Lane Smith
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Stuck in Eating and Body Image Issues?
You are not alone. Everyday, countless numbers of women succumb to distorted thinking that leads to disordered eating and body image ideals. But when these root issues are exposed, women become empowered to walk victoriously over their eating and body image issues and transform their thinking through Scripture and spiritual disciplines.
Transformed is a 12-session Bible study that shares my journey and the...
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Winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal
When a young boy embarks on a journey alone . . .
he trails a colony of penguins,
undulates in a smack of jellyfish,
clasps hands with a constellation of stars,
naps for a night in a bed of clams,
and follows a trail of shells,
home to his tribe of friends.
If Lane Smith's Caldecott Honor Book Grandpa Green was an homage to aging and the end of life, There Is a Tribe of Kids is a meditation on childhood...
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From the bestselling author of It's a Book comes a funny, touching tale about the legacy of America's greatest president.
When a schoolgirl gets separated from her tour of the White House and finds herself in the Lincoln bedroom, she also discovers the ghost of the great man himself. Together they embark on a journey across the country to answer Lincoln's questions and quiet his concerns about the nation for which he gave his life. This wholly original...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 4
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Augie Hobble lives in a fairy tale-or at least Fairy Tale Place, the down-on-its-luck amusement park managed by his father. Yet his life is turning into a nightmare: he's failed creative arts and has to take summer school, the girl he has a crush on won't acknowledge him, and Hogg Wills and the school bullies won't leave him alone. Worse, a succession of mysterious, possibly paranormal, events have him convinced that he's turning into a werewolf....
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Acclaimed writer and illustrator Lane Smith has amassed an impressive body of work both on his own and as a collaborator on Caldecott Honor-winning books. In Grandpa Green, Smith introduces listeners to a boy who learns about life's many wonders while exploring his great-grandfather's topiary garden, where imagination blooms and memories come alive.
10) The Final Days
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Based on the acclaimed book written by Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward, this film chronicles president Richard Nixon's administration during the immediate days after the Watergate scandal.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
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Lulu's parents refuse to give in when she demands a brontosaurus for her birthday and so she sets out to find her own, but while the brontosaurus she finally meets approves of pets, he does not intend to be Lulu's.
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A New York Times Best Illustrated book!
A Boston Globe Best Children's Book of 2018
"Accompanied by Lane's evocative art that suggests layers of history, Fogliano's story turns this childhood scenario into a radiant poem about the mysteries of other people and the wonderfulness of home." -New York Times
Deep in the woods
is a house
just a house
that once was
but now isn't
a home.
Who lived in that house? Who walked down its hallways? Why...
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To tear down the system . . .
. . . He's got to level up
Condemned by the media circus of a People's Republic of California court, Donny is plugged into a deadly game as entertainment for the brutalized masses.
Tormented over failing his father, Donny realizes honor hangs in the balance.
His family's fate lies in his hands.
Donny must battle through a cutthroat digital world to free thousands of political prisoners and bring down the corrupt...
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Set in Georgia during the late 1940's, a Polish refugee (Mr. Guizac) who is relocated by a priest (John Houseman) to work on Mrs. McIntyre's (Irene Worth) farm. Quickly the industrious and clever Mr. Guizac becomes a threat to the other farmworkers. Soon all are plotting Mr. Guizac's downfall until fate unexpectedly takes a hand. Two-time Oscar-winning screenwriter Horton Foote crafts the screenplay in this powerful, timely and shocking story.
19) My Cousin Vinny
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Two pals on a road trip are mistakenly accused of murder. Luckily, there's a lawyer in the family - cousin Vinny (Joe Pesci), who barely passed the bar exam!
20) Son-In-Law
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A party boy from the West Coast is out of his element when he falls for a straitlaced girl from a small farm in the Midwest. Two different backgrounds collide as the two college co-ed's fall in love!