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Author
Publisher
The Unnamed Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"The Saturnalia carnival marks three years since Nina walked away from Philadelphia's elite Saturn Club--with its genteel debauchery, arcane pecking order, and winking interest in alchemy and the occult. In doing so, she abandoned her closest friends and her chance to climb the social ladder. Since then, she's eked out a living by telling fortunes with her Saturn Club tarot deck, a solemn initiation gift that Nina always considered a gag but has turned...
Author
Publisher
Little Bee Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"From South Korea to Nigeria to the USA, come celebrate festivals throughout the year! People around the world are celebrating. In Australia, it's Christmas in summer with barbecues on the beach. In Thailand, they're celebrating Songkran, the famous Buddhist water festival. Rhyming text and graphic illustrations pair perfectly and invite young readers to explore the world through mesmerizing festivals"--
Author
Publisher
Sterling Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Discover a world of celebrations! This entertaining book introduces kids to 14 holidays, from Brazilian carnival, Chinese New Year, Bastille Day, and the Cherry Blossom Festival to Purim, Holi, Eid al-Fitr, Day of the Dead, and Halloween. As in the popular What's On Your Plate?, each spread showcases a different holiday, offering background, cultural context, vocabulary words, photographs, and instructions for festive projects."--Publisher's description....
Author
Series
Publisher
Berkley Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Olivia thought gathering some of the most renowned storytellers in one place would be a nice, simple way for herself and the Bayside Book Writers to appreciate their talents. But things take a dark turn when the most famous storyteller in the nation, the captivating performer Violetta Devereaux, announces onstage that she will meet her end in Oyster Bay. When Violetta is discovered murdered after the show, everyone involved with the retreat becomes...
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Meet kids who share how they celebrate holidays all year long--perfect for discussions about de-centering winter holidays!"--
Who says the holidays only happen in the winter? Every day's a holiday when you live in a world as diverse as ours! From Juneteenth to Vesak, and Yom Kippur to Día de las Muertos, the festivities never end. Come and join us and learn about eighteen holidays celebrated by a diverse group of children in this inviting and joyful...
Publisher
Lonely Planet
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Find the best thing to do every day of the year, from one-day events like India's Holi festival or the cheese-rolling race at Cooper's Hill in England, to seasonal events like Alaska's caribou migration and weather-dependent adventures like completing the Tour de Mont Blanc. This vibrant, practical and addictive book covers the 365 best festivals, sporting events, adventures and natural phenomena.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Felicia Swift never dreamed she'd hear a deep, sexy voice from her past in tiny Fool's Gold, California. The last time Gideon Boylan whispered in her ear was half a world away{u2026}on the morning after the hottest night of her life. Her freaky smarts have limited her close friendships, and romance, but she came to Fool's Gold looking for ordinary. Gorgeous, brooding Gideon is anything but that. Black Ops taught Gideon that love could be deadly. Now...
11) Prose and cons
Author
Series
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
October in Cascade Springs, New York means tourists are pouring in for the annual Food and Wine Festival, and Daisy hopes to draw those crowds to the store. She asks Violet and the local writing group, the Red Inkers, to give a reading of the works of Edgar Allan Poe in the shop's back garden to entertain the revelers. Everyone eagerly agrees. Yet their enthusiasm is soon extinguished when Violet discovers one of the writers dead during the event....
Author
Publisher
Quirk Books
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"In this hard-rocking, spine-tingling supernatural thriller, the washed-up guitarist of a '90s heavy metal band embarks on an epic road-trip across America and deep into the web of a sinister conspiracy. Grady Hendrix, horror writer and author of Paperbacks from Hell and My Best Friend's Exorcism, is back with his most electrifying novel yet. In the 1990s, heavy metal band Dürt Würk was poised for breakout success--but then lead singer Terry Hunt...
Author
Series
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The annual Corn Maze Festival is coming and everyday the chickens, cows, and Duck help Farmer Brown--with a few bribes--to create a special Statue of Liberty corn maze, and every night Duck works hard recreating his own surprise.
Author
Series
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
When a legendary femme fatale is nearly killed during Movie Town Theater's first ever Film Noir Festival, Penelope Thornton-McClure turns to P.I. Jack Shepard, a hard-boiled ghost who remembers the victim's dark past, for help in solving the mystery.
Author
Publisher
Alcove Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"After years of putting aside her dreams of travel and adventure, Bailey George is ready to leave Lanford Falls and her responsibilities behind on a long-awaited vacation to New York City. But when the volunteer who took over her leadership position for the town's Winter Wonderfest has a medical emergency, Bailey finds herself stuck in Lanford Falls. She gets roped into reassuming her old role, not wanting to let the town or her friends and family...
Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Bicycle shop owner Mac Almeida and her crime-solving book group put their sleuthing skills to good use when the organizer of the Spring equinox festival is found dead in the Book Nook, hoping to bring the killer's story to an end.
17) A wicked yarn
Author
Series
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
When she gets tangled up in the murder of her best friend Belinda's ex-husband, knitting enthusiast Lia Geiger must unravel the clues to prove Belinda's innocence, with the help of the Ninth Street Knitters.
18) Death over easy
Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corporation
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
During the annual Brown County Bluegrass Festival, country store and café owner Robbie Jordan must help a group of banjo players clear their names in the murder of a performer with the help of an unexpected partner.
Author
Language
English
Description
"Detective Elise King investigates a man's disappearance in a seaside town where the locals and weekenders are at odds with each other in this rich and captivating new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Widow. Elise King is a successful and ambitious detective-or she was before a medical leave left her unsure if she'd ever return to work. She now spends most days watching the growing tensions in her small seaside town of Ebbing-the...
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
210L
Language
English
Description
Pinkalicious participates in a traditional Japanese cherry blossom festival and, thanks to the help of a new friend, learns how to fly a kite.
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