Kertell, Lynn Maslen
Summary: Scholastic's award-winning reading program is now available to pre-readers with the creation of My First Bob Books. Expanding upon the Bob Books method and philosophy, these brand new sets offer children and their parents simple and satisfying tools that lay an important foundation for reading readiness. My First Bob Books: Alphabet helps children match sounds to letters, letters to words, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2008
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Pre-Reader (Orange), Call number: JBR ORANGE KERCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JE Fiction Kertell 2008Eluvium
Contents: Strangeworks -- Fugue state -- Drowning tone -- Regenerative being -- Washer logistics -- Movie night revisited -- Beyond the moon for someone in reverse -- False readings on -- Rorschach pavan -- Individuation -- Posturing through metaphysical collapse.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD ELECTRONIC ELUSummary: Referring to the work of Piaget, Erikson, and Goffman as well as to the studies of David Elkind, this program looks at the intellectual, emotional, and social consequences resulting from adolescent changes in thinking - a transition that can create social and emotional difficulties. The video includes footage of a public middle school and structured interviews illustrating the intellectual...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1999
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Wolf, Maryanne
Summary: Wolf considers the future of the reading brain and our capacity for critical thinking, empathy and reflection as we become increasingly dependent upon digital technologies. A decade ago, Wolf's Proust and the Squid revealed what we know about how the brain learns to read and how reading changes the way we think and feel. Now that we are completely immersed in the internet and digital devices,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 418 WOLCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 418 WOLStosz, Sandra
Summary: "Today, our nation is like a ship being tossed in tumultuous seas. The winds and waves of change have divided and distanced our society, threatening to wash away the very principles our nation was founded upon. Now more than ever, our nation needs leaders with the moral courage to stand strong and steady-leaders capable of uniting people in support of a shared purpose by building the trust and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Köehlerbooks 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.4 STODrake
Contents: Legend (4:02) -- Energy (3:02) -- 10 Bands (2:58) -- Know Yourself (4:36) -- No Tellin' (5:11) -- Madonna (2:58) -- 6 God (3:01) -- Star67 (4:55) -- Preach (3:57) -- Wednesday Night Interlude (3:32) -- Used To (4:28) -- 6 Man (2:48) -- Now & Forever (4:41) -- Company (4:13) -- You & The 6 (4:25) -- Jungle (5:20) -- 6PM In New York (4:43).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Cash Money Records/Motown Records 2015
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Summary: If Mark and his colleagues are to meet a tight research deadline, they will have to read faster-and smarter-than ever. This dramatization illustrates the value of taking a time-saving approach to reading, which includes using skimming and active reading techniques, taking advantage of reader-friendly devices designed to help pinpoint information, and diligently concentrating on the content...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: It may be the single greatest cause of disagreement, and even moral disdain, between family members, neighbors, and entire nationalities-but the way we raise our children is also tied to deeply ingrained beliefs and traditions. This program examines the subject, focusing on wide disparities between cultures in the matter of parenting and child-rearing. From India's Tihar prison, where some...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Gould, Jonathan
Summary: "Otis Redding remains an immortal presence in the canon of American music on the strength of such classic hits as "(Sittin' on) The Dock of the Bay," "I've Been Loving You Too Long," "Try a Little Tenderness," and "Respect," a song he wrote and recorded before Aretha Franklin made it her own. As the architect of the distinctly southern, gospel-inflected style of rhythm & blues associated with...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Archetype 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 REDDING, OTIS GOUPumphrey, Jarrett
Summary: One, Two, Kat, and Four want to form a club so together they figure out how to make a sign saying what their club should be called.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion Books for Children 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE PUMKerouac, Jack
Summary: Presents selections of poetry by the beat poet, Jack Kerouac.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Verve 1997
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD COMEDY/SPOKEN KERCleaver, Samantha
Summary: "Raising an Active Reader explains research on reading aloud with children who are in early elementary school (grades K-3). Upon completion, adults will know how read aloud works for children who are learning to read, and how the ABCs of Active Reading (Ask questions, Build vocabulary, and make Connections) build important reading skills"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 372.4 CLEGregory, Dick
