![]() ![]() The library has 5 early literacy stations that provide educational games appropriate for pre-readers and beginning readers. There is a small collection of audiobooks with a printed book in the easy department. Media Collections: Titles of interest to children in CD, DVD, and VHS formats are housed in the general media collection. Missouri School Librarians have nominated these books for students to read and vote for their favorite in March 2021. ![]() We have 2022-2023 SHOW ME (Grades 1-3) and MARK TWAIN Award (Grades 4-6) nominated books available in the Easy (Show Me) and Juvenile (Mark Twain) sections of the library. It is further divided into (JR) for easy chapter books and (JNF) for non-fiction or information books. The Juvenile (JF) chapter book collection (blue circles) is for children in grades 3-6 or whoever reads at that level. ![]() These books will be featured in the fall storytime sessions. ![]() We have the 2022 BUILDING BLOCK nominated books for preschoolers- Kindergarten which is selected by the Missouri Library Association. There are board books (EBB) for toddlers, (ER) for beginning readers, and (ENF) is easy information books. It is further divided to help you select the perfect book at the right age and reading level. The Easy (E) picture book collection (yellow circles) is for children up to third grade. Children’s Collections: Our Children’s books are divided into several categories to help you find the perfect book. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Elle seemed like a strong character, but later on she started to fall flat for me. I really liked Marsh and how much he grew throughout the book. It was interesting seeing some of the characters I was suspicious of turn out to be evil. Lots of treachery and fun to be had by all. ![]() The characters were pretty unique and awesome. It all turns out to be a huge set up for some terrible things to take place. Instead of complaining though I'll break it all down for you.Ī seemingly strong female Elle is put into a precarious situation with her father being kidnapped and the 'quick' delivery she was supposed to make. Even the blurb is promising, but all it manages to do is stumble about and be a weird mix of steampunk and not steampunk. ![]() From the title and cover alone this book sounds promising. ![]() ![]() ![]() Other than that, the story is very interesting, even Sally’s unsettling background. I also wasn’t a fan of how many times it was said that Sally is a rag doll and the leaves inside of her were unsettled/swelling/stirring/etc. □ #fyp #foryoupage #books #booktok #book #bookworm #bookish #bookclub #bookrecommendations #bookrecs #sheaearnshaw #longlivethepumpkinqueen #nightmarebeforechristmasĢ1 Likes, TikTok video from nanaportulez □ □ "Almost forgot to do a review on this one I read last year! Overall, I enjoyed the story, however I was not a fan of Sally being portrayed as so insecure, when in the movie she is so brave and sure of herself. ![]() I loved knowing more about the other holiday towns and the ending is very sweet. Almost forgot to do a review on this one I read last year! Overall, I enjoyed the story, however I was not a fan of Sally being portrayed as so insecure, when in the movie she is so brave and sure of herself. ![]() ![]() ![]() Elvis is an eccentric criminal who longs to escape his own life: He loathes violence and loves old movies and rock ’n’ roll. Meanwhile, someone else is also looking for Leonora at the behest of his boss, a shadowy figure who commands goon squads dedicated to squashing political activists. When Leonora disappears under suspicious circumstances, Maite finds herself searching for the missing woman-and journeying deeper into Leonora’s secret life of student radicals and dissidents. Her next-door neighbor, Leonora, a beautiful art student, seems to live a life of intrigue and romance that Maite envies. While student protests and political unrest consume the city, Maite escapes into stories of passion and danger. Maite is a secretary who lives for one thing: the latest issue of Secret Romance. ![]() From the New York Times bestselling author of Mexican Gothic comes a “delicious, twisted treat for lovers of noir” about a daydreaming secretary, a lonesome enforcer, and the mystery of a missing woman they’re both desperate to find.ġ970s, Mexico City. ![]() ![]() It is a small but powerful book with a profoundly simple message: “Embrace the present moment as an ever-flowing source of holiness.” ![]() Caussade coined the term “the sacrament of the present moment.” His book Abandonment to Divine Providence was the most recommended book by spiritual directors for many decades. ![]() Jean-Pierre De Caussade (1675-1751), a French Jesuit, was surely the Eckhart Tolle (author of The Power of Now) of the 18 th century. Your own ego will end up being the decider and chooser moment by moment. Otherwise, you will tend to float around with no accountability system for what you too easily “believe” in your head. ![]() Find your community and be faithful to it. Jean-Pierre De Caussade Sunday, August 2, 2015Īs we continue looking at the mystics and non-dual thinkers in my own lineage, I encourage you to do what James Finley, Thich Nhat Hanh, and others say: Find your practice and practice it. ![]() ![]() The landscape surrounding the village receives the same loving treatment as the Indian scenes that open the story. The move to France, while