Lefteri, Christy
Summary: "In present-day Greece, deep in an ancient forest, lives a family: Irini, a musician, who teaches children to read and play music; her husband, Tasso, who paints pictures of the forest, his greatest muse; and Chara, their young daughter, whose name means joy. On the fateful day that will forever alter the trajectory of their lives, flames chase fleeing birds across the sky. The wildfire that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2024
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LEFSmith, Renée Felice
Summary: All the forest animals know it is impossible to make it through the Impossible Thing, but a small dog named Hugo is determined to try, inspiring hope in his friends.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flamingo Books 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SMIHolub, Joan
Summary: Elpis, a hope-spreading bubble, is given the chance to become the Spirit of Hope at Mount Olympus Academy if she can prove herself as a human girl among the students, but quickly realizes that being a human girl comes with its own challenges.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC HOLMcLean, Danielle
Summary: "You may have had a few hard days, but now here comes the sun. The rainbow lights the gloomy sky, it's hope for everyone. With stunning illustrations, uplifting text, and a shiny rainbow, this is the perfect book to reassure toddlers that hope and happiness can be found everywhere that we look for them." --Back cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tiger Tales 2023
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE MCL (BOARD)Nellist, Glenys
Summary: Little Mole is sad, so his mother teaches him about hope by leading the way out of their dark burrow into a bright world filled with the promise of spring.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beaming Books 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE NELMarsh, Katherine
Summary: "Fourteen-year-old Ahmed, a Syrian refugee, and thirteen-year-old Max, an American boy, are bound by a secret that sets them on the adventure of a lifetime"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press, a division of Holtzbrinck Publishing 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC MARMoore, Katrina
Summary: "When Eva's hopes for a cheerful flower garden are dashed by a rascally -- and hungry! -- rabbit, she sinks into despair. But it's from this new vantage point that she discovers something surprising and wonderful about her four-legged nemesis that reminds Eva of her own growing family and inspires her to try again. This lyrical picture book is a celebration of springtime and resilience that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 2023
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Summary: A celebration of all the things that hope can mean and how to reach for your dreams, whether they are as big as the night sky or as small as a bowl of ice cream.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flamingo Books 2024
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Summary: "A wordless picture book portrayal of war seen through the eyes of a young girl who finds hope in the symbolism of yellow butterflies against the background of a pure blue sky. Using the colors of his national flag, Oleksandr Shatokhin has created a deeply emotional response to the conflict in Ukraine and provided a narrative full of powerful visual metaphors for readers to consider as they...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Red Comet Press 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SHAKozikoğlu, Tülin
Summary: "This is the story of two parallel journeys in cities far apart. A mother and a son leave their home for a better day, while a father and a daughter leave their home for a safer day. The concerns of the parents are almost the same as they watch over their kids, but their experiences are sadly very different. The father and daughter are fleeing a city devastated by war, leaving their home--and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crocodile Books, USA, an imprint of Interlink Publishing Group, Inc. 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE KOZDaciūtė, Evelina
Summary: A beautifully illustrated story for children about the nature of happiness. Learn about family, happiness, and friendship in this hope-filled children's book. Our story starts with a boy named Paul, who lives in a cozy treehouse in a big city with his family. And then something unexpected happens - Paul befriends a wise, friendly fox on a walk home from the bakery. The fox gives Paul a space to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thames & Hudson 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE DACPalmer, Bobby
Summary: A young man walks into the woods on the worst morning of his life and finds something there that will change everything. It's a tale that might seem familiar. But how it speaks to you will depend on how you've lived until now. Sometimes, to get out of the woods, you have to go into them.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Headline Review 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PALEarhardt, Ainsley
