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Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When a pirate festival blows into their small town, bakeshop owners Jacobia "Jake" Tiptree and her best friend Ellie White expect they'll be busy baking up a storm, but instead they find themselves marooned in a new murder investigation after someone kills a well-known food writer and TV personality . . ." --
Author
Publisher
Simon Spotlight, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"It's almost time for the Autumn Festival and Mr. Ping needs Po's help baking thousands of moon cakes! But Po is too busy to help--that is until he discovers his dad has a new girlfriend, who has cooked up a scheme to ruin the festival!"--Amazon.com
Author
Publisher
Yobe Qiu Publishing
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
The Moon Festival is a special time of year, filled with food, dances, parades, and so much more! Follow along with three different families as they observe Zhong Qiu Jie in China, Tết Trung Thu in Vietnam, and Tsukimi in Japan.
Author
Series
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"A booth at the Bunyan County Harvest Fair seems like the perfect opportunity for Charity "Chase" Oliver and Anna Larson to promote their Bar None bakery business. Unfortunately, plus-sized pussycat Quincy has plans for their delicious dessert bars other than selling them to customers. After tearing through their inventory, Quincy goes roaming the fairgrounds in search of more delights. But what he finds is murder. One of the top contenders in a butter-sculpting...
87) Breeze's blast
Author
Series
Unicorn princesses volume 5
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Princess Breeze invites her human friend, Cressida, to attend the Blast, a festival featuring kite flying, but the wizard-lizard, Ernest, has blundered again and now giant bats sleep on the kites.
Author
Publisher
Tuttle Publishing
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Korean Celebrations takes young readers on an exciting exploration of Korea's colorful festivals and family celebrations--wonderful days that are filled with exciting activities and delicious foods. This book allows children to experience Korean culture firsthand by involving them in games, crafts, foods and other activities like the following: Preparing and enjoying delicious songpeyon--sweet dumplings that everyone loves to eat on Chuseok (Korea's...
Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"After stumbling upon the dead body of an Elvis impersonator during the celebrity impersonating contest, psychic painter Celeste Cabot is 'all shook up, ' and she, with the help of his spirit, sets out to find the real killer among all the fake celebrities"--
Author
Series
Geronimo Stilton. Original series volume 73
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When director Mousen Scorsese's newest film goes missing at New Mouse City's first film festival, Hercule and Geronimo spring into action to solve the case.
92) The third hotel
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Shortly after Clare arrives in Havana, Cuba, to attend the annual Festival of New Latin American Cinema, she finds her husband, Richard, standing outside a museum. He's wearing a white linen suit she's never seen before, and he's supposed to be dead. Grief-stricken and baffled, Clare tails Richard, a horror film scholar, through the newly tourist-filled streets of Havana, clocking his every move. As the distinction between reality and fantasy blurs,...
93) Two of a kind
Author
Series
Publisher
Harlequin HQN
Pub. Date
c2013
Language
English
Description
Felicia Swift never dreamed she'd hear a deep, sexy voice from her past in tiny Fool's Gold, California. The last time Gideon Boylan whispered in her ear was half a world away...on the morning after the hottest night of her life. Her freaky smarts have limited her close friendships, and romance, but she came to Fool's Gold looking for ordinary. Gorgeous, brooding Gideon is anything but that. Black Ops taught Gideon that love could be deadly. Now he...
Author
Publisher
Amazon Crossing Kids
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
"Zhao Di and her friends are excited to go out at night with their paper lanterns and celebrate Chinese New Year. Each holding a unique colorful lantern with a lit candle inside, they admire the breathtaking colors while doing their best to avoid the wind and the sneaky boys in the village. Every night, until the fifteenth day of New Year, Zhao Di and her friends take part in this fun tradition, experiencing the thrill of nighttime in their village....
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperFestival, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"This year's annual music extravaganza has everyone in Bear Country excited to learn about healthy choices! Join Brother, Sister, and Honey Bear as they dance, sing, and discover healthy ways of living, from brushing your teeth twice a day, to learning about germs, to understanding how the food pyramid works."--
Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
When rivalries and revelries during the competition for the best whiskey in Ireland lead to a double murder, Dublin limo driver Megan Malone, with her relationship on the rocks, takes a shot at solving the case.
Author
Series
Daniel Hawthorne novels volume 3
Language
English
Description
"When Ex-Detective Inspector Daniel Hawthorne and his sidekick, author Anthony Horowitz, are invited to an exclusive literary festival on Alderney, an idyllic island off the south coast of England, they don't expect to find themselves in the middle of murder investigation--or to be trapped with a cold-blooded killer in a remote place with a murky, haunted past. Arriving on Alderney, Hawthorne and Horowitz soon meet the festival's other guests--an...
Author
Publisher
Imagine!/Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
The world today feels far removed from the one in which Woodstock was possible, where half a million strangers congregated peacefully for three days. Longtime music writer Daniel Bukszpan offers insights on how the festival is still making an impact on pop culture, while candid interviews, set lists, and beautiful photographs relive the beautiful chaos and once-in-a-lifetime performances at Yasgur's farm.
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