Dorleans, Marie
Summary: "Mama opened our bedroom door. 'Wake up, you two,' she whispered. 'Let's go, so we get there on time.' Excited, the sleepy family step outside into a beautiful summer night. The world is quiet and shadowy, filled with fresh smells and amazing sights. Is this what they miss when they're asleep? Together, they walk out of their sleeping village. What will they find in the dark landscape? This...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Floris Books 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE DORNiebuhr-Siebert, Sandra
Summary: Mina is worried about starting a new kindergarten in her new country. The classroom is full of laughter, friendly faces and fun things to do, but the only word Mina can understand is her name. As she listens to stories and songs, chatter and instructions, Mina's understanding steadily grows. She tries out sounds that roar in her throat and tickle her tongue until the new words feel like her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Floris Books 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE NIEWechterowicz, Przemysław
Summary: "Little Owl and Little Rabbit live in the same oak tree, but they have never met. How can the two animals play together when Little Owl wakes up just as Little Rabbit goes to sleep? This heart-warming story is a celebration of embracing difference and making new friends."--Back cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Floris Books 2022
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Summary: A magical snow globe brings a Christmas surprise for Noah and Lucy who have been waiting all day for snowflakes to fall.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Floris Books
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Summary: Grandpa and Little Bear share a dream to visit Faraway Valley -- a special, hard-to-find place full of wild and wonderful creatures, a place where the air smells of pine needles, a place they've only seen on a postcard. The determined pair study maps, read books and practice camping to prepare for their adventure, then set sail for the long journey. But when they arrive in the north, they find...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Floris Books 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE HEILindemann, Johanna
Summary: Emma can't wait for Christmas - the tree, the presents, the delicious dinner! Dad and Susan want Christmas to be perfect but things aren't going to plan - and then their turkey disappears! Will Christmas be ruined? As Emma encourages her parents to appreciate what they have, their neighbours come knocking to help the family have a very merry Christmas.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Floris Books 2023
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Summary: Three old ladies make a pancake that leaps out of the pan and rolls away into the forest, where it passes a succession of animals who each try to catch it.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Floris Books 1993
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 KOODorléans, Marie
Summary: "The Prickletrim family are very proud of their pristine garden, with its razor-straight edges, regulation-height lawn and perfectly shaped topiary. They LOVE nature - just so long as it is well ordered and properly managed. Then one day their long-suffering gardener can't stand their suffocating rules any longer and quits. Free at last, the Prickletrim's garden explodes upwards and outwards,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Floris Books 2024
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Summary: "It's August 1997 and Julian is lost in a medicated haze of grief. His partner, Julia, has removed all traces of herself from Firdaws, their beautiful riverside home, while all that remains of their three-year-old daughter is a single shoe. Unable to work, Julian succumbs to memories: of Julia, of their daughter's illness, and of his childhood at Firdaws. As the summer days grow hotter,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SAMSamson, Polly
Summary: "In this novel based on real events and people, a young woman arrives on the Greek island of Hydra in 1960 and falls in with a bohemian group of poets, painters, and musicians, including the young Leonard Cohen and his beloved Marianne"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill 2021