Sami and the Time of the Troubles

Sami and the Time of the Troubles
Author: Florence Parry Heide
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 40
Release: 1992
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780395559642

A ten-year-old Lebanese boy goes to school, helps his mother with chores, plays with his friends, and lives with his family in a basement shelter when bombings occur and fighting begins on his street.

The Problem with Pulcifer

The Problem with Pulcifer
Author: Florence Parry Heide
Publisher: Mulberry Books
Total Pages: 68
Release: 1992
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780688115708

Pulcifer's preference for books is considered a grave problem by the television-addicted world around him.

The Silence Seeker

The Silence Seeker
Author: Ben Morley
Publisher: Penguin UK
Total Pages: 34
Release: 2021-12-23
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0241582652

When a new family moves in next door, Joe's mum explains that they are asylum seekers. Joe hears that they are silence seekers, especially as Mum adds that they need peace and quiet. When he sees a young boy from the family sitting disconsolately on the steps, Joe decides to help him find a quiet place in the noisy and chaotic city. A simple, moving story which is the perfect way to gently open discussion around the refugee crisis.

Day of Ahmed's Secret

Day of Ahmed's Secret
Author: Florence H. Parry
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 36
Release: 1995-04-25
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0688140238

As Ahmed delivers bottles of propane gas, he treasures a special secret he can't wait to share with his family. "Skillfully, the authors use the secret to sustain suspense...and to highlight the significance of Ahmed's poignant joy in his accomplishment....A handsome, affectionate book."--Kirkus Reviews.

Banana Blitz

Banana Blitz
Author: Florence Parry Heide
Publisher: Yearling
Total Pages: 132
Release: 1984-05
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780553152586

Television and candy bar addict Jonah, arriving at Fairlee School, thinks his problems will be over if he can just win the prize offered by the American Banana Institute for watching its commercials.

The Four False Weapons

The Four False Weapons
Author: John Dickson Carr
Publisher: Murder Room
Total Pages: 264
Release: 2012-11-19
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1471905241

It is no ordinary murder case that brings the famed French detective Monsieur Bencolin out of retirement, but one that involves a midnight rendezvous on a steamy Paris night, a broken love affair, and four different murder weapons found in the secret villa where the body is discovered. Rose Klonec, whose corpse bears the mark of a particularly horrible wound, had connections - and old lovers - throughout Paris, and soon the number of suspects grows to match the number of possible weapons ...

American Too

American Too
Author: Elisa Bartone
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1996
Genre: Emigration and immigration
ISBN: 9780688132781

When Rosina arrives in New York Harbor with her family from Italy, she dreams of dressing up someday as the Statue of Liberty.

Why We Sleep

Why We Sleep
Author: Matthew Walker
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 368
Release: 2017-10-03
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 1501144316

"Sleep is one of the most important but least understood aspects of our life, wellness, and longevity ... An explosion of scientific discoveries in the last twenty years has shed new light on this fundamental aspect of our lives. Now ... neuroscientist and sleep expert Matthew Walker gives us a new understanding of the vital importance of sleep and dreaming"--Amazon.com.

Sitti's Secrets

Sitti's Secrets
Author: Naomi Shihab Nye
Publisher: Aladdin
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1997-10-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780689817069

A beautiful picture book about family and love across distance. Mona’s grandmother, her Sitti, lives in a small Palestinian village on the other side of the earth. Once, Mona went to visit her. The couldn’t speak each other’s language, so they made up their own. They learned about each other’s worlds, and they discovered each other’s secrets. Then it was time for Mona to go back home, back to the other side of the earth. But even though there were millions of miles and millions of people between them, they remained true neighbors forever.

The House of Wisdom

The House of Wisdom
Author: Florence Parry Heide
Publisher: DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
Total Pages: 48
Release: 1999
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN:

Ishaq, the son of the chief translator to the Caliph of ancient Baghdad, travels the world in search of precious books and manuscripts and brings them back to the great library known as the House of Wisdom.