela bestseller del New York Times, Como pez en el árbol. Carley usa el humor y su inteligencia de la calle para mantener sus muros emocionales altos y gruesos. Pero el día en que entra en adopción temporal y se muda con los Murphy, es como que le cayera un balde de agua fría encima. Esta familia cariñosa y muy activa le muestra a Carley una vida familiar estable que ella nunca pensó podría existir, y se siente como una extraterrestre en ese hogar perfecto. A pesar de su resistencia, los Murphy logran mostrarle cómo se siente pertenecer al núcleo familiar, hasta que un día, su madre decide que la quiere de vuelta con ella y Carley tiene que decidir dónde y cómo vivir. Ella no es realmente una Murphy, pero lo que ellos le han dado le ha abierto un nuevo futuro. “La escritura de Hunt es intrépida y Una para los Murphys es una historia que es a la vez tierna, estimulante y hermosamente contada. Me sumergí en la historia de Carley desde la primera página. Ella es un personaje que no debe perderse ni olvidarse”. — Jacqueline Woodson, autora de Niña morena sueña, obra ganadora del National Book Award. Ganadora del premio Tassy Walden que premia las nuevas voces de la literatura infantil.
Para siempre, Ángel (Serie Los protegidos #Volumen 2)
by Varios AutoresUna novela basada en el fenómeno televisivo LOS PROTEGIDOS. Siempre hay tiempo para volver a empezar.Incluso en el último segundo de tu vida. Las dos caras de una misma moneda. Egoísta y malvado... pero también generoso, valiente y sacrificado. ¿Quién es Ángel en realidad? ¿Por qué odia tanto a Culebra? ¿Y qué siente realmente por Sandra? Hasta el último momento, el verdadero Ángel es un misterio, un interrogante... Pero el destino le ha dado una última oportunidad y Ángel podrá ser, para siempre, el mejor hermano del mundo.
The Parable of the Lily: Special 10th Anniversary Edition (Parable Series)
by Liz Curtis HiggsThe Parable of the Lily begins with a mysterious gift on a gray wintry day and ends one Spring morning with a joyous discovery.The gentle Farmer from The Pumpkin Patch Parable lovingly helps His young daughter, Maggie, understand the power of grace and forgiveness and the true meaning of Easter.
The Parable Of The Prodigal Son
by Erik RottmannThis book retells the story of The Prodigal Son, found in Luke, chapter 15. Other Arch books are available in this library.