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122) Nymph
Author
Publisher
Fantagraphics Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
A lone, defenseless pupa has rained down from the sky. An assembly of talking birds and trees agree to protect "Bitsy" as it begins to evolve but into what? As the humanoid creature starts showing a predilection for flight and music, magical clues start unveiling themselves. Nymph gets to the heart of both human and Mother Nature to prove that, to raise a child-like larva, it takes a village. Or at least a forest.
Author
Series
Publisher
Toon Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
Español
Description
"After being played with all day, Planet, a friendly stuffed animal, comes to life at night and goes on a moonlit adventure with a dog and a mouse"--Publisher description.
"Qué pasa mientras estás dormiendo? ¡Tus juguetes salen a jugar! Después de una largo día de saltar sobre las hojas y leer sus libros favoritos, esta niña está agotada; pero su animal de peluche favorito, Planeta, no ha hecho más que empezar"--Cover.
124) Fox at night
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Fox overcomes his fear of monsters when he meets real nocturnal animals.
126) The evening garden
Author
Publisher
Macmillan Pub. Co
Pub. Date
c1993, 2002 paperback edition by Timber Press
Language
English
Author
Series
Manga classics volume MC-015
Publisher
Manga Classics
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"A Midsummer Night's Dream portrays the events surrounding the marriage of the Duke of Athens, Theseus, and Hippolyta. These include the adventures of four young Athenian lovers and a group of six amateur actors (the mechanicals), who are controlled and manipulated by the fairies who inhabit the forest. The play is one of Shakespeare's most popular works for the stage and is widely performed across the world."-- provided by publisher.
131) We own the night
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
New York City, November 1988. Bobby Green is the manager of a Russian nightclub owned by Marat Buzhayev. The club is frequented by gangsters like Buzhayev's nephew Vadim. Despite Bobby's hedonistic and amoral lifestyle, he is committed to his girlfriend Amada. Bobby has a secret, however, which he guards closely. His brother is Police Captain Joseph Grusinsky and his father, Bert, is a legendary Deputy Chief. Bobby's strained relationship with his...
132) ON A SUMMER NIGHT
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
On a hot summer night a little girl wakes up, and wonders what has woken her, and the rest of the nighttime world.
133) In the night garden
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"A collage-illustrated bedtime read about the often mysterious and always beautiful experiences to be found in nighttime spaces"--
134) Wow! said the owl
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A curious little owl decides to stay awake to find out how the things he sees at night look during the daytime.
Author
Publisher
Page Street Publishing Co
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Wicked funny and hella gay, it's time for Taylor Parker to come out about a lot of things. Taylor Parker has always been a funny girl -- but when she is accepted as a finalist for a diverse writers' internship at Saturday Night Live, it turns her life upside down. If she wants a shot at winning in a little more than a month, Taylor will have to come out about both of her secrets: She wants to be a comedian...and she's a lesbian. With a mom who gave...
136) Can-Can
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
The owner of Montmartre's most notorious nightspot, the Café Le Bal Du Paradis, Simone Pistache spends a great deal of her time in court, thanks to the banning of that "lewd and lascivious" dance, the Can-Can. So when her nightlife-loving lawyer and boyfriend, François Durnais, refuses to settle down and marry her, Simone decides to play up to his rival in romance, Parisian judge Philipe Forrestier, a lovestruck young jurist who's determined to...
Author
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Beginning with a sunset and ending at dawn, Through the Night Sky shines a light on the magical events taking place in the darkness above. Unlike an astronomy book that focuses on eye-popping facts and figures about the Universe, Through the Night Sky features a series of incredible stories that take place in the sky at night. Track a colony of bats as they fly through the twilight to pollinate the flowers of the mysterious baobab tree, follow a family...
138) The night frolic
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Before they go to sleep, children travel on a dreamy, whimsical journey to visit the Night Tiger, the Night Walrus, the Night Elephant, and others"--
139) The very noisy night
Author
Publisher
Tiger Tales
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Little Mouse can't sleep. He can hear huffing and puffing outside the house. Something is tapping on the window, and there's someone calling 'Hoo-hoo! Hoo-hoo!' out there, too! Can Big Mouse help?"--
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