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Summary: After seeing how arguing affects the other animals, Cecil figures out how to plant a garden that he and his friends can all enjoy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HARPERCOLLINS 2002
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: FIC KelleKeller, Holly.
Summary: Mouse hears a rumor that snakes do not like mice and while trying to avoid his former friend, Snake, he falls into a hole from which neither Hedgehog, Squirrel, nor Rabbit can help him out.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Greenwillow Books 2007
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE KELWilder, Billy
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 791.43 CROSummary: This incisive and entertaining portrait of American poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti explores his vital role as catalyst for numerous literary careers and for the Beat movement itself. Interviews with Ferlinghetti and others reveal a rich mélange of characters and events that unfolded in postwar America. In 1953 Ferlinghetti opened City Lights Bookstore, which quickly evolved into an iconic...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2010
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC FERSummary: A collection of essays by regional journalists, academics, and religious and community leaders commemorates the October 2018 mass shooting at Pittsburgh's Tree of Life Synagogue while describing how neighbors are working together to heal and help preventfuture tragedies.
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Pittsburgh Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.152 BOUMcDonough, Yona Zeldis
Summary: "Here is the story behind the ten laws that have been the guiding light of Judeo-Christian belief. Not just about Moses, whose origin story leaves open questions, this book looks back at the time when the commandments were written, how the belief in one all-powerful God set the Israelites apart from other ancient peoples, and the roles the Ten Commandments have played in Judaism, Christianity,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: J Belief McDonoughSummary: This sixth season offers viewers an aggressive, humorous expose of taboo topics, using the duo's trademark humor, knowledge of carnival tricks as well as hidden cameras and blatant confrontation.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Showtime Entertainment 2009
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV PENAnderson, Alloa Caviness
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Publisher / Publication Date: Anderson 1978
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: GEN 929.3774 AnderRushing, Felder
Summary: Presents advice on low-maintenance gardening, with tips for easy landscaping, short-cut composting, container gardening, and reliable plant combinations.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chelsea Green Pub. 2011
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "For many, Milton Glaser is the personification of American graphic design. Best known for co-founding New York Magazine and creating the enduring I (heart) NY campaign, the full breadth of Glaser's remarkable artistic output is revealed in this documentary portrait, Milton Glaser: to inform & delight. From newspapers and magazine designs, to interior spaces, logos and brand identities, to his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2010
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MILKeller, Shana
Summary: "Benjamin Banneker is known and admired for his work in science, mathematics, and astronomy. He was born free at a time in America, 1731, when most African Americans were slaves. At the age of 22 he built a strike clock based on his own drawings and using a pocket-knife"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 BANRushing, Felder
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cool Springs Press 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 635.952 RUSSell, Chad
Summary: When a mysterious monster wreaks havoc in their neighborhood, the newly minted Monster Mashers will go to any lengths to protect the Cardboard Kingdom and solve this mystery.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 SELCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in JT Series, Call number: JT Series SellLauber, Patricia.
Summary: An introduction to one of the curiosities of the sea--the multi-tentacled, highly intelligent octopus.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperTrophy 1990
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 594.56 LAULauber, Patricia.
Summary: Shows how our planet Earth contains everything that we need to survive, including water, food, and air with oxygen, and how it is able to renew its own resources.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollinsPublishers 1996
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Summary: A simple explanation of the structure of the heart and how it works.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2001
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cool Springs Press 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 635.986 RUSGans, Roma
Summary: Describes the formation and characteristics of igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary rocks and how to recognize and collect them.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 1997
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 552 GANCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 552.0075 GANCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Nature GansPfeffer, Wendy
Summary: A simple introduction to fishes, including where they live, what they eat, how they swim and breath, their anatomy and various types.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Publishers 1996
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 597 PFECopies Available at Kingsley
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE LETCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction Pfeffer 1996Fedder, Margaret
Summary: In Margaret Fedder’s Angel Rides a Bike, the poems hold a mysterious tension between tenderness and ferocity, spareness and a furtive lushness. Despite their relative brevity, Fedder’s poems build a palpable world. There are implications of story, of Catholicism, of family, of place, but the common denominator, and overarching force, is the voice itself—attentive to beauty and to strangeness,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Michigan Writers Cooperative Press 0000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811 FEDFelber, Bill.
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Nebraska Press 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.357 FELSummary: From dusk till dawn (107 min.): The notorious Gekko Brothers, Seth and Richard, are on the run and headed for Mexico to meet with the mysterious "Carlos." Their simple bank robbery ended up killing multiple Texas Rangers. They hijack the mobile home of Minister Jacob Fuller and his family to ensure their safe passage. Their appointed destination is a neon-covered topless bar catering to bikers...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dimension Home Video 2000
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD FROBranley, Franklyn Mansfield
Summary: Describes snow's physical qualities and how quantities of it can be fun as well as dangerous.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollinsPublishers 2000
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE LETLauber, Patricia.
Summary: Discusses the importance of trees as sources of food, oxygen, and other essential things.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Publishers 1994