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42) Midsommar
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Formats
Description
After a family tragedy, a young American couple joins some friends at a midsummer festival in a remote Swedish village. What begins as a carefree summer holiday takes a sinister turn when the insular villagers invite their guests to partake in festivities that grow increasingly unnerving and viscerally disturbing.
Publisher
Omnigraphics
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
"A comprehensive dictionary that describes more than 3,000 holidays and festivals celebrated around the world. Features both secular and religious events from many different cultures, countries, and ethnic groups. Includes contact information for events; multiple appendices with background information on world holidays; extensive bibliography; multiple indexes"--Provided by publisher.
46) Tacos for two
Author
Language
English
Description
"Rory Perez, a food truck owner who can't cook, is struggling to keep the business she inherited from her aunt out of the red--and an upcoming contest during Modest's annual food truck festival seems the best way to do it. The prize money could finally give her a solid financial footing and keep her cousin with special needs paid up at her beloved assisted living home. Then maybe Rory will have enough time to meet the man she's been talking to via...
Author
Series
The dork volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
620L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Jerry Flack, recently-elected sixth-grade president, organizes an Elizabethan festival at school but accepts a challenge from a bully that may mean he will once again be considered a "dork."
Author
Series
Publisher
Guideposts
Pub. Date
[2016]
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
Barefoot Books
Pub. Date
2005.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
920L
Language
English
Description
Discusses the origins of eight holidays celebrated in countries and cultures around the world, including Purim, Holi, Vesak, Tanabata, Halloween, Christmas, Kwanzaa, and New Year; and includes a story connected with each occasion.
Author
Publisher
Barefoot Books
Pub. Date
1998.
Lexile measure
920L
Language
English
Description
Discusses the origins of eight holidays celebrated in countries and cultures around the world, including Purim, Holi, Vesak, Tanabata, Halloween, Christmas, Kwanzaa, and New Year; and includes a story connected with each occasion.
Publisher
Lonely Planet
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Takes you around the world in pursuit of festivals in all their flamboyant color and variety. Discover music, camel races, feats of endurance, manic street parties and monumental food fights. From the sublime (Venice's Carnevale or India's Krishna Janmastami) to the absurd (Finland's Wife-Carrying Championships or Australia's Beer Can Regatta), the best of the famous and little-known alike are represented here. Organized by month and week to help...
55) Diwali lights
Author
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
2018.
Lexile measure
AD 520L
Language
English
Description
"[I]ntroduces little ones to the Indian festival of Diwali through a selection of brilliant sights and sounds"--
56) Canada
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.8 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
980L
Language
English
Description
An overview of Canada, including an in-depth section on a variety of topics that make the country unique.
Series
Tourism and cultural change volume 8
Publisher
Channel View Publications
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
59) Winter festivals
Author
Series
Publisher
Bookwright
Pub. Date
1990.
Language
English
Description
Surveys the festivals and holidays celebrated in the winter season in different countries of the world.
Author
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...