Larson, Kirby
Summary: Looking forward to swimming lessons before finding out that she will have to put her face underwater, a little girl tells her doll, Bitty Baby, a story about a brave little duckling who teaches his brothers and sisters that practice makes perfect.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: American Girl Pub. 2014
Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: E LarCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in J Series, Call number: J FIC LARLarson, Kirby.
Summary: "In this story, a little girl wants to build a snowman with her brother--but he's too busy sledding. So instead, she tells her Bitty Baby doll a story about Bitty Baby and a polar bear and how they learn to play together. By the time her brother shows up, she no longer needs help, and he admires the snow caterpillar she has built!"
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: E LarCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in J Series, Call number: J FIC LARLarson, Kirby.
Summary: In 1919, seventeen-year-old Hattie leaves the Montana prairie--and her sweetheart Charlie--to become a female reporter in San Francisco.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Listening Library 2013
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC LARLarson, Kirby.
Summary: After inheriting her uncle's homesteading claim in Montana, sixteen-year-old orphan Hattie Brooks travels from Iowa in 1917 to make a home for herself and encounters some unexpected problems related to the war being fought in Europe. Alone in the world, teen-aged Hattie is driven to prove up on her uncle's homesteading claim. For years, sixteen-year-old Hattie's been shuttled between relatives....
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House/Listening Library 2007
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC LARLarson, Kirby.
Summary: After inheriting her uncle's homesteading claim in Montana, sixteen-year-old orphan Hattie Brooks travels from Iowa in 1917 to make a home for herself and encounters some unexpected problems related to the war being fought in Europe.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2006
Sorry, no copies available
Place a hold to request this item.Larson, Kirby.
Summary: "In this story, a little girl and her Bitty Baby doll are all ready for bed and can't wait for a bedtime story. So the girl tells one of her own--about Princess Bitty Baby, a dragon, and an enchanted frog--and discovers the power of her own storytelling.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in J Series, Call number: J FIC LARLarson, Kirby.
Summary: "Bobbie and Bob Cat are the best of friends. When their hometown of New Orleans was struck by Hurricane Katrina, they lost everything, as did so many others. Only by staying together could Bobbi and Bob Cat survive. This is the true story of their remarkable friendship."
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Walker 2008
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 636.0832 LARLarson, Kirby
Summary: In 1910, Audacity Jones is an eleven-year-old orphan living a monotonous life at Miss Maisie's School for Wayward Girls, and wondering why nothing exciting ever happens--but when the mysterious Commodore Crutchfield whisks her away to Washington D.C., she finds herself involved in a sinister and dangerous plot against the president of the United States.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2016
Sorry, no copies available
Place a hold to request this item.Larson, Kirby
Summary: When a new kid comes to stay with his grandmother at the house next door, Shermy's plans for a quiet, relaxing summer are completely upended. That's because Shake is nothing like Shermy. And Shermy is nothing like Shake. Shermy likes to read quietly in the shade of a tree. He knows the proper way to do a puzzle. He collects treasures in the pouch he wears around his neck, and the books on his...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2023
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE LARLarson, Kirby.
Summary: "In this story, a little girl and her Bitty Baby doll are getting ready for a ballet recital. To calm her pre-performance jitters, the little girl tells Bitty Baby a story about a bunny who overcomes stage fright to win a hopping contest."--Provided by publisher.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in J Series, Call number: J FIC LARLarson, Kirby
Summary: After inheriting her uncle's homesteading claim in Montana, sixteen-year-old orphan Hattie Brooks travels from Iowa in 1917 to make a home for herself and encounters some unexpected problems related to the war being fought in Europe.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2013
Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J PA FIC LARLarson, Kirby
Summary: In 1940s New Orleans, Fish Elliot is a polio-survivor with a knack for inventing and building things, and his African American neighbor Olympia is a girl with a talent for messing things up, but they are united in an effort to save a starving stray dog they call Liberty--and when Liberty is caged by a nasty farmer, they find an unlikely ally in a German prisoner of war, Erich, who is not much...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2016
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC LARLarson, Kirby.
Summary: "A little girl and her Bitty Baby doll encounter a scary noise in Grammy and Grampa's basement. After an imaginary jungle adventure involving a gorilla, a boa, and an elephant, Bitty Baby and the little girl learn that friends can help you face your fears."--Provided by publisher.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in J Series, Call number: J FIC LARLarson, Kirby.
Summary: In 1944 Hobie Hanson's father is flying B-24s in Europe, so Hobie decides to donate his beloved German shepherd, Duke, to Dogs for Defense in the hope that it will help end the war sooner--but when he learns that Duke is being trained for combat he is shocked, frightened and determined to get his dog back.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2013
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC LARLarson, Kirby.
Summary: Thirteen-year-old Piper Davis records in her diary her experiences beginning in December 1941 when her brother joins the Navy, the United States goes to war, she attempts to document her life through photography, and her father--the pastor for a Japanese Baptist Church in Seattle--follows his congregants to an Idaho internment camp, taking her along with him. Includes historical notes.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2010
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC LARLarson, Kirby
Summary: Tess Medina is dealing with the loss of her beloved father, a new school, and the troubling fact that the thing she enjoys most in life, baking, seems to be making her increasingly ill--something she is trying to hide from everybody.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2024
Sorry, no copies available
Place a hold to request this item.Larson, Kirby.
Summary: "A little girl introduces her new doll, Bitty Baby, to her family , including her prickly big sister. At nap time, the little girl tells Bitty Baby a story about a magical mermaid adventure - but the best magic of all is the creative way the girl makes her wish come true and gets her older sister to play with her."--Provided by publisher.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in J Series, Call number: J FIC LARLarson, Kirby.
Summary: Wanting to share a tea party with a new next-door neighbor, a little girl and her doll, Bitty Baby, overcome their trepidation about making new friends with someone who is different by remembering the story about Bitty Baby and a hedgehog.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: American Girl 2014
Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: E LarDennis, Brian
Summary: The story of a wild dog who befriended Marine Major Brian Dennis in Iraq, and, when they were separated, trekked seventy miles through the desert winter to rejoin his friend.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers 2009
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J636.7 DENSwanson, Jennifer
Summary: "Pearl Harbor features real stories of that fateful Sunday morning in 1941 when Japanese planes executed a surprise attack on the American base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. American Girl Nanea Mitchell shares her own experiences adjusting to the drastic changes to everyday life in Hawaii following the attack"--Amazon.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2018