Matt Phelan
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Every day at the Athensville Zoo the peacocks are allowed to wander freely among the visitors, delighting and guiding kids and grownups alike, and kind, curious Plum is the peacock most proud of their responsibility. But Itch the ningbing--a type of very small marsupial--doesn't understand why those birdbrains should get so much freedom while he's all cooped up. So he plots and plots, sure that he will escape and become the zoo ambassador!
2) Pignic
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 cm
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"A pig experiences adversity but in the end enjoys a perfect summer day"--
3) Turtle walk
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32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 21 x 27 cm
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"A family of turtles goes for a long, long walk that has an unexpected and very fun ending"--
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In “The Happiness Index: Why Today's Employee Emotions Equal Tomorrow's Business Success,” cofounder and CEO of “The Happiness Index”, Matthew Phelan delivers a fascinating dive into data from over 100 countries and 2 million human beings that helps us understand what really drives our engagement and happiness at work.
In the book, you'll learn that "engagement" is what our brains need, and "happiness" is what our hearts need. You'll discover...
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223 pages : illustrations (some color), color map ; 21 cm
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The year is 1908, and a troupe of vaudeville performers has arrived in sleepy Muskegon, Michigan to spend the summer. Young Henry Harrison is fascinated with the animals and performers, but mostly with a slapstick performer his own age named Buster Keaton, who is also a master prankster and loves to play baseball.
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235 pages : chiefly color illustrations, color maps ; 21 cm
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Challenged with circling the world at the end of the nineteenth century, three very different adventurers -- avid bicyclist Thomas Stevens, fearless reporter Nellie Bly, and retired sea captain Joshua Slocum -- embark on epic journeys.
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221 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
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In 1783 France, ten-year-old Emilie works as Benjamin Franklin's caretaker, but after he finds himself in the middle of a sinister plot, he helps France's undercover guardians, a sheep, a roster and a duck save the world.
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201 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
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In Kansas in the year 1937, eleven-year-old Jack Clark faces his share of ordinary challenges: local bullies, his father's failed expectations, a little sister with an eye for trouble. But he also has to deal with the effects of the Dust Bowl, including rising tensions in his small town and the spread of a shadowy illness. Certainly a case of "dust dementia" would explain who (or what) Jack has glimpsed in the Talbot's abandoned barn - a sinister...
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
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When a big wind blows her annoying little brother away, Flora decides to save him despite the many tempting offers she gets for him from, among others, a cloud, an eagle, the man in the moon, and the wind itself.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 x 29 cm
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Xander Panda's plan to host a panda party falls through, since he is the only panda at the zoo, but when he extends the invitation to all of the bears, complications ensue. Includes author's note on the wonders of the animal kingdom and the international effort to save pandas from extinction.
16) Snow White
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1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm
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The scene: New York City. The dazzling lights cast shadows that grow ever darker as the glitzy prosperity of the Roaring Twenties screeches to a halt. Enter a cast of familiar characters: a young girl, Samantha White, returning after being sent away by her cruel stepmother, the Queen of the Follies, years earlier; her father, the King of Wall Street, who survives the stock market crash only to suffer a strange and sudden death; seven street urchins,...
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 25 cm
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A lot of Marilyn's friends have monsters. It's the latest thing. Each one is just right for its boy or girl. Marilyn really wants a monster, too, but despite her efforts to be the kind of girl no monster could resist, hers just doesn't come. What could be taking it so long? Everyone knows you just have to wait for your monster - but the spunky and determined Marilyn thinks there may be other ways that things can work.
18) Always
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 21 x 23 cm
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A child is reassured by his mother that she will love him even when he misbehaves.
19) A kite for Moon
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A young boy, seeing that Moon is lonely, sends up a kite to cheer her then, after growing up and learning many things, he becomes the first human to visit her. Dedicated to Neil Armstrong and written in recognition of the fiftieth anniversary of the first U.S. moon landing.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
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"Mister Rogers is one of the most beloved television personalities ever, but before he was the man who brought us "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood", he was just little Freddie Rogers. You Are My Friend tells how Fred was a sickly and lonely child. At school, he was bullied and had trouble making friends and expressing his feelings. His parents and grandparents encouraged Fred to ask for help and explore his world. When Fred grew up he became a champion...