Summary: Presents a selection of the best works of short fiction of the past year from a variety of acclaimed sources.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2018
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Summary: Little Critter's younger sister always wants to do what he does, and even though most of the time he thinks that she is too little, sometimes he is surprised.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Reader's Digest Kids 1993
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE MAYMayer, Gina.
Summary: Little Critter hid his secret project so well he forgot where it was. How will he find his secret?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Golden Books 2002
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC MayerMayer, Gina.
Summary: Mom takes Little Critter, his sister and the baby to the mall. When Little Critter ties his shoe and looks around, he can't find his mom so he asks a clerk to help him.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Western Pub. Co. 1994
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MAYMayer, Gina.
Summary: Little Critter overcomes his disappointment when he doesn't receive an invitation to a birthday party.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Golden Books Pub. Co. 2002
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC MayerMayer, Gina
Summary: Little Critter and his family travel to the mountains for a skiing vacation.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Children's Books 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC MAYMayer, Gina.
Summary: Little Critter and Little Sister have problems with a bully at school.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Golden Books Pub. Co. 1999
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Summary: Little Critter wants to grow up to be just like Dad.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Golden Books Publishing Company Inc. 1998
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: E MAYMayer, Gina.
Summary: A visit to a cousin's house turns out not to be so bad after all.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Western Pub. Co. 1992
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: P-J Basket MAYMayer, Gina.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Western Pub. Co. 1994
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1 available in Juvenile Paperback, Call number: P-J Basket MAYMayer, Gina.
Summary: Little Critter discovers that the new boy in class is really not so different from anyone else, even though he is in a wheelchair.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Western Pub. Co. 1993
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Summary: After Grandpa gives Little Critter and his sister each a piggy bank, Little Critter has some lessons to learn about earning and saving money.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2022
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1 available in Kids' Favorite Characters, Call number: JE CRIMayer, Gina.
Summary: In four stories, Little Critter complains about the unfairness of his parents' rules, realizes he doesn't know everything, decides that a new critter is not too different to be his friend, and takes part in the school play.
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Publisher / Publication Date: FastPencil Premiere 2012
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1 available in Kids' Favorite Characters, Call number: JE CRISummary: Female journalist Arezoon Rahimmi travels to the Iranian holy city of Mashhad to investigate a serial killer targeting sex workers. As she draws closer to exposing his crimes, the opportunity for justice grows harder to attain when the murderer is embraced by many as a hero. Based on the true story of the 'Spider Killer' Saeed Hanaei, who saw himself as on a mission from God as he killed...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN HOLSummary: Following the rise of Aretha Franklin's career from a child singing in her father's church's choir to her international superstardom, 'Respect' is the remarkable true story of the music icon's journey to find her voice.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal 2021
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3 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA RESCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE RESCopies Available at Kingsley
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD RESOlswanger, Anna
Summary: "An American rabbi enters Soviet Russia to investigate reports of persecution among the Jewish community. Though heavily monitored once he enters the state, one day the rabbi manages to sneak away in a taxi and discovers a secret that will change his life forever"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: West Margin Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 OLSNayeri, Daniel
Summary: "This is the tale of an exciting journey along the Silk Road with a young Monk and his newfound guardian, Samir, a larger than life character and the so-called "Seller of Dreams." The man is a scammer; his biggest skill being the ability to talk his way into getting what he wants. While that talking did save Monkey's life, it has left a lot of people furious with Samir--furious enough to hire...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Levine Querido 2023
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1 available in New Youth Materials, Call number: J FIC NAYCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in JT Fiction, Call number: JT Fiction NayeriSummary: As nervy as it is hilarious, a masterpiece from Ernst Lubitsch, To Be Or Not To Be; is a Hollywood film of the boldest black humor, which went into production soon after the U.S. entered World War II. Lubitsch manages to brilliantly balance political satire, romance, slapstick, and urgent wartime suspense in a comic high-wire act that has never been equaled.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Criterion Collection 2013
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY TONorlund, Dina
Summary: "Syv is a snowcat and the youngest in a family of princes. When his father dies, Syv and his brothers are all in line for the throne. Eager to become kings themselves, and wary of how well-liked Syv has become by the citizens, Syv's brothers send him on a dangerous quest to find the long-lost magical crown that once belonged to their royal ancestor, the Eldking. Legend says that the snowcat who...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oni Press 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 NORSummary: Six-year-old Andy is thrilled when he gets a brand-new cheery Chucky doll for his birthday. But he quickly discovers that Chucky is possessed by the soul of a notorious serial killer who swiftly begins terrorizing Andy, his ill-fated babysitter and his disbelieving mom. And he doesn't stop there. Proving he's nobody to toy with, the demonic doll schemes to transfer his evil spirit out of its...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2008
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Summary: Far from her family, her history, and her home in Cuba, Cecilia seeks refuge in a bar in the Little Havana section of Miami, where a mysterious woman's fascinating tale keeps her returning night after night.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2008
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CHAMengestu, Dinaw
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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Summary: Coming of age during an African revolution, a brilliant university student-turned-fighter eventually flees the escalating violence of his country to resettle in the United States, where he is haunted by his past.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2014