Matt Phelan
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Plum (Matt Phelan) volume 1
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English
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Every day at the Athensville Zoo the peacocks are allowed to wander freely among the visitors, delighting and guiding kids and grownups alike, and kind, curious Plum is the peacock most proud of their responsibility.
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2009.
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English
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In Kansas in the year 1937, eleven-year-old Jack Clark faces his share of ordinary challenges: local bullies, his father's failed expectations, a little sister with an eye for trouble. But he also has to deal with the effects of the Dust Bowl, including rising tensions in his small town and the spread of a shadowy illness. Certainly a case of "dust dementia" would explain who (or what) Jack has glimpsed in the Talbot's abandoned barn - a sinister...
4) Pignic
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Pub. Date
[2018]
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English
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"A pig experiences adversity but in the end enjoys a perfect summer day"--
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Series
Plum (Matt Phelan) volume 2
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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"Blizzard warning for the Athensville Zoo! Plum the peacock and his friends made the big trip to an elementary school to educate and entertain the students, but all the kids had already been sent home. It's a snow day! Now the animals are stuck in school overnight."--Dust jacket flap.
6) Turtle walk
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Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
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"A family of turtles goes for a long, long walk that has an unexpected and very fun ending"--
7) Druthers
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Pub. Date
2014.
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English
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Challenged to use her imagination on a boring, rainy day, little Penelope shares time with her daddy while envisioning herself at the zoo, as a cowgirl, flying to the moon, and sailing to an island filled with dinosaurs.
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English
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The third action-packed story in Matt Phelan's acclaimed Knights vs. series!
Five daring heroes face their most difficult challenge yet: saving Camelot itself. Can the band of friends survive an evil queen, a powerful Faerie King, and one nasty dragon? This heavily illustrated middle grade adventure is a hilarious tale of derring-do, perfect for reluctant readers as well as fans of The Terrible Two and The Wild Robot.
A year has passed since...
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Pub. Date
[2024]
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English
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Learn to reconnect your brain and heart to find happiness and engagement at work and in life In The Happiness Index: Why Today's Emotions Equal Tomorrow's Business Success, cofounder and CEO of The Happiness Index Matthew Phelan delivers a fascinating dive into data from over 100 countries and 2 million human beings that helps us understand what really drives our engagement and happiness at work. Grounded in an evidence-based and neuroscientific approach,...
10) Around the world
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2011.
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English
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Challenged with circling the world at the end of the nineteenth century, three very different adventurers--avid bicyclist Thomas Stevens, fearless reporter Nellie Bly, and retired sea captain Joshua Slocum--embark on epic journeys.
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Pub. Date
2013.
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English
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The year is 1908, and a troupe of vaudeville performers has arrived in sleepy Muskegon, Michigan to spend the summer. Young Henry Harrison is fascinated with the animals and performers, but mostly with a slapstick performer his own age named Buster Keaton, who is also a master prankster and loves to play baseball
16) Two of a kind
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[2009]
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English
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When Anna abandons her best friend, Julisa, to spend time with Kayla and Melanie, she soon learns that she has little in common with her new friends.
17) Very hairy bear
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Pub. Date
[2007]
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English
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Recounts the experiences of a shaggy, "boulder-big" bear as the four seasons come to the beautiful wood which is his home.
18) I'll be there
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2011.
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English
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A young boy and his mother talk about what she did for him as a baby, what he can do for himself now, and that she will always be there when he needs her.
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2015.
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English
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A lot of Marilyn's friends have monsters. It's the latest thing. Each one is just right for its boy or girl. Marilyn really wants a monster, too, but despite her efforts to be the kind of girl no monster could resist, hers just doesn't come. What could be taking it so long? Everyone knows you just have to wait for your monster - but the spunky and determined Marilyn thinks there may be other ways that things can work.