McGovern, Cammie
Summary: Since entering fourth grade, Benny Barrows worries that he will never be good at anything, that he is responsible for an accident that sent his father to the hospital, and that his attempts at winning a school contest will never be noticed.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2016
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Summary: When Lizzie and Ben discover a homeless lady living in their neighborhood, they must reconcile their desire to help her with their mother's admonition not to talk to strangers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Turtle Books 1997
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MCGMcGovern, Ann.
Summary: A hungry young man shows an old lady how to make soup from a stone.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 1986
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.21 MCGMcGovern, Ann.
Summary: Peter complains his house is too noisy so the wise man advises him to obtain some rather unusual house guests.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 1967
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2 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MCGMcGovern, Kate
Summary: "Maple Mehta-Cohen has been keeping a secret: she can't read all that well. She has an impressive vocabulary and loves dictating stories into her recorder--especially the adventures of a daring sleuth who's half Indian and half Jewish like Maple herself--but words on the page just don't seem to make sense to her. Despite all Maple's clever tricks to hide her troubles with reading, her teacher...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2021
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Summary: The residents of a contemporary Irish village struggle to find a way to adapt to the more sophisticatied trappings of modernity but still stay true to the history and heritage of their ancestors.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 2002
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Summary: When twelve-year-old Rosa finds herself in the Library of Doom, she runs into a hungry When-Where-Why-Wraith and must overcome this question creature to return home.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, an imprint of Capstone 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 MAUFergus, Maureen
Summary: When Buddy, a dog who likes to play by the rules, meets Earl, a hedgehog who knows no limits, they set off aboard a pirate ship for an imaginative journey together.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Groundwood Books, House of Anansi Press 2015
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Summary: Joining the local peewee hockey team after centuries alone in his old castle, Vlad the vampire discovers that his superhuman abilities have little practicality on the rink and practices diligently to prepare for a big game.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FERFergus, Maureen.
Summary: Inviting her mother to visit her new class, a little kindergartener discovers that there are some things that kids are better at than parents.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kids Can Press 2013
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Summary: "A sensual portrait of Manet's last years, and a vibrant testament to the endurance of the artistic spirit. Suffering from the complications of syphilis toward the end of his life, Édouard Manet begins to jot down his daily impressions, reflections, and memories in a notebook. Between healing respites in the French countryside and holding court in his Paris studio, he finds inspiration in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W. W. Norton & Company 2021
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Summary: When Monkey proclaims that it is his birthday, all the other jungle animals protest, claiming instead that it is Earth Day and telling Monkey what he should do to honor this special day.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Marshall Cavendish Children 2012
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Summary: Pablo, twelve, and his younger brother Alex find a book on extreme weather, only to discover the book does not just discribe weather, it creates it--and only the Librarian can control the book's power.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, an imprint of Capstone 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 MAUFergus, Maureen
Summary: "Princess Pru has two loving dads, an ostrich named Orville, and an ogre-tastic best friend named Oggy. Oggy and Pru spend their days playing games, having adventures, and getting spoiled by shopkeepers. Then, every evening, Oggy goes home and does whatever he wants. Pru returns to the palace where she has to finish her vegetables, tidy her playroom, and go to bed on time. When her royal dads...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Owlkids Books 2024
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Summary: Canadian forensic profiler Christine Morris is called away from a police methodology conference in Edinburgh by the police from the Outer Hebrides, who inform her that her estranged mother has been involved in a vehicular homicide and is missing. Christine's arrival there is followed by the suspicious death of one of the islanders. What unfolds is a deepening involvement in the life of the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dundurn Group 2006
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC JENJennings, Maureen.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Minotaur 2001
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC JENJennings, Maureen.
Summary: The creator of the acclaimed Detective Murdoch Mysteries turns her exceptional storytelling skills to a murder mystery set in rural Shropshire, England, in the darkest days of the Second World War. Following the disastrous retreat of the British army from Dunkirk in 1940, England is plunged into a state of fear. The threat of a German invasion is real, and many German Nationals are interned in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: McClelland & Stewart 2011
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Johnson, Maureen
Summary: After solving the greatest unsolved mystery of the century, Stevie Bell goes undercover as a camp counselor to investigate the strange things going on at Camp Wonder Falls--the site of the infamous "Box in the Woods" murders
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Publisher / Publication Date: Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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Summary: "After her near-fatal run-in with the Jack the Ripper copycat, Rory Devereaux is back in London to help solve a new string of inexplicable deaths plaguing the city"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: G. P. Putnam's Sons 2013
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Summary: A whip-smart and funny novel told by a former Wall Street insider who reveals what it's like for a working woman to balance love, ambition, and family in a world of glamorous excess, outrageous risk-taking, and jaw-dropping sexism. In 2008, Isabelle--a self-made, thirty-something Wall Street star--appears to have it all: an Upper West Side apartment, three healthy children, a handsome husband,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2016
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Summary: When the Smithfork family moves into a lavish Manhattan apartment building, they discover clues to a decades-old mystery hidden behind the walls of their new home.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Katherine Tegen Books 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC SHEWright, Maureen
Summary: As winter comes and Big Bear prepares to hibernate, he keeps thinking he hears Old Man Winter giving him exhausting orders that prevent him from sleeping.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Marshall Cavendish 2009
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE WRIWright, Maureen
Summary: A snowman who finds it dreadfully cold keeps doing things that cause him to melt, while the children who rebuild him each time offer clothing to keep him warm.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Two Lions/Amazon 2014
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2 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE WRIBerenson, Laurien
Summary: "When a typically closed-off Peg attempts online dating at Rose's strong urging, the experience plays out like an embarrassing mistake. At least, until she matches with Nolan Abercrombie--intelligent, attractive, and a self-proclaimed dog lover. The two share an instant connection that has Peg cautiously excited to finally bring someone special into her busy world of Standard Poodles and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kensington Publishing Corp. 2023