unexpected, makes sense. Moving to London, which should be easiest in cultural terms, is not a good fit for the culinary family. The riots that cost the family everything, including their mother, are evocative of the unrest that has become common fare on the nightly news. The scenes of Indian life and food are rich, transporting the audience as much as the treasured spice cabinet eldest son Hassan inherits from his mother. Guided by the widowed and ceaselessly stubborn Papa, the Kadam family moves to London and eventually France, where the clash of cultures produces plenty of drama and an eventual melding. ![]() Morais, it is the story of an immigrant family driven from their home (and restaurant) in Mumbai by political upheaval and an incident of firebombing. Adapted from the 2010 novel of the same name by Richard C. ![]() ![]() The Hundred-Foot Journey is as much about the homes we carry with us, as it is about the food and culture that make us who we are. ![]() ![]() ![]() Cassie’s family takes refuge in their home until Cassie’s mother dies of the aliens’ illness. Many people flee the cities, and survivor camps begin to form. With all these disasters, governments break down and people begin to attack one another. An Ebola-like disease begins to spread and kills millions in a short period of time. A short time later, the ship drops a massive rod that causes natural disasters on the coasts of all continents, killing thousands and forcing the rest inland. ![]() After 10 days, an electromagnetic pulse shuts down all electricity and electronics. She writes her story in a diary, explaining how an alien ship-housing the Others-suddenly showed up in the sky and lingered for 10 days without attempting to communicate or otherwise interact with the people of Earth. This guide is based on the Kindle version of the text.Ĭassie Sullivan is living on her own after the Arrival-an alien invasion. ![]() ![]() ![]() For work purposes on the history of religions, Otto traveled across locations in North Africa, China, Japan, United States, and Palestine. Some of Otto’s important ideas, one of which was his idea of the Holy, were influenced by a trip he took in the early twentieth century. He later held numerous professorships, first of systematic theology at Göttingen, then theology at the University of Breslau, and finally systematic theology at the University of Marburg. ![]() Otto studied philosophy and theology at the University of Erlangen and at the University of Gottingen. He is well-known for his idea of religious experience as being the apprehension of the “Holy” or the “numinous,” concepts he presented in his book The Idea of the Holy (1917). German theologian and philosopher Rudolf Otto (1869-1937) was an influential theorist within the historical development of religious studies. ![]() ![]() ![]() Life hasn’t been the same for Corgan since. Idyllic until the clones, Brigand and Cyborg, arrived, that is. Leader of the team that won the Virtual War, he chose for his reward to live on the Isles of Hiva, in an idyllic paradise. What do you do when someone truly hates you?Ĭorgan is used to being the hero. This leaves Corgan alone with an increasingly dangerous and unstable Brigand, who is now his size, and looking to get rid of Corgan once and for all.Ī gripping sequel to Virtual War that could be ripped straight from the headlines in eighty years… ![]() In what may or may not have been an accident with his clone twin, Seabrig is badly injured and must be airlifted from the island to receive medical treatment in the Domed City. And, as a result of the cloning process, both boys are growing at an astonishing rate. ![]() Brigand is haughty, willful, power hungry, and despises Corgan because of his relationship with Sharla. However, when circumstances force Sharla to bring Brigand to the island, they find that while the boys may look identical, their temperaments are not. Corgan’s world is disrupted when Sharla brings one of the clone twins, Seabrig, to him to raise on the island, while she keeps the other, Brigand, with her in the Domed City. Sharla had saved some of Brig’s DNA and has created clone twins with it. But what he doesn’t know is that Brig died soon after the War, and yet is not truly gone. Corgan, hero of the Virtual War, has been living a blissful, if placid, life on the Isles of Hiva, his reward for winning the War with Sharla and Brig. ![]() ![]() ![]() Drawn & Quarterly will release volumes four through six of the original French series (as yet unpublished in English) in Book Two. This reworked edition offers readers the chance to immerse themselves in Abouet’s Yop City, bringing together the first three volumes of the series in Book One. It’s a wryly funny, breezy account of the simple pleasures and private troubles of everyday life in Yop City.Ĭlément Oubrerie’s warm colors and energetic, playful line connect expressively with Marguerite Abouet’s vibrant writing. It is the story of the studious and clear-sighted nineteen-year-old Aya, her easygoing friends Adjoua and Bintou, and their meddling relatives and neighbors. Aya is loosely based upon Marguerite Abouet’s youth in Yop City. It’s a golden time, and the nation, too-an oasis of affluence and stability in West Africa-seems fueled by something wondrous. It’s essential reading.” -Joann Sfar, cartoonist of The Rabbi’s Cat ![]() “ Aya is an irresistible comedy, a couple of love stories and a tale for becoming African. ![]() |