Hoffman, Alice
Summary: "The novel begins in a library, the best place for a story to be conjured, when beloved aunt Jet Owens hears the deathwatch beetle and knows she has only seven days to live. Jet is not the only one in danger-the curse is already at work. A frantic attempt to save a young man's life spurs three generations of the Owens women, and one long-lost brother, to use their unusual gifts to break the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HOFHoffman, Mary
Summary: Features illustrations and descriptions of different types of families and how their lives are similar and different.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 306.8 HOFWalker, Alice
Summary: "Alice Walker, author of the National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning The Color Purple--"an American novel of permanent importance" (San Francisco Chronicle)--crafts a bilingual collection that is both playfully imaginative and intensely moving. Presented in both English and Spanish, Alice Walker shares a timely collection of nearly seventy works of passionate and powerful poetry that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 37 Ink/Atria Books 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811 WALNewman, Aline Alexander.
Summary: This entertaining and humorous chapter book will feature animals who can perform amazing acts like riding motocross, foretelling the weather, and playing a guitar. These stories will enchant readers and empower them to devour the more text-heavy "grown up" style of the book, while still keeping the story easily digestible for a hesitant reader.National Geographic supports K-12 educators with...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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Ticktin, Allie
Summary: "A game-changing book on child development--and the importance of physical play--for this digital and screen age"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: TarcherPerigee, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 370.15 TICBalick, Michael J.
Contents: A global history -- The basics of herbal botany -- How herbs work -- Cooking with herbs -- Health and healing with herbs -- Herbs for beauty and bath -- Herbs for the home -- Growing herbs -- Herb garden planning and design.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rodale 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 635.7 BALVitti, Alisa.
Summary: Offers a food-based solution for women's menstrual health, fertility support, and energy and libido issues; and guides readers to improve their overall quality of life by rebalancing their hormones.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 618.1 VITChau, Alina
Summary: "Jordan's days as the star player for her school's basketball team ended when an accident left her paralyzed...Now, she's still the team captain, but her competition days seem to be behind her...until an encounter with a mysterious elephant, who she names Marshmallow, helps Jordan discover a brand new sport. Will water polo be the way for Jordan to continue her athletic dreams--or will it just...
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Publisher / Publication Date: First Second 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 CHARobb, Alice
Summary: A science journalist and lucid dreamer examines the science of dreams, explaining why they are vital to emotional and physical health, how to remember dreams better, and how dreaming is linked to creativity.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 612.8 ROBCorwin, Judith Hoffman.
Summary: Presents a collection of riddles on familiar objects and animals with clues cleverly hidden in fabric collages.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperFestival 1998
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE CORBlack, Scott Hoffman
Summary: Gardening for Butterflies, by the experts at the Xerces Society, introduces you to a variety of colorful garden guests who need our help, and shows you how to design a habitat where they will thrive. This optimistic call to arms is packed with everything you need to create a beautiful, beneficial, butterfly-filled garden. Gardeners will learn why butterflies matter, why they are in danger, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Timber Press 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 638.5 BLAOseman, Alice
Summary: "Nick and Charlie are best friends. Nick knows Charlie's gay, and Charlie is sure that Nick isn't. But love works in surprising ways, and Nick is discovering all kinds of things about his friends, his family ... and himself. Heartstopper is about friendship, loyalty and mental illness. It encompasses all the small stories of Nick and Charlie's lives that together make up something larger, which...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hodder Children's Books 2019
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Summary: Shy and softhearted Charlie strikes up a friendship with rugby player Nick, and as the two grow closer and take on the ups and downs of high school, their friendship grows into something more.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graphix, a Scholastic imprint 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 HEAOseman, Alice
Summary: "The Heartstopper Yearbook is packed full of exclusive content from the Heartstopper universe: never-before-seen illustrations, an exclusive minicomic, character profiles, trivia, and insight into Alice Oseman's creative process, narrated by a cartoon version of Alice herself. In full-color for the first time, this companion book is perfect for fans of Heartstopper!"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 HEAHarman, Alice
Summary: The accepted definition of animal cruelty may differ between cultures and even between individual people. Some people may not mind eating meat, no matter where it came from, but think keeping animals in zoos in cruel. Others may abstain from eating meat or using animal products altogether. In addition, many animal-focused businesses make people a lot of money. How should young people decide...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids Press 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 179 HARHarman, Alice
Summary: Poverty and hunger look different around the world. In the United States, poverty can include people living on the streets as well as those who have low-paying jobs and receive formal government assistance. In other parts of the world, those living in poverty may only have a shack and no available jobs. Poor living conditions and not having enough to eat cause deaths every day. What can young...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids Press 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 362.5 HARFryer, Janice.
Summary: Make every Christmas a cookie craft Christmas! The holidays offer just the right combination of cold weather and family togetherness for cookie crafters to elevate their skills to showstopping new heights. With more than 60 new Christmas cookie designs, along with festive New Year's cookies and lovely Hanukkah treats, Cookie Craft Christmas delivers colorful inspiration to cookie decorators...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Storey Publishing, LLC 2009
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Cline, Foster.
Summary: If you want to raise kids that who are self-confident, motivated, and ready for the real world, take advantage of the win-win approach to parenting. Your kids will win because they'll learn responsibility and the logic of life by solving their own problems. And you'll win because you'll establish healthy control -- without resorting to anger, threats, nagging, or exhausting power struggles.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pio Press 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649 CLIValpone, Amie.
Summary: The creator of the popular clean-eating website, TheHealthyApple.com, offers a 21-Day Elimination Diet to fight inflammation and restore your body to good health, providing 200 vegetarian recipes without gluten, dairy, soy, corn, eggs or refined sugar and a two-week meal plan. --publisher's description.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613 VALGravel, Elise
Summary: "It's a germ's world. We're just living in it! Elise Gravel introduces us to the heroes and villains of the microscopic world, stopping to marvel at their unique names and wondrous shapes" -- back cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Drawn & Quarterly 2024
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1 available in New Youth Materials, Call number: J 579 GRAGravel, Elise
Summary: Tells the true story of Antonio Barichievich, the larger-than-life Montréal strongman.
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Publisher / Publication Date: A TOON Book 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 GRABroach, Elise.
Summary: Although his mother is a little worried, a young boy is delighted to discover that every shop in town is giving away real dinosaurs to their customers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2007
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BROBaldwin, Alec
Summary: Follows the story of John DeLorean through the creation of his company and car to his downfall through drug trafficking and friendship with an FBI informant.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE FRASharkey, Alix
Summary: In this remarkable memoir, a harrowing true story of family, violence, guilt and atonement, a journalist reflects on his own journey to come to terms with his brothers terrible crimes - and to find justice for the young girl he killed.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021