Summary: A collection of tales which range from comic to tragic, but most often having a wicked sense of humor and filled with unexpected twists.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: CBS DVD 2006
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2 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV TWISummary: Told in fourteen fixed-angle, single shot, individual tableaus that parallel Christ's journey to his own crucifixion, this film is both an indictment of fundamentalist faith and the articulation of an impressionable teen's struggle to find her own path in life. Though from the outside Maria lives in the modern world, her family and her heart are faithful to a Catholic radicalism that requires...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Film Movement 2015
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF STALevis, Caron
Summary: Perry loves the sounds of all of her mother's shoes, but when a new pair appears, signaling Mama's return to work, Perry becomes very upset.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books for Young Readers 2019
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Summary: Gabby convinces Granny to leave Sleepytown and stay up all night in a new place, but before long, a contagious yawn takes control.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE LEVButler, Caron
Summary: After the death of his friend, Tony must work to make the basketball team, but when he gets the chance to join the squad as statistician, he must grapple with honoring the memory of his basketball-loving friend while also trying to fit in on the team.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Katherine Tegen Books 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC BUTCaron, Leslie
Summary: Set in turn-of-the-century Paris, a young girl, Gigi, is being groomed by her grandmother to become a courtesan.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2008
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE GIGColandro, Lucille
Summary: In this adaptation of the traditional nursery rhyme, a woman swallows the alphabet.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC COLColandro, Lucille.
Summary: A twist on the classic tale of "There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly" takes the story even further as the lady goes about swallowing a variety of items related to school, including books, a ruler, and chalk.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Cartwheel Books 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE COLLevis, Caron
Summary: The letters C and K have an argument when K accuses C of stealing all the good words that start with the "k" sound.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus Giroux 2017
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Summary: A polar bear grieves over the loss of his companion, based on the real-life Gus and Ida of New York's Central Park Zoo.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE LEVColandro, Lucille
Summary: Presents a retelling of the classic tale in which the solution proves worse than the predicament when an old lady swallows a fly.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Cartwheel Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE COLBarton, Byron.
Summary: A cast of characters looks for, finds, and assembles some dinosaur bones.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: T.Y. Crowell 1990
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Summary: A young child thinks about what it would be like to be an astronaut and go out on a mission into space.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: HarperTrophy 1992
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Summary: "A bus driver named Joe heads out on his route, stopping at one bus stop after another to pick up passengers. He picks up five dogs and five cats in all, dropping nine of them off at the plane, train, or boat. The tenth passenger, a dog, Joe takes home"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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Summary: A celebration of vehicles and animals introduces basic concepts of addition and subtraction to very young children in the story of a busy bus driver who picks up and drops off colorful passengers at the airport, the harbor, and the train station.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2015
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Summary: "Sweet Pea's got a pretty sweet life. The animals in her hometown of Parkville have always gotten along with one another, and she's free to spend her days doing what she loves best: making art, hanging out with friends, and digging through the trash for tasty treats. When two new dogs move to town, Sweet Pea is eager to show them the sights and smells of Parkville ... especially its most famous...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 VARLix, Caryn
Summary: "Trapped on a strange planet, Kenzie and her friends must figure out how to end the alien threat and then find their way home"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Pulse 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC LIXBarton, Byron
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2002
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC WRIColandro, Lucille
Summary: In this variation on the traditional cumulative rhyme, a woman swallows a turkey, a balloon, a horn of plenty, and other items associated with Thanksgiving Day.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Cartwheel Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC COLBarton, Byron
Summary: Sam describes in loving detail his car and how he drives it
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Greenwillow Books 2001
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Summary: "Jim the cat describes his favorite places inside and outside his house"
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: E BARCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Board Books, Call number: JE BOARD BARBarton, Byron.
Summary: In prehistoric days there were many different kinds of dinosaurs, big and small, those with spikes and those with long, sharp teeth.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Crowell 1989
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Summary: Sam describes in loving detail his car and how he drives it. On board pages.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: HarperFestival 2003