Summary: A robust collection of classic film noir (black film), a genre that became a cinematic staple for American audiences during the mid 1940s through the late 1950s
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY DARMaccarone, Grace.
Summary: In this sequel to "Miss Lina's ballerinas," the girls in the dance class have to go to the zoo to retrieve a somewhat reluctant boy who will dance in the show with them.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Feiwel and Friends 2011
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE MACMaccarone, Grace.
Summary: Peppy rhymes present the humorous side to a common ailment.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 1992
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Pre-Reader (Orange), Call number: JBR ORANGE MACMaccarone, Grace.
Summary: The number of monsters engaged in various activities at a picnic always adds up to ten. Includes related activities.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 1998
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1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN MACMaccarone, Grace.
Summary: A group of children have fun making a pizza.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 1994
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Summary: First-grade boys and girls go out to play at recess.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 1996
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1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN MACMaccarone, Grace.
Summary: Rhyming text and illustrations follow the activities of a group of twelve monsters that diminishes one by one. Includes a section of counting activities.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 1995
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Summary: A little girl loses a tooth.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 1995
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1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN MacSummary: Greek fisherman Demetrios guides a lost princess home to Atlantis, but is imprisoned there and must fight for his life, before rescuing the princess again as they flee the doomed realm.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Turner Entertainment Co. 2010
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1 available in Fantasy DVDs, Call number: DVD FANTASY ATLPeet, Mal
Summary: Award-winning YA author Philip Murdstone is in trouble. His star has waned. The world is leaving him behind. His agent, the ruthless Minerva Cinch, convinces him that his only hope is to write a sword-and-sorcery blockbuster. Unfortunately, Philip—allergic to the faintest trace of Tolkien—is utterly unsuited to the task. In a dark hour, a dwarfish stranger comes to his rescue. But the deal he...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PEESala, Sharon
Summary: "PI Charlie Dodge may be down, but he's most definitely not out. He's still reeling after a series of earth-shattering events, so when a desperate woman hires Dodge Investigations to find her missing sister, the head-scratcher of a case is exactly the distraction Charlie and his steadfast partner, Wyrick, need. Two days prior, Rachel Dean disappeared without a trace from her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mira 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SALSyal, Meera
Summary: "A novel about a forty-eight-year-old woman, Shyama, whose decision to use a surrogate mother from India in order to have a child with her younger boyfriend causes her life to intersect with Mala's, a young girl trapped in an oppressive marriage in a rural village in India who dreams of escape"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sarah Crichton Books/Farrar, Strauss and Giroux 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SYAMilledge, Sas
Summary: Orla O'Reilly, the youngest in a long line of hedge witches, is compelled to return home after the death of her grandmother, Mamo. In the wake of her Mamo's passing, seas are impossible to fish, crops have soured, even Jo Manalo's attic is taken over by a poltergeist! And to make matter worse it appears that the cause is Mamo, or her mislaid bones that is. Can Orla shoulder the responsibility...
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Publisher / Publication Date: BOOM! Box 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 MILPeet, Mal
Summary: Young Yazul's love for making kites with his grandfather meets with disapproval from his father, a lord along the Silk Road, until their community is attacked by bandits and Yazul and his grandfather use their skills to help.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE PEEGal, Susan.
Summary: "As the seasons change, the industrious pigs of Day by Day build a home, plant a garden, help their neighbors, and then gather in a harvest grown with hard work and kindness"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE GALSeal, Caitlin
Summary: Daughter of a sea merchant captain, seventeen-year-old Naya Garth is on a trading mission in Ceramor when she is murdered, and resurrected by a necromancer as one of the "undead," bound to her former body by mysterious magic runes, an abomination in her homeland of Talmir--she has been effectively recruited as a spy for Talmir, and soon finds herself embroiled in politics, kidnapping, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC SEASeal, Julia
Summary: It isn't a normal sort of a day. The sun is up, the birds are out, but everybody's indoors. Having to stay home can be confusing and lonely for children. Julia Seal highlights the importance of friendship and community during these challenging times. The message of hope will help children see the power of togetherness, and understand that even though we might feel like we're alone, we're alone...
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK Children 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SEAGal, Susan.
Summary: A dog gives many good reasons it likes to go for a walk--to chase away the neighbor's cat, to greet people on the street, to watch guys shooting hoops, and to feel the wind lifting its ears.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2010
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Summary: Naya Garth is returning to her homeland of Talmir to testify against Valn, the man who had her murdered and resurrected as a spy; but secretly she is looking for the necromancy journals which may help her to save her love, Corten, who is trapped between resurrection and true death--but Talmir is dangerous for one of the undead, and meanwhile Corten has discovered that someone is seeking...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge Teen 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC SEASantana, Sol
Summary: "Ash has never thought much about being intersex. But when he gets his period and his parents pressure him to 'try being a girl,' he must fight for who he really is"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Carolrhoda Lab 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC SANCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC SANEverett, Cal
Summary: Illustrations and easy-to-read, rhyming text lead the reader through all the preparations for Halloween, from first noticing signs of autumn, through picking a costume, to trick-or-treating.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Jabberwocky 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC EVEBellow, Saul
Summary: For his centennial (June 10, 2015), The Library of America and editor James Wood present the final volume in the definitive edition of Saul Bellow’s complete novels. In the last stage of his unparalleled career—which included winning the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1976—Saul Bellow remained an uproarious comic storyteller, a provocative thinker deeply engaged with the intellectual...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Library of America 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BELSala, Felicita
Summary: As a young girl seeks reassurances to more elaborate what-ifs, her father's reassurances paint a picture of infinite care, showing her there is no limit to the love he has for her.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books for Young Readers 2024