Grief

Art Through Time: Death

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Death is one of the few experiences common to all people and all societies. But how different people have conceived of death and how those conceptions have shaped their behaviors and practices has varied over time and across cultures. Through art, people have expressed attitudes toward death that are in some respects universal, while in others personally and culturally specific. They have, moreover, used a wide range of objects, images, and structures to negotiate the processes of aging and dying, grieving, and commemorating.

The Invention of Hugo Cabret

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Copies: 1

Caldecott Honor artist Brian Selznick's lavishly illustrated debut novel is a cinematic tour de force not to be missed!

Author:

Brian Selznick

Lexile:

820L

Charlotte's Web

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Copies: 25

Wilbur is the runt of a litter born to a pig on the farm of Fern Arable's father. When it is announced that her father is going to kill the pig, Fern rushes forth to save it, asking of her father: "If I had been very small at birth, would you have killed me?" Her father spares the pig, but only if Fern agrees to care for it. Falling in love immediately with the little pig, she feeds him regularly with a bottle, and names him Wilbur.

Author:

E.B. White

Lexile:

680L

Eggs

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Copies: 4

Nine-year-old David has recently lost his mother to a freak accident, his salesman father is constantly on the road, and he is letting his anger out on his grandmother.

Sarcastic and bossy 13-year-old Primrose lives with her childlike, fortuneteller mother, and a framed picture is the only evidence of the father she never knew.

Despite their differences, David and Primrose forge a tight yet tumultuous friendship, eventually helping each other deal with what is missing in their lives.

Author:

Jerry Spinelli

Lexile:

610L

Claim to Fame (Unabridged)

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The acclaimed young-adult author of Among the Hidden, Margaret Peterson Haddix captivates listeners with her enthralling tales.

Author:

Margaret Peterson Haddix

Grade Level:

High

Lexile:

770L

Length:

07:07

Wintergirls (Unabridged)

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"Dead girl walking," the boys say in the halls.

"Tell us your secret," the girls whisper, one toilet to another.

I am that girl.

I am the space between my thighs, daylight shining through.

I am the bones they want, wired on a porcelain frame.

Author:

Laurie Halse Anderson

Grade Level:

High

Lexile:

730L

Length:

07:05

Everything for a Dog (Unabridged)

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Bone and his sister, Squirrel, are stray dogs born in a shed. Left mother-less as puppies, the two dogs survive together for a while, but are soon wrenched apart, and Bone must now go on, alone.

Charlie is a boy who has suffered a terrible loss. And, as he's healing with the help of his dog, another tragedy occurs.

Author:

Ann M. Martin

Grade Level:

Elementary

Lexile:

890L

Length:

05:06

Welcome to Camden Falls: Main Street, Book 1 (Unabridged)

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Flora and Ruby do not want to move to Camden Falls. But they don't really have a choice - their parents are dead and their grandmother, Min, is taking them in. Min runs a sewing store, Needle & Thread, at the heart of Main Street in Camden Falls. There, Flora and Ruby become friends with Olivia, who likes to organize things, and Nikki, who lives on the wrong side of the tracks.

Author:

Ann M. Martin

Grade Level:

Elementary

Lexile:

860L

Length:

04:22

Welcome to Camden Falls: Main Street, Book 1 (Unabridged)

Out of the Dust (Unabridged)

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Billie Jo has a great deal to forgive: her father for causing the accident that killed her mother; her mother for leaving when Billie Jo needed her most; and herself for being the cause of her own sorrow. Daddy's too wrung out to help her, and there's no one else to care.

Author:

Karen Hesse

Grade Level:

Middle

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Length:

02:09

Phoenix Rising (Unabridged)

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Nyle's life with her grandmother on their Vermont sheep farm advances rhythmically through the seasons until the night of the accident at the Cookshire nuclear power plant. Without warning, Nyle's modest world fills with protective masks, evacuations, contaminated food, disruptions, and mistrust.

Author:

Karen Hesse

Grade Level:

Middle

Lexile:

610L

Length:

04:33

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