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3) The Red Door
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The story starts at a Jewish funeral.
fist after fist fills with cool damp earth
It travels to Israel:
at ben-gurion airport here she comes hauling her baggage rendered clumsy by her burden beneath that smooth brown skin that halo of thick coarse hair the plantation and the shtetl live in blood and memory
her passport names her tirzah persephone horowitz after an aunt on her dad's side who died so young in the camps and her mother's favorite greek...
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In this fascinating, fun take on nonfiction, uniquely American in its frank tone and honest look at the literal foundation of our country, Dave Eggers and Shawn Harris investigate a seemingly small trait of America's most emblematic statue. What they find is about more than history, more than art. What they find in the Statue of Liberty's right foot is the powerful message of acceptance that is essential to an entire country's creation. Can you believe...
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In this house, when everyone stays awake at night, things get very strange, what with Mom on the roof, and Grandma playing cards with the ghost of long-dead Grandpa Paul, and even the dog and cat are acting weird; as the family's doings become more and more bizarre, the narrator starts to wonder--what on earth will happen when morning finally comes.
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Alfred A. Knopf
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[2023]
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Free dog Johannes' job is to observe everything that happens in his urban park and report back to the park's three bison elders, but changes are afoot, including more humans, a new building, a boatload of goats, and a shocking revelation that changes his view of the world.
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First cat in space volume 3
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HarperAlley, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
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[2024]
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CheckMate, an AI paperclip designed to fix grammatical errors, wants to turn carbon-based lifeforms into paperclips. When he invades every computer, the First Cat in Space, the Moon Queen and LOZ 4000 come to help.
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First cat in space volume 1
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Something terrible is happening in the skies! Rats are eating the MOON! There's only ONE hero for the job, a bold and fearsome beast bioengineered in a secret lab to be the moon's savior and Earth's last hope! And that hero is . . . a cat. A cat who will be blasted into space! Accompanied by the imperious Moon Queen and LOZ 4000, a toenail clipping robot, the First Cat in Space journeys across a fantastic lunar landscape in a quest to save the world....
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Have You Ever Seen a Flower? is an enchanting picture book exploring the relationship between childhood and nature. In this simple yet profound story, one child experiences a flower with all five senses-from its color to its fragrance to the entire universe it evokes-revealing how a single flower can expand one's perspective in incredible ways.
• Authorial debut of award-winning illustrator Shawn Harris
• Reminds readers to appreciate the beauty...
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The Moon Queen has been poisoned-by SOUP.
With few she can trust in her own royal court, she and First Cat will have to journey alone to find the antidote. If only LOZ 4000 were still with them... But our once-heroic toenail clipping robot is on the run, looking for new purpose in this vast universe.
Unbeknownst to our trio, secret forces are working against them. In a world of villainous cowboys, high-speed chases, and falling pianos, can our iconic...