Andros, Camille
Summary: The author presents a picture book biography of Eliza Schuyler Hamilton, co-founder and director of the first private orphanage in New York City and wife of founding father Alexander Hamilton.--adapted from publisher's description.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2019
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB HAMILTON ANDAlmada, Ariel Andrés
Summary: "Anoche tuve un sueño. Un sueño en el que llegabas a nuestro hogar con los ojitos apenas abiertos y un montón de preguntas en la punta de la nariz...". Tras el éxito de "Hija " y de sus mismos autores, llega "Hijo", un tesoro para la biblioteca y para el corazón de los más pequeños. Un libro que toda la familia querrá volver a leer, una y otra vez, para recordar el privilegio que es recorrer...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cuento de Luz 2020
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1 available in Foreign Language, Call number: J468 SPANISH ALMGiraldo, Maria Loretta
Summary: "A tiny seed finds itself lost in the world, but with care from the Sky, Earth, and Sun it grows up to be a beautiful apple tree. When the tree meets a bird in need of help, it offers its branches as shelter and shows little readers the magic of being cared for and taking care. This comforting tale celebrates the harmonious relationship between birds and trees, reveals the quiet wonder of our...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Blue Dot Press 2022
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE GIRAndrews, Elizabeth
Summary: This book introduces readers to the forest giant of the north woods. The moose's habitat, life cycle, and diet are explored in clear, easy-to-read text with bright photos and infographics. QR Codes in the books give readers access to book-specific resources to further their learning. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Cody Koala is an imprint of Pop!, a division...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pop!, a division of ABDO 2023
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J591.518 ANDAndrews, Julie
Summary: This creative nonfiction book introduces readers to the remarkable story of Guido d'Arezzo's development of musical notation. Guido longed to find a way to write and teach music. Eventually, he created the musical scale, using the words Do-Re-Mi-Fa-Sol-La-Ti-Do...one syllable for each note. Though the other monks thought it was a waste of time, Guido's music couldn't be silenced. His discovery...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 GUIFrankel, Erin
Summary: "A biography about chef José Andrés, who, through his World Central Kitchen organization, is fulfilling a vision to feed people in need all over the world"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Studio 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 ANDD'Aquino, Andrea
Summary: "As a young girl, Florence Merriam Bailey fell in love with the outdoors, especially birds, whose songs and flight captivated her. She listened, waited, and watched to better understand her feathered friends, and wrote many books, including one of the first field guides to American birds. Her work ultimately led to better protection for birds and to the scientific study of birds in nature...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JEN Envi D'AquinoDebbink, Andrea
Summary: "While rivers make up just a fraction of the water on Earth, they provide the majority of what we use every day. Rivers run over and through our world, and sometimes we don't even know they are there. But do we fully understand or even appreciate all that rivers can do?"
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2023
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE DEBPinkney, Andrea Davis
Summary: "When young Tybre Faw discovers Congressman John Lewis and his heroic march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in the fight for the right to vote -- Tybre is determined to meet him. Tybre's two grandmothers take him on the seven-hour drive to Selma, Alabama, where Lewis invites Tybre to join him in the annual memorial walk across the Bridge. And so begins a most amazing friendship! In rich, poetic...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 LEWGold, Andrew
Summary: Follows five little skeletons as they go trick-or-treating on Halloween night.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.Pinkney, Andrea Davis.
Summary: The New York Times best-selling and award-winning duo present this celebration of Black and Brown babies and the happiness, gentle moments and endless love shared between children and their caregivers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE PINCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE PINPosner-Sanchez, Andrea
Summary: Babies and toddlers will enjoy peeking beneath the easy-to-lift oversized flaps on every spread to see the fun photos of Elmo and a variety of Muppet dogs--and maybe another surprise animal or two!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Children's Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: BOARD POSTrump, Donald
Summary: Composed entirely of quotations from President Donald Trump in the wake of Hurricane Florence. On September 19, 2018, Trump paid a visit to New Bern, North Carolina, one of the towns ravaged by Hurricane Florence. It was there he showed deep concern for a boat that washed ashore. "At least you got a nice boat out of the deal," said President Trump to hurricane victims. "Have a good time!" he...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2018
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Place a hold to request this item.Kelly, David A. (David Andrew)
Summary: "In 1971, Alan Shepard and his fellow astronauts made their way to the Moon in the cramped Apollo 14 capsule. Their mission: Study the moon in more detail than ever before. While the world watched on TV, Shepard and Edgar Mitchell gathered rock and soil samples wearing stiff, heavy spacesuits. But Alan Shepard had a secret hidden in his sock: two tiny golf balls. Golf was Shepard's favorite...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Calkins Creek 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 629.45 KELTuma, Refe
Summary: Photographs and simple text reveal the mischief toy dinosaurs get into all night long, from knocking over potted plants to painting on walls.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: [Library Ideas, LLC] 2017
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Summary: "Photographs and simple text reveal the mischief that toy dinosaurs get into during school".
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: [Library Ideas, LLC] 2017