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Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Following the deaths of her husband and son, Helen Cartwright returns to her hometown in England after living abroad for sixty years. Her only wish is to die quickly and without fuss, and she retreats from the world into a life of dull routine. Then one winter night, a chance encounter with a mouse sets Helen on a surprising journey.
Author
Language
English
Description
"Sloane Parker lives a small, contained life as a librarian in her small, contained town. She never thinks of herself as lonely...but still she looks forward to that time every day when old curmudgeon Arthur McLachlan comes to browse the shelves and cheerfully insult her. Their sparring is such a highlight of Sloane's day that when Arthur doesn't show up one morning, she's instantly concerned. And then another day passes, and another. Anxious, Sloane...
4) La la la
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Follows a singing girl's fruitless search for a friend in her world, until one night when her song is finally heard by someone who understands. This almost wordless picture book is a gentle reminder of how powerful we can be when we dare to reach out to one another.
7) Friends
Author
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"A girl from a faraway place begins her first day at school. She doesn't speak the language and she looks different. She just doesn't fit in. But one day, she makes an unexpected friend--a squirrel! Then a rabbit joins them. Soon the girl's fuzzy woodland friends are followed by human ones and school becomes more fun! When a surprising new student joins the class, the girl and her new friends know just how to make him feel at home."--
Author
Language
English
Description
Annie initiates an e-mail correspondence with Tucker Crowe, a reclusive Dylanish singer-songwriter, and a connection is forged between two lonely people who are looking for more out of what they've got. What happens when a washed-up musician looks for another chance? And a childless woman looks for a change?
9) Cleo
Author
Publisher
Clavis Pub
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Cleo is sad. She always has to hurry. To the bus. To school. She often feels lonely. But one day she'll go far away, to a place where she defeats sea monsters and where clouds taste like whipped cream. Only her cat will come with her. But suddenly there is a boy."--Amazon website.
13) Raf
Author
Publisher
Lemniscaat
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
"When Ben loses Raf, his favorite stuffed toy, he is inconsolable. But a few days later, Ben receives a postcard--from Raf! Raf writes about how he got lost and was found...Will Raf really return to Ben? Will Ben still recognize him? And will he make it home in time for Ben's birthday?"--p.[4] of cover.
14) Driveways
Language
English
Formats
Description
A lonesome boy accompanies his mother on a trip to clean out his late aunt's house, where he ends up forming an unexpected friendship with the retiree who lives next door. Official Selection at the **Berlin International Film Festival** and the **Tribeca Film Festival**.
Author
Series
Magic puppy volume 11
Publisher
Paw Prints
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Lola is feeling left-out and a bit alone at school, but when magical puppy Storm appears as a fluffy black-and-white shih-tzu puppy, it looks like Lola's lonely school days will move into a magical class of their own.
Author
Publisher
Morgan James Publishing
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Healing Conversations brings to life the seven elements of how to have deep and fulfilling conversations so that people can connect in a world with many conversational obstacles. Conversation is the way human beings connect. Great friendships are defined by the way one speaks, listens, and flows through the joy of effortless conversation. As the divisions in culture deepen due to politics, generational misunderstanding, the complexity of gender, the...
Author
Language
English
Description
"A spare ... [and] bittersweet ... story of a man and a woman who, in advanced age, come together to wrestle with the events of their lives and their hopes for the imminent future"--
In Holt, Colorado, widower Louis Waters is initially thrown when the widowed Addie Moore suggests that they spend time together, in bed, to stave off loneliness. They are soon exchanging the confidences and memories of lives now empty of family, and their hopes for the...
20) Spare parts
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
While searching for a replacement heart at the Spare Parts Mart, a lonely robot finds a friend.
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