Barker, Bob

Summary: The host of "The Price Is Right" shares experiences from his public and personal life, including favorite contestants and episodes, his childhood on a Native American reservation, his training as a WWII Navy pilot, and his marriage to the love of his life, Dorothy Jo.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Audio 2009

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Display, Call number: CD 921 BARKER, BOB BAR

Summary: Explores how one contestant became adept at recording and memorizing prices of products featured on the show since its inception in 1972, culminating in him helping a contestant place a perfect bid during a 2008 Showcase.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Gravitas Ventures 2018

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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF PER

Barner, Bob.

Summary: Presents the different types of penguins that exist around the world, the various climates they can live in, and the means they use to protect themselves from predators.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2007

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 598.47 BAR

Barner, Bob

Summary: "Did you know that Jellies (not Jelly Fish--because they aren't actually fish) have no bones and no brains? Or that the largest animal on Earth is the blue whale? Join author-illustrator Bob Barner as he makes waves with this lush picture book about the sea featuring his signature rhyming text and colorful illustrations. Filled with incredible fishy facts about vertebrates, invertebrates,...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2015

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 578 BAR

Barner, Bob.

Summary: Tells how the author, as a young boy, followed a trail of ants and came across various other insects and small creatures, then briefly provides facts about each creature encountered.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2004

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 595.7 BAR

Barner, Bob

Summary: The ants get together and decide how long various other insects are by how many ants its takes to measure them, including a caterpillar, ladybug, beetle, and walking stick.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2017

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 530.8 BAR

Barner, Bob

Summary: A pack of flea infested pups flees from their bath, but a song on the ukulele might just bring them back.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2021

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BAR

Barner, Bob.

Summary: With sugar skulls, sweet-smelling marigold petals and joyful songs, Hispanic families welcome back ancestors on this holiday.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2010

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: SPANISH 468 BAR

Barner, Bob.

Summary: A rendition of a traditional African American spiritual.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 1996

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 611 BAR

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BAR

Barner, Bob.

Summary: With a lively rhyming text and vibrant paper collage illustrations, author-artist Barner shakes the dust off the bones found in museums to bring dinosaurs back to life.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2001

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC BAR