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Collects three gingerbread cookie-related mysteries, including a mysterious murder during a Christmas play, the disappearance of a young boy, and a brutal murder involving a bakery.
Hannah Swensen of the Cookie Jar in Lake Eden, Minn., discovers her neighbor's head bashed in; Jaine Austen's holiday stay at her parents' home in the Tampa Vistas retirement community is enlivened by the murder of elderly lothario; and, Maine reporter Lucy Stone investigates...
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Publisher
Harlequin Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Maud has grown up in a house made of gingerbread, wanting nothing more than to be a witch like Mother Agatha. But just like all of Agatha's creations, Maud will turn back into gingerbread if anything ever happens to Agatha. After a terrible fight, Maud storms off only to return home to learn that Hansel and Gretel, a pair of witch hunters, have pushed Agatha into the cottage's oven. To save herself and the other gingerbread creations, Maud will have...
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Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 21
Language
English
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King takes listeners beyond the safe haven of daylight and into a dark realm where anything is possible--and where no one is safe. With startling tales bearing the celebrated author's unmistakable imprint, "Just after sunset" proves a terrifying treat.
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Tor Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"After the Forest is a dark and enchanting fantasy debut from Kell Woods that explores the repercussions of a childhood filled with magic and a young woman contending with the truth of "happily ever after." Ginger. Honey. Cinnamon. Flour. Twenty years after the witch in the gingerbread house, Greta and Hans are struggling to get by. Their mother and stepmother are long dead, Hans is deeply in debt from gambling, and the countryside lies in ruin, its...
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Harper, an imprint of HaperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Bee wanted to spend the summer reading Betsy Chillers books and exploring the new spooky theme park with her best friend. Instead, she's spending the summer trapped at Storm Lake with her too loud, too thrifty, and too Indian family. Luckily, Bee finds a place to escape her embarrassment--a magical house across the lake that transforms her into the cool girl she always wanted to be. Maybe cottage life isn't so bad after all! But strange dreams are...
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Picarona
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
Español
Description
"Marshall knows one thing for sure, despite what all the stories say: Gingerbread men cannot run. Cookies are for eating, and he can't wait to eat his after spending all morning baking them with his class. But when it's time to take the gingerbread men out of the oven... they're gone!"-- provided by publisher.
"Marshall no cree en la magia, pero s̕ en las galletas. As̕ que, cuando desaparecen del horno todas las galletas de jengibre con forma de...
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Pub. Date
2018.
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English
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"When a body turns up in a larger-than-life candy bowl filled with peppermints on the town square, Holly White is horrified to learn her best friend Caroline is the main suspect. Everyone in town, including Mistletoe, Maine's sheriff, saw Caroline fighting with the victim on the night of his death. Worse, a custom kitchen knife, engraved with Caroline's initials was found with him. Now, just ten days before Christmas, Holly's up to her jingle bells...
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Harlequin MIRA
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
Three friends--Cass Wilkes, the owner of the Gingerbread Haus bakery; restaurant owner Charlene Albach; and newly divorced Ella who is forced to share a house with her ex-husband--discover what matters the most in life during a magical Christmas season.
11) Hidden treasure
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Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Josie Prescott's discovery of a mysterious antique trunk leads to a disappearance-and murder-in the next installment of this beloved cozy series set on the rugged New Hampshire coast, Jane K. Cleland's Hidden Treasure. Josie Prescott, owner of Prescott's Antiques & Auctions, and her new husband Ty have finally found their dream home-a Victorian beauty on the beach, known in the town of Rocky Point as "The Gingerbread House." It was recently vacated...
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Miracle Springs, North Carolina, is a place of healing. Strangers flock here hoping the natural hot springs, five-star cuisine, and renowned spa can cure their ills. If none of that works, they often find their way to Miracle Books, where, over a fresh-baked "comfort" scone from the Gingerbread House bakery, they exchange their stories with owner Nora Pennington in return for a carefully chosen book. That's Nora's special talent--prescribing the perfect...
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Pub. Date
2019.
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English
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"Joy Preston misses her beloved late grandmother dearly. But when she learns the terms of Nana's will, she's shocked-and more than a little irked. Joy moved to Colorado years ago and is now CEO of a successful nail polish company. Her life and career are in Denver. How can Nana have expected her to give that up, even temporarily, to take over a bed and breakfast in North Carolina for six months? Yet there's no denying Heart and Soul's charm, especially...
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Findaway World, LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Launchpad Pre-K Academy gives preschool-aged children 5 different paths to explore on their way to kindergarten. Using the Academy can help little learners develop the skills needed to enter their first year of school and inspire them to try new things with confidence. - Explore imagination and pretend play - Interpret music through movement - Learn to draw lines & shapes - Sing and express emotion creatively"
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Publisher
McNally Editions
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
"What would it be like to have Emily Dickinson as your babysitter? In this astonishing memoir, out of print for almost a century, Martha 'Matty' Dickinson describes the childhood she spent next door to--and often in the care of--her Aunt Emily. We see Matty as a little girl, hiding from the other grownups in Emily's upstairs rooms, helping Emily in the kitchen, venturing with her into the cellar for the gingerbread she wasn't supposed to have. As...
17) Born to build!
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Publisher
Findaway World, LLC
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Animals and other friends make it fun for kids to imagine how they can change, impact, and create the world around them. This SuperPack contains 2X as many apps as the standard Launchpad; Practice matching, sorting, and categorizing; Design and create new characters; Bring different scenes to life."--
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