Gunderson, Jessica
Summary: A humorous retelling of the fairy tale as told from the point of view of the misunderstood wolf, who suffers from "uncontrollable breathing syndrome" and really just wants to be friends.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint 2016
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE FIC GUNLoewen, Nancy
Summary: A humorous retelling of The Princess and the Pea, as told by the princess--who really was not a princess at all, and was kept awake by her dog.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint 2016
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE FIC LOELoewen, Nancy
Summary: A humorous retelling of the fairy tale Hansel and Gretel, told from the witch's point of view--who rescues the children from their wicked stepmother, and teaches them food art.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint 2016
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE FIC LOEGunderson, Jessica
Summary: A retelling of the classic fairy tale from the point of view of Rumpelstiltskin, who spins straw into gold (for cash payments), but really dreams of having a son to raise.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint 2016
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE FIC GUNWillems, Mo
Summary: For the first time ever, best friends Elephant and Piggie have five Biggie adventures in one book!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion Books for Children, an imprint of Disney Book Group 2022
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Summary: Entreated by her grandmother to help reform playboy Prince Nicolas, girlfriend-for-hire Melissa is supported in her endeavor by her fiance, but finds the task more daunting than anticipated when her client changes her romantic perspectives.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Pocket Books 2008
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BROGriffiths, Andy
Summary: Andy and Terry must get past their differences to save their story ideas from a herd of spy cows.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Feiwel & Friends 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC GRIRex, Adam
Summary: Gumluck, a young, naíve wizard, does his best to help the local townspeople (and a small friendly ghost) with his sometimes critical raven sidekick, Helvetica.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC REXRex, Adam
Summary: This is a story about magic, if you like that kind of thing. It is also a story about a ghost with amnesia, an unpopular fairy, an ungrateful little town, and an extremely wise and helpful raven (who happens to be a pretty talented storyteller). But mostly, it is about a friendly little wizard who lives inside a big hill and really, really, really wants to be a hero. His name is Gumluck, and he...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD FIC REXLansdale, Joe R.
Summary: Unlikely partners Hap and Leonard save a woman from a mob hit, only to find themselves confronted by an adversary who challenges their friendship.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mulholland Books, Little, Brown and Company 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LANStilton, Thea
Summary: While attending the Festival of Time in Germany, the Thea sisters investigate the theft of a famous clock.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2019
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Summary: The author of The Satanic Verses returns with his most humorous and accessible novel yet. This is the story of Haroun, a 12-year-old boy whose father Rashid is the greatest storyteller in a city so sad that it has forgotten its name. When the gift of gab suddenly deserts Rashid, Haroun sets out on an adventure to rescue his print.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Granta Books in association with Penguin Books 1991
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC RUSBrowne, Hester.
Summary: Hilarious and warmhearted, this "deliciously addictive" (Cosmopolitan) debut romantic comedy stars a woman who goes from doormat to diva when she sets up shop as the ultimate freelance girlfriend. Melissa Romney-Jones can bake a perfect sponge cake, type her little heart out, and plan a party blindfolded. But none of that has helped her get far in life or in love. When she gets fired -- again...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pocket Books 2006
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Summary: When Little Red Chicken comes home excited about what she learned in school, she explains to Papa that every story has "an elephant of surprise."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2021
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE STEErickson, John R.
Summary: #1: While investigating a murder on the ranch, Hank finds himself the number one suspect. #2: Hank conducts defensive maneuvers against an attacking silver monster bird.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Maverick Books 1983
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1 available in Juvenile Compact Audio Disc, Call number: J CD ERIDean, James
Summary: Pete the Cat takes on the classic favorite children's song "Five Little Pumpkins" in New York Times bestselling author James Dean's Pete the Cat: Five Little Pumpkins. Join Pete as he rocks out to this cool adaptation of the classic Halloween song!
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2015
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1 available in KBL Holiday Storage, Call number: E DEACopies Available at Peninsula
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE FIC DEAMaupin, Armistead.
Summary: A naive young secretary forsakes Cleveland for San Francisco, tumbling headlong into a brave new world of laundromat lotharios and cutthroat debutantes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Perennial 2007
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2 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MAUDyckman, Ame
Summary: Og learns the value of teamwork as he builds a robot with Mog and Dog.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Spotlight 2024
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1 available in New Youth Materials, Call number: JBR ORANGE DYCCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Beginning Readers - Pre-Reader (Orange), Call number: JBR ORANGE DYCMalamud, Bernard
Summary: This capstone novel in Library of America's Bernard Malamud edition brings together his three final novels: The Tenants, about the growing tension between two male writers -- one Jewish, the other Black -- who are the only inhabitants of a crumbling Manhattan tenement house; Dubin's Lives, a revealing study in the perils and and promise of love in middle age; and God's Grace, a postapocalyptic...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Library of America, The 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MALRaúl the Third
Summary: It's lunchtime for young El Toro and his friends--and each one is looking forward to a different kind of taco, their favorite! The luchadores take a break from their training and head into town to eat. When they count their lunch money and discover they don't have enough for tacos, they will have to work together on a creative, fun solution to earn plenty of dinero for a delicious...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Versify, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023
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1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN RAUMcCall 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...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Large Print 2023
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC MCCFitzgerald, John Dennis.
Summary: In 1896 the Great Brain of Adenville, Utah, is almost twelve years old and more mischievous than ever in his practical jokes and schemes against everyone in town.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Press 1969
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC FITMeggitt-Phillips, Jack
Summary: The beast, who tried to eat Bethany twice and controlled Ebenezer Tweezer for years, is declared no longer dangerous and delivered back to Ebenezer and Bethany's house, but the beast's newfound manners may not be as polished as everyone thought.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC MEGMaupin, Armistead.
Summary: The lives of the colorful residents of a San Francisco boarding house are comically intertwined as they search for themselves, their lovers, and families.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Perennial 2007