Anne Fine
2) Flour babies
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
When his class of underachievers is assigned to spend three torturous weeks taking care of their own "babies" in the form of bags of flour, Simon makes amazing discoveries about himself while coming to terms with his long-absent father.
4) Notso hotso
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
Anthony, a neglected pet dog, develops an irritating skin condition and has most of his hair shaved off, which embarrasses him greatly until he realizes he now looks like a lion and can frighten other animals and people.
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
Tuffy the pet cat narrates his escapades as he attempts to escape his family's cat-sitter and suffers through a humiliating episode of mistaken identity. When Ellie tells Tuffy the family is leaving for the week, Tuffy couldn't be more thrilled. A whole blissful week of rolling around in the flower bed and lounging on top of the TV? Tuffy can't wait! But the cat sitter the family procures doesn't understand Tuffy's refined feline palate, and Little...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
[1988]
Language
English
Description
Miranda's three children thoroughly enjoy their huge, overdressed baby sitter/cleaning woman who is actually their father in disguise, and they dread the day when their mother discovers MadameDoubtfire is really her ex-husband.
10) The Tulip touch
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
English
Description
Natalie, who lives in the large hotel managed by her father, has a dangerous friendship with Tulip, the wildly uncontrollable girl on a neighboring farm. Tulip is different from anyone Natalie has ever met, and from the first day of their friendship, Natalie falls under her spell. If Tulip skips school and is rude to the teachers, that's part of her magnetism. If Tulip tells lies to the other girls in school, that only shows how special she is. Tulip...
12) Bad dreams
Author
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
Despite her preference for books over friends, Melanie gradually becomes involved with a new classmate and determined to find the reason for her strange behavior.
16) Poor Monty
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
[1991]
Language
English
Description
Although Monty's mother, tired from her long day of work as a doctor, wants to put up her feet and rest, he is not feeling well and needs her both as a mom and as a doctor.
17) Mrs. Doubtfire
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Daniel Hillard is no ordinary father, so when he learns his ex-wife needs a housekeeper, he applies for the job. With the perfect wig, a little makeup and a dress for all occasions, he becomes Mrs. Doubtfire, a devoted British housekeeper who is hired on the spot. Free to be the "woman" he never knew he could be, the disguised Daniel creates a whole new life with his entire family.
Publisher
Binge Box
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
A collection of DVDs all gathered into one "binge box" for a spectacular movie night. Titles include: Ace Ventura, pet detective ; Dumb and dumber ; Mrs. Doubtfire ; Tommy boy ; Wayne's world.
Ace Ventura, pet detective (1994): He's the best there is; in fact, he's the only one there is! He's Ace Ventura, pet detective. He goes eyeball to eyeball with a man-eating shark, stakes out the Miami Dolphins, and woos and wows the ladies.
Dumb and dumber...
Publisher
Barrington Public Library
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
The Birdcage: The story of a middle-aged gay couple's comic encounter with a self-righteously straight and conservative family: Armand and Albert reluctantly accept young Val's intention to marry the daughter of a conservative Senator, but when the fiancee's family comes to visit, the whole household is turned upside down.
Dead Poets Society: For generations, Welton Academy students have been groomed to live lives of conformity and tradition, until...
