Pacific Coasting: Sunset Hike 1,000-Piece Puzzle (Artisan Puzzle)
by Danielle Kroll (Author)
5 out of 5 stars
I love the design for this puzzle! The sunset is so peaceful, and I love the pretty bird and moth. It’s obviously carefully designed so that every green section has a slightly different style, making it easier to complete the puzzle.
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Evelina is a naive young lady, entering society for the first time. She has been raised and carefully educated in the country by her affectionate guardian, but now her rich relations begin to show an interest in her. Evelina travels to London where she meets a wide variety of people, not all of them exactly nice. Evelina finds herself in a kind of culture shock as she tries to navigate the different manners of high society in London, but her sweetness and good nature will always win her friends no matter where she goes.
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Sense and Sensibility (Modern Library)
by Jane Austen
Elinor and Marianne are two sisters with very different personalities. Elinor is practical and reserved. Marianne is emotional and vivacious. They struggle to understand each other, but ultimately they learn from one another. Although the sisters find romance in unexpected places, it is their sisterly relationship that defines them.
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John Derian Paper Goods: The Bower of Roses 1,000-Piece Puzzle (Artisan Puzzle)
by John Derian (Artist)
5 out of 5 stars
I love the artwork of this puzzle! It’s especially interesting because it was originally a greeting card from Currier and Ives between 1856-1907. I just love when there is some kind of special history like that.
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Summer Wars: Complete Edition
by Mamoru Hosoda, Iqura Sugimoto (Illustrator), Yoshiyuki Sadamoto (Designer)
Kenji is surprised when the most popular girl in school invites him to her family’s home for a weekend in the summer. He finds it awkward to fit in with her large and affluent family, especially since Natsuki is pretending that he is her fiancée! Kenji receives a work email from OZ, an online virtual world where he has some part-time work doing web maintenance. The email contains a code to be solved, and Kenji loves math puzzles. He solves the code and sends in the answer. The next morning, Kenji discovers that he has unwittingly unleashed a terrible danger into OZ.
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Basil and the Royal Dare (7) (The Great Mouse Detective)
by Cathy Hapka, Catherine Hapka, David Mottram (Illustrations)
Basil and Dawson are called to the royal palace to track down a group of teen royal cousins who have gone missing. The teens have a habit of daring each other to dangerous feats, teasing a ferocious dog and barely escaping from its jaws. Now they have disappeared, and the royal parents call on Basil to find them. Could they have been eaten by the horrible dog, or is there something more nefarious at work?
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The Garden Witch
by Kyle Beaudette
5 out of 5 stars
The Garden Witch is lonely. She only has three mean rats for company. They are so rude and horrible to her all the time, but she doesn’t have the courage to stand up to them. The magical garden hears the witch crying and decides to grow something new to help her – a magical turnip boy! Mickey Turnips is kind and helpful. He cooks and cleans and does the dishes. He helps the Garden Witch to sell her potions to the townsfolk. The rats hate him. They want to boil him up in a turnip stew. But the Garden Witch is now full of confidence and courage, inspired by Mickey Turnips. Those rats won’t get away with their rudeness again!
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El ratón que comía cuentos (Somos8) (Spanish Edition)
by José Carlos Andrés, Katharina Sieg (Illustrator)
Simón es un ratoncito que tiene mucha hambre. No importa lo que coma, siente un vacío por dentro. Un día, visita la librería y se come un cuento sobre piratas y hadas. ¡Se siente lleno por primera vez! La librera le dice que no necesita comerse los libros. Ella le leerá todos los cuentos que quiera. Disfruta tanto de los libros que trama un plan especial para compartir las historias con todos en la ciudad.
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Hideaway
by Melania Longo, Brenda Porster (Translator), Alessandro Sanna (illustrator)
A brother and sister play in a special secret hideaway surrounded by trees. They imagine that they are running through the grass with wild animals. They play with masks. They made shadow puppets. They draw and sketch and write secret notes. They collect leaves and stones. They gaze up at the stars and play in the snow. They drink mint tea in the summer. But when someone calls out to them, they are quiet as mice. Until their mother comes.
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The Grand Hotel of Feelings
by Lidia Brankovic
4 out of 5 stars
The manager of a hotel has to deal with some difficult guests – feelings. Some guests need a lot of room to express themselves, and some guests are quieter and more peaceful. No matter what feelings come to check in to the hotel, the manager knows that they are just temporary residents and they will come and go. But gratitude and contentment are always there when the manager needs some help.
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