Vaught, Susan
Summary: Grandma Beans and Avadelle Richardson havent spoken in decades, and with her Alzheimer's Grandma Beans doesn't make a lot of sense. But when she tells Dani to find a secret key and envelope that she's hidden, Dani can't ignore her. Her investigation with the help of her friend, Indri, and her not-friend, Mac, takes them deep into the history of Oxford, Mississippi, and the riots surrounding the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2016
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1 available in JT Fiction, Call number: JT Fiction Vaught 2016Summary: Click, clack, moo: A bunch of literate cows go on strike after Farmer Brown refuses to give in to their typed demands of electric blankets when the barn gets too cold. The day Jimmy's boa ate the wash: Jimmy's boa constrictor wreaks havoc on the class trip to a farm. The Pigs' wedding: all the pigs must get cleaned up for the big wedding. Hendrika, a Dutch cow, wants to visit the city. Charlie...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2002
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV CLIWillems, Mo
Summary: Piggie is upset because a whale took the ball she found, but Gerald finds a solution that pleases all of them.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion Books for Children, an imprint of Disney Book Group 2015
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1 available in Juvenile World Languages, Call number: JBR GREEN SPANISH WILMoss, Marissa
Summary: The gripping story of Lise Meitner, the physicist who discovered nuclear fission.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD 921 MEIAlessandri, Alexandra
Summary: "English just feels wrong to Isabel. She prefers her native Spanish. As she prepares for a new school, she knows she's going to have to learn. Her first day is uncomfortable, until she employs her crayons and discovers there's more than one way to communicate with new friends"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ALEManushkin, Fran
Summary: Studying the planets at school, Pedro learns fascinating facts about Mars.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint 2021
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Summary: Geraldo está cansado y gruñón. ¿Soñará con Cerdita? ¿O ella no lo dejará soñar?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion Books for Children 2021
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Summary: "Dragon discovers that staying with the family he loves is more important than any flying adventure"--P. 4. of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Callaway & Kirk Company LLC 2008
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE FIC KIRColato Lainez, Rene
Summary: Young René's mother has sent him a new pair of shoes from the United States. He loves his new shoes. "They walk everywhere I walk. They jump every time I jump. They run as fast as me. We always cross the finish line at the same time." René-with his new shoes-and his father set off on the long journey to meet his mother in the United States. He says goodbye to his friends in El Salvador, and...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J READ-ALONG COLWiles, Deborah
Summary: It's 1964 in Greenwood, Mississippi, and Sunny's town is being invaded by people from up north who are coming to help people register to vote. Her personal life isn't much better, as a new stepmother, brother, and sister are crowding into her life, giving her little room to breathe.--From publisher description.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2014
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC WILKelly, Mark E.
Summary: El astronauta Mark Kelly voló con "ratonautas" en su primer vuelo espacial a bordo del transbordador Endeavour en 2001. Ratonauta cuenta la historia de un ratoncito que lo que más quiere es viajar al espacio exterior. El ratoncito trabaja tan duro como los ratones más grandes para mostrar que está listo para la misión...¡y es escogido para el vuelo! Mientras están en el espacio, los astronautas...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2021
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1 available in Foreign Language, Call number: J468 SPANISH KELBrown, Larry
Summary: The author "aims for nothing short of ruthlessly capturing the truth of the geography that shaped him and his art [and] ... what it's like to be constantly compared with William Faulkner, a writer with whom he shares the undeniable inspiration of the Mississippi land."--Jacket.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill 2001
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Summary: "As a female Jewish physicist in Berlin during the early 20th century, Lise Meitner had to fight for an education, a job, and equal treatment in her field, like having her name listed on her own research papers. Meitner made groundbreaking strides in the study of radiation, but when Hitler came to power in Germany, she suddenly had to face not only sexism, but also life-threatening...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books for Young Readers 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 MEIConkling, Winifred
Summary: "The ... little-known story of how two brilliant female physicists' groundbreaking discoveries led to the creation of the atomic bomb"--Amazon.com.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Algonquin Young Readers, an imprint of Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 CONRaúl the Third
Summary: "Little Lobo and his friends are excited for the out-of-this-world book festival the Guadalupian Library hosts every year! Everyone has a special book they're looking for, but there's so much to see and do first. From cookbook demonstrations and comics workshops to mask making and language classes, this library has something for everyone. Can Little Lobo, Bernabé, Kooky Dooky, Coco Rocho, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Versify, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE RAUThomas, Angie
Summary: "It's not easy being a Remarkable in the Unremarkable world. Some things are cool--like getting a pet hellhound for your twelfth birthday. Others, not so much--like not being trusted to learn magic because you might use it to take revenge on an annoying neighbor. All Nic Blake wants is to be a powerful Manifestor like her dad. But before she has a chance to convince him to teach her the gift, a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Balzer & Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC THOSummary: Bill Nye illustrates how various types of transportation utilize friction, from traction in trains and the "roll" of ball bearings in skateboards and automobiles, to the lack of friction in a hovercraft.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Disney Educational Productions 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV BILMenon, Sandhya
Summary: Pinky Kumar wears the social justice warrior badge with pride. From raccoon hospitals to persecuted rock stars, no cause is too esoteric for her to champion. But a teeny tiny part of her also really enjoys making her conservative, buttoned-up corporate lawyer parents cringe. Samir Jha might have a few...quirks remaining from the time he had to take care of his sick mother, like the endless...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Pulse 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC MENMills, Deborah
Summary: Alfredo y su papá deben cruzar la frontera en un viaje difícil de México a los Estados Unidos. ¿Encontrarán el nuevo hogar que están buscando en el otro lado? Basándose en hechos reales, esta historia cobra vida gracias a la ilustradora Mexicana Claudia Navarro, y está repleta de notas al final del texto para iniciar conversaciones sobre inmigración.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Barefoot Books 2018
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1 available in Juvenile World Languages, Call number: J SPANISH 325 MILLeZotte, Ann Clare
Summary: "As a young teacher on Martha's Vineyard, Mary Lambert feels restless and adrift. So when a league of missionaries invite her to travel abroad, she knows it's a once in a lifetime opportunity. Paris is home to a pioneering deaf school where she could meet its visionary instructors Jean Massieu and Laurent Clerc--and even bring back their methods to help advance formal deaf education in America!...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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Summary: Determined to run away from her home in the Valley, an area controlled by the tyrannical Night Coats, Alidade stumbles upon a magical hideaway that belongs to the long-lost peacekeepers known as the Mapmakers, and accidentally brings to life a magical creature who is meant to protect the Valley.
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Publisher / Publication Date: RH Graphic 2022
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Summary: Camila and her Papa enter a televised baking competition, but trying to do everything herself results in a mess so Papa helps to bake strawberry-iced cake pops that could make them sta
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books 2021
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Summary: A foster child named Angel and twelve-year-old Stella, who are living with Stella's great-aunt Louise at the Linger Longer Cottage Colony on Cape Cod, secretly assume responsibility for the vacation rentals when Louise unexpectedly dies and the girls are afraid of being returned to the foster care system.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Balzer + Bray 2012