Search Results: Returned 9 Results, Displaying Titles 1 - 9
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2024., Pre-adolescent, G.P. Putnam's Sons Call No: FIC HOR Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "After a spill at the science fair turns Stan and Gene invisible, one boy uses his powers for good while the other makes trouble"--Provided by publisher.
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[2016], Juvenile, Quirk Books Call No: 709.22 STABLER Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "When the world's most celebrated artists were growing up, they had regular-kid problems just like you. Jackson Pollock's family moved constantly--he lived in eight different cities before he was sixteen years old. Georgia O'Keeffe lived in the shadow of her "perfect" older brother Francis. And Jean-Michel Basquiat triumphed over poverty to become one of the world's most influential artists. Kid Artists tells their stories and more with full-color cartoon illustrations on nearly every page. Other subjects include Claude Monet, Jacob Lawrence, Leonardo da Vinci, Vincent van Gogh, Pablo Picasso, Frida Kahlo, Beatrix Potter, Yoko Ono, Dr. Seuss, Emily Carr, Keith Haring, Charles Schulz, and Louise Nevelson."--From back cover.
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2015, Juvenile, Quirk Books Call No: 920 STABLER Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Sixteen "true tales from the childhoods of famous athletes, from Babe Ruth (so incorrigible that his parents put him in reform school at age 7) to Muhammad Ali (who learned to fight at age 12 after a thief stole his bicycle)"--Amazon.com.
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[2014]., Pre-adolescent, Quirk Books Call No: 920 STABLER Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: The kids who grew up to be president were like a lot of other children. Some struggled with schoolwork and got into fights; others pranked their teachers and infuriated their parents. William Howard Taft was forced to take dance lessons. Gerald Ford struggled with dyslexia. Teddy Roosevelt had a bedroom "museum" full of dead animals. "Kid Presidents" features 20 captivating true stories from the childhoods of American presidents, complete with lively text and more than 200 cartoon illustrations.
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[2014], Pre-adolescent, Quirk Books Call No: 973 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A collection of anecdotes from the childhoods of United States presidents.
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[2014]., Pre-adolescent, Quirk Books Call No: 973.09 STA Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Presents twenty stories featuring the United States presidents when they were children, including William Taft's dance lessons, Lyndon Johnson's classroom pranks, and Gerald Ford's struggles with dyslexia.
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c2011., Adolescent, Quirk Books Call No: [Fic] Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s) Summary Note: After a family tragedy, Jacob feels compelled to explore an abandoned orphanage on an island off the coast of Wales, discovering disturbing facts about the children who were kept there.
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c2011., Adolescent, Quirk Books Call No: YOUNG ADULT Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Miss Peregrine Volume: bk 1Summary Note: A mysterious island. An abandoned orphanage. And a strange collection of very curious photographs. It all waits to be discovered in Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, an unforgettable novel that mixes fiction and photography in a thrilling reading experience. As our story opens, a horrific family tragedy sets sixteen-year-old Jacob journeying to a remote island off the coast of Wales, where he discovers the crumbling ruins of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. As Jacob explores its abandoned bedrooms and hallways, it becomes clear that the children who once lived here -- one of whom was his own grandfather -- were more than just peculiar. They may have been dangerous. They may have been quarantined on a desolate island for good reason. And somehow -- impossible though it seems -- they may still be alive. A spine-tingling fantasy illustrated with haunting vintage photography, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children will delight adults, teens, and anyone who relishes an adventure in the shadows. - Publisher.
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2019., Simon Pulse Call No: Young adult FIC HOMER Edition: First Simon Pulse hardcover edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Kirby Burns is about to have the second worst day of his life. Tomorrow is the one-year anniversary of the worst day of his life. Kirby and his friends PJ and Jake sneak out of his house to play a prank whose consequences follow them to school the next day, causing a chain reaction of mayhem and disaster.
