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1) The anxious generation: how the great rewiring of childhood is causing an epidemic of mental illness
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Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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"From New York Times bestselling coauthor of The Coddling of the American Mind, an essential investigation into the collapse of youth mental health-and a plan for a healthier, freer childhood After more than a decade of stability or improvement, the mental health of adolescents plunged in the early 2010s. Rates of depression, anxiety, self-harm, and suicide rose sharply, more than doubling on most measures. Why? In The Anxious Generation, social psychologist...
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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"A heartrending graphic memoir about a young Jewish girl's fight for survival in Nazi occupied Poland, The Girl Who Sang illustrates the power of a brother's love, the kindness of strangers, and finding hope when facing the unimaginable." -- Publisher annotation.
4) Ghost roast
Author
Publisher
Versify, Harper Alley, imprints of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : chilefy color illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Fifteen-year-old Chelsea, daughter of a paranormal specialist, risks her hard-won popularity and more when she is drawn into a paranormal romance after discovering her own ability to communicate with ghosts.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2024].
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations, color maps ; 27 x 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"A picture book about the five largest lakes in North America - how they formed, the importance of these waters, and how they've become a national treasure"--
Author
Publisher
Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
195 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
In 1927, Zora Neale Hurston went to Plateau, Alabama, just outside Mobile, to interview eighty-six-year-old Cudjo Lewis. Of the millions of men, women, and children transported from Africa to America as slaves, Cudjo was then the only person alive to tell the story of this integral part of the nation's history. Hurston was there to record Cudjo's firsthand account of the raid that led to his capture and bondage fifty years after the Atlantic slave...
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
Chester plans to have a salad for lunch, but in order to do that, he'll need vegetables. So, off he goes to the community garden, except he quickly learns that he won't be dressing a salad anytime soon. Instead, the vegetables start dressing him down. According to them, "vegetables" don't exist!
Author
Publisher
Children's Book Press, an imprint of Lee & Low Books Inc
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 22 x 28 cm
Language
English
Description
"A child dreams of a life without borders after he and his parents are forced to leave their home during the Mexican Repatriation"--
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color), color map ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"A luminous picture book biography about librarian and storyteller Augusta Baker, the first Black coordinator of children's services at all branches of the New York Public library"--
Author
Publisher
Salaam Reads
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly colour illustrations ; 22 x 28 cm
Language
English
Description
Written in the cumulative style of "The House that Jack Built," this picture book builds a rhythmic list of reasons a young Muslim boy, Kamal, loves going to his masjid on Fridays for Jumu'ah prayer.
Author
Publisher
Pajama Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 32 cm
Language
English
Description
"In this alphabet book, animals are shown engaging in whimsical and fantastical activities, such as ocelots performing an opera. Each illustration is paired with an ornate letter from the alphabet and an alliterative phrase. Backmatter features a list of the creatures and objects that can be found in the book."--
Author
Publisher
Godwin Books, Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
88 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"What can we do to stop climate change? It's time to call in some superheroes! We have elephants protecting our forests by trampling trees. Whales contributing to ocean health with their massive poo-nados. Sea otters fighting climate change by guarding kelp forests. And spiny anteaters moving 8 tons of soil each year, feeding plants as it goes. So when we protect the habitats of our climate heroes? We're protecting our planet. Get ready to learn all...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
240 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 x 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Wildfires have been part of the American landscape for thousands of years. Forests need fire--it's as necessary to their well-being as soil and sunlight. But some fires burn out of control, destroying everything and everyone in their path. In this book, you'll find out about how and why wildfires happen, how different groups . . . have managed forests and fire, the biggest wildfires in American history--how they began and . . . stories of both rescue...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
92 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Antarctica is a land of extremes -- the coldest, windiest, highest, and driest place on the planet. It's a world where the sun stays hidden half of the year and where visitors must undergo a week of special training before it's safe to go outside (watch out for lava bombs!). It's also a place of stark beauty, history, and endless scientific research. Join beloved author G. Neri on his long-dreamed-of voyage to the ice, where he taps into his inner...
18) Challah day!
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 21 x 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
Follows a family as they make homemade challah bread from the heart. Includes information about challah and a recipe.
19) When stars arise
Author
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly illustrations (colour) ; 16 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A dusky rural landscape and comforting bedtime routine draw a child closer to sleep in this illustrated lullaby board book."--
20) Log life
Author
Series
Publisher
Beach Lane Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A nonfiction picture book about the tiny world of nurse log habitats"--
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