Whoopi Goldberg
Author
Pub. Date
[2010]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Have you noticed that things aren't as civil as they once were? Or that rudeness is no longer an exception but a lifestyle? Sure you have. All you need to do is set foot outside your door to see that bad manners are taking over everywhere. People are yakking on cell phones in restaurants, even at church. Folks in carpools wear enough cologne to make our eyes bleed. Complete strangers think it's OK to rub a pregnant lady's belly. Passengers abuse flight...
Author
Series
Sugar plum ballerinas volume 1
Language
English
Description
When her mother moves the family to Harlem and enrolls her in the Nutcracker School of Ballet, reluctant dancer Alexandrea is picked to be the Sugar Plum Fairy in the big recital.
Author
Series
Sugar plum ballerinas volume no. 5
Pub. Date
2011.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Triplets Jessica, JoAnn, and Jerzey and their friends in ballet class try to keep the building that houses The Nutcracker School from being torn down, while also trying to rescue a stray kitten.
Author
Series
Sugar plum ballerinas volume 3
Pub. Date
[2010]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Perfectionistic Jerzey desperately wants to be a good ballet dancer like her sisters, but her efforts to learn are repeatedly thwarted, until she finds help in an unexpected place.
7) Dancing diva
Author
Series
Sugar plum ballerinas volume 6
Pub. Date
[2012]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
When Epatha tries to spice up the choreography of the new ballet in Harlem with her free-spirited style, the rest of the Sugar Plum ballerinas encourage her to keep her toes in line.
Author
Series
Sugar plum ballerinas volume 2
Language
English
Description
Brenda Black prides herself on her logical and orderly mind, but when her spoiled cousin Tiffany visits, Brenda tells a lie and must rely on the help of her Sugar Plum Sisters to help make things right.
Author
Series
Sugar plum ballerinas volume 4
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
Revised trade paperback edition.
Language
English
Description
Nine-year-old Terrel Liu tries to sabotage her father's new relationship with the aunt of her ballet class nemesis.
13) Alice
Author
Pub. Date
1992.
Language
English
Description
Alice and her two friends (one of whom is an invisible rabbit) have an adventure-filled trip to 4444 44th Street to collect a prize she hopes will bring her wealth, fame, and lots of friends.
15) Corrina, Corrina
Pub. Date
1999.
Language
English
Description
A newly widowed man is struggling to raise his little girl, when a woman who becomes their housekeeper brings magic and laughter back into their lives.
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
When Odessa Cotter, a housekeeper for Miriam Thompson, chooses to honor the 1955 Montgomery bus boycott by walking the nine miles to and from work, Miriam offers Odessa a ride. Defying Miriam's husband and the town council and finding their lives threatened because of it, they manage to find common ground and forge a lasting friendship.
19) Nobody's fool
Language
English
Formats
Description
Trying to get back on her feet, wild child Tanya looks to her buttoned-up, by the book sister Danica to help her get back on track. As these polar opposites collide, with hilarious and sometimes disastrous results, Tanya discovers that Danica's picture-perfect life, including her mysterious boyfriend, may not be what it seems.
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Set in New Orleans about an irreverent young woman who unexpectedly falls in love with her doctor. Marley Corbett is young, beautiful, and wildly funny, but she's afraid of opening herself up to true love and commitment. Though she uses her humor to prevent matters from getting serious, a life-changing visit to her doctor sends both of them on an eye-opening adventure of mutual discovery, leading to revelations neither thought possible.
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