Sumner, Jamie
Summary: Eleven-year-old June is determined to beat her anxiety and become the lion she knows she is, instead of the mouse everyone sees, and with the help of Homer Juarez, the poetry-reciting soccer star, she starts a secret library garden and hatches a plan to make her dreams come true.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC SUMSumner, Jamie
Summary: When thirteen-year-old Ellie reluctantly agrees to enter a beauty pageant with her best friend Coralee, the director seems determined to feature Ellie and her wheelchair, so she must find a way to participate on her own terms, all while saving her friendship and forming a better relationship with her divorced dad.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC SUMFerry, Beth
Summary: Based on a true story, Ruby the elephant asks hew new friend, Ivan the gorilla, to tell her a story.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disney Press 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FERMcMullen, Beth
Summary: While participating in The Challenge at Briar Academy, Abby and friends learn that their nemesis is using Briar as headquarters for planning an attack, and that The Ghost has inside help.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC MCMPatrick, Seth
Summary: 13-year old piper Patch Brightwater is a boy in disgrace. Thrown in jail for playing a forbidden spell, he is no one's idea of a hero. But then he discovers a deadly truth--the evil Piper of Hamelyn is on the loose. With the help of Wren, a girl cursed to live as a rat, and Barver, a fire-breathing dracogriff, Patch must stop the Piper from sparking the biggest battle of them all.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD FIC PATGriffin, Molly Beth
Summary: Stella the Mouse, Delilah the Spider, and Bo the Parakeet try to cheer up Nico the Toad by agreeing to join him on a school field trip to the art museum.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books 2019
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Summary: Stella the Mouse, Nico the Toad, Delilah the Spider, and Bo the Parakeet are four animal friends that live in the school; Stella came in from the outside, Nico was a classroom pet (until he escaped), Delilah hatched in a corner of the teacher's lounge, and Bo goes home with his human (a teacher) on weekends--but they all love watching the students work and play, and at night they have each other.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books 2019
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2 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE GRIBeyl, Chelsea
Summary: "Vampirina is the new ghoul in town, and she's looking forward to scaring up some new friends!"--Back cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disney Press 2017
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Summary: Stella the Mouse, Nico the Toad, Delilah the Spider, and Bo the Parakeet are upset by the construction going on at school, especially when Goldie goes missing.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books 2019
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE GRIGriffin, Molly Beth
Summary: Stella the Mouse, Nico the Toad, Delilah the Spider, and Bo the Parakeet are all delighted that today is the first day of school, and the children will be back--but some of the children, the new ones, seem nervous and unhappy, so the four school friends set out to find some way to make those children feel welcome.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books 2019
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Summary: Unnoticed by humans, Stella the Mouse, Nico the Toad, Delilah the Spider, and Bo the Parakeet compete, in their own special ways, during the school's Field Day.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books 2020
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Summary: Four animals friends, Stella the mouse, Nico the toad, Delilah the spider, and Bo the parakeet, live in a school and love to see the children every day, so they decide to do something nice for the kids to show their love--but the grownups do not appreciate their efforts, and quickly clean up what they see as a mess.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books 2019
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Summary: "The girl wants a leaf pile to leap in. A big leaf pile, a huge leaf pile, an enormously enormous leaf pile! She rakes and rakes and rakes, but there are not enough leaves in her yard to make the leaf pile of her dreams. And she can't do it alone. She will need some help. And so it begins: one neighbor kid here, a couple of neighbor kids there, others from down the street. They all have leaves...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Minnesota Historical Society Press 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE GRIBell, Kristen
Summary: What is a purple person? Great question. I mean, really great! Because purple people always ask really great questions. They bring their family, friends, and communities together, and they speak up for what's right. They are kind and hardworking, and they love to laugh (especially at Grandpa's funny noises)! A purple person is an everyday superhero! How do you become one? That's the fun part!...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2020
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE BELCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BELMlynowski, Sarah
Summary: When Becca's best friend, Hailey, says she doesn't want to be friends anymore, Becca is devastated. But then Becca receives a mysterious package in the mail with a beautiful bracelet and a note that tells her to make a wish. So Becca puts on the bracelet-- why not, right?--and wishes to have friends. Lots of friends. So many friends. And just like that, the magic works. Suddenly, EVERYONE wants...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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Summary: "Hedgehog has been busy making gifts for all of her friends. But what could possibly be grand enough for her dear friend Bear? Bear had shown Hedgehog the wonders of butterflies and taught her to ice-skate, after all. When Hedgehog finally finds her inspiration and delivers the gift, it doesn't quite turn out as she expected." --
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Two Lions 2022