Orem Library

"This is Claude. He's five years old, the youngest of five brothers. He also loves peanut butter sandwiches. He also loves wearing a dress, and dreams of being a princess. When he grows up, Claude says, he wants to be a girl. Rosie and Penn want Claude to be whoever Claude wants to be. They're just not sure they're ready to share that with the world. Soon the entire family is keeping Claude's secret. Until one day it explodes."--

A murder... a tragic accident... or just parents behaving badly? What's indisputable is that someone is dead. But who did what? Big Little Lies follows three women, each at a crossroads: Madeline is a force to be reckoned with. She's funny and biting, passionate, she remembers everything and forgives no one. Her ex-husband and his yogi new wife have moved into her beloved beachside community, and their daughter is in the same kindergarten class as...

Talented children's author Claudia Mills pens this inspiring story about one boy's quest for independence. Oliver Olson's teacher wants her students to come up with one idea to change the world. Oliver doubts he'll think up anything great, since his overprotective parents never let him think for himself. But completing a science project-without his parents' help-makes him realize that he may have one great idea after all. "An engaging and thought-provoking...

After overcoming a difficult childhood in foster care, pediatrician Lucy Weiss, a suburban wife and mother, finds herself back in the world of families living on the edge as she begins working with at-risk young patients and their families.

Carol Olivia Clementine wishes her parents did not live so far away, but Mama Rose provides a home, loves her, and cares for her just like a mother would.

A busy Hollywood couple spins a hilarious cautionary tale about what happens when you are glued to your phone. It's a lively day at the neighborhood park. Birds are singing, squirrels are frolicking, dogs are causing a commotion--and wide-eyed children are enthralled by it all. Too bad the parents are missing everything! It's going to take something really BIG to get them to disengage from their phones . . . This timely story, brought to life with...

Alice never imagined that she would end up like this. Is she the only mother who feels so permanently panic-stricken at the terrors of the modern world - or is it normal to sit up in bed all night popping bubble wrap? She worries that too much gluten and dairy may be hindering her children's mental arithmetic. She frets that there are too many cars on the road to let them out of the 4x4. Finally she resolves to take control and tackle her biggest...

Chickens in the Headlights: What are a mother and father to do with seven rambunctious Buckley boys under the age of eleven? When the school year ends, Mom and Dad decide to harness some of their boys' apparently inexhaustible energy and buy goats and chickens for them to take care of. While they are at first thrilled with the task, the boys soon learn that it's far tougher than it appears. Bullies in the Headlights: The Buckley boys are headed back...