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Summary: 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

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2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY COMEDY SUM

Demi.

Summary: When Ping admits that he is the only child in China unable to grow a flower from the seeds distributed by the Emperor, he is rewarded for his honesty.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: H. Holt 1990

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE DEM

Demi.

Summary: Presents an illustrated biography of Joan of Arc, from her early vision of Archangel Michael to her military victories, and eventual execution at the stake for heresy.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Marshall Cavendish Children 2011

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Demi

Summary: Illustrated biography of Mahatma Gandhi, who vowed to instigate social and political change through nonviolent means and succeeded in changing India's prejudicial caste system and winning India's independence from Great Britain

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Margaret McElderry Books 2001

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 GAN

Demi.

Summary: With the aid of his magical horse, Ptitsa, a young archer fulfills the increasingly difficult requests of Tsar Ivan and wins the hand of Princess Vassilissa.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Holt 1994

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2454 DEM

Demi.

Summary: After being forced to change to a fancy new coat to attend a party, Nasrettin Hoca tries to feed his dinner to the coat, reasoning that it was the coat that was the invited guest.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Margaret K. McElderry Books 2004

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 DEM

Demi.

Summary: A biography of Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu, known as Mother Teresa, who spent most of her life serving "the poorest of the poor" in Calcutta, India.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Margaret K. McElderry Books 2005

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 TER

Bryce, Robert

Summary: "In the face of today's environmental and economic challenges, doomsayers preach that the only way to stave off disaster is for humans to reverse course: to de-industrialize, re-localize, ban the use of modern energy sources and forswear prosperity. But in this provocative and optimistic rebuke to the catastrophists, Robert Bryce shows how innovation and the inexorable human desire to make...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Perseus Books Group 2014

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 338.064 BRY

Gibbs, Bryce

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: s.n.] 1976

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1 available in Reference, Call number: NEL 977.4632 GIB

Demi.

Summary: Recounts pivotal events in the history and life of Saint Nicholas, including how he came to be associated with Christmas and Santa Claus.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Margaret K. McElderry Books 2003

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: JE Holiday Demi

Demi.

Summary: Describes the life and journeys of the Italian trader who became famous for his travels in Asia.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Marshall Cavendish 2008

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 915.04 DEM

Andrews, Bryce.

Summary: A narrative of a year on a southwest Montana ranch describes the author's time building fences, riding, roping, and caring for cattle while confronting a brutal pack of wolves in ways that challenged his views about conservation.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ANDREWS, BRYCE AND

Bryce, Robert

Summary: "If, in the ancient world, it was guns and germs and steel that determined the fates of people and nations, in modern times it is electricity. No other form of power translates into affluence and influence like it. Though demand for it is growing exponentially, it remains one of the most difficult forms of energy to supply and to do so reliably. Storage is even harder. This paradox has shaped...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: PublicAffairs 2020

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 333.793 BRY

Milligan, Bryce

Summary: Relates a legend about the Irish slave girl who became Saint Brigid, beginning with a celestial song, a mysterious gift, and a prophecy on the night of her birth.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers 2002

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 MIL

Copies Available at Fife Lake

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

Demi.

Summary: Learn about the most popular figure in Hindu sacred scripture.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Wisdom Tales 2013

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 294.52 DEM

Demi.

Summary: Examines the customs, traditions, food, and lore associated with the celebration of Chinese New Year.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Publishers 1997

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1 available in Juvenile Holidays - Springtime Holidays, Call number: J 394.2614 DEM

Demi.

Summary: Mainly the story of Marie Curie, also about Pierre Curie, and the discovery of radium.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2018

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 CUR

Demi.

Summary: Introduces Muhammad and the basic tenets of the Islamic faith.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Margaret K. McElderry Books 2003

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 297.63 DEM

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Stacks, Call number: JB MUHAMMAD DEM

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Summary: A reward of one grain of rice doubles day by day into millions of grains of rice when a selfish raja is outwitted by a clever village girl.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 1997

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 398.2 DEM

Andrews, Bryce

Summary: "The story of a bear named Millie: her life, death, and cubs, and what they reveal about the changing wilds of the American West"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2019

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 599.784 AND

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Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt 1998

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 DAL

Demi.

Summary: A collection of Japanese nature poems organized according to the seasons, illustrated with paintings corresponding to the themes of the poems.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Co. 1992

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 895.61 DEM

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Summary: Shares the story of the son of a rich merchant, who abandoned all his worldly goods in order to follow the teachings of Jesus Christ.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Wisdom Tales 2012

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 270.092 DEM

Summary: Roy Cohn was a ruthless and unscrupulous lawyer and political power broker whose 28-year career ranged from acting as chief counsel to Senator Joseph McCarthy's Communist-hunting subcommittee to molding the career of a young Queens real estate developer named Donald Trump.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC WHE

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