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As a child Great-aunt Alice Rumphius resolved that when she grew up she would go to faraway places, live by the sea in her old age, and do something to make the world more beautiful--and she does all those things, the last being the most difficult of all.
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Spiderwick chronicles volume 3
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Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2013
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English
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With goblins, trolls, and the house boggart all trying to get them, the Grace children turn to Great Aunt Lucinda for help.
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When 28-year-old Agnes Blythe, the contented bifocals-wearing half of an academic power couple, is jilted by her professor boyfriend for the town Pilates instructor, her future is suddenly less than certain. So when her glamorous, eccentric Great Aunt Effie arrives in town and offers a job helping to salvage the condemned Stagecoach Inn, what does Agnes have to lose? But work at the inn has barely begun when the unlikely duo find the body of manipulative...
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"A woman returns to her small Maine hometown, uncovering family secrets that take her on a journey of self-discovery and new love, in this warm and charming novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Evvie Drake Starts Over. Smarting from her recently cancelled wedding and about to turn forty, Laurie Sassalyn returns to her Maine hometown of Calcasset to handle the estate of her great-aunt Dot, a spirited adventurer who lived to be ninety....
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Spiderwick chronicles volume 3
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Ediciones B
Pub. Date
2004.
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Español
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With goblins, trolls, and the house boggart all trying to get them, the Grace children turn to Great Aunt Lucinda for help.
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English
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"July 1981. As the country prepares to celebrate Prince Charles' wedding to Lady Diana, Libby flees London - and her cheating fianc M̌arcus - for the Suffolk countryside. At Larkspur House, she hopes to put the pieces of her life back together. And Libby's great-aunt Bess and renowned garden designer and former socialite Elfrida are happy to help. But for lifelong friends Bess and Elfrida, Libby's arrival has stirred up the ghosts of the past. And...
11) Egyptian lullaby
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Roaring Brook Press
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2023.
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English
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In this love letter to Cairo, Egypt, a young child is sung a lullaby by her great-aunt who paints a vivid portrait of the ancient city as the child drifts off to sleep.
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When her Aunt Sapphire takes a tumble down the stairs, meteorologist Zoe Parker reluctantly returns to the town of Everlasting to help her aunt get safely back into her lighthouse home. Almost immediately, strange things start happening with the weather, and Zoe discovers her aunts fall was no accident. With the help of Dane Stanton, an old flame, Zoe attempts to solve the mystery and ensure her aunt's safety.
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Emily the Strange graphic novellas volume 1
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Harper
Pub. Date
[2011]
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English
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Traveling in her homemade Time-Out Machine, Emily journeys to the eighteenth century to uncover the truth behind a Strange family rumor.
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Puffin Books
Pub. Date
1997
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Español
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The story of Miss Rumphius has delighted children for more than a decade with its tale of the Lupine Lady, who vowed as a young girl to make the world more beautiful. This sparkling edition, featuring vibrant landscapes, will continue to enchant readers with the idea that each person can contribute to making the world a better place.
"Great aunt Alice Rumphius was once a little girl who loved the sea, longed to visit faraway places, and wished to...
15) Circus Mirandus
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Circus Mirandus volume 1
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English
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"When he realizes that his grandfather's stories of an enchanted circus are true, Micah Tuttle sets out to find the mysterious Circus Mirandus--and to use its magic to save his grandfather's life"--
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Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"A young, queer Palestinian American woman pieces together her great aunt's secrets in this sweeping debut, a family saga confronting questions of sexual identity, exile, and lineage. In a Pacific Northwest hospital far from the Rummani family's ancestral home in Palestine, the heart of a stillborn baby begins to beat and her skin turns a vibrant, permanent cobalt blue. On the same day, the Rummanis' centuries-old soap factory in Nablus is destroyed...
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Dragonfly Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
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Español
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Yo prometo ... Lobo, la tía abuela de Libby, es mexicana, pero ha vivido en Estados Unidos por muchos años y quiere convertirse en ciudadana. Para ello, Lobo tendrá que recitar La Promesa de Lealtad a la Bandera en una ceremonia especial para ciudadanos nuevos. Libby también está aprendiendo La Promesa y va a dirigir a su clase a recitarla al final de la semana. Libby y Lobo deciden practicar juntas, haciéndose preguntas y compartiendo historias...
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Lake Union Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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When Marilyn Kleinman is caught making out with the rabbi's son in front of the whole congregation, her parents ship her off to her great-aunt Ada for the summer. If anyone can save their daughter's reputation, it's Philadelphia's strict premier matchmaker. Either that or Marilyn can kiss college goodbye. To Marilyn's surprise, Ada's not the humorless septuagenarian her mother described. Not with that platinum-blonde hair, Hermès scarf, and Cadillac...
19) Días de perros
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"Es difícil ser el nuevo niño en la Primaria Carver. Gavin tenía muchos amigos en su anterior escuela, pero aquí los niños parecen no saber que es bastante bueno andando en patineta o lo bueno que es jugando al fútbol. Cuando su amigo Richard lo visita y los niños se meten en problemas, Gavin no solo corre el peligro de perder a su único amigo nuevo, sino que además debe cuidar a la horrible perrita de su tía abuela Myrtle como castigo....
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