Fernandez, Caroline
Summary: Magical sneezes transform Grandma into different Mesozoic Era marine reptiles, and it's up to her grandchildren to track her down, stop her funny business, and finish their reports before the field trip ends. The aquarium rescue centre has never been this exciting. This picture book introduces readers to facts about prehistoric marine life and encourages environmental consciousness through...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Common Deer Press 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FERSummary: "Although Buffalo Bill has fought Indians and Civil War battles, nothing can prepare him for his newest challenge: show business! His 'Wild West Show' is hugely popular, but when he signs a former enemy, Sioux Chief Sitting Bull, for a featured role, a hysterical clash of cultures reverberates far beyond the boundaries of their sprawling outdoor theater. And the complications only multiply when...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2001
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Summary: Discusses the life of the famous African American track and field star who won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympic games in Berlin.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT Blk Hist Sport BurganGonzalez, Elvira K.
Summary: "A YA memoir about survival and strength by Elvira Gonzalez, a Mexican-American track star who found freedom from poverty and violence by training to become one of the top athletes in the U.S."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2024
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Summary: Describes the history, geography, culture, and people of the legendary trade route that extended between China and the Mediterranean Sea.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nomad Press 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 950 CECStevenson, Robin
Summary: "A rhyming alphabet book featuring a family who have lost their dog at a Pride parade."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Orca Book Publishers 2021
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Tom Bodett explores the trails that extended America's frontiers. He follows the footsteps and wagon ruts of rugged pioneers, dauntless homesteaders, reclusive mountain men, and stop-at-nothing gold hunters as they explored, settled, and worked the new land.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Questar 2002
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Lowe, Chaunte
Summary: " World champion high jumper Chaunte Lowe pens the captivating story of her journey from an impoverished childhood full of big dreams and devastating hurdles, to becoming a bronze medal-winning US Olympian. Everything seemed set against Chaunte Lowe. Growing up with a single mother in Paso Robles, California, where she experienced food insecurity, homelessness, and domestic abuse, Chaunte...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Focus 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 LOWMillard, Candice
Summary: For millennia the location of the Nile River's headwaters was shrouded in mystery. Expeditions to find it were stymied by a giant labyrinthine swamp. In the 19th century Richard Burton and John Hanning Speke were sent by the Royal Geographical Society to claim the prize for England. From the start the two men clashed. They would endure tremendous hardships, illness, and constant setbacks. Two...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Large Print 2022
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Summary: "From the New York Times bestselling author of RIVER OF DOUBT and DESTINY OF THE REPUBLIC, the stirring story of one of the great feats of exploration of all time, and its complicated legacy The Nile River is the longest in the world. Its fertile floodplain allowed for rise to the great civilization of ancient Egypt, but for millennia the location of its headwaters was shrouded in mystery....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 916.2043 MILLittle, Jean
Summary: Each barnyard animal hopes for a baby of their own and after they have one they tell their offspring how special they are.
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Publisher / Publication Date: North Winds Press 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE LITSummary: The cubs are excited about going on a family trip, until they find out the destination is not Grizzlyland, but a tour of Bear Country's National Parks.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2005
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV BERCheverton, Mark
Summary: Gameknight999 reenters Minecraft to find it completely changed. There are new monsters that he’s never seen before: giants and skeleton druids and pinch beetles and king spiders and mistwolves. Villages are larger than ever, and more heavily fortified; Minecraft had become much more dangerous. Even the very trees had changed, with some of them reaching up taller than the User-that-is-not-a-user...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sky Pony Press 2017
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FICTION CHESummary: From land, boat, and sky. Above and below the water. From the point of view of the animals and people who are found there, we will show these rivers as they have never been seen before, highlighting each river's very own unique atmosphere and character so that each episode will have its own mood. This series will find new perspectives to cover these amazing waterways. Using the latest in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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2 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV RIVBuckley, James
Summary: Describes the life of the sharecroppers' son who became an Olympic legend and challenged Hitler's dream of Aryan superiority.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2015
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB BASKET OWENSJohnson, F. B.
Summary: "One summer day in 1987, middle-aged desert tour guide Johnson went on his daily walk into the Mojave. Finding a small bobcat kitten, injured, orphaned, and desperately in need of help, he took it home for the night. For the next nineteen years Trooper became a part of the Johnson family and their community"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2018
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 599 JOHButters, MaryJane
Summary: MaryJane Butters wants YOU to have a cow -- that "pet" cow you've always dreamed about. You know, that gorgeous beau-vine you've seen grazing outside your "cow"girl kitchen window. Of course, you've wondered what it would feel like to bring a bucket of fresh milk into your kitchen and turn it into butter, your own yogurt, sour cream, and artisan cheeses like Manchego and Brie. MaryJane's fifth...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gibbs Smith 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636.2 BUTScales, Helen
Summary: A renowned oceanographer introduces the Great Barrier Reef and its ecosystems, revealing how the reef came to be, its place in the world and what we can all do to help ensure that it is around for future generations to discover and enjoy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flying Eye Books 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 577.7 SCAApplegate, Katherine.
Summary: Me llamo Iván. Soy un gorila. No es tan sencillo como parece.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Océano De México 2013
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J468 APP SPANISHSt. John, Lauren
Summary: A second prophesy, this time involving dolphins, comes true for eleven-year-old Martine, an orphaned South African girl who has mystical powers over animals, when she embarks on a school trip to study marine life off the coast of Mozambique.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Listening Library 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD ST JSummary: "In this chapter of his story, Cloud is one of two fathers who bring up each other's sons. Bolder is Cloud's son by birth-- beautiful and golden, but raised by Shaman, a rival band stallion. Flint, dark and determined, was sired by Shaman, but became Cloud's adopted son. The two sons mature and progress from playful youths into valid contenders for mares and bands of their own. Will one of them...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Questar 2010
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Journey through the ages on the Satellite of Love, as its fearless crew revels in the incompetence of filmmakers past. Mike Nelson and his wisecracking sidekicks Tom Servo and Crow add spark to the audio with a constant barrage of heady quips. Only these three can suffer the way they do and consistently be so hilarious!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Shout! Factory 2017
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV MYSAdkins, Leonard M.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Menasha Ridge Press 1999