Summary: All the colors of the earth: Reveals in verse that despite outward differences, children everywhere are essentially the same and all are lovable. Foolish frog: A dramatization of Charles L. Seeger's and Pete Seeger's song of the same title in which a foolish bullfrog explodes with pride when he hears someone singing a song about him. Over in the meadow: Counting song in which flowers and...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Weston Woods Studios 2004
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2 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV SINShellac
Contents: Dude incredible -- Compliant -- You came in me -- Riding bikes -- All the surveyors -- The people's microphone -- Gary -- Mayor/Surveyor -- Surveyor.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Wea Corp 2014
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK SHEHatanaka, Kellen
Summary: Introduces the alphabet with artwork that depicts a range of careers, from aviator to zookeeper.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Groundwood Books 2014
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1 available in JE Concept Crates, Call number: JE HATHatanaka, Kellen
Summary: "Drive will take you on a road trip into a big, wide world and into a small, narrow one, too. Any child (or adult) who has stared out the window of the family car counting license plates and state lines will recognize the highs and lows of being on the road. With stunning illustrations, including a double foldout, Drive is a show-stopping exploration of opposites. Sit back and come along for...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Groundwood Books / House of Anansi Press 2015
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Summary: Along the train lines north of New York City, twelve-year-old neighbors Myla and Peter search for the link between Myla's necklace and the disappearance of Peter's brother, Randall. Thrown into a world of parkour, graffiti, and diamond-smuggling, Myla and Peter encounter a band of thugs who are after the same thing as Randall. Can Myla and Peter find Randall before it's too late, and their...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J PA FIC CHARaja, Sheela
Summary: "More than ever, teens need tools to manage stress and increase resilience. Based on the latest research in psychology and neuroscience, The Resilient Teen offers ten key skills to help readers bounce back from difficult situations, deal with difficult emotions, and cultivate a sense of joy, even in the face of modern-day stressors"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: New Harbinger Publications 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 155.5 RAJChari, Sheela
Summary: Returning to Earth after escaping the Martian colony, Mars Patel and his friends, along with genius billionaire Oliver Pruitt, discover that all the adults have mysteriously vanished and, as tensions rise and new mysteries are revealed, must somehow discover the truth.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Walker Books 2022
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Summary: Along the train lines north of New York City, twelve-year-old neighbors Myla and Peter search for the link between Myla's necklace and the disappearance of Peter's brother, Randall. Thrown into a world of parkour, graffiti, and diamond-smuggling, Myla and Peter encounter a band of thugs who are after the same thing as Randall. Can Myla and Peter find Randall before it's too late, and their...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD FIC CHARaja, Sheela
Summary: Your trauma doesn't need to define you. In The PTSD Survival Guide for Teens , trauma specialist Sheela Raja-along with her teen daughter Jaya Ashrafi-offers evidence-based skills to help you find strength, confidence, and resilience in the aftermath of trauma. If you've experienced trauma or suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), the world can seem like a very frightening place....
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Instant Help Books, an imprint of New Harbinger Publications, Inc. 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Y 616.85 RajLeila
Contents: Mollie (5:20) -- Time to blow (3:07) -- Little acorns (3:29) -- Daisies, cats and spacemen (4:26) -- Mettle (4:24) -- Teases me (3:31) -- Carplos (4:21) -- The exotics (3:46) -- Deflect (4:21) -- Norwegian wood (3:34) -- Lush dolphins (4:03) -- Ur train (2:37) -- Young ones (3:23) -- Why should I? (4:27).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Warp 2008
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD ELECTRONIC LEIWilliams, Sheila (Sheila J.)
Summary: Born in West Africa in the mid-eighteenth century, Maryam Prescilla Grace--a.k.a "Momma Grace" will live a long, wondrous life marked by hardship, oppression, opportunity, and love. Though she will be "gifted" various names, her birth name is known to her alone. Over the course of 100-plus years, she survives capture, enslavement by several property owners, the Atlantic crossing when she is...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2022
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Summary: A tale of growing up Japanese-American in Hawaii. The narrator is Lovey Nariyoshi, a girl from a poor family who dreams of becoming white. In the course of everyday events, she describes a society where she can find no reflection of her own culture, a state of affairs which gives her an inferiority complex. A look at the reality behind the hype of multiculturalism.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus Giroux 1996
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC YAMTippins, Sherill.
