Alba the Hundred Year Old Fish

Alba the Hundred Year Old Fish
Author: Lara Hawthorne
Publisher: Kings Road Publishing
Total Pages: 34
Release: 2019-07-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1787416240

Alba the fish has spent her entire life collecting precious objects that drift down to the ocean floor. From delicate shells to brightly coloured coral, each year on her birthday she gathers one more precious item. But over the years, Alba notices her collection is losing its sparkle and that the world is changing. What are these bits of plastic and metal? As the coral reef fades, Alba decides to leave her home behind. Can an old fish teach the world how to bring colour back to the ocean? The One-Hundred-Year-Old Fish gently highlights the issue of pollution. A beautifully illustrated picture book from exciting new talent Lara Hawthorne.

The Sea Saw

The Sea Saw
Author: Tom Percival
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2019-01-10
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1471172457

A beautiful, emotionally satisfying look at how nothing is ever truly lost if you keep it in your heart... When Sofia loses her beloved teddy after a day at the beach, she is heartbroken. But the sea saw it all, and maybe, just maybe, it can bring Sofia and her teddy back together. However long it may take... Exquisite collage artwork is paired with an assured, moving text in this very special picture book.

Healer

Healer
Author: Linda Windsor
Publisher: David C Cook
Total Pages: 385
Release: 2010-06-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0781404495

Sixth-century Scotland—in the time of Arthur…. “The Gowrys’ seed shall divide your mighty house and bring a peace beyond the ken of your wicked soul.” Her mother’s dying prophecy to the chieftain Tarlach O’Byrne sentenced Brenna of Gowrys to twenty years of hiding. Twenty years of being hunted—by the O’Byrnes, who fear the prophecy, and by her kinsmen, who expect her to lead them against their oppressors. But Brenna is a trained and gifted healer, not a warrior queen. So she lives alone in the wilderness with only her pet wolf for company. When she rescues a man badly wounded from an ambush, she believes he may be the answer to her deep loneliness. Healing him comes as easy as loving him. But can their love overcome years of bitterness and greed…and bring peace and renewed faith to the shattered kingdom?

The Night Flower: The Blooming of the Saguaro Cactus

The Night Flower: The Blooming of the Saguaro Cactus
Author: Lara Hawthorne
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Total Pages: 33
Release: 2024-01-09
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 153623284X

Hawthorne delivers an exquisitely illustrated picture book about the Saguaro cactus which grows in the Sonoran desert in Arizona and its flower, which blooms only one night a year. Full color.

Ducks Overboard!: A True Story of Plastic in Our Oceans

Ducks Overboard!: A True Story of Plastic in Our Oceans
Author: Markus Motum
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2021-11-30
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1536227862

Eco facts come to light as a plastic duck narrates this beautifully illustrated true story of thousands of bath toys that were lost at sea and swept to the four corners of the Pacific. If a shipping container filled with 28,000 plastic ducks spilled into the Pacific Ocean, where would all those ducks go? Inspired by a real incident, this captivating and innovative look at the pollution crisis in our oceans follows one of the ducks as it is washed away on ocean currents, encountering plastic-endangered whales and sea turtles and passing through the giant floating island of marine debris known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. From the author-illustrator of the acclaimed Curiosity: The Story of a Mars Rover comes a highly accessible and graphically stylish picture book with an ultimately hopeful message about environmental issues and the state of our oceans. An end map documents the widely scattered journey of the real-life plastic ducks, showing where they have been found, as well as facts about the ways plastic is affecting various parts of the world.

Princesses Are Not Quitters

Princesses Are Not Quitters
Author: Kate Lum
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 34
Release: 2005-07-08
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1582349878

Three bored princesses decide to become servants for a day and learn what hard work is all about.

The Honest Life

The Honest Life
Author: Jessica Alba
Publisher: Rodale
Total Pages: 276
Release: 2013-03-12
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 1609619110

The Golden Globe-nominated actress and the co-founder of The Honest Company counsels busy moms on how to make affordable and healthy choices for their families without sacrificing style, sharing a variety of family-friendly recipes, eco-friendly decorating tips and natural beauty-care advice. Original. 150,000 first printing.

Whirligig

Whirligig
Author: Paul Fleischman
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company (BYR)
Total Pages: 111
Release: 2013-12-17
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1466860324

When sixteen-year-old Brent Bishop inadvertently causes the death of a young woman, he is sent on an unusual journey of repentance, building wind toys across the land. In his most ambitious novel to date, Newbery winner Paul Fleischman traces Brent's healing pilgrimage from Washington State to California, Florida, and Maine, and describes the many lives set into new motion by the ingenious creations Brent leaves behind. Paul Fleischman is the master of multivoiced books for younger readers. In Whirligig he has created a novel about hidden connections that is itself a wonder of spinning hearts and grand surprises.

Hotel Flamingo

Hotel Flamingo
Author: Alex Milway
Publisher: Kane/Miller Book Publishers
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2020
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9781684641260

Originally published by Piccadilly Press.

If You Lived Here

If You Lived Here
Author: Giles Laroche
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 37
Release: 2011
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0547238924

Features detailed, bas-relief collage spreads of dwellings in other world regions and historical times to explain how different people live and have lived, from a village house in South Africa to a floating green house in the Netherlands.