Helen Cooper
1) Pumpkin soup
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English
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The Cat and the Squirrel come to blows with the Duck in arguing about who will perform what duty in preparing their pumpkin soup, and they almost lose the Duck's friendship when he decides to leave them.
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Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"Lucy and her husband, Adam, have been best friends with another couple, Cora and Scott, for years. The four are practically family at this point-- they vacation together, co-own a beach cottage, and their young children are inseparable. So Lucy is devastated when, while looking at a colleague's photos of a trip to the Maldives, she spots a picture of Scott, apparently on a luxurious holiday with another woman. Lucy is determined to protect her best...
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Pub. Date
2005.
Edition
First American edition.
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English
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While making pumpkin soup, three friends discover they have no salt and go to the city to buy some, but while Cat and Squirrel head straight to the salt store, Duck pauses at a pepper shop, then fears he will never see his friends again.
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English
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Although the themes of women's complicity in and resistance to war have been part of literature from early times, they have not been fully integrated into conventional conceptions of the war narrative. Combining feminist literary criticism with the emerging field of feminist war theory, this collection explores the role of gender as an organizing principle in the war system and reveals how literature perpetuates the ancient myth of "arms and the...
12) Villette
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English
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With neither friends nor family, Lucy Snowe sets sail from England to find employment in a girls' boarding school in the small town of Villette. There she struggles to retain her self-possession in the face of unruly pupils, an initially suspicious headmaster, and her own complex feelings, first for the school's English doctor and then for the dictatorial professor, Paul Emmanuel. Charlotte Brontë's last and most autobiographical novel is a powerfully...
15) Dog biscuit
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Pub. Date
2009.
Edition
First American edition.
Language
English
Description
A little girl eats a dog biscuit by mistake and worries about the consequences. Includes recipe for "human-being treats."
17) Tatty Ratty
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Pub. Date
2002.
Edition
First American edition.
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English
Description
When Molly's stuffed rabbit gets lost, she and her parents imagine all the adventures it is having before returning home.
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Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First US edition.
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English
Description
In this powerful story of empathy, resilience, and the universal need for home and safety, a young refugee must find the courage to venture outside to set a beautiful butterfly free after her brother brings it in from the outside.
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