Lamar Public Library

Following three teenagers who chose to spend one school year living in Finland, South Korea, and Poland, a literary journalist recounts how attitudes, parenting, and rigorous teaching have revolutionized these countries' education results. In a handful of nations, virtually all children are learning to make complex arguments and solve problems they've never seen before. They are learning to think, in other words, and to thrive in the modern economy....

An illustrated introduction to a variety of beetle species , including their different parts, their life cycles, what they eat, and what makes them special in the insect world, and how these insects have adapted to survive.

Depicts a summer storm from the first clap of thunder to the final rainbow.

Poor Little Red Pen! She can't possibly correct a mountain of homework all by herself. Who will help her? "Not I!" says Stapler. "Not I!" says Eraser. "¡Yo no!" says Pushpin, AKA Señorita Chincheta. But when the Little Red Pen tumbles in exhaustion into the Pit of No Return (the trash!), her fellow school supplies must get themselves out of the desk drawer and work together to rescue her. Trouble is, their plan depends on Tank, the rotund class...

Sometimes the things that can change your life will cross your path in one instance - and then, in a fleeting moment, they're gone. But if you open your eyes and watch carefully, you will believe...

"A summery picture book about mindfulness, featuring an overheated--and overwhelmed-- canine in need of sea, sand, and fresh air"--

In Find Me, Aciman shows us Elio's father, Samuel, on a trip from Florence to Rome to visit Elio, who has become a gifted classical pianist. A chance encounter on the train with a beautiful young woman upends Sami's plans and changes his life forever.Elio soon moves to Paris, where he, too, has a consequential affair, while Oliver, now a New England college professor with a family, suddenly finds himself contemplating a return trip across the Atlantic....

While at Gold Ridge castle to the north of Winding Circle, Daja and the three other mages-in-training who have become her friends develop their unique magical talents as they try to prevent a devastating forest fire from consuming everything in its path.

Three new stories of Eragon set a year after he left Alagas͡ia to find a home to train the newest generation of Dragon Riders.

Egged on by a ground squirrel, a dog named Doug digs miles underground-taking a detour through the White House-until he returns home, goes to bed, and dreams of digging some more.