Harris, Patricia
Summary: In this imaginative narrative, which is based on the HABA game Eeny, Meeny, Moo, readers are invited along on a class trip to a farm. A group of students explores the farmyard with their teacher and learn about the animals that live there. But what happens when the students don't do as they're told? This fun story is a great introduction to farm animals but also teaches important lessons about...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Powerkids Press 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE HARCollins, Ailynn
Summary: "The date is April 18, 1906. The city of San Francisco has just been rocked and shaken by a huge earthquake. Even worse, the quake causes huge fires to break out across the city. Can you escape your damaged home before it collapses? Will you join the firefighters as they try to save the city from the devastating fires? Will you be accused of looting after helping a boy escape from some rubble?...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press, a Capstone imprint 2022
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Co. 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 634.2584 MASSutton, Sally
Summary: Down on the farm, we're busy, busy, busy! We're chopping, churning, planting, and harvesting. And what's working at every step of the way? Our tractor!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2022
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Can mud ever be too much of a good thing? Peppa Pig and her pals have a blast exploring the animals, plants, and machinery on a farm.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Entertainment 2023
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Summary: "A successful self-published project, now in a new and expanded trade package, Koreatown Dreaming offers readers an intimate look into the lives of shopkeepers and small business owners in Los Angeles Koreatown. A touching homage to Korean immigrants everywhere, this book will resonate with the growing audience of people interested in Korean culture"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Running Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 979.4 HAHButterfield, Moira
Summary: "Open your senses to a world of wonder by taking a walk through a farm! Set off on an adventure and find natural treasures, from wild grasses and hay to tufts of sheep's wool, then learn about the animals and crops in this fact-filled guide to the outdoors." -- Back Cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2024
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Summary: Follows the filmmaker and his wife as they try to create a sustainable farm in Ventura County, California.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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2 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC BIGSnyder, Lynsi
Summary: "When Lynsi Snyder's grandparents founded In-N-Out Burger in 1948, they built it with a passion for quality and service that Lynsi embraced at a young age. After starting as a store associate at age seventeen, she then worked in other departments, gaining first-hand experience with almost every aspect of the family business until she became president in 2010. She has led the company through...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Nelson 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 647.95794 SNYEdsel, Robert M.
Summary: "As the most destructive war in history ravaged Europe, many of the world's most cherished cultural objects were in harm's way. The Greatest Treasure Hunt in History recounts the astonishing true story of eleven men and one woman who risked their lives amidst the bloodshed of World War II to preserve churches, libraries, monuments, and works of art that for centuries defined the heritage of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Focus, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 940.53 EDSChester, John (John G.)
Summary: Farmer John and his team work together to save a sick pig who's just given birth to 17 piglets and is unable to care for them in this heartfelt picture book, the first of three depicting stories about the animal, plant, and human life of Apricot Lane Farms.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Feiwel & Friends 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE CHEPiper, Karen Lynnea
Summary: "A poignant, surreal, and fearlessly honest look at growing up on one of the most secretive weapons installations on earth, by a young woman who came of age with missiles. The China Lake missile range is located in a huge stretch of the Mojave Desert, about the size of the state of Delaware. It was created during the Second World War, and has always been shrouded in secrecy. But people who make...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 PIPER, KAREN PIPCopies Available at Peninsula
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Bio PiperBaldwin, Cindy
Summary: Twelve-year-old Della Kelly of Maryville, North Carolina, tries to come to terms with her mother's mental illness while her father struggles to save the farm from a record-breaking drought.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2018
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC BALMacDonald, Betty Bard
Summary: The author relates the joys and frustrations of life on a poultry farm in the mountains of Washington.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Perennial Library 1987
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MACDONALD, BETTY BARD MACSummary: There's never a dull moment in the town of Odyssey! From a mysterious police investigation to an internship at a funeral home, every situation leads to unexpected results. Don't miss a single shock, twist, or turn as the folks in Odyssey learn about fame, friendship, family, and more in these six exciting stories. It's no surprise that you never know what will happen next when you have an...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Focus on the Family 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD FIC ADVMasumoto, David Mas.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperSanFrancisco 1995
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 634.2584 MASBoessenecker, John
Summary: "Black Bart is widely regarded today as not only the most notorious stage robber of the Old West but also the best behaved. Over his lifetime, Black Bart held up at least twenty-nine stagecoaches in California and Oregon with mild, polite commands, stealing from Wells Fargo and the US mail but never robbing a passenger. Such behavior earned him the title of a true 'gentleman bandit.' His real...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hanover Square Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BLACK BART BOESummary: Evy is so focused on watching her garden grow that she misses all the silliness going on around her - pigs DANCING, donkeys FLYING, and sheep HAVING A PICNIC. But after Evy's spent all year taking care of her garden, everyone's invited to pumpkin time!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dreamscape Media Llc. 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV PUMWinters, Ben H.
Summary: Lazlo Ratesic is 54, a 19-year veteran of the Speculative Service, from a family of law enforcement and in a strange alternate society that values law and truth above all else. This is how Laz must, by law, introduce himself, lest he fail to disclose his true purpose or nature, and by doing so, be guilty of a lie. Laz is a resident of The Golden State, a nation resembling California, where...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC WINWarren, Spring.
Summary: Tells of one woman's foray into home farming using the space available in her yard, in an attempt to produce seventy-five percent of all of the food that her family consumed in a year.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Seal Press 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 635.092 WARReitmann, Kathleen
Summary: "This title invites readers to learn about farms and their attractions"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: AV2 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 630 REITelgemeier, Raina
Summary: Catrina and her family have moved to the coast of Northern California for the sake of her little sister, Maya, who has cystic fibrosis--and Cat is even less happy about the move when she is told that her new town is inhabited by ghosts, and Maya sets herheart on meeting one.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic 2016
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Summary: "Matthew J. Davenport's The Longest Minute is the spellbinding true story of the 1906 earthquake and fire in San Francisco, and how a great earthquake sparked a devastating and preventable firestorm. At 5:12 a.m. on April 18, 1906, a 7.9 magnitude earthquake struck San Francisco, catching most of the city asleep. For approximately one minute, shockwaves buckled streets, shattered water mains,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press, an imprint of St. Martin's Publishing Group 2023
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Summary: "Antonia Murphy, you might say, is an unlikely farmer. Born and bred in San Francisco, she spent much of her life as a liberal urban cliche, and her interactions with the animal kingdom rarely extended past dinner. But then she became a mother. And when her eldest son was born with a rare, mysterious genetic condition, she and her husband, Peter, decided it was time to slow down and find a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2015