Stephanie V. W Lucianovic
Author
Publication Date
2021
Language
English
Description
In Muffuletta, being good at eating is the key to success. French fries and grilled cheese? Beginner food! Haggis and truffles? Delicacies! After failing a school eating test, picky eater Minerva is placed in the lowest eating track of all: Remedial Eating to Change Habits. RETCH class is full of kids with weird personalities and even weirder food preferences. And to make matters worse, Minerva's best friends, in the Gifted and Gourmet class, no longer...
Author
Publication Date
2012
Language
English
Description
As a child Stephanie Lucianovic lived for years on grilled cheese and created an elaborate system for disposing of revolting food involving bookshelves, holiday centerpieces, and, later, boyfriends. She agonized not over meeting her future in-laws, but over the peaches they served her. As an adult, this picky eater found herself in the most unlikely of circumstances: a graduate of culinary school who became a cheesemonger and then a food writer. Along...
4) Hello, Star
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Publication Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 0.5
Language
English
Description
Night after night, a girl speaks to a dying star and, inspired by its resilience, follows her dream to reach the star someday.
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Publication Date
2024.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
"At the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, a young boy named Archie learns about community, genuine connection, and how not to lose hope"-- Provided by publisher.
Archie's life--and the whole world--is turned upside down by Covid-19. Suddenly there are no more Friday night dinners out, no more going to school, no more hanging out with friends . . . no leaving the house at all. Even though he's inside with his family all day every day, Archie can't...
Author
Publisher
Sterling Children's Books
Publication Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"When your something wonderful becomes something dead, having a backyard funeral helps when everything feels awful and the words don't come."--Back cover.
A picture book that endeavors to help children in their understanding and acceptance of the death of a pet, providing step-by-step advice for burying, reminiscing, and grieving.
Author
Publication Date
2025
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 0.5
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Zombie in Love meets Gustavo, the Shy Ghost in this story about a young zombie who must decide: Are brains friends ... or food? Zeb comes from a family of farmers-zombie farmers. Each week they pickle, bake, fry, and sell their grain-fed, free-range brains to be enjoyed by the masses. Zeb understands that brains are food, not pets ... until one day he comes across the tiniest, pinkest, squishiest brain he ever did see! Can he convince his parents...
10) The New Cat
Author
Publisher
Carolrhoda Books (R)
Publication Date
20261006
Language
English
Description
Old cat Hunca Munca thinks his family's baby is a new cat (with hardly any fur!). As the baby grows, he teaches it all the things a growing cat needs to know: how to clean himself, how to share food, and the best way to yell at a wall. Above all, he teaches the young boy how to be gentle. In time, Hunca Munca passes away. But the boy still remembers what the old cat taught him. And when the boy becomes a big brother, he teaches the new baby all the...


