“The president of the Rosebud Club was determined to root out Millie Fleur’s garden. ‘This won’t do. According to our rules, your garden is unacceptable. We simply cannot have this poisonous mess in our town.’ ‘But it’s not poisonous!’ Millie Fleur scowled. ‘It’s just not like yours.’” Garden Glen is a very boring place: all the houses and gardens are exactly the same. But when Millie Fleur moves to the edge of town with her mom, she thinks about things differently.
“At least 75 percent of the handprints analyzed from all Paleolithic caves in France belonged to women or children, overturning the idea that Europe’s first artists were men.” Archeologist Raksha Dave shares histories and misrepresented stories from around the world.
“’Congratulations! It’s your lucky day!’ said the wolf at the door.” Susan the duck thinks she is unlucky. Her roller skates are too big. Her lightbulb burned out. She ran out of pickles. She lost her favorite marble.
“The wind howls, and the nipa hut sways. The ground shakes, and the nipa hut dances. The lightning flashes, and the nipa hut flinches.” Yelena and Papa live in a nipa hut – a traditional Filipino dwelling. What happens though, when a storm comes through? Will the nipa hut survive?
“BANG! A volcano in Indonesia blasts hot lava in a spectacular fiery spray. Meanwhile, thousands of miles away, far to the north, an arctic fox admires dancing green rivers of light in the sky. The Earth is a phenomenal planet!”
Can you imagine a life without knowing the works of William Shakespeare?
“I still don’t get why we even moved here. There’s nothing to look forward to, and all I want to do is go home!”
“All the recipes in this book were sent in by families from around the world.”
“Each donut in this book emulated the style of a different artist, from da Vinci and Michelangelo all the way to Yokoo and Basquiat. These donuts show how artists are influenced by those who came before and how each pushed the boundaries of the art world into new realms of possibility for future artists.”
“When you have a great friend, the rest of the world can seem to disappear. Others tried to tell me that she wasn’t real, that she was imaginary. But what do they know?”
“Candy made Milton happy. How wonderful would it be to build his own candy business?”
“’I remember when I was your age. My furry friend and I would spend all day together in the sunshine, sharing stories.’
‘Tell me one,” said Hilda.
So Hazel told one…”
“This vampire thrived in the warm southern climate. It lurked on the ground outside rural homes, schools, and churches. Invisible to its potential victims, it waited until one of them passed by. Undetected, it hitched a ride, burrowed in through the skin, and tricked the person’s body into allowing it to stay. The intruder hid deep in the host’s gut for years, anchored in place by sharp fang-like mouthparts.”
“Beneath appearances are experiences. Beneath actions are explanations. Beneath what’s different is what’s the same.”
“There was just a big hole in his heart where Xavier used to be. It felt like the hole would be there forever.”
“It was a place that fit her perfectly. It would have been home to her all her life…if not for the trappers. But one day, her world changed forever.”
“In the United States of America, we eat 350 slices of pizza every second. How many have you eaten?”
“For each of her talents, Leila had won a trophy, but she was saving a special spot for the most important one of all. Her dream was to win THE MAGNIFICENT WITCHY CAKE-OFF!”
“From day one, it was full of visitors. There were no high fences, no locked gates. The workmen who built the park and the poorest immigrants from the tenements were as welcome as the wealthy people from the big houses.”
“It looks like something very BIG was here,’ Helga said, suspiciously. ‘Nonsense!’ said the Chieftain. “I know it was just a fox…and I know best.’”
When Leah comes back home to her wife, Miri, she is not quite herself.
Set in East Oakland, Kiara lives with her brother Marcus. As he begins to set his dreams at becoming a rap artist, Kiara has to figure out how to pay rent – which has more than doubled.
“PSST! I noticed you checking out that missing dog poster…You wanna know something? He’s not missing. How do I know? Yep, that handsome boy right there is me.”
Throughout November, let's celebrate and honor the diverse cultures, traditions, and histories of Native people.
