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Summary: "The Out Side: Trans & Nonbinary Comics includes 29 creators' tales of self-love and affirmation that detail their experiences with gender and identity. Originally published as a successful kickstarter campaign, this expanded edition includes comics by Dana Simpson (bestselling author of Phoebe and Her Unicorn), Aidyn Huynh (Snailords), Sage Coffey, Kyla Aiko, Coco Ouwerkerk, and many others....

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Andrews McMeel Publishing 2023

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in New YA Materials, Call number: YA 306.76 OUT

Summary: Dramatic biography of Rosa McCauley Parks, who in 1955 created the spark that began the modern Civil Rights Movement.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2002

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA ROS

Ævar Þór Benediktsson

Summary: "This is a story about my grandfather: how he got stranded on a volcanic island, was almost turned into barbecue and found the most important moment in the world."--

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: [Library Ideas, LLC] 2024

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J READ-ALONG AEV

Higashimura, Akiko

Summary: "High schooler Akiko has big plans to become a popular mangaka before she even graduates, but she needs to get much better at drawing if she ever wants to reach her goal. Looking for an easy fix, she signs up for an art class, thinking all her problems will soon be solved. She's in for a surprise: her new instructor is a sword-wielding taskmaster who doesn't care about manga one bit. But maybe...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Seven Seas 2019

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 BLA

Summary: In the small Texas town of Rio Bravo, law and order is maintained by three unlikely enforcers: hard-boiled sheriff Chance; former quick draw artist Dude, now gone drunk and disheveled; and the crippled, wisecracking Stumpy, who patrols the jail with a shotgun. The arrest and incarceration of Joe Burdette for murder has set these three at odds with his brother, corrupt and wealthy landowner...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Bros. Pictures 2007

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Western DVDs, Call number: DVD WESTERN RIO

Harris, Duchess

Summary: Eleanor Roosevelt is well known for her time as First Lady of the United States, but she also made important contributions to women's rights before, during, and after her husband's presidency. Eleanor Roosevelt Champions Women's Rights examines her efforts from multiple perspectives, including those of Roosevelt herself, her husband, Franklin, and later feminist activists.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Core Library, An Imprint of Abdo Publishing 2019

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J973.917 HAR

Ormsbee, Kathryn

Summary: "Eleven-year-old homeschooled Katie experiences the ups and downs of growing up and 6th grade--from bad haircuts and friendship breakups to new experiences, new friends, and a new understanding of her OCD"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Children's Books 2022

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J GRAPHIC ORM

Rockliff, Mara

Summary: "In April 1916, Nell Richardson and Alice Burke set out from New York City in a little yellow car, embarking on a bumpy, muddy, unmapped journey ten thousand miles long. They took with them a teeny typewriter, a tiny sewing machine, a wee black kitten, and a message for Americans all across the country: Votes for Women! The women's suffrage movement was in full swing, and Nell and Alice would...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2016

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 324.6 ROC

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 324.6 ROC

Copies Available at Woodmere

2 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 324.6 ROC

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J324.6 ROC

Barton, Chris

Summary: A cool idea with a big splash. You know the Super Soaker. It’s one of top twenty toys of all time. And it was invented entirely by accident. Trying to create a new cooling system for refrigerators and air conditioners, impressive inventor Lonnie Johnson instead created the mechanics for the iconic toy. A love for rockets, robots, inventions, and a mind for creativity began early in Lonnie...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2020

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Pimentel, Annette Bay

Summary: "A lyrical, vibrant tribute to the amazing life and legacy of Pura Belpré, a lauded storyteller, librarian, and pioneer of bilingual storytimes" -- Amazon.com.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books for Young Readers 2021

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 BEL

Easton, Marilyn

Summary: To tell a spooky campfire story, Xavier, Yadina, and Brad head to the Secret Museum to get some help from Mary Shelley, in this story based on the Ordinary People Change the World series.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2021

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE EAS

Carrère, Emmanuel

Summary: "Emmanuel Carrère is a renowned writer. After decades of emotional upheaval, he has begun to live successfully--he is healthy; he works; he loves. He practices meditation, striving to observe the world without evaluating it. In this state of heightened awareness, he sets out for a ten-day silent retreat in the French heartland, leaving his phone, his books, and his daily life behind. But he's...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2022

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CARRERE, EMMANUEL CAR

Jamieson, Victoria

Summary: "Omar and his younger brother, Hassan, have spent most of their lives in Dadaab, a refugee camp in Kenya. Life is hard there: never enough food, achingly dull, and without access to the medical care Omar's nonverbal brother needs. So when Omar has the opportunity to go to school, he knows it might be a chance to change their future ... but it would also mean leaving his brother, his only family...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J PA FIC JAM

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