Summary: A celebration of the enduring power of love, told in lullaby form. The author shares her own hopes and dreams, and lets her child know that whatever challenges life brings, "Before you were born, Before you came to be, I dreamed a love song..." and "Take heart, my child, I will-- or, my love will-- always be there for you." It's a universal message, one that all readers will relate to. This...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing 2016
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE EARCordell, Matthew
Summary: "Two lions celebrate their grandchild and express all the ways this new life has expanded their world, and the hope they hold for his future"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disney-Hyperion 2019
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Summary: A narrator describes life before the Covid-19 pandemic, and the social and personal changes that followed.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ROBSavaryn, Lorelei
Summary: After the death of her parents, Lotties loses her colorful magic and is sent to the gray wasteland to live with her uncle, but the discovery of a locked-up garden, a wise cardinal, and a hidden boy gives Lottie a second chance at bringing color back into her life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC SAVMuñoz Ledo, Norma
Summary: Susi tiene 16 años, una mejor amiga, un primer amor, un papá ausente, una mamá con quien pelea, un aspirante a padrastro al que odia, una abuela amorosa y cuatro mascotas a quienes considera sus hijos. Un día, la vida de Susi da un vuelco inesperado: su madre sufre un accidente y el diagnóstico del médico {u2014}fractura hendida de cráneo{u2014} se traduce como ?Por el momento, está en coma?....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Editorial Santillana 2019
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1 available in New YA Materials, Call number: YA WORLD SPANISH MUNWilliams, Nyasha
Summary: Nyasha Williams's latest picture book is a moving and powerful invitation to BIPOC children to fully explore their dreams for the future. Dreams provide purpose and meaning--they are ideas born of love. They take time to sprout and can sometimes be clouded by the doubts of others, BUT with patience and discipline, we can rely on our visions for a better world by following our dreams....
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Publisher / Publication Date: RP Kids 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE WILThomas, Sarah Loudin
Summary: "After promising a town he'd find them water and then failing, Sullivan Harris is on the run; but he grows uneasy when one success makes folks ask him to find other things-like missing items or sons. When men are killed digging the Hawk's Nest Tunnel, Sully is compelled to help, and it becomes the catalyst for finding what even he has forgotten-hope"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bethany House Publishers, a division of Baker Publishing Group 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC THODwyer, Mindy
Summary: Loosely based on "Cinderella," this story is set in Alaska, the fairy godmother is an eagle, and the hero, the son of a cannery owner, finds his true love through her Sitka slipper, a heavy rubber boot she left at the Silver Salmon Festival.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sasquatch Books 2004
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 DWYPittman, Joseph.
Summary: "Nora Connors Rainer has returned to her hometown, Linden Corners, to tend to her elderly but spunky pie-baking mother--and to nurse a broken heart. To keep busy, Nora opens "A Doll's Attic," a consignment shop where locals can unload their unwanted heirlooms. And the upcoming holidays are bringing a host of interesting objects--and people--through her doors. Eighty-five year old Thomas Van...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kensington Books 2012
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PITFeng, Linda Rui
Summary: "In the summer of 1986 in a small Chinese village, ten-year-old Junie receives a momentous letter from her parents, who had left for America years ago: her father promises to return home and collect her by her twelfth birthday. What Junie doesn't know is that her parents, Momo and Cassia, are newly estranged from one another in their adopted country. In order for Momo to fulfill his promise, he...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FENKennedy, Louise
Summary: "Brilliant, dark stories of women's lives by "a very major talent" (Joseph O'Connor, Irish Times) In these visceral, stunningly crafted stories by the author of the much-acclaimed Trespasses, women's lives are etched by deprivation-material, emotional, sexual-but also splashed by beauty, sometimes even joy, as they search for the good in the cards they've been dealt. A wife is abandoned by her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2023
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1 available in New Fiction, Call number: FIC KENEvans, Richard Paul.
Summary: A letter left on his daughter's grave sends a man searching for his mother who abandoned him in childhood. For David Parkins, it's a chance at happiness, his wife having just left him. A sentimental tale set in 1930s Salt Lake City.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 1997