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2019., Ages 8-12, Roaring Brook Press Call No: Y LAC Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "Red's inexplicable power over the wind comes from her mother. Whenever Ruby "Red" Byrd is scared or angry, the wind picks up. And being placed in foster care, moving from family to family, tends to keep her skies stormy. Red knows she has to learn to control it, but can't figure out how. This time, the wind blows Red into the home of the Grooves, a quirky couple who run a petting zoo, complete with a dancing donkey and a giant tortoise. With their own curious gifts, Celine and Jackson Groove seem to fit like a puzzle piece into Red's heart. But just when Red starts to settle into her new life, a fresh storm rolls in, one she knows all too well: her mother. For so long, Red has longed to have her mom back in her life, and she's quickly swept up in the vortex of her mother's chaos. Now Red must discover the possible in the impossible if she wants to overcome her own tornadoes and find the family she needs,"--Amazon.com.
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By Furniss, Jo[2017]., Adults, Lake Union Publishing Call No: FIC FUR Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Struggling with working-mother guilt, Marlene Greene hopes a camping trip in the forest will provide quality time with her three young children--until they see fires in the distance, columns of smoke distorting the sweeping view. Overnight, all communication with the outside world is lost. Knowing something terrible has happened, Marlene suspects that the isolation of the remote campsite is all that's protecting her family. But the arrival of a lost boy reveals they are not alone in the woods, and as the unfolding disaster ravages the land, more youngsters seek refuge under her wing. The lives of her own children aren't the only ones at stake. When their sanctuary is threatened, Marlene faces the mother of all dilemmas: Should she save her own kids or try to save them all? --
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c2003., Ages 3-6, Putnam's Call No: G DAN Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Fourth-grader Amber Brown must make some important decisions when her mother and Max move their wedding date up and prepare to buy a house together, while her father makes some bad choices of his own.
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c2004., Adult, Random House Call No: FIC BER Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Laura Bartone, now in her fifties, is forced to face unpleasant truths from the past when her troubled sister Caroline calls on the eve of a family reunion and asks to meet with her and their brother to discuss the abuses she believes she suffered at their hands of their emotionally distant mother.
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2018., Ages 4-8, Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic, Inc. Call No: PB AND Edition: First American edition. Availability:0 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Pip-Pip, the littlest penguin, is teased for being afraid of the water until, with his mother's guidance, he finally jumps in.
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[2004], c1996., 5-8, Yearling Call No: Y WHI Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: When Woodrow's mother suddenly disappears, he moves to his grandparents' home in a small Virginia town where he befriends his cousin and together they find the strength to face the terrible losses and fears in their lives.
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2015], Adults, St. Martin's Press Call No: FIC DEL Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "Some women are born with an instinct for knowing how things work- and what to do when they break. Caroline MacAfee is a skilled carpenter, her daughter Jamie, a talented architect. Together they are the face of Gut It!, a home renovation series on local public television. Caroline takes pride in her work, and in the way she connects with the show's audience. But when she is told the network wants her daughter to replace her as host-the day after Caoline's fifty-sixth birthday- she is devastated. The fallout couldn't come at a worse time. For Jamie, life changes overnight when, soon after learning of the host shift, her father and his new wife die in a car accident that orphans their two-year-old son. Accustomed to organization and planning, she is now grappling with a toddler who misses his parents, a fiance who doesn't want the child, a staggering new attraction, and a work challenge that, if botched, could undermine the future of both MacAfee Homes and Gut It! For Caroline, hosting Gut It! is part of her identity. Facing its loss, she feels betrayed by her daughter and old in the eyes of the world. Her ex-husband's death thrusts her into the role of caregiver to his aging father. And then there's Dean, an long-time friend, whose efforts to seduce her awaken desires that have been dormant for so long that she feels foreign to herself. Who am I? Both women ask, as the blueprints they've built their lives around suddenly need revising. While loyalties shift, decisions hover, and new relationships tempt, their challenge comes not only in remaking themselves, but in rebuilding their relationship with each other" -- Provided by publisher.
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c2005., Adult, HarperCollins Call No: FIC MIT Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Advice columnist Julieanne is shocked when her husband asks for a separation, leaving her and their three children behind to fend for themselves, but when Julieanne is diagnosed with a serious illness, Julieanne must find a way to care for her children and prepare them for a life without either of their parents.
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2021., Ages 14-18; Grades 10-12, JIMMY Patterson Books, Little, Brown and Company Call No: YA PAT Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Hawk Volume: #2Summary Note: Hawk accepts her mother Max's help to prevent vengeful hybrids, amoral scientists, traitorous politicians, and a deadly virus from overwhelming her beloved, polluted city.
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By Rice, Luanne2004., Adult, Bantam Books Call No: FIC RIC Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Jane Porter leaves her upscale New York City bakery to return to Twin Rivers, Rhode Island, to help care for her ailing mother, where she finds the secret of her past complicated by her growing attraction to widowed apple grower Dylan Chadwick.
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c2003., 4.8; Ages 4-8, Dial Books for Young Readers Call No: PB BUZ Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Mama Duck tries to keep Dawdle Duckling together with his siblings, but he wants to dawdle and dream, preen and play, splash and spin.
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[2017]., Ages 5-9, Reach Incorporated : Shout Mouse Press Call No: G HAY Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Books by teens.Summary Note: After her mother goes to jail, Deena's grandmother, father, and best friend all do their best to help her deal with her feelings of anger.
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2019., Ages 4-8; Grades K-1, Scholastic Inc. Call No: PB SMI Edition: [First American edition]. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Originally written as a children's song, Wonky Donkey has a daughter, cute and small, and prone to mischief.
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[2021]., Ages 4-8, Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers Call No: PB HO Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "A young Asian girl notices that her eyes look different from her peers'. They have big, round eyes and long lashes. She realizes that her eyes are like her mother's, her grandmother's, and her little sister's. They have eyes that kiss in the corners and glow like warm tea, crinkle into crescent moons, and are filled with stories of the past and hope for the future. Drawing from the strength of these powerful women in her life, she recognizes her own beauty and discovers a path to self love and empowerment. This powerful, poetic picture book will resonate with readers of all ages and is a celebration of diversity."--Provided by publisher.
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c2005., Adult, WestBow Press Call No: FIC GUN Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Abby returns to her childhood home in rural Louisiana, hoping to share the wisdom of her ninety-two-year-old grandma with her daughter Hannah, but instead of the wise, loving woman Abby remembers, she finds an old woman with the power to crush Hannah's spirit.
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2021., Adults, Little, Brown and Company Call No: FIC HIL Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Entering the afterlife due to a hit and run accident, a successful author learns she can observe the earthly lives of her nearly grown children and is also permitted three "nudges" to alter the outcome of events.
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c1988., Warner Juvenile Books Call No: E GIL Edition: Warner Juvenile Boo Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: A young dinosaur brimming with love intends to hatch and raise a baby bird, until she sees the grief of the real mother.
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c2000., Ages 4-8, Scholastic Call No: E BLA Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Hello reader.Summary Note: After their mother gets home from work, her two children enjoy spending the evening at the park with her.