Whoopi Goldberg
Author
Pub. Date
2022
Description
Written by renowned surgeon and expert on the art of aging, Dr. M.E. Hecht, with her friend Whoopi Goldberg lending her unique point of view, Two Old Broads is laugh out loud funny and?tells it like it is for all of us who left middle age in the dust and want to be present, positive, and as extraordinary as ever in our golden years.
Whoopi joins Dr. Hecht in a lively conversation about growing older with no apologies. Dr.
...Author
Series
Sugar plum ballerinas volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 3
Description
Triplets Jessica, JoAnn, and Jerzey and their friends in ballet class try to keep the building that houses The Nutcracker School from being torn down, while also trying to rescue a stray kitten.
Author
Series
Sugar plum ballerinas volume 1
Pub. Date
2008.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 3
Description
Alexandrea is forced to leave her friends in Apple Creek when her mother insists on enrolling her at Harlem's Nutcracker School of Ballet, and while Al is already aware that she lacks dance skills, things get worse when she is chosen to be the Sugar Plum fairy in the school recital.
Author
Series
Sugar plum ballerinas volume 1
Pub. Date
[2008]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 3
Description
Although Alexandrea does not want to be a ballerina, her mother enrolls her in ballet school and she is chosen for the starring role in the school recital even though she is an awful dancer and suffers from stage fright.
10) Toeshoe trouble
Author
Series
Sugar plum ballerinas volume 2
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
Description
Brenda Black prides herself on her logical and orderly mind, but when her spoiled cousin Tiffany visits, Brenda tells a lie and must rely on the help of her Sugar Plum Sisters to help make things right.
11) Eddie
Pub. Date
1997
Description
A die hard basketball fan with a slammin' sense of humor shocks everyone when she wins a half-time contest that leads to the head coaching job for the New York Knicks.
Author
Series
Sugar plum ballerinas volume 6
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 3
Description
When Epatha tries to spice up the choreography of the new ballet in Harlem with her free-spirited style, the rest of the Sugar Plum ballerinas encourage her to keep her toes in line.
13) Terrible Terrel
Author
Series
Sugar plum ballerinas volume 4
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 3
Description
Nine-year-old Terrel Liu tries to sabotage her father's new relationship with the aunt of her ballet class nemesis.
Author
Series
Sugar plum ballerinas volume 3
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 3
16) Corrina, Corrina
Pub. Date
1999.
Description
A funny, heart-warming story of a newly widowed man struggling to raise his little girl, and the woman who brings magic and laughter back into their lives when she comes to be their housekeeper.
17) The lion king
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
The wait is over! For the first time ever, experience the majesty of Disney's epic animated masterpiece as it roars off the screen and into your living room. Embark on an extraordinary coming-of-age adventure as Simba, a lion cub who cannot wait to be king, searches for his destiny in the great 'Circle of Life.' Featuring pristine picture and sound and groundbreaking immersive bonus features.
Pub. Date
c2008
Description
As a prequel to the "Meerkat manor" television series, this documentary film traces the rise of Flower from a young meerkat pup to the leader of the pack. Watch as Flower blooms into a remarkable matriarch and forges a legacy amidst the unforgiving landscape of the Kalahari Desert.
Pub. Date
2003
Description
When Odessa Cotter, a quietly dignified woman who works as a housekeeper for Miriam Thompson honors the 1955 Montgomery, Alabama, bus boycott by walking an exhausting nine miles to and from work, Miriam offers her a ride. Defying both Miriam's racist husband and the powerful White Citizen's Council, Miriam and Odessa put their lives in danger for civil rights. Their shared experiences draw them closer as a deep respect and lasting friendship forms....
20) Made in America
Pub. Date
1993.
Description
Love, marriage, family. That's the usual sequence, but not for Sarah and Hal. They're the parents of bright, college-bound Zora; even thogh Sarah and Hal never met.