Pitkin, Daisy
Summary: On the Line takes readers inside a bold five-year campaign to bring a union to the dangerous industrial laundry factories of Phoenix, Arizona. Workers here wash hospital, hotel, and restaurant linens and face harsh conditions: routine exposure to bio-hazardous waste, injuries from surgical tools left in hospital sheets, and burns from overheated machinery. Broken U.S. labor law makes it nearly...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill 2022
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Summary: When J.C. helps his mom do the laundry, he adds too much detergent causing suds to overflow, but thankfully, he knows who to ask for assistance.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, an imprint of Capstone 2023
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE PRIShiell, Mike
Summary: "Linty is a ball of lint. He's been living a quiet, solitary life in a pair of hand-me-down jeans, where he has been nestled undisturbed for months, possibly even years. So it's quite a shock for Linty when a boy finally puts on the jeans. Before he knows it, Linty is joined by other pocket things, and his once lonely world is now filled with friends! But just as he's starting to get used to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kids Can Press 2022
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Summary: A self-proclaimed sock detective inside her parents' New York City laundromat, 10-year-old Magnolia Wu and Iris, a new friend from California, set off across the city to solve the mystery of each missing sock, meeting people and uncovering the unimaginable along the way.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 2024
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Summary: "How often did our ancestors bathe? How often did they wash their clothes and change them? What did they understand cleanliness to be? Why have our hygienic habits changed so dramatically over time? In short, how have we come to be so clean? The Clean Body explores one of the most fundamental and pervasive cultural changes in Western history since the seventeenth century: the personal hygiene...
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Publisher / Publication Date: McGill-Queen's University Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613.4 WARGeringer, Laura
Summary: Molly and her friends, running a test load of laundry in her mysterious new washing machine, dance to the music it makes during its cycles.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper & Row] 1986
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC GERThummler, Brenna
Summary: "Marjorie Glatt feels like a ghost. A practical thirteen-year-old in charge of the family laundry business, her daily routine features unforgiving customers, unbearable P.E. classes, and the fastidious Mr. Saubertuck who is committed to destroying everything she's worked for"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lion Forge 2018
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Summary: "When The French Laundry Cookbook was published in 1999 (five years after the opening of the French Laundry restaurant), it broke the mold of all previous cookbooks; it has since come to be considered by many to be the most important restaurant cookbook ever published. With more than 600,000 copies in print, the book has been an education for thousands, from home cooks to aspiring...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Artisan Books 2020
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 641.5944 KELRawlings, Irene.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gibbs Smith 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 648.1 RAWPateras, Melissa Dilkes
Summary: "Melissa Dilkes Pateras is the most competent housekeeper/DIY-project master/home repair genius that you've ever been sexually attracted to. Once she followed her kids onto TikTok and began sharing her years of knowledge, she found a community eager for her approachable, often tongue-in-cheek advice on everything from caulking to why color-coded closets are a spiritual experience. She doesn't...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Dial Press 2024
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 648.5 PATBagley, Jessixa
Summary: "Two bored badgers have run out of things to do until their mom suggests they help with the laundry"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BAGBunting, Eve
Summary: One sunny Saturday in 1889, Lizzie helps her grandmother scrub, boil, rinse, and hang loads of laundry, although she would rather be having a tea party with her best friend, Lucy, and their dolls, Amelia Cordelia and Belinda Lavinia.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction Bunting 2014Hughes, Shirley
Summary: In 1930s Liverpool, England, Bronwen and Dylan live with their widowed mother, who works long hours doing other people's washing, and even though she sometimes must leave the children alone in the house, she cautions them not to speak to the O'Rileys next door, who go to a different church.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2010
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE FIC HUGRichardson, Patric
Summary: "Patric Richardson, aka the "Laundry Evangelist," reveals his revolutionary methods for cleaning clothes-and making laundry loads more fun. Doing laundry is rarely anyone's favorite task. But to Patric Richardson, laundry isn't just fun-it's a way of life. After years of running Laundry Camp at the Mall of America for thousands of eager learners, he's ready to share his tips, tricks, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flatiron Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 648 RICCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 648 RICSummary: Doing laundry
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1950
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Birtwhistle, Nancy
Summary: Simple swaps and innovative ideas for cleaning and maintaining your home that won't cost the Earth. Learn how easy it is to make simple swaps in your cleaning and tidying methods for a more eco-friendly home. This beautifully illustrated black and white guide with 101 hints and sustainable, natural cleaning tips and hacks will help you take small steps that have a massive positive environmental...
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Publisher / Publication Date: One Boat 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 648.5 BIREllis, Deborah
Summary: "In this powerful collection of short stories, children around the world turn eleven and take a step into their futures. Each one is changed in ways both big and small. Annoyed at having to walk his sister's dog on his birthday, Connor heads into an undeveloped subdivision, where he comes across chilling evidence of a stranger's unhappiness. A girl sneaks away from her class camping trip to a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Groundwood Books 2022
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC ELLKhalilallah, Saniyyah
Summary: "Sweeping, scrubbing, dusting, and picking up are perfect hands-on activities for teaching toddlers to care for their environment, while also fostering independence and developing strong motor skills. Inspired by the Montessori curriculum, this colorful guide specially created for 2- to 5-year-olds, teaches practical life skills with step-by-step photos"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Storey Publishing 2022
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Contents: How to clean green -- Kitchen -- Bathroom -- Around the house -- Laundry -- Disposal -- Recipes -- Stains -- Products.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Melcher Media 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Home HunterBeamer, Keola.
Summary: A contemporary master of slack key guitar provides detailed instruction and a rich repertoire for players interested in this evocative style. Keola teaches the special tunings used in slack key playing along with the lush fingerpicking style that will add new sounds and flavors to your entire repertoire, plus both traditional and original songs.
Format: notated music
Publisher / Publication Date: Homespun Tapes 1998
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1 available in Sight & Sound Print Material, Call number: SSC 787.87 BEAPotter, Beatrix
Summary: Lucie visits the laundry of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle, a hedgehog, and finds her lost handkerchiefs.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Frederick Warne 2002
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: E PotCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE POTHammersley, Toni
Summary: "The follow-up to the bestselling Complete Book of Home Organization, the Complete Book of Clean is a foolproof, eco-friendly guide to cleaning your home... Learn the best seasons to tackle home projects, storage solutions to simplify the process and teach even the messiest kids to clean up after themselves. This book will help you tackle every mess, stain and dust-magnet, and keep things from...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Weldon Owen 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Home HammersleySummary: Tara's mother's emerald necklace has been stolen! Teach your students the dos and don'ts of washing clothes as the teenage sleuths try to figure out "whodunit"-and why the laundry room is the center of the mystery. A fun way to communicate some clothing care basics, like reading care labels, pre-treating stains, separating darks from lights, and dealing with delicates. Correlates to all...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: Huckle Cat and the Busytown friends work together to solve mysteries.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: NCircle Entertainment 2009