Blabey, Aaron
Summary: Told in rhyming text, Pig is a greedy pug, who insists on always winning, and throws a tantrum if anything thwarts him--until one day he swallows not only all his food, but his bowl as well and when his friend Trevor saves him he learns a valuable lesson on sharing.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2022
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1 available in Board Books, Call number: BOARD BLABasye, Dale E.
Summary: Formerly dead Milton Fauster tries to save his older sister Marlo from "eternal darnation" when she is sent to another educational level of the Underworld reform school known as Heck.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2009
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: JFIC BASCox, Judy.
Summary: On Thanksgiving Day while everyone naps, Mouse spots one pea, a perfect feast, but he cannot help adding all of the fixings--until Cat spots him.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2008
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1 available in Seasonal Juvenile Collection, Call number: JE COXOsborne, Lawrence
Summary: "On a summer break on the Greek island of Hydra, two girls make a startling discovery: a young Arab man washed up on shore, a migrant from Syria and a casualty of the crisis raging against across the sea. When a simple plan to help the stranger goes horrifically wrong, all must face the consequences they have set in motion"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hogarth 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC OSBStevens, Janet.
Summary: When a tennis ball lands in a prairie dog town, the residents find that their newfound frenzy for fuzz creates a fiasco.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt 2005
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC SteEdwards, Pamela Duncan.
Summary: A leprechaun intervenes with gold and magic when a greedy, boastful young harpist gains an unfair advantage for a royal harping contest.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Katherine Tegen Books 2004
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE WLD Culture Edwards 2004Shannon, David
Summary: Instead of making friends, seven-year-old Max Midas decides to make millions and spend it on what he loves best, gold, but one day things get lonely inside his shiny castle and Max finally learns that gold is not worth anything without friends and family by your side.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SHABuckley, Richard
Summary: A greedy python eats to excess, finally eating himself.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Spotlight 2012
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Summary: Gruntly is a real hog, and the other animals are tired of his greediness, but when he gets mixed up on a treasure hunt and is the last to reach the prize, Gruntly begins to realize the value of kindness and sharing.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Books for Children 2012
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Summary: Rumpelstiltskin's daughter may not be able to spin straw into gold, but she is more than a match for a monarch whose greed has blighted an entire kingdom.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Morrow Junior Books 1997
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE STAWillard, Nancy.
Summary: A greedy baker buys his wife a magic bed that flies them to the master baker, where they are given special yeast that helps their bakery become, for a while, the most popular in Florence.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Blue Sky Press 2007
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC WillaBerry, Joy Wilt.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grolier Books 1988
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2 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: E BerBlack, Chuck.
Summary: Newly knighted, young Sir Bentley embarks on a quest to give up the pleasures of men and follow the path of the Prince, finding kindred spirits along the way who help him restore hope to the people of Holbrook.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Multnomah Books 2009
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: Y FICTION BLAKimmel, Eric A.
Summary: A retelling of the Grimm tale about the fisherman's greedy wife, set in the land of the Aztecs.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Two Lions 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 KIMSmallman, Steve.
Summary: A greedy bee learns a lesson when he "slurps and burps" too much nectar, falls asleep in a meadow, and needs help from other insects to find his way home after dark.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tiger Tales 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SMASmallman, Steve.
Summary: A greedy bee learns a lesson when he "slurps and burps" too much nectar, falls asleep in a meadow, and needs help from other insects to find his way home after dark.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tiger Tales 2007
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC SmallGayle, Caleb
Summary: "A landmark work of Black and Native American history that reconfigures our understanding of identity, race, and belonging and the inspiring ways marginalized people have pushed to redefine their world In this paradigm-shattering work of American history, Caleb Gayle tells the extraordinary story of the Creek Nation, a Native tribe that two centuries ago both owned slaves and accepted Black...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 975.004 GAYHennesy, Carolyn.
Summary: Pandy, Alcie, Iole, and Homer travel to Rome to search for another deadly evil--greed--and encounter Julius Caesar, and the Roman gods.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC HENBeaton, Roderick
Summary: A sweeping history of the Greeks, from the Bronze Age to today More than two thousand years ago, the Greek city-states, led by Athens and Sparta, laid the foundation for much of modern science, the arts, politics, and law. But the influence of the Greeks did not end with the rise and fall of this classical civilization. As historian Roderick Beaton illustrates, over three millennia Greek...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 909 BEAScales, Helen
Summary: A renowned oceanographer introduces the Great Barrier Reef and its ecosystems, revealing how the reef came to be, its place in the world and what we can all do to help ensure that it is around for future generations to discover and enjoy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flying Eye Books 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 577.7 SCASummary: Why do the ancient Greeks occupy such a prominent place in conceptions of Western culture and identity? The Greeks are a source of much that we esteem: democracy, philosophy, tragedy, epic and lyric poetry, history-writing, ideals of athletic competition, aesthetic sensibilities, and more. Spanning roughly 1,000 years, the lectures cover the Late Bronze Age (1500 B.C.E.) to the time of...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 1998
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 938 MCICall number: DVD 938 MIC
Marx, Jonny
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Publisher / Publication Date: 360 Degrees, an imprint of Tiger Tales 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 938 MARSummary: First permanent European settlement in the United States was founded two generations before the Pilgrims arrived in 1565. America's Untold Story uncovers the story of America's past that never made it into textbooks.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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Summary: Patroclus, an awkward young prince, follows Achilles into war, little knowing that the years that follow will test everything they have learned, everything they hold dear. And that, before he is ready, he will be forced to surrender his friend to the hands of Fate. Set during the Trojan War.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco 2012