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41) Ellen Tebbits
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English
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The part of third grade Ellen Tebbits likes most is having Austine Allen for her best friend.
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English
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Alder has always lived in his cozy little house in Southern California. An old, reliable, comforting walnut tree has stood between his house and the one next door. When a new family--with a particularly annoying girl his age named Oak--moves into the neighboring house, they cut the tree down. As Oak and Alder start school together, they can't imagine ever becoming friends. But they soon discover a series of mysterious, possibly magical, connections...
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Elephant and Piggie books volume 23
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Gerald is tired and cranky and wants to take a nap, but Piggie is not helping.
44) Chester's way
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English
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Chester and Wilson share the same exact way of doing things, until Lilly moves into the neighborhood and shows them that new ways can be just as good.
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Dragon girls volume 1
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English
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"Azmina, Willa, and Naomi are thrilled to learn they're Glitter Dragon Girls. Summoned to the Magic Forest by its magnificent ruler, the Tree Queen, the girls quickly find out their dragon-selves have unbelievable abilities ... As Dragon Girls, they are sworn protectors of the forest and must help keep it safe from the troublesome Shadow Sprites, who are determined to take the forest's magic for their own."--
46) My friend is sad
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English
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When Gerald the Elephant is sad, Piggie is determined cheer him up, but finds after many tries that it only takes the simplest thing to change Gerald's mood.
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English
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"Cecilia Ross is looking for a change. She has decided to take time off from her job as a successful motivational speaker and sell her home. She moves in to a beautiful old house in St. Paul, Minnesota, complete with a big front porch, a wild garden, a chef's kitchen--and three roommates. The four women are different ages, but all are feeling restless, and want to take a roadtrip to find again the people and things they miss. One woman wants to connect...
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Elephant and Piggie books volume 25
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children, an imprint of Disney Book Group
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Piggie is determined to thank everyone she knows, but Gerald thinks she will forget someone important"--
50) Hello, universe
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English
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"In one day, four lives weave together in unexpected ways. Virgil Salinas is shy and kindhearted and feels out of place in his crazy-about-sports family. Valencia Somerset, who is deaf, is smart, brave, and secretly lonely, and she loves everything about nature. Kaori Tanaka is a self-proclaimed psychic, whose little sister, Gen, is always following her around. And Chet Bullens wishes the weird kids would just stop being so different so he can concentrate...
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2020.
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English
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"Two of the nation's leading feminists and hosts of the hit podcast "Call Your Girlfriend" make the bold and compelling argument that a close friendship is the most influential and important relationship a human life can contain-helping you improve as a person and in your relationships with others"--
A close friendship is one of the most influential and important relationships a human life can contain, but most people don't talk about what it really...
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Elephant and Piggie books volume 7
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
c2008
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English
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Friends Elephant and Piggie are playing outside when it starts to rain, and then they must decide what to do.
54) Ivy and Bean
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When seven-year-old Bean plays a mean trick on her sister, she finds unexpected support for her antics from Ivy, the new neighbor, who is less boring than Bean first suspected.
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Big Nate (Chapter books) volume 7
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English
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"As his school's centennial is coming up, Big Nate is stuck showing the dorky new kid around"--
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English
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Massachusetts Book Awards
Page to Screen
STO: Local Authors
Wayland YA Booklists: Navigating Friendships
Page to Screen
STO: Local Authors
Wayland YA Booklists: Navigating Friendships
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Twelve-year-old Suzy Swanson wades through her intense grief over the loss of her best friend by investigating the rare jellyfish she is convinced was responsible for her friend's death.
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"After the death of her husband, Ellie Huang, discovering he had a mistress, cashes in his life insurance policy for an extended stay on the French Riviera with her best friend--a sun-drenched getaway that turns into a reckoning for Ellie as long-simmering tensions and uncomfortable truths come to the surface"--
Desperate to obliterate her past, a young widow flees California for the French Riviera in this compelling debut, a tale of loss, rebirth,...
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Elephant and Piggie books volume 5
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English
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When Elephant accidentally breaks Piggie's new toy, they both experience intense feelings before coming to realize how important their friendship is.
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English
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Framingham 2024 Reading Bingo Suggestions
Medfield - Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
Medfield Cozy Reads for Adults - Contemporary
Medfield - Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
Medfield Cozy Reads for Adults - Contemporary
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"Widower Mukesh lives a quiet life in Wembley, in West London after losing his beloved wife. He shops every Wednesday, goes to Temple, and worries about his granddaughter, Priya, who hides in her room reading while he spends his evenings watching nature documentaries. Aleisha is a bright but anxious teenager working at the local library for the summer when she discovers a crumpled-up piece of paper in the back of To Kill a Mockingbird. It's a list...
60) Solitaire
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English
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Tori has friends. She has brothers. She has parents. Sometimes she can be bothered to talk to them. Most of the time, though, she would prefer not to have to deal with other people. Until the day she follows a trail of Post-its from her locker to a deserted computer lab, where she finds a message from a mysterious group called Solitaire. It's also where she meets Michael Holden. Irrepressibly cheerful, weird, and determined to be her friend, Michael...
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