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Author
Series
Sugarcreek Amish mysteries volume 14
Publisher
Guideposts
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
299 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
With a history of more than sixty years, Sugarcreek's Ohio Swiss Festival is a highlight of the season. Cheryl Cooper is about to experience for the first time both the celebrations and conundrums that accompany the event. However, someone targets the town's cuckoo clock and repeated vandalisms threaten to take the shine off the merriment of heritage. When people Cheryl cares about keep getting hurt, she intends to get to the bottom of things. The...
Author
Publisher
Berkley
Pub. Date
[2022]
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...
4) Diwali
Author
Series
Publisher
Bellwether Media
Pub. Date
2017
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
24 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Diwali, the biggest holiday in India, is often called the Festival of Lights. Learn about this holiday and the history behind it.
Author
Series
Tearoom mysteries volume 12
Publisher
Guideposts
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
278 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"To promote Tea for Two, Jan Blake and Elaine Cook take their tea and goodies to the town's annual Fall Fest. But when Jan joins a horseback trail ride, she finds a woman injured on the ground, with her horse standing nearby. Was it an accident? As the clues add up, the cousins soon realize there's more to the story than meets the eye."
Author
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
2003
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
unp.
Language
English
Description
Describes how and why daylight grows shorter as winter approaches, the effect of shorter days on animals and people, and how the winter solstice has been celebrated throughout history. Includes activities.
8) Midsommar
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (147 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A young woman reluctantly joins her boyfriend on a summer trip to a Swedish festival where things quickly go awry.
Author
Series
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
348, 8 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Arriving on Little Bridge Island for a speaking engagement, best-selling children's author Jo Wright comes face-to-face with her nemesis, writer Will Price, who, much to her surprise, wants to make amends and prove to her that he is a changed man--until disaster strikes.
Author
Series
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2019
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"A shocking murder strikes a sour note during Jazz Fest in the latest New Orleans Scrapbooking Mystery from New York Times bestselling author Laura Childs. It's Jazz Fest in New Orleans, and the giant puppets from the Beastmaster Puppet Theatre are parading through the French Quarter. Some are very spooky and veiled, others are tall and gangly, like strange aliens. As the parade proceeds, Carmela Bertrand and her best friend, Ava, follow behind,...
11) Caraval
Author
Series
Caraval volume 1
Publisher
Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
2017
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
Scarlett has never left the tiny island where she and her beloved sister, Tella, live with their ruthless father. Now Scarlett's father has arranged a marriage for her, and Scarlett thinks her dreams of seeing Caraval, the legendary, once-a-year performance where the audience participates in the show, are over. But this year, Scarlett's long-dreamt-of invitation finally arrives. With the help of a mysterious sailor whom she has just met, Tella whisks...
12) The shortest day
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 27 cm
Language
English
Formats
Description
A celebration of the winter solstice and the Yuletide season. As the sun set on the shortest day of the year, early people would gather to prepare for the long night ahead. They built fires and lit candles. They played music, bringing their own light to the darkness, while wondering if the sun would ever rise again. Written for a theatrical production that has become a ritual in itself, Susan Cooper's poem "The Shortest Day" captures the magic behind...
Author
Series
The Tea Dragon Society volume 2
Publisher
Oni Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Rinn has grown up with the Tea Dragons that inhabit their village, but stumbling across a real dragon turns out to be a different matter entirely! Aedhan is a young dragon who was appointed to protect the village, but fell asleep in the forest eighty years ago. With the aid of Rinn's adventuring uncle Erik and his partner Hesekeil, they investigate the mystery of his enchanted sleep...but Rinn's real challenge is to help Aedhan come to terms with...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The official start of the harvest season, it occurs around September 21 each year. It marks the end of summer and the beginning of longer nights and shorter days. For many cultures around the world, the fall equinox represents a time to celebrate the harvest and begin collecting and storing crops.
Looking at both the science of weather and the history of how the fall equinox has been celebrated by various cultures throughout the world, this book...
Author
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First world edition.
Physical Desc
214 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The annual Billy Goat Gruff Festival is the undisputed highlight of Hernia's social calendar. But when Magdalena Yoder, village mayor and owner of the PennDutch Inn, had the brainwave four years ago, little did she realize that it would soon attract visitors from far and wide - even Australia, as the unexpected arrival of Gabe's long-lost cousin, Miriam, at the inn confirms. Unfortunately, the shock of Miriam's one-legged appearance is soon usurped...
Author
Series
Tea shop mystery volume 9
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Formats
Description
With the Charleston Film Festival in full swing, Theodosia Browning and the staff of the Indigo Tea Shop are busy catering the opening night gala, but the festivities are interrupted when famed director Jordan Cole is shot while on his way to the podium.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Little Lobo and Bernabé are bringing supplies to the big celebration in the country across the bridge -- but everyone else seems to be going, too! During the long delay, they see all kinds of people on the bridge for different reasons and speaking different languages, but when someone has a grumpy moment, they all come together to make the wait as good as can be.