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Saffron Everleigh mystery volume 2
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Saffron embarks on her first research study alongside the insufferably charming Dr. Michael Lee, traveling the countryside with him in response to reports of poisonings. But when Detective Inspector Green is given a case with a set of unusual clues, he asks for Saffron's assistance. The victims, all women, received bouquets filled with poisonous flowers. Digging deeper, Saffron discovers that the bouquets may be more than just unpleasant flowers--there...
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English
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Snowdrops and crocuses yield to tulips and hyacinths, then dogwood blossoms, iris, lupine, daisies, morning glories, daylilies, geraniums, peonies, sunflowers, roses, and chrysanthemums as spring passes to summer, then autumn. At last the garden slumbers into winter under a blanket of snow, preparing next year's procession of blooms. Like actors crossing a stage, flowers narrate the passing seasons in the first person, each one briefly proclaiming...
3) May Flowers
Author
Publisher
Duke Classics
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
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Description
This story from Little Women author Louisa May Alcott follows a group of young girls who, seeking to expand their horizons, begin to learn more about the world around them and the plight of the downtrodden. Soon, the experiment takes on a life of its own—with consequences no one could have predicted.
Author
Publisher
Duke Classics
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
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Description
This charming collection of stories from Juliana Horatia Ewing, an acclaimed writer of fiction for younger audiences, will delight readers in any age group. The title novella, "Mary's Meadow," centers on a family embroiled in a dispute over a tract of land separating their property from the neighbor's. Although the meadow is a worthless nuisance in the eyes of the adults, it's a fantastical wonderland in the imaginations of thirteen-year-old Mary
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Publisher
Filbert Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Growing flowers for cutting brings the garden indoors and eliminates the air miles associated with shop-bought plants. This book turns the spotlight on perennials and woody plants which return year after year with little effort or waste, offer valuable habitats to garden wildlife, and also bring a more natural quality to arrangements. Flower farmer Rachel Siegfried began her career as an estate gardener in the Cotswolds and in this book she shares...
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Series
Anzu the great kaiju volume 2
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
When Anzu the kaiju's healing flowers seem to lose their power, hurting more than they help, he's not sure where to turn--until he remembers some valuable lessons he learned from his bonsai tree.
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Series
Publisher
Storey Publishing
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Backpack Explorer: Discovering Plants & Flowers is packed with prompts and activities, including 12 interactive field guides, sensory scavenger hunts, activities such as Paint with Dandelions, Watch a Flower Grow, and discovery zone pages with tips for identifying plants and flowers, plant science, leaf shapes, seeds, pollination, and more.
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Series
Publisher
Tantor Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
The Golden Girls meets Remington Steel in Lee Hollis's sixth mystery set in a Palm Springs retirement community, featuring retiree-turned-PI Poppy Harmon and her Desert Flowers Detective Agency!
Poppy never planned on speaking to her old acting rival Serena Saunders again, let alone accepting her as a client. But familiar drama barges back into her life when Serena requests an urgent background check on Ned Boyce, her fiancé,...
Poppy never planned on speaking to her old acting rival Serena Saunders again, let alone accepting her as a client. But familiar drama barges back into her life when Serena requests an urgent background check on Ned Boyce, her fiancé,...
Author
Publisher
House of Anansi Press Inc
Language
English
Description
An enchanting and captivating novel about how our untold stories haunt us — and the stories we tell ourselves in order to survive.
After her family suffers a tragedy, nine-year-old Alice Hart is forced to leave her idyllic seaside home. She is taken in by her grandmother, June, a flower farmer who raises Alice on the language of Australian native flowers, a way to say the things that are too hard to speak.
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...11) Maisy loves bees
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Series
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Did you know that bees use their tongues to eat sweet nectar from flowers, then carry dusty pollen on their bodies to spread it from flower to flower? Or that they need lots of flowers, water, and a dry place to live?
12) Just try it!
Author
Series
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Phil tries to introduce his daughter Lil to all different kinds of cuisine at the food truck festival, but Lil is hesitant to try anything new until he reminds her to keep herself open to new possibilities and to try things at least once.
Author
Publisher
One World
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
After Danielle Geller's mother dies of a vicious withdrawal from drugs while homeless, she is forced to return to Florida. Using her training as a librarian and archivist, Geller collects her mother's documents, diaries, and photographs into a single suitcase and begins on a journey of confronting her family, her harrowing past, and the decisions she's been forced to make, a journey that will end at her mother's home--the Navajo reservation. Geller...
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Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company, Inc
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
A kaleidoscopic journey into the world of nature's most tantalizing flower, and the lives it has inspired. The epitome of floral beauty, orchids have long fostered works of art, tales of adventure, and scientific discovery. Tenacious plant hunters have traversed continents to collect rare specimens; naturalists and shoguns have marveled at orchids' seductive architecture; royalty and the smart set have adorned themselves with their allure. In Orchid...
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
The Thea Sisters are in Hawaii to compete in an international hula festival. The mouselets are having a great time -- until they learn that the festival is located on the side of a volcano that is about to erupt! No one else seems know about the danger. The Thea Sisters don't have any time to lose!
16) Shooting stars
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
LeBron James and his childhood friends become the #1 high school team in the country, launching James's breathtaking career.
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Celebrates the life and music of an icon who inspired generations through his message of love and unity. On the big screen for the first time, discover Bob's powerful story of overcoming adversity and the journey behind his revolutionary music.
Author
Publisher
Bearport Publishing
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Tiny, buzzing bees flit from flower to flower. All around, plants are in bloom and animals are munching away at juicy, ripe fruit thanks to the hard work of these important pollinators. Bees are vital to their ecosystems, helping ground complex food webs that feeds creatures big and small. Uncover the truth about this important keystone species, explore how bees shape entire ecosystems, and learn what's at risk if these buzzing bugs were to disappear....
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