Hayes, Joe.
Summary: Sisters Rosa and Blanca are so kind, thoughtful, and generous--and such good gardeners--that their Mamá who lives between the two winds up with a great deal of corn, tomatoes, and red hot chiles.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cinco Puntos Press 2013
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J468 SPANISH VALCordsen, Carol Foskett.
Summary: The Benson family is so busy preparing for their day at a farmers' market that they not only forget to feed the cow, they leave the farmyard gate open and the hungry cow follows them, making a mess of the market.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton Children's Books 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE CORPolacco, Patricia
Summary: Grandma finds a way to dispel her grandchild's fear of thunderstorms.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 1990
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE POLRinker, Sherri Duskey
Summary: Told in rhyming text, six farm vehicles work through all the seasons, from spring planting to building a barn to protect the animals in winter.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2022
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Summary: When a big new yellow tractor arrives, Otis the friendly little tractor is cast away behind the barn, but when trouble occurs Otis is the only one who can help.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 2010
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Summary: Inspired by a school writing assignment, Kelly takes a fresh look at her family's Michigan farm and notes the ways in which her parents have chosen to nurture the land and the wildlife living on it.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2006
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FICTION Von Frank.Hobey, Jack.
Summary: "Recounts the case of The People vs. Herman Swift, a story which ran on front pages of newspapers throughout Michigan for three years in the early 20th century. It is one of the most sensational cases to ever go to the Michigan Supreme Court and was reviewed on appeal by famous Michigan governors, Chase Osborn and Nathaniel Ferris. The story revolves around the complex, tragic figure of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harbor House Publishers 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.76 HOB1 available in Nelson Room, Call number: NEL RM 362.76 HOB
Harrison, Jim
Summary: This collection of novellas is Jim Harrison at his most memorable--a brilliant rendering of two men striving to find their way in the world, written with freshness, abundant wit, and profound humanity. In The Land of Unlikeness, sixty-year-old art history academic Clive--a failed artist, divorced and grappling with the vagaries of his declining years--reluctantly returns to his family's...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Blackstone Audio, Inc. 2013
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Summary: As a family sits down to enjoy a meal, thoughts of those who provide the food, from farmers who plant and tend seeds to store clerks who sell groceries, fill each one with gratitude.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tilbury House, Publishers 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BRISummary: Chess Records was located on the south side of Chicago. In 1947, it began recording blues music with Muddy Waters and Little Walter. This eventually gave birth to rock and roll in 1955 with Chuck Berry. Record producer, Leonard Chess has an ear for this different type of music and believes he can cash in by signing up new talent such as songwriter, Willie Dixon, Howlin' Wolf, and Etta James....
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2009
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA CADWright, Jaime Jo
Summary: The voices of the past cannot stay silent forever. In 1910 Michigan, Perliett Van Hilton is a self-proclaimed rural healer, leaving the local doctor convinced she practices quackery. It doesn't help that her mother is a spiritualist who regularly offers her services to connect the living with their dearly departed. But when Perliett is targeted by a superstitious killer, she must rely on both...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bethany House, a division of Baker Publishing Group 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WRIClaire, Alexandra
Summary: Animal Adventures: Day at the Farm is perfect for early learners, inviting readers to follow cute and cuddly farm animals through a day on the farm.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Collective Book Studio 2024
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Summary: They've built, they've zoomed, they've rescued, they've flown into space and they've even fought off baddy pirates, but now our dynamic team of dinosaurs have moved to pastures new - literally-- working hard on the Dinosaur Farm! Join them as they plough the stony soil, feed the sheep, cut the corn in a combine harvester and much more! But what are they preparing all their animals and crops...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nosy Crow, an imprint of Candlewick Press 2019
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2002
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CAMVanderLugt, Dana
Summary: Based on a true story and told in alternating voices, follows the growing friendship between thirteen-year-old American Claire and Karl, a young German POW hired to work on her family's Michigan apple farm in October 1944.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Zonderkidz 2023
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Summary: Twelve-year-old Mary and her older brother and sister tend the family farm on Michigan's Mackinac Island while their father is away fighting the British in the War of 1812.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollinsPublishers 1995
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC WHESummary: A down-and-out film producer agrees to make his nephew's film about the 19th century English statesman Benjamin Disraeli. They can only get financing if he can cast a well-known action star. However, production is halted when the lead actor is kidnapped from the European film set. The producer hatches a scheme with a struggling creative executive to save the star and the movie.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Peace Arch Entertainment 2009
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Deal 2007Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF DEAWargin, Kathy-jo.
Summary: A young maiden is entranced by the Spirit Wood, where playful fairies known as the Pukwudjininees live, and wants to keep visiting there despite being forbidden to do so by her family.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2003
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 WARCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 WARCopies Available at Kingsley
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J MI WarginCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC WARBird, Betsy
Summary: Twelve-year-old Suzy Bowles dreams of life outside the small town of Burr Oak Michigan, but when she stumbles on the opportunity to learn ostrich-riding with the infamous Madame Marantette her obligations to her family on the farm threaten to derail her dreams of a bigger life. Includes photographs and information on Madame Marantette.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC BIRCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in JT Fiction, Call number: MI JT Fiction Bird 2021Churchman, John
Summary: Poppy the alpaca explores Moonrise Farm with her animal friends, finding and trying new foods throughout the spring, summer, fall, and winter.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2018
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE CHUChurchman, John
Summary: "When baby sheepdog Maisie moves to a new farm, she learns about each animal's special job and soon learns what her job will be"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2017
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE CHUFisher, Suzanne Woods
Summary: Back and broke in Stoney Ridge, Jimmy Fisher has coasted through life on good looks and charm, but his smile has no effect on Sylvie Schrock King of Rising Star Farm. She's offered him a job because she's desperate for help on the farm, and because Jimmy understands horses like no one else. Jimmy is the son of Sylvie's neighbor Edith, who holds a serious grudge against Sylvie. While Jimmy's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FISWillis, Jeanne
Summary: Old MacDonald loves his phone, he thinks it works a charm, Now all the animals have phones too, how will he run his farm? Sing along as Old MacDonald's farm falls into chaos! How will the animals learn to balance their screen time?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Andersen Press USA 2021