Pliska, Zeena M.
Summary: In this love letter to Cairo, Egypt, a young child is sung a lullaby by her great-aunt who paints a vivid portrait of the ancient city as the child drifts off to sleep.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE PLISummary: Set during Gandhi's rise to power, Chuyia, an Indian girl that is married and widowed at eight years old, is sent away to a home where Hindu widows must live in penitence. Her feisty presence affects the other residents, forcing each to confront their faith and society's prejudices.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2006
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN WATSummary: The gripping story is told through four generations, from the capture of Kunta Kinte in Africa to his transport to Colonial America in brutal conditions through successive generations fighting to win their freedom in the Civil War.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV ROOCottin, Menena.
Summary: In a story where the text appears in white letters on a black background, as well as in braille, and the illustrations are also raised on a black surface, Thomas describes how he recognizes different colors using various senses.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE COTCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE COTSummary: In the small resort town of Lighthouse Cove, everyone knows that the best man for the job is a woman. And that woman is Shannon Hughes, owner of a construction company and an expert in Victorian home restoration and renovation. Through her renovations she will find clues to uncover the house's secret past and in turn become an unlikely sleuth to help crack these unsolved mysteries.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Hallmark 2018
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: After one experiment, Johnny turns into a monster and everyone else becomes human. Now it has to be seen whether they will be able to reverse this experiment.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV HOTSelena, Elena
Summary: "Can you guess who? Who's hiding behind bright blue feathers? Who's covering their face with yellow wings, or a bushy orange tail? Little ones will delight in lifting the flaps to find out just who is playing peekaboo in this cheerfully illustrated boardbook"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: This is a fact-based story about a young Georgia housewife named Eve, who suffers from multiple personalities. Eve's husband, confused by his wife's aberrant behavior when assuming her two "other selves" seeks out help from a psychiatrist. Carefully probing Eve's subconscious via hypnosis, the doctor finds out that, through each of Eve's personalities is aware of the other's existance, none are...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2004
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA THRWatson, S. J. (Steven J.)
Summary: When two girls disappear from the town of Blackwood Bay, Alex intends to have the residents record their own stories. But she finds a village haunted by a tragedy that overshadows every corner.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2020
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC WATCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CDA Fiction WatSummary: A former neurosurgeon embarks on a journey of healing only to be drawn into the world of the mystic arts.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Marvel Studios 2017
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2 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE DOCCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DOCCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DOC RATED PG13Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DoCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Doctor 2017González, Xelena
Summary: Three girls follow their grandmother into her garden, where they examine her collection of rocks, crystals, shells, and meteorites and learn about the marvels they reveal.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Cinco Puntos Press, an imprint of Lee & Low Books Inc. 2022
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: A tale of best friends Lila and Elena, which started at the school in the 1950s. As an elderly woman, Elena tries to unravel the mystery of her brilliant friend, who also became her worst enemy.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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2 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV MYCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV Series My 2019Summary: A former neurosurgeon embarks on a journey of healing only to be drawn into the world of the mystic arts.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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Place a hold to request this item.Gonzalez, Xelena
Summary: Finding circles everywhere, a grandfather and his granddaughter meditate on the cycles of life and nature.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Cinco Puntos Press 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE GONGonzález, Xelena
Summary: "On Día de los Muertos, a family prepares an ofrenda for their favorite furry family member, remembering all the ways that their beloved pet brought love and comfort to their lives"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: A story about class divisions in Edwardian England, and the tragic series of events that occurs when two impulsive middle-class sisters become involved with a working class couple and a wealthy family.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2010
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA HOWJackson, Lisa
Summary: The menacing woods of Grizzly Falls, Montana, are not for the faint of heart. But for some, they're the perfect setting for partying and pranks. They don't know there's a rapt audience amid the tangled trees, a killer with a different kind of game in mind, for whom the woods are dark and deep--and perfectly deadly...Some places earn their bad reputation through tall tales or chance. Grizzly...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD Fiction Jackson 2017Jacobs, Liska
Summary: A trip to Italy reignites a woman's desires to disastrous effect in this dark ode to womanhood, death, and sex.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: MCD/Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC JACSummary: Set in 1901. After a heated misunderstanding due to poor translation leads to the death of a lawman, Mexican American farmer Gregorio Cortez sets off in desperate flight from the Texas Rangers, evading a massive manhunt on horseback for days.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: The Criterion Collection 2018
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1 available in Western DVDs, Call number: DVD WESTERN BALSummary: The true story of Moe Berg, professional baseball player, Ivy League graduate, attorney, and a top-secret spy who helped the US win the race against Germany to build the atomic bomb.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD CaCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE CATJackson, Lisa
Summary: Detective Regan Pescoli's sister is murdered, bringing her grief, guilt, and care of her teenage niece, Ivy. Though Pescoli is on maternity leave, she's drawn into the investigation headed by her partner.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Brilliance Audio 2019
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC JACCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CDA Fiction JacHarris, Meena
Summary: A girl sees a woman labeled as having too much ambition, but when the girl considers its definition she finds herself inspired and realizes ambition is required to make changes to the world and have her voice be heard.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE HARMohamed, Deena
Summary: "A brilliant and imaginative debut graphic novel that brings to life a fantastical Cairo where wishes are real. Author, illustrator, and translator Deena Mohamed presents a literary, feminist, Arab-centric graphic novel that marries magic and the socio-political realities of contemporary Egypt. Shubeik Lubeik-a fairytale rhyme meaning "Your Wish is My Command" in Arabic-is the story of three...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2022