Johnston, Tony
Summary: Celebrates a giant sequoia tree as its shelters birds and small animals, experiences all the seasons, and points up to the night sky and the stars.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE JOHLassieur, Allison
Summary: This encyclopedia offers readers the chance to explore the 63 national parks in the United States and its territories. Alongside photos of the parks, the text highlights each park's history, points of interest, and things to do. Features include glossary, additional resources, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Encyclopedias, an imprint of Abdo Reference 2023
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J917.3 LASFrost, Helen
Summary: When you are outside on a summer's day, have you ever seen fine powder on a flower or floating on the breeze? That's pollen, almost invisible, waiting for the only thing it needs -- a ride on the wind, or a wing, or a feather. And it's the pollinators, small and mighty, who hold the world together with their work.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Yosemite National Park embraces nearly 1,200 square miles located near the Sierra Mountains in California. One of the world's pre-eminent scenic wonders. Encompasses mountains, tranquil valleys, roaring rivers, mist-enshrouded waterfalls and groves of giant sequoias - the largest living things on Earth. Enjoy the sights of the massive granite shapes of Half Dome, El Capitan and Cathedral Rock,...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Good Times 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.94 DISChin, Jason
Summary: A young city boy, riding the subway, finds an abandoned book about redwoods. He finds himself in the very forest described in the book. After finishing the book, he leaves it for someone else to read.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2009
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE CHICooke, Joanna
Summary: Numbers fail when trying to describe this ancient and tremendous tree. The giant sequoia begins life as a seed no larger than an oatmeal flake yet can grow as tall as three blue whales stacked chin to tale. The oldest sequoias have lived as long as forty human lifetimes. The largest are so enormous, twenty children holding hands can’t wrap their arms around the trunks! In evocative text and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yosemite Conservancy 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE COOHubbard, Ben
Summary: "Sea monsters have a long history in lore and literature. Homer first wrote of them in 700 BCE. What Do We Know About the Kraken? lets curious young readers explore what we actually know about this mysterious sea monster's long history. Dive into the facts behind this massive squid-like creature that was first described using the word "Kraken" in the beginning of the eighteenth century. For...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop 2024
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DI PRIMA, DIANE DIPPallotta, Jerry
Summary: Contains facts about whales and giant squid, comparing such aspects as their sizes, brain structure, and abilities.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2012
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE PALKaye, Buddy
Format: notated music
Publisher / Publication Date: 1948
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1 available in Sheet Music, Call number: SHMSummary: While checking out the endangered Giant panda, the Wild Kratts gets stranded in China without power to any of their vehicles. They must figure out how to 'power up' in time to help save the pandas, who are being turned into roboticized stuffed toys by the nefarious villain, Zach Varmitech. An 'ancient panda secret' just might lead to the creature power that will restart their engines and save...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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Contents: Umzansi / (feat. Black Quantum Futurism & Mary Lattimore) -- April 7th / (feat. Keir Neuringer) -- Golden lady / (feat. Melanie Charles) -- Joe McPhee nation time intro / (feat. Keir Neuringer) -- Ode to Mary / (feat. Orion Sun & Jason Moran) -- Woody Shaw / (feat. Melanie Charles) -- Meditation rag / (feat. Aquiles Navarro & Alya Al Sultani) -- So sweet Amina / (feat. Justmadnice & Keir...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in LP Phonograph Record, Call number: VINYL RAP MOOSoundwalk Collective (Musical group)
Contents: Killer Road -- My heart is empty -- Evening of light -- Saeta -- Secret side -- Fearfully in danger (live) -- I will be seven (live) -- The sphinx (live) -- My only child.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD ELECTRONIC SOUKennedy, Jimmy.
Format: notated music
Publisher / Publication Date: Shapiro, Bernstein & Co. 1947
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1 available in Sheet Music, Call number: SHMHatke, Ben
Summary: Teaming up with new friend Zita the spacegirl, Jack and Lilly confront an army of dangerous giants and screeds ready to lay siege to Earth and determined to end all human life.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: First Second 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 HATMuth, Jon J.
Summary: Stillwater the giant panda's nephew, Koo, has a dream about saving the world, and Stillwater shows him that sometimes saving the world starts with doing the little things, like cleaning your room, and feeding the cat.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2023
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Summary: Panda Love is a collection of incredible images of these gentle giants. Ami Vitale's stunning photographs, taken on location in China, document the efforts to breed pandas and release them back into the wild. Ami was given unprecedented access to the pandas and her photos give an amazing insight into the bears' lives in both the sanctuaries and their natural habitat. Fluffy panda cubs tumble...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hardie Grant Books 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 599.789 VITGoetsch, Diana
Summary: "A memoir of one woman's long journey to late transition, in an era before real community or appropriate language was available to help her understand herself"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 GOETSCH, DIANA GOESummary: The epic story of Henri Charrière, a safecracker from the Parisian underworld who is framed for murder and condemned to life in the notorious penal colony on Devil's Island. Determined to regain his freedom, Papillon forms an unlikely alliance with convicted counterfeiter Louis Dega, who, in exchange for protection, agrees to finance Papillon's escape.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Pictures Home Entertainment 2018
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA PAPCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE PAPHickman, Joseph
Summary: Provides an insider's account of the capture, detention, and torture of Abu Zubaydah, arguing that his case has been used as a way for American authorities to sell the ℗₃"War on Terror" to the American people.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hot Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363 HICHood, Susan
Summary: "An inspirational nonfiction novel-in-verse about Zhanna Arshanskaya, a young Ukrainian Jewish girl using the alias Anna, whose phenomenal piano-playing skills saved her life and the life of her sister, Frina, during the Holocaust-from award-winning author Susan Hood, with Zhanna's son, Greg Dawson"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2022
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Summary: "The massacre at Oradour-sur-Glane on June 10, 1944, is recognized yearly throughout France with the same profundity as the attacks on Pearl Harbor and the Twin Towers in the United States. The Oradour Massacre is taught in school in France and the anniversary is commemorated every year. Today, Oradour is a destination for people interested in one of the most horrific events in French history....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lyons Press 2023
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Summary: "Three young pandas set out on separate journeys to save their homes and families in the Bamboo Kingdom"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC HUNHarjo, Joy
Summary: In this lyrical meditation about the why of writing poetry, Joy Harjo reflects on significant points of illumination, experience, and questioning from her fifty years as a poet. Comprised of intimate vignettes that take us through the author's life journey as a youth in the late 1960s, a single mother, and a champion of Native nations, this book offers a fresh understanding of how poetry...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yale University Press 2022