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Summary: "A great book about becoming an artist, Woolgathering tells of a youngster finding herself as she learns the noble vocation of woolgathering, "a worthy calling that seemed a good job for me." She discovers--often at night, often in nature--the pleasures of rescuing "a fleeting thought." Deeply moving, Wool- gathering calls up our own memories, as the child "glimpses and gleans, piecing together...
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Directions Books 2021
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Summary: "How do our brains store-and then conjure up-past experiences to make us who we are? A twinge of sadness, a rush of love, a knot of loss, a whiff of regret. Memories have the power to move us, often when we least expect it, a sign of the complex neural process that continues in the background of our everyday lives. This process shapes us: filtering the world around us, informing our behavior...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 612.8 O'KESchept, Ken
Summary: When she finds a feather, Grandma Dot adds it to her collection. Feathers, she tells her two granddaughters, remind Grandma Dot of people she’s lost. At first, the girls see the feathers as fun to play with. But soon, Grandma Dot’s feathers take on larger meanings – of comfort, remembrance, and love. This affectionate, hopeful story will inspire readers of all ages to make memories and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Feiwel and Friends, 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SCHStiefel, Chana
Summary: "The story begins with Yaffa Eliach, a spirited young girl who grows up in a vibrant, happy 800-year-old town in Poland, filled with family life and rich traditions. Yaffa's grandmother, who receives a gift of a camera from America, becomes the village photographer, and takes photos of all the family events: weddings, bar mitzvahs, and family gatherings. And on the Jewish New Year, the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE STIReed, Ellis M.
Summary: This book introduces readers to the events of September 11 and the monument created to commemorate it. Readers learn about the history of the National September 11 Memorial and what it represents. Vivid photographs and easy-to-read text aid comprehension for early readers. Features include a table of contents, an infographic, fun facts, Making Connections questions, a glossary, and an index. QR...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cody Koala, an imprint of Pop! 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 974.7 REETaylor-Butler, Christine
Summary: Through his inspiring leadership during the Civil Rights Movement of the mid-20th century, Martin Luther King, Jr., made a remarkable impact on U.S. history. Today, his legacy is honored with a beautiful memorial in the center of Washington, D.C., the nations capital. Readers will learn about Kings life and accomplishments, how the memorial was planned and built, its integration with...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 975.3 TAYThomas, Christopher A.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton University Press 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 975.3 THOO'Sullivan, Joanne.
Summary: Provides ideas and step-by-step instructions for creating more than fifty handicraft projects, including room decorations, jewelry, a bookmark, cosmetics, clothing, and accessories.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lark Books 2005
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 745.5 OSULempke, Duane A.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2008
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 940.5546 LEMAnastas, Benjamin.
Summary: Recounts the author's efforts to rebuild in the face of a failing literary career and his wife's abandonment for another man, describing how his love for his young son inspired the confrontation of his own painful childhood memories.
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Harvest 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ANASTAS, BENJAMIN ANARipp, Victor
Summary: "An unsentimental meditation on memory and loss that recounts the author's search for a Holocaust memorial that speaks to the death of his young cousin In July 1942, the French police in Paris, acting for the German military government, arrested Victor Ripp's three-year-old cousin. Two months later, Alexandre was killed in Auschwitz. To try to make sense of this act, Ripp looks at it through...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.53 RIPRubin, Sean
Summary: "A deeply moving nonfiction picture book about the 9/11 Survivor Tree and the spirit of America"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 974.7 RUBFavreau, Marc
Summary: "The attack on Pearl Harbor unfolds through the actions and perspectives of American, Japanese, and Hawaiian leaders, soldiers, sailors, nurses, and civilians"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 940.54 FAVWright, Richard
Summary: "Fred Daniels, a Black man, is picked up by the police after a brutal double murder and tortured until he confesses to a crime he did not commit. After signing a confession, he escapes from custody and flees into the city's sewer system. Includes his companion essay, 'Memories of My Grandmother'."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Library of America 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WRIKelley, True
Summary: "It was world-famous sculptor Gutzon Borglum's dream to carve sixty-foot-high likenesses of four presidents on a granite cliff in South Dakota. Does that sound like a wacky idea? Many at the time thought so. Borglum faced a lot of opposition and problems at every turn; the blasting and carving carried out through the years of the Great Depression when funding for anything was hard to come by....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap, an Imprint pf Penguin Group (USA) LLC 2015
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J900 WHEHass, Kristin Ann
Summary: Monuments, museums, and everyday patriotic practices have made headlines for most of the twenty-first century, yet they are seldom look at together or understood explicitly as tools used by particular people in particular times and places to shape the culture in particular ways. Hass explore the complicated histories of sites of cultural infrastructure: memorials in parks, museums visited by...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 2022
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Summary: "It was a culinary journey like no other: Over the course of 195 weeks, food writer and blogger Sasha Martin set out to cook--and eat--a meal from every country in the world. As cooking unlocked the memories of her rough-and-tumble childhood and the loss and heartbreak that came with it, Martin became more determined than ever to find peace and elevate her life through the prism of food and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2015