Pfister – Happy hedgehog

CELC
JEFIC P
Pfister

Personal Author:

Pfister, Marcus.

Uniform title:

[Glückliche Mischka. English]

Title:

The happy hedgehog / Marcus Pfister ; translated by J. Alison James.

Publication info:

New York : North-South Books, 2000.

Physical description:

1 v. (unpaged) : ill.

Summary:

              Mikko the little hedgehog loved his garden. He knew all the animals that lived there. He knew all the plants and flowers too, and he enjoyed learning about their healing powers. He thought he was perfectly content—until the day Grandfather Tarek stopped by and told Mikko he was wasting his time. “Go take a look how others lead their lives!” Tarek tells him. So that’s just what Mikko does.

Subject term:

Hedgehogs–Juvenile fiction.

Subject term:

Happiness–Juvenile fiction.

Subject term:

Contentment–Juvenile fiction.

Subject term:

Grandfathers–Juvenile fiction.

Added Entry-Personal Name:

James, J. Alison.

ISBN:

0735811644 (pbk.)

Hoffman – Amazing Grace

CELC

JE FIC H

Hoffman

Personal Author:

Hoffman, Mary, 1945-

Title:

Amazing Grace / by Mary Hoffman ; pictures by Caroline Binch.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication info:

New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, 1991.

Physical description:

1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 28 cm.

Summary:

Although a classmate says that she cannot play Peter Pan in the school play because she is black, Grace discovers that she can do anything she sets her mind to do.

Subject term:

African Americans–Juvenile fiction.

Subject term:

Identity (Psychology)–Juvenile fiction.

Subject term:

Theater–Juvenile fiction.

ISBN:

0803710402

Tags:

African,  American African Americans, black history, children’s, confidence, determination, diversity,  family,  identity,  imagination, multicultural,  picture book, realistic fiction, self-esteem,
theatre

Maguire – We’re all special

CELC

JEFIC M

Maguire

Personal Author:

Maguire, Arlene H., 1940-

Title:

We’re all special / by Arlene Maguire ; illustrated by Sheila Lucas.

Publication info:

Santa Monica, CA : Portunus Pub., c1995.

Physical description:

31 p. : ill. ; 22 x 25 cm.

Summary:

Rhyming text and illustration stresses the uniqueness and importance of every individual in a multicultural, multifaceted world.

Subject term:

Individuality–Juvenile fiction.

Subject term:

Stories in rhyme–Juvenile fiction.

Subject term:

Individuality.

Added Entry-Personal Name:

Lucas, Sheila.

ISBN:

0964133032

Lucado – Hat for Ivan

CELC
JEFICL
Lucado

Personal Author:

Lucado, Max.

Title:

A hat for Ivan / Max Lucado ; illustrated by David Wenzel.

Publication info:

Wheaton, Ill. : Crossway Books, c2004.

Physical description:

28 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm.

Summary:

All the grown-ups in Ivan’s village wear a hat that shows what they love most. Because Ivan’s father is the hatmaker, Ivan gets to watch his father create a hat that is perfect for each person. Ivan wonders what kind of hat he will have. Will he be a musician? A baker? A palace guard?

Ivan doesn’t need to worry about his future because his father, the hatmaker who loves him most, shows him that there is only one hat-and one life-created just for him.

Subject term:

Identity (Psychology)–Juvenile fiction.

Subject term:

Hats–Juvenile fiction.

Subject term:

Fathers and sons–Juvenile fiction.

Added author:

Wenzel, David, 1950-

ISBN:

1581344147

Loomans – Lovables in the kingdom of self-esteem

CELC

JEFICL

Loomans

Personal Author:

Loomans, Diana, 1955-

Title:

The Lovables in the Kingdom of Self-Esteem / Diane Loomans ; illustrated by Kim Howard.

Publication info:

Tiburon, Calif. : H.J. Kramer, Starseed Press, c1991.

Physical description:

[32] p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm.

Summary:

The animals all belong to the Kingdom of Self Esteem and each has a short verse to share in this book’s positive message, beautiful illustrations, and friendly happy tone building strong self-esteem and a deeper caring for others.

Subject term:

Self-esteem–Juvenile fiction.

Subject term:

Animals–Juvenile fiction.

Subject term:

Stories in rhyme–Juvenile fiction.

Added author:

Howard, Kim.

ISBN:

0915811251 : $14.95

Lutherans in North America

CELC

284.173 L

Title:

The Lutherans in North America, Revised Edition / edited by E. Clifford Nelson

Publication info:

Philadelphia PA:  Fortress Press, c1980

Physical description:

viii. 584 p.:  index

Summary:

For a generation, The Lutherans in North America has been the fullest account of the experience and identity of wave upon wave of Lutheran Christians and their children. Edited by E. Clifford Nelson, the volume drew on the work of an esteemed group of contributing scholars and concentrated on the successive institutional and theological attempts at forging an American identity by divergent groups and generations of Lutherans.

Subject term:

History—Lutheran Church in America

ISBN:

0800614097

Tags:

America, Historical, History, Identity,  Lutheran Church, Lutherans

 

 

Almond – Kit’s wilderness

CELC

JFIC A

Almond

Personal Author:

Almond, David, 1951-

Title:

Kit’s wilderness / David Almond.

Edition:

1st American ed.

Publication info:

New York : Delacorte Press, 2000, c1999.

Physical description:

229 p. ; 23 cm.

General Note:

Michael L. Printz Award.

Summary:

Thirteen-year-old Kit goes to live with his grandfather in the decaying coal mining town of Stoneygate, England, and finds both the old man and the town haunted by ghosts of the past.

Subject term:

Old age–Juvenile fiction.

Subject term:

Grandfathers–Juvenile fiction.

Subject term:

             Mystery and adventure — Juvenile fiction.

Subject term:

Coal mines and mining–Juvenile fiction.

Geographic term:

England–Juvenile fiction.

ISBN:

0440416051 (pbk. : Dell, ’01)