Dingwall, Laima
Summary: A colorful and informative book about the habits, habitat, characteristics, and diet of porcupines and grizzley bears.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 1997
Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in J Non Fic Series, Call number: J 591Lalami, Laila
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill 2005
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LALDingwall, Laima
Summary: Discusses the physical characteristics, behaviors and habitats of various kinds of deer and rabbits.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 1996
Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in J Non Fic Series, Call number: J 591Dingwall, Laima
Summary: Describes the physical characteristics, behaviors and habitats of River Otters and the Red Fox.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 1998
Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in J Non Fic Series, Call number: J 591Lalami, Laila
Summary: "The acclaimed, award-winning novelist--author of The Moor's Account and The Other Americans--now gives us a bracingly personal work of nonfiction that is concerned with the experiences of "conditional citizens." What does it mean to be American? In this starkly illuminating and impassioned book, Pulitzer Prize Finalist Laila Lalami recounts her unlikely journey from Moroccan immigrant to U.S....
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2020
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 323.6 LALCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B LALAMI LALDingwall, Laima
Summary: Describes the physical characteristics, behaviors and habitats of raccoons and alligators
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2004
Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in J Non Fic Series, Call number: J 591LAIKA & THE COSMONAUTS.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 1993
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK LAIEl-Haddad, Laila M.
Summary: This new edition of an award-winning cookbook shares with readers the little-known but distinctive cuisine of the Gaza region of Palestine, presenting 130 recipes collected by the authors from Gaza. Cooks will find great, kitchen-tested recipes for spicy stews, piquant dips, fragrantly flavored fish dishes, and honey-drenched desserts. They will also be entranced by the hundreds of beautiful...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Just World Books 2021
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5929 EL-HGreenland, Caroline.
Summary: Contains two volumes in one book - Polar bears written by Caroline Greenland; Skunks written by Laima Dingwall.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Grolier Enterprises, Inc. 1997
Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in J Non Fic Series, Call number: J 591Hutson, Katherine J.
Summary: "From the moment we wake until we go back to bed, every day is filled with ordinary moments that allow us to connect with God. This collection of short prayers for children to pray throughout their days-on the way to school, when noticing a bird in a tree, or looking at the stars-will bring delight, and help them begin to recognize the nearness of God"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: IVP Kids 2022
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 242 HUTSummary: Four Europeans from different cultures and fields of art set off in a minibus with a quality trove of world literature. They go in search, across a vast desert-like landscape, to find a place as remote as possible where they will establish the world's last bookshop. An isolated location is just perfect for their purpose, as there, the printed books of the world will be much safer from big city...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC LASSummary: Over the course of a summer day in Los Angeles, the lives of 25 young Angelenos intersect. Through poetry they express life, love, heartache, family, home, and fear.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
Copies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY COMEDY SUMSummary: An epic three-part series that charts the rise and fall of the Boleyn family. This story of love, sex, betrayal and obsession is told from the unique perspective of the Boleyn family.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV BOLDaynes, Katie
Summary: "Flaps, facts and an exciting range of outfits will inspire kids to get dressed for the day. From sports kit and superhero costumes to coats and boots, this delightful book makes getting dressed fun"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
Sorry, no copies available
Place a hold to request this item.Fried, Hedi
Summary: Hédi Fried was nineteen when the Nazis arrested her family and transported them to Auschwitz. While there, apart from enduring the daily horrors at the concentration camp, she and her sister were forced into hard labor before being released at the end of the war. After settling in Sweden, Hédi devoted her life to educating young people about the Holocaust. In her 90s, she decided to take the...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scribble, an imprint of Scribe Publications 2023
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA 940.53 FRIPerillo, Lucia Maria
Summary: ""Perillo's poetic persona is funny, tough, bold, smart, and righteous. A spellbinding storyteller and a poet who makes the demands of the form seem as natural as a handshake, she pulls readers into the beat and whirl of her slyly devastating descriptions."-Booklist" Whoever told you poetry isn't for everyone hasn't read Lucia Perillo. She writes accessible, often funny poems that border on the...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Copper Canyon Press 2012
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811.54 PERSanchez, Anita
Summary: Filled with playful illustrations and fun facts that celebrate the extraordinary in the ordinary, this nonfiction picture book explores an unexpectedly crucial resource for wildlife: puddles.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2022
Sorry, no copies available
Place a hold to request this item.Che, Cathy Linh
Summary: "A comprehensive and spirited exploration of Asian American history--its movements, cultures, and key figures--beautifully illustrated and compellingly told for readers of all ages."--Back cover.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Haymarket Books 2023
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973 CHESummary: In 1961, Secretary General of the UN Dag Hammarskjold died in a plane crash in Northern Rhodesia while en route to ceasefire negotiations between non-combatant UN forces and troops from the breakaway state of Katanga. What started as conspiracy theories have evolved into a growing consensus that Hammarskjold and fifteen other people were shot down, inciting the UN to reopen the case on the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
Sorry, no copies available
Place a hold to request this item.Arlott, Norman
Summary: "This is a book like no other--the only truly comprehensive, one-volume illustrated guide to all of the world's birds, covering the complete International Ornithological Congress World Bird List. Featuring more than 300 stunning large-format, full-color plates, this accessible and authoritative encyclopedic reference presents incredibly detailed, accurate, and beautiful paintings of more than...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton University Press 2021
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 598 ARLMiller, Larry
Summary: "One of the most successful Black businessmen in the country, who has led Nike's Jordan Brand from a $200M sneaker company to a $4B global apparel juggernaut, tells the remarkable story of his rise from gangland violence to the pinnacles of internationalbusiness"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2022
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MILLER, LARRY MILCrane, Anita Louise.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Pub. 1999
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 745.592 CraneMalika.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 1997
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/AFRICAN MALMariza.
Contents: Loucura -- Medo -- Maria Lisboa -- Montras -- Há uma música do povo -- Menino do bairro negro -- Meu fado meu -- Duas lágrimas de orvalho -- Cavaleiro monge -- Recusa -- Há palavras que nos beijam -- Feira de Castro -- Desejos vãos -- Primavera -- Chuva -- Ó gente da minha terra.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Times Square Records 2007