Summary: Coach Clay Driscoll is a small town basketball coach who seems to have everything going against him. A team he doesn't want. A town that doesn't support girl's sports and small town politics that threaten to undermine any chance he has of winning. But his pride and his "girls" refuse to let him quit. Both the young women and their hard-headed coach fight for equality and a share of the dream,...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: GT Media 2007
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD BELSummary: Use this ABC News program to explore links between a wide range of educational issues: school safety, overcrowding, privatization, and poor academic performance. The video takes viewers inside Chester High, a Pennsylvania school racked with security, staffing, and financial problems; in fact, Chester's difficulties are so great that the company hired to run the school has pulled out. With...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Yared, Christine A.
Summary: "Gerry Crane had hit his stride. A talented high school music teacher, he was loved by students and parents--lauded as one of the best teachers at his school. Gerry had reconciled his conservative religious upbringing with his identity as a gay man, finding an affirming spiritual home in a local church. He enjoyed a close circle of loving friends and had found the love of his life. In October...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Penning History, LLC 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Soc Pol YaredSummary: From the executive producers of Super Size Me and Director Sara Sackner, this program examines the deplorable atrophy of arts education in America's classrooms by contrasting the crisis with the story of one very dedicated, inspiring high school drama teacher: Jay W. Jensen, who over a 50-year career touched the lives of many with the transformational power of the arts. Renowned pupils-actor...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Pilkey, Dav
Summary: When George and Harold hypnotize their principal into thinking that he is the superhero Captain Underpants, he leads them to the lair of the nefarious Dr. Diaper.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2023
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5 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC PILCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC PILHaddam, Jane
Summary: In her 91 years, Ann-Victoria Hadley has often been the most hated person in Snow Hill, Pennsylvania. But now, it $1 (Bs worse than ever. After a new school board inserted $1! @ (Bintelligent design $1 (B into the curriculum, they were sued by a coalition including Hadley, the one member of the board who wouldn $1 (Bt go along with the rest. With the trial about to start and the town...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2009
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HADCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Stacks, Call number: FIC HadPilkey, Dav
Summary: George and Harold thought they were beyond boogers. Their new pet, Sulu the Bionic Hamster, had defeated the Bionic Booger Boy, and through the wonders of science, Melvin Sneedly had been brought back to normal (well, almost normal). It looked like their last adventure was actually going to have a happy ending... except for one thing (well, three things) -- the Ridiculous Robo-Boogers. Now...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2023
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Summary: Somebody in the town of Rock Bay has posted a "share this post and your own deepest death fear" meme. Soon it seems that everybody but Izzy has shared the creepy graphic, though nobody knows who posted it. Then people start dying-- in the way that they said scared them the most. It seems the meme is part of a plot to extract revenge on the high school students of Rock Bay-- but why? And who is...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC PRESwanson, Matthew
Summary: After getting a fortune cookie with the message, "Practice makes perfect," Ben meets new student Darby, who claims to be perfect and offers to teach Ben his secrets.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2021
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Summary: "Delightful illustrations, irresistible finger trails and number lines combine to make this the perfect book to help young children learn the shapes of numbers, and how to count up to ten."--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: EDC Publishing 2021
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1 available in Board Books, Call number: JE BROCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in JE Concept Crates, Call number: JE BROPilkey, Dav
Summary: When George and Harold hypnotize their principal into thinking that he is the superhero Captain Underpants, he leads them to the lair of the nefarious Dr. Diaper, where they must defeat his evil robot henchmen.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J PA FIC PILPhung, Nguyen Quang
Summary: "This is no ordinary first journey. The rainy season has come to the Mekong Delta, and An, a young Vietnamese boy, sets out alone in a wooden boat wearing a little backpack and armed only with a single oar. On the way, he is confronted by giant crested waves, heavy rainfall and eerie forests where fear takes hold of him. Although daunted by the dark unknown, An realizes that he is not alone and...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Make Me a World 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE PHUCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE WLD Culture Phung 2021Dean, James
Summary: Pete the Cat's school day is recounted in this twist on the classic song.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Festival 2015
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Summary: "Brother and Sister Bear are very excited to be going back to school, but there's one big question on their minds: who will be their new teacher? Why, it's none other than Miz Bearly, known for giving lots of homework, loving pop quizzes, and always looking a bit grouchy. But the cubs soon realize that Miz Bearly can also make learning fun, and if they just give her a chance, they may even find...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2024
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Summary: Invites the reader to find nine different shapes as a group of young animals move through their school day.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books, LLC 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SLABerenstain, Mike
Summary: Join Papa, Mama, and the cubs as Gramps introduces them to some of the traditions most associated with St. Patrick's Day, from gathering to enjoy a parade down Main Street to leprechauns and pots of gold.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: HarperFestival, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2021
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2 available in Juvenile Holidays - Springtime Holidays, Call number: JE BERBeard, Amanda.
Summary: "In this candid and ultimately uplifting memoir, Olympic medalist Amanda Beard reveals the truth about coming of age in the spotlight, the demons she battled along the way, and the newfound happiness that has proven to be her greatest victory"--Container. A seven-time Olympic medalist describes her battles with depression, eating disorders, and substance abuse in spite of her successful...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Tantor Media 2012
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA 797.2 BEARD, AMANDA BeaMills, Claudia
Summary: "Sixth grader Betsy is the one who informs her best friend, Lizard, that thousands of the world's languages are currently threatened by extinction; Betsy's mother is a linguistics professor working frantically to study dying languages before they are lost forever. But it is Lizard who, gripped by the magnitude of this loss, challenges Betsy, "What if, instead of WRITING about dying languages,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC MILStar, Fleur
Summary: Uses print and braille to teach young readers to count.--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: DK Publishing 2016
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Summary: On the first day of kindergarten, there's so much to do! From making new friends to jumping rope in gym to riding the bus to school, there are lots of exciting firsts to look forward to. Even though saying good-bye to Mom and Dad is hard, when the school bus pulls up, it's time to begin kindergarten fun.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2016
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE FIC RABDealey, Erin
Summary: The Christmas boat parade is underway and Santa and his reindeer run astray until a surprise helps to save the day.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2023
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE DEAKatz, Karen
Summary: Rosie, a helpful preschooler, offers advice to children facing their first day of preschool.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Schwartz & Wade Books 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: BOARD KATBurton, Jeffrey
Summary: A playful twist on the classic nursery rhyme, "The Itsy Bitsy Spider," follows the adventures of a tiny school bus as he goes off to his first day of school.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little Simon 2018
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Summary: Twelve-year-old Olive suffers from brittle bone disease and has been homeschooled all her life. When she is finally allowed to attend school in person, she soon discovers fitting in is not that easy. Olive hopes to find the magical wish-granting hummingbird that supposedly lives nearby. If she can prove herself worthy, maybe her deepest wish will be granted. - adapted from run-on sentence...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2022