Summary: With his trademark acerbic wit, incisive humor, and infectious paranoia, one of our foremost comedians and most politically engaged civil rights activists looks back at 100 key events from the complicated history of black America. A friend of luminaries including Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Medgar Evers, and the forebear of today's popular black comics, including Larry Wilmore, W. Kamau...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973 GRESummary: Reading rate and comprehension can mean the difference between success and failure to students. Three strategies for improving both are presented in this program. The first suggests reading during the day, for short periods in a quiet place, for maximum efficiency. One method demonstrates how to divide words into groups on a page as an effective way of improving reading rate. The SQ3R Strategy...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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McCaulley, Esau
Summary: "Reading Scripture from the perspective of Black church tradition can help us connect with a rich faith history and address the urgent issues of our times. Demonstrating an ongoing conversation between the collective Black experience and the Bible, New Testament scholar Esau McCaulley shares a personal and scholarly testament to the power and hope of Black biblical interpretation"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 220.6 MCCRatboys (Musical group)
Contents: Molly -- Elvis is in the freezer -- Westside -- Control -- Crying about the planets -- Dangerous visions -- Wandered -- GM -- The record -- Peter the wildboy.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Topshelf Records 2017
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK RATSummary: This teleconference for teachers, administrators, and parents addresses the issues of improving comprehension; cognitive coaching; the link between thinking, reading, and writing; and the integration of instruction and assessment. The program features Syracuse University Professor Harold Herber, Professor Dorothy Strickland of Rutgers University, Robert Peterkin of Harvard University's Urban...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: A torrent of e-mails, faxes, memos, reports, contracts, and newsletters threatens to drown the typical new hire in a sea of paper and text. With simple methods for tackling an immense volume of content, this program helps students manage workplace reading tasks quickly and efficiently without overlooking important information. Featured tips show viewers how to stay focused, prioritize reading...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Smart, Bradford D.
Summary: "In this fully revised and updated edition of his best-selling management classic, Bradford D. Smart describes exactly how leading companies have embraced topgrading, and how you can, too. The author spells out his practical approach to the Topgrading Interview, the proven best practice for assessing talent. His intriguing case studies and shrewd advice are based on solid research - more than...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Portfolio 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.4 SMAPicower, Bree
Summary: "When racist curriculum "goes viral" on social media, it is typically dismissed as an isolated incident from a "bad" teacher. Educator Bree Picower, however, holds that racist curriculum isn't an anomaly. It's a systemic problem that reflects how Whiteness is embedded and reproduced in education. In Reading, Writing, and Racism, Picower argues that White teachers must reframe their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 371.829 PICSummary: Heading for Peace continues the biography of T. E. Lawrence from the year 1917 as he and the Arabs continue to attack and undermine the Turks. Upon Turkish surrender, the Balfour Declaration paves the way for a Jewish homeland in Palestine and Lawrence leads the Arabs in an allied race for the city. But soon after, British duplicity is exposed. Now a celebrated figure to the British public,...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2003
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Power, Thomas J.
Summary: Adolescents (ages 12-20) with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are at risk for academic problems, strained relationships, peer rejection and unsafe behavior -- and parents are often at a loss for how to handle these challenges. If Your Adolescent Has ADHD: An Essential Resource for Parents provides the up-to-date information and down-to-earth support that parents need. It offers...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Parent-Teacher Collection, Call number: JPT 616.8589 POWHume, Mark
Summary: "A unique and radiant memoir about fatherhood and fly fishing. Fishing was Mark Hume's passion since he was a young boy, a lifeline through a childhood marked by impermanence. When he became a father, he knew he wanted to pass on his love of fishing and the natural world to his daughters. Most of all, he wanted to give them hope for their future even as they were growing up during an...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HUME, MARK HUMRedding, Otis
Contents: Respect (2:07) / Redding -- (Sittin' on) The dock of the bay / Redding-Cropper (2:43) -- These arms of mine / Redding-Walden (2:32) -- Pain in my heart / Naomi Neville (3:07) -- Come to me / Redding-Walden (2:43) --Security / Redding (2:32) -- That's how strong my love is / Roosevelt Jamison (2:27) -- Mr. Pitiful / Redding-Cropper (2:26) -- I've been loving you too long (to stop now) /...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Special Products 1986