older women

Presents a variation on the classic rhyme about an old lady who swallowed a ghost, a mask, a spider, a flashlight, a cloak, and some crows!.

When eighty-three-year-old Etta leaves their Saskatchewan farm to walk 3,200 kilometers to the ocean, her husband Otto is left to struggle with his demons from the war.

In early September of 2001, April is forced to bring her four-year-old daughter, Franny, with her to work at a strip club after her regular babysitter is hospitalized from a panic attack, but when Franny wanders out of the club and disappears, Bassam, a rich foreign client, and a man named AJ, who was thrown out of the club earlier, both become suspects.

Presents a variation on the classic rhyme about an old lady who swallowed a cactus and a series of other strange items before encountering a large surprise.

"This ... illustrated picture book tells the story of the Aajibaichi Shala, the Grandmother School, that was opened in Phangane, India, in 2016 to teach local grandmothers how to read and write"-- Provided by publisher.

Presents a biography of Rosa Parks based on the thoughts of her family.

Relates the surprising gifts bestowed on twelve-year-old Bob Barnhart and his family, who have recently moved to a small Illinois town in 1958, by their larger-than-life neighbor, Mrs. Dowdel.

Olive Kitteridge, a retired teacher, begins navigating her next decade as she comes to terms with the changes, sometimes welcome, sometimes not, in her life.