Summary: "12 enchanting adventures, featuring favorite Disney and Disney*Pixar characters from Monsters, Inc., The Lion King, Tangled, and more, each taking only five minutes to read"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disney Press 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE DISTwain, Mark
Summary: A collection of short stories is accompanied by selections from the novels "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" and "Life on the Mississippi," as well as an abridgement of Twain's autobiography.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Collins Publishers 2022
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Summary: "Little is known of the fascinating manuscript that Nick Bantock has come to possess. It was discovered in an attic in North London, stuffed into a battered cardboard box, and unceremoniously delivered directly to Nick's doorstep. Inside the package lay one hundred evocatively absurd stories, one hundred humorous drawings of strangely familiar, quirkish glyphs, plus a cryptically poetic note...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tachyon 2023
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Summary: A collection of nearly seventy short and surreal stories told by Signor Bianchi, a traveling salesman, to his daughter over the telephone nightly.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Enchanted Lion Books 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC RODBond, Michael.
Summary: A collection of stories about Paddington, the bear from darest Peru.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Co. 2000
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC BONMacDonald, Betty Bard.
Summary: A woman with a magic way of curing children's bad habits tries her hand with a bully, a whisperer, and a slowpoke and formulates cures for a show-off and a crybaby.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House/Listening Library 2007
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD MACKinney, Jeff
Summary: "Scare yourself silly! Grab a flashlight, crawl under the covers, and dive into the twisted, unexpectedly hilarious world of Rowley Jefferson's imagination. You'll meet zombies, vampires, ghosts, and much more in these comically terrifying tales. Rowley's spooky stories might leave you laughing, but beware- you could end up sleeping with the lights on!"--
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J PA FIC KINRubin, Adam
Summary: "Here are six thrilling stories--ranging from sci-fi to fantasy to adventure--set in six different worlds, featuring artwork from six different illustrators."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: G. P. Putnam's Sons 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC RUBTursten, Helene
Summary: Maud is an irascible 88-year-old Swedish woman with no family, no friends, and... no qualms about a little murder. This funny, irreverent story collection by Helene Tursten, author of the Irene Huss investigations, features two-never-before translated stories that will keep you laughing all the way to the retirement home. Ever since her darling father's untimely death when she was only...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Soho Crime 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction Tursten 2018Seuss
Summary: A compilation of more than a dozen previously published Dr. Seuss books, plus essays by nine authors and other book lovers, including Audrey Geisel, widow of Dr. Seuss.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Children's Books 2004
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC SCHKinney, Jeff
Summary: Scare yourself silly with this collection of spooky stories.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books, Inc. 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD KINMcCall Smith, Alexander
Summary: "From the beloved author of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series comes a new short story collection: half spy stories, half tales of revenge, all highlight the kinder, funnier, and gentler side of espionage and retribution. In this dual collection of short stories, Alexander McCall Smith brings his trademark humor and warmth to inventive tales of spying and vengeance. In one story, a spy...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MCCRubin, Adam
Summary: "Reader, be advised that the events in this book may tickle your funny bone: A boy and his robot nanny travel the globe in search of the world's tastiest treat. A girl and her sister compete in an ice cream eating contest--against an honest-to-goodness pig. A child prodigy invents a new way to create the freshest dessert ever. And we should probably mention the evil ice cream seller terrorizing...
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC RUBCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC RUBSachs, Adam Ehrlich
Summary: Adam Ehrlich Sachs's Inherited Disorders is a rueful, absurd, and endlessly entertaining look at a most serious subject--the eternally vexed relations between fathers and sons. In a hundred and seventeen shrewd, surreal vignettes, Sachs lays bare the petty rivalries, thwarted affection, and mutual bafflement that have characterized the filial bond since the days of Davidic kings. A...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Regan Arts. 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SACShepherd, Jean.
Contents: A fistful of fig newtons, or The shootout in room 303 -- The light at the end of the tunnel -- The mole people battle the forces of darkness -- Marcel Proust meets the New Jersey tailgater, and survives -- The marathon run of Lonesome Ernie, the Arkansas Traveler -- Sociology 101 (Hip Division) -- Lemons on the grass, alas -- The lost civilization of Deli -- The whole fun catalog of 1929 --...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Broadway Books 1987
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SHESpyra, Jen
Summary: "Jen Spyra has worked in nearly every kind of comedy there is: penning stories for The Onion, writing skits and one-liners for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, contributing pieces to The New Yorker and McSweeney's, and taking the stage for improv at UCB Theater in Manhattan. Her incredible range is on display in this uproarious, addictive collection of short stories that include a twisted...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SPYPerelman, S. J. (Sidney Joseph)
Contents: Introduction: Perelman, the Pearl of Providence / by Adam Gopnik -- Sketches and Satires. Puppets of passion: a throbbing story of youth's hot revolt against the conventions -- Those charming people: the latest report on the Weinbloom reptile expedition -- Scenario -- Strictly from hunger -- The love decoy: a story of youth in college today-awake, fearless, unashamed -- Waiting for Santy: a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Library of America 2021
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Contents: The grandstand passion play of Delbert and the Bumpus hounds -- County fair! -- Scut Farkas and the murderous Mariah -- Ollie Hopnoodle's haven of bliss -- The star-crossed romance of Josephine Cosnowski -- Daphne Bigelow and the spine-chilling saga of the snail-encrusted tinfoil noose -- The return of the smiling Wimpy doll -- Wanda Hickey's night of golden memories.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Broadway Books 2001
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SHEWodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)
Summary: P.G. Wodehouse is recognized as the greatest English comic writer of the twentieth century, rightly admired throughout the world and translated into more than thirty languages. Launched on the twenty-fifth anniversary of his death, this series presents each Overlook Wodehouse as the finest edition of the master’s work ever published—beautifully designed and faithful to the original. This...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Overlook Press 2013
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WODKeillor, Garrison.
Summary: "I think people have an absolute ear for what is true," Garrison Keillor told an interviewer. It is this rare and marvelous sense of truth--of laughter, joy, and compassion and situations--that makes Keillor such a brilliant and beloved storyteller. This audio collection includes his own favorite stories from his many years as a contributor to The New Yorker and from two of his best-selling...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HighBridge Audio 2010
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC KEIMcCall Smith, Alexander
Summary: While gathering material for a photography book about Edinburgh, Alexander McCall Smith found himself inspired to create stories about the people captured in a number of particularly striking photos. A smiling girl leading a younger girl astride a pony, and a boy in a kilt on a tricycle beside them, gives rise to a story of a lifelong romance between the two riders. A dapper, roguish-looking...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2016
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC MCCMcCall Smith, Alexander
Summary: "From the beloved author of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series comes a new short story collection: half spy stories, half tales of revenge, all highlight the kinder, funnier, and gentler side of espionage and retribution. In this dual collection of short stories, Alexander McCall Smith brings his trademark humor and warmth to inventive tales of spying and vengeance. In one story, a spy...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Large Print 2023
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC MCCFuji, Nao
Summary: "The comic misadventures of Chewie, Captain Marvel's catlike pet flerken. Join Captain Marvel's pet, Chewie, as she wreaks havoc in the lives of Marvel Comics' most popular characters. Gain a new persepective on beloved favorites such as Spider-Man and Iron Man, formidable villains including Thanos and Galactus, and antiheroes like Deadpool, as they all become the playthings of this capricious...
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Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media 2021