Summary: "An icon of American artistic invention, the Chelsea Hotel has been, since its founding by a French socialist utopian in 1884, a cultural dynamo lodged in the very heart of uber-capitalist New York City. Sherill Tippins, author of the acclaimed February House, delivers a lively, masterly history of the Chelsea and of the successive generations of artists who have cohabited and created there,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 647.94 TIPAgarwal, Shilpa
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Soho Press, Inc. 2009
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC AGAEaston, Sheena.
Contents: No deposit, no return (5:55) -- Lover in me (5:03) -- Follow my rainbow (4:55) -- Without you (5:37) -- If it's meant to last (4:07) -- Days like this (5:07) -- One love (4:54) -- 101 (4:06) -- Cool love (4:03) -- Fire and rain (5:56).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: MCA 1988
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK EASKolhatkar, Sheelah
Summary: "Steven A. Cohen is a Wall Street legend. Born into a middle class family in a decidedly upper class suburb on Long Island, he was unpopular in high school and unlucky with girls. Then he went off to Wharton, and in 1992 launched the hedge fund SAC Capital, which grew into a $15 billion empire. He cultivated an air of mystery and reclusiveness -- at one point, owned the copyright to almost...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364 KOLFrenkel, Sheera
Summary: "Once one of Silicon Valley's greatest success stories, Facebook has been under constant fire for the past five years, roiled by controversies and crises. It turns out that while the tech giant was connecting the world, they were also mishandling users' data, spreading fake news, and amplifying dangerous, polarizing hate speech ... Drawing on their unrivaled sources, Sheera Frenkel and Cecilia...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 302.3 FRELawson, Shayla
Summary: This collection of essays that focus on black girl culture features topics such as workplace microaggressions, how to become famous on Twitter, traveling while black, and reversing racist stereotypes.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Perennial 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 814 LAWOlmanson, Shaina.
Summary: "Some desserts in jars are baked or otherwise prepared right in the jar, while others are spooned into jars. Either way, the sparkling and pretty vessel and the appealing treat it holds make for a beautiful presentation. Olmanson's clever and cute desserts are at once playful and well-crafted, appropriate for a kids' birthday one weekend (Peanut Butter Cup Cupcakes) and a grown-up gathering,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harvard Common Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.86 OLMCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 641.86 OLMRottschafer, Shelli
Summary: "Marriage is tough and relationships are always complicated.... Harry and Noelle Phillips know this all too well. In order to refocus their lives together after eighteen years, the couple begins a long weekend excursion in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. The trip is an attempt to put their marriage back on course. For their Stay North they choose Grand Island, situated off Munising Harbor and due...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Atmosphere Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ROTSherpa, Caryl.
Summary: "I taste fire, earth, rain... takes the reader into the remote places of Nepal, with glimpses of Sherpa culture and traditions. This book will enthrall everyone with its unique journey through a life with a Sherpa and rare insights into the Himalaya region"--P. [4] of cover.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Studio Press 2011
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 921 SHEYamanaka, Lois-Ann
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2006
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC YAMYamanaka, Lois-Ann
Summary: "Claire sees lava, sandy beaches, and undersea coral reefs] on her island of Hawai'i. Yet she dreams of snow falling from the sky, snowflakes melting on her tongue, and most of all, building a snowman. See how Claire's dreams become 'real' as she learns to appreciate the island she call home"--Provided by publisher.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Make Me a World 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE YAMAbdulali, Sohaila
Summary: "Drawing on her own experience, her work with hundreds of survivors as the head of a rape crisis center in Boston, and three decades of grappling with rape as a feminist intellectual and writer, Abdulali tackles some of our thorniest questions about rape, articulating the confounding way we account for who gets raped and why--and asking how we want to raise the next generation. In interviews...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: New Press 2018