Maggie Smith

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1) You could make this place beautiful: a memoir

Author

Smith, Maggie

Pub. Date

2023.

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"Life, like a poem, is a series of choices." In her memoir You Could Make This Place Beautiful, poet Maggie Smith explores the disintegration of her marriage and her renewed commitment to herself in lyrical vignettes that shine, hard and clear as jewels. The book begins with one woman's personal, particular heartbreak, but its circles widen into a reckoning with contemporary womanhood, traditional gender roles, and the power dynamics that persist...

2) Truth and other lies

Author

Smith, Maggie

Publisher

Ten16 Press

Pub. Date

2022, 2020

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"Megan Barnes' life is in free fall. After losing both her job as a reporter and her boyfriend in the same day, she retreats to Chicago and moves in with Helen, her over-protective mother. Before long, the two are clashing over everything from pro-choice to #MeToo, not to mention Helen's run for US Congress which puts Megan's career on hold until after the election. Desperate to reboot her life, Megan gets her chance when an altercation at a campus...

3) Desser the best ever cat

Author

Smith, Maggie

Publisher

Alfred A. Knopf

Pub. Date

2001

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IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1

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A child describes how Dexter the cat had always been part of the family and how much he was loved even after he died.

4) My blue bunny, Bubbit

Author

Smith, Maggie

Publisher

Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Pub. Date

[2014].

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IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1

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A little girl who loves her blue wool bunny makes a special toy friend for her new baby brother.

5) Dear Daisy, get well soon

Author

Smith, Maggie

Publisher

Crown Publishers

Pub. Date

2000

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IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1

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When his friend Daisy gets sick, Peter sends her more gifts each day of the week until she feels better.

6) This is your garden

Author

Smith, Maggie

Publisher

Crown Publishers

Pub. Date

1998

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IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1

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A little girl, given good tools and seeds, begins to grow a garden that needs water, sun, weeding, and her encouragement.

7) One naked baby: counting to ten and back again

Author

Smith, Maggie

Publisher

A.A. Knopf

Pub. Date

2007

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IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1

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Illustrations and simple rhymes go from one to ten and back again over the course of a baby's day.

8) Amanda explores the ocean

Author

Smith, Maggie

Publisher

Inchworm Press

Pub. Date

c1998

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Amanda and her little brother learn more about the ocean and its inhabitants, by pretending to swim its depths.

9) Keep moving: notes on loss, creativity, and change

Author

Smith, Maggie

Publisher

One Signal Publishers / Atria

Pub. Date

2020.

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"By Pushcart award-winning poet Maggie Smith, a collection of quotes and essays on facing life's challenges with creativity, courage, and resilience"-- When poet Smith started writing daily Twitter posts in the wake of her divorce, they unexpectedly caught fire. Here she writes about new beginnings as opportunities for transformation. Like kintsugi, the Japanese art of mending broken ceramics with gold, she celebrates the beauty and strength on the...

10) What does Bunny see?: a book of colors and flowers

Author

Park, Linda Sue

Publisher

Clarion Books

Pub. Date

c2005

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IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1

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A rabbit wanders through the various flowers and colors of a cottage garden.

11) Our library

Author

Bunting, Eve

Publisher

Clarion Books

Pub. Date

c2008

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IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1

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A raccoon and his friends go to great lengths to make sure they will always have a library from which to borrow books.

12) Good thing you're not an octopus!

Author

Markes, Julie

Publisher

HarperCollins

Pub. Date

c2001

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IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1

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Book, Multiple-item kit

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A little boy finds that his life is pretty easy compared to how it might be.

13) One mitten

Author

George, Kristine O'Connell

Publisher

Clarion Books

Pub. Date

c2004

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IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1

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One mitten can do many things, but when the second mitten is found, it is time to go outside and have fun.

14) My big boy bed

Author

Bunting, Eve

Publisher

Clarion Books

Pub. Date

2003

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A little boy celebrates all the things he can do now that he has a big boy bed.

15) Let's talk about feeling angry

Author

Berry, Joy Wilt

Series

Let's talk about

Publisher

Scholastic

Pub. Date

c1995

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Max the dog comments on Maria's efforts to control her anger in negative and positive ways after she is mistreated by her brother.

16) Let's talk about being helpful

Author

Berry, Joy Wilt

Series

Let's talk about

Publisher

Scholastics

Pub. Date

c1996

17) Mommy is a soft, warm kiss

Author

Greene, Rhonda Gowler

Publisher

Walker

Pub. Date

2010

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A child celebrates all of the wonderful things a mother can be throughout the year, from a treasure buried in summer sand to a snow-white angel gliding down winter slopes.