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Summary: Presents a collection of the year's best essays as selected by best-selling author Alexander Chee.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Mariner Books 2022

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 814 BES

LeSieg, Theo.

Summary: Poses questions for pondering: "Would you rather be a dog or be a cat?", "Would you rather live in igloos or in tents?", "Would you rather be a mermaid with a tail instead of feet?"

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Beginner Books 1975

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Steavenson, Wendell

Summary: General Kamel Sachet was a favorite of Saddam Hussein's, a hero of the Iran-Iraq war, head of the army in Kuwait City during Desert Storm, governor of the province of Maysan, and father of nine children. He realized, too late, that he'd become a participant in the terror regime that had strangled his county and destroyed its people. Through Sachet's story and the stories of those around him,...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Collins 2009

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 956.7044 JANABI, KAMEL SACHET AZIZ STE

Baker, Theo

Summary: Describes the activity at a construction site and the heavy equipment needed to accomplish the various tasks involved in building a skyscraper.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC 2014

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 690 BAK

Coster, Theo.

Summary: "In 1941, Theo Coster was a student at the Amsterdam Jewish Lyceum, one in a class of 28 Jewish children that the Nazis had segregated from the rest of the Dutch population. Among Theo's fellow students was a young Anne Frank, whose diary would later become one of the most important documents of the Holocaust. In this remarkable group portrait, Coster and five of his fellow classmates gather...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Palgrave Macmillan 2011

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5318 FRANK, ANNE COS

LeSieg, Theo.

Summary: Easy-to-read rhyme cites a number of common household items.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 1972

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1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR Green LeSieg 1972

LeSieg, Theo.

Summary: Suggests in rhyme a variety of occupational choices.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Beginner Books 1980

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JBR PURPLE LES

LeSieg, Theo.

Summary: Drawings and verse point out the many things that are wrong one wacky Wednesday.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Beginner Books 1974

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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE LES

Parish, Theo

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Summary: "In this intimate and defiantly hopeful graphic novel memoir, the author shares their journey to find a home within themself, taking readers through the experiences and everyday moments that all led up to them finding the term "nonbinary," which finally struck a chord.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Alley, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2024

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Svenson, Peter.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Faber and Faber 1999

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 975.518 SVE

Levenson, George.

Summary: Shows where the ingredients in bread come from and how it is made.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Tricycle Press 2004

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE 641.8 Leven

Levenson, Thomas

Summary: "Money for Nothing chronicles the moment when the needs of war, discoveries of natural philosophy, and ambitions of investors collided. It's about how the Scientific Revolution intertwined with finance to set England--and the world--off in an entirely new direction. At the dawn of the eighteenth century, England was running out of money due to a prolonged war with France. Parliament tried...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2020

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 330.942 LEV

Levenson, George.

Summary: Rhyming text and photographs follow a pumpkin patch as it grows and changes, from seeds to plants to pumpkins ready to harvest, to jack-o-lanterns and then to seeds again.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Tricycle Press 1999

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 635 LEV

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2 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 635.62 LEV

Guignard, Théo

Summary: Presents fourteen maze puzzles, with suggestions for finding hidden items in illustrations of increasing difficulty.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Wide Eyed Editions 2017

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1 available in Juvenile Oversized, Call number: J 793.73 GUI

Revenson, Jody

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Summary: Provides background information on the design and development of the monsters, mythical animals, imaginary plants, and other fantasy beings featured in the Harry Potter films, including details on makeup, special effects, and animal performers.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Design, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2014

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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 791.4 REV

Revenson, Jody

Summary: Throughout the making of the eight Harry Potter movies, designers and craftspeople were tasked with creating fabulous chocolate-fantasy feasts, flying brooms, enchanted maps, and much more, in addition to numerous magical items necessary in a wizard everyday life--for example, newspapers with moving photos, vicious textbooks, and Howlers. Harry Potter: The Artifact Vault chronicles the work of...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Design, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2016

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 791.4375 REV

Hero

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Summary: "Something's got the usually quiet Sakura all fidgety! And for once, it's not Tohru! Will sparks fly when Sakura, unexpectedly worked up by a shounen manga, of all things, runs into the equally quiet Yanagi, himself a shounen manga fanboy?!"--Tp verso.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Yen Press 2018

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Revenson, Jody

Summary: Presents facts and images from the making of the film, with profiles of the characters and illustrations of the locations, mythical creatures, and magic objects and props, along with commentary from the screenwriter and crew.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2018

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 791.43 REV

Levenson, Steven

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Summary: An official compendium offers a behind-the-scenes look at the hit musical, and winner of six Tony Awards, Dear Evan Hansen, in a visual journey that includes interviews with the cast and crew, behind-the-scenes photos, a deeper look into Evan's fictional world and the show's visual world, unreleased lyrics, the libretto and much more.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing/Melcher Media 2017

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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 792 LEV

Alfero, Teo

Summary: The wolf has enthralled humankind for millennia, as a creature to be both feared and admired. Legends, behavioral science, and biological research all suggest that human beings picked up many of their key evolutionary traits -- such as cooperative hunting and raising of their young, and their high degree of emotional intelligence and deep bonding -- from wolves. Teo and his team at Wolf Heart...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2019

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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 599.773 ALF

Revenson, Jody

Summary: "Explore the iconic locations of Hogwarts as seen in the Harry Potter films with this large-scale interactive book, Harry Potter: Exploring Hogwarts. Harry Potter: Exploring Hogwarts pairs striking full-color illustrations of Hogwarts with interactive elements that reveal key movie scenes, concept art, and behind-the-scenes info on the most memorable locations within Hogwarts School of...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Insight Editions 2019

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1 available in Juvenile Oversized, Call number: J 791.43 REV

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 791.43 REV

Stevenson, Augusta.

Summary: Recreates the early life of the frontier hero who blazed a trail through the Cumberland Gap and led the first white settlers into Kentucky.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin Books 1986

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

Stevenson, Lesley.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Smithmark 1991

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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 759.4 STE

Stevenson, Robin

Summary: "Across history, activists have worked, marched, and spoken out for equality and justice--and many had moving, relatable childhood stories. Martin Luther King Jr. argued with his dad about whether dancing was a sin. Harvey Milk had a passion for opera. Dolores Huerta was wrongly accused of plagiarizing. Kid activists tells these stories and more through engaging biographies and full-color...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Quirk Books 2019

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