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Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"From Emmy-award winning actor, author, comedian, producer, and director Henry Winkler, a deeply thoughtful memoir of the lifelong effects of stardom and the struggle to become whole. Henry Winkler, launched into prominence as "The Fonz" in the beloved Happy Days, has transcended the role that made him who he is. Brilliant, funny, and widely-regarded as the nicest man in Hollywood (though he would be the first to tell you that it's simply not the...
Author
Publisher
Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The beloved star of Friends takes us behind the scenes of the hit sitcom and his struggles with addiction in this candid, funny, and revelatory memoir that delivers a powerful message of hope and persistence. In an extraordinary story that only he could tell, Matthew Perry takes readers onto the soundstage of the most successful sitcom of all time while opening up about his private struggles with addiction. Candid, self-aware, and told with his trademark...
Author
Series
George Brown class clown volume 2
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
119 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
As the students at his school prepare for a talent show and class presentations about Hawaii, fourth-grader George tries hard to behave, but his magic super burps keep getting him in trouble.
Author
Language
English
Description
In this follow-up to her critically acclaimed memoir, Home , Julie Andrews shares reflections on her astonishing career, including such classics as Mary Poppins , The Sound of Music , and Victor/Victoria . In Home , the number one New York Times international bestseller, Julie Andrews recounted her difficult childhood and her emergence as an acclaimed singer and performer on the stage. With this second memoir, Home Work: A Memoir of My Hollywood Years...
Author
Series
Caraval volume Book 3
Publisher
Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 17
Physical Desc
478 pages : illustration ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
A love worth fighting for. A dream worth dying for. An ending worth waiting for.
It’s been two months since the Fates were freed from a deck of cards, two months since Legend claimed the throne for his own, and two months since Tella discovered the boy she fell in love with doesn’t really exist.
With lives, empires, and hearts hanging in the balance, Tella must decide if she’s going to trust Legend or a former enemy. After uncovering a secret...
8) Isabelle
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Isabelle, who attends a performing arts school in Washington, D.C., with her older sister, Jade, has a passion for ballet dancing but lacks self-confidence.
Author
Publisher
Sterling
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Determined to win tickets to an Elvis Poultry concert, hens Marge and Lola enter the Barnyard Talent Show, then, while the ducks who usually win the contest jeer, they test out their abilities.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 550 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The best-selling author of Jim Henson: The Biography traces the story of the man behind such blockbuster franchises as Star Wars and Indiana Jones, offering insight into the challenges he overcame and his influential legacy,"--NoveList.
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"What happens when musical instruments can't make the sounds we expect them to make? Is music still possible? The schools of Philadelphia were filling up with broken violins, drums, pianos, and more, making it difficult for students to learn to play. This sparked an idea for a symphony, played entirely with the broken instruments, that would raise funds to repair the instruments themselves. Musicians young and old volunteered, and their captivating...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Longtime Jeopardy! host and television icon Alex Trebek reflects on his life and career"--Dust jacket.
"Since debuting as the host of Jeopardy! in 1984, Alex Trebek has been something like a family member to millions of television viewers, bringing entertainment and education into their homes five nights a week. Last year, he made the stunning announcement that he had been diagnosed with stage four pancreatic cancer. What followed was an incredible...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xii, 300 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A Little Devil in America is an urgent project that unravels all modes and methods of black performance, in this moment when black performers are coming to terms with their value, reception, and immense impact on America. With sharp insight, humor, and heart, Abdurraqib examines how black performance happens in specific moments in time and space--midcentury Paris, the moon, or a cramped living room in Columbus, Ohio. At the outset of this project,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
"In this story (told in the form of a television broadcast), bears emerge from hibernation demanding to be fed.".
16) Be a ballerina!
Author
Series
Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Angelina Ballerina shows young readers all the ways to be a ballerina in this 8x8 paperback storybook that includes French flaps, foil, and embossing on the cover-plus quotes that readers can press out and display! Angelina Ballerina does many things throughout her day that help her be the best ballerina she can be. Ballerinas fuel their bodies, so Angelina eats a healthy breakfast. They're dedicated and determined, like Angelina as she goes to ballet...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xii, 267 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
Lin-Manuel Miranda gives readers an extraordinary inside look at "In the Heights," his breakout Broadway debut, written with Quiara AlegrƯa Hudes, soon to be a Hollywood blockbuster. Miranda offers untold stories, perceptive essays, and the lyrics to his songs. Features newly commissioned portraits and never-before-seen photos from backstage, the movie set, and productions around the world. Print run 200,000.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 7
Physical Desc
246 pages : illustrations ; 22cm
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Suzy Bowles dreams of life outside the small town of Burr Oak Michigan, but when she stumbles on the opportunity to learn ostrich-riding with the infamous Madame Marantette her obligations to her family on the farm threaten to derail her dreams of a bigger life. Includes photographs and information on Madame Marantette.
20) Sophie's drama
Author
Series
Publisher
Zonderkidz
Pub. Date
c2013
Physical Desc
247 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Sophie LaCroix is a creative soul with a desire to become a great film director someday, and she definitely has a flair for drama! Her overactive imagination frequently lands her in trouble, but her faith and friends always save the day. This bindup includes two-books-in-one, Sophie’s Drama and Sophie Gets Real. --Amazon