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Glaser, Karina Yan Vaz, Katherine Wan, Joyce Wan, Joyce. Wan, Michelle Wan, SophieWan, Joyce
Summary: With an important and timely message about the power of community and getting along, this sparkly board book truly shows the importance of being #strongertogether. A stunning celebration of the power and strength in working and being together!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cartwheel Books, an imprint of Scholastic Ltd. 2021
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Summary: Illustrations and brief text explore some of the food names that people use as terms of endearment.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2011
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1 available in Board Books, Call number: JE WANVaz, Katherine
Summary: "John Alves, son of a famous Presbyterian martyr on the Portuguese island of Madeira, spends his childhood in jail and in poverty. When he meets Mary Freitas--though the adopted daughter of a master botanist, her true lineage is the subject of dangerous rumor--a spark kindles a lasting bond. But soon their families must confront the rising blood tide of warfare between Catholics and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flatiron Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC VAZCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC VAZGlaser, Karina Yan
Summary: The Vanderbeekers are looking forward to the wedding of two of their favorite people. But when one of the siblings receives a dire diagnosis, instead of preparing for a celebration, the family is suddenly spending their time at the hospital. And soon they are helping a critically ill friend, even as they struggle with how their own lives have turned upside down.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD FIC GLAGlaser, Karina Yan
Summary: From the New York Times best-selling creator of the Vanderbeekers series comes a triumphant tale of friendship, healing, and the power of believing in ourselves told from the perspective of biracial sixth-graders June and Tyrell, two children living in a homeless shelter. As their friendship grows over a shared love of classical music, June and Tyrell confront a new housing policy that puts...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Playaway Products, LLC 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J PA FIC GLAGlaser, Karina Yan
Summary: Told that they will have to move out of their Harlem brownstone just after Christmas, the five Vanderbeeker children, ages four to twelve, decide to change their reclusive landlord's mind.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2017
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC GLAGlaser, Karina Yan
Summary: In this new adventure in the New York Times bestselling series, the Vanderbeekers depart Harlem to celebrate their dad's birthday. But their surprise road trip turns rocky when the younger kids try to keep their family from ever facing change. Our beloved Harlem family is putting the VAN in Vanderbeekers as they hit the highway to give their dad the best birthday surprise EVER! Re-creating a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clarion Books, an imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2022
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: In the epic finale to the saga, Thomas leads his group of escaped Gladers on their final and most dangerous mission yet. To save their friends, they must break into the legendary Last City, a WCKD-controlled labyrinth that may turn out to be the deadliest maze of all. Anyone who makes it out alive will get answers to the questions the Gladers have been asking since they first arrived in the maze.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE MAZCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MAZCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE MAZCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MaGlaser, Karina Yan
Summary: The Vanderbeeker children, ages six to thirteen, race to help save their mother's baking business from closure after it fails an inspection.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2019
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC GLACopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC GLAWan, Joyce.
Summary: Illustrations and brief text display pairs that go together perfectly. On board pages.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cartwheel Books 2011
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1 available in Board Books, Call number: JE WANWan, Michelle
Summary: Keno is twenty-three, a high-school dropout working as a rent collector for a slum landlord. Apart from hitting on the office secretary, Cass, his life is bleak. His job takes him into sad, mean places where kids wail, drunks fight and women get beaten up. He works his territory with Jaco, who's tougher and shiftier than any of the folks they're sent to shake rent out of. One night Keno and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Raven Books 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WANSummary: A 1950s housewife living with her husband in an idealistic experimental community begins to worry that his glamorous company may be hiding troubling secrets.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DONCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DONCopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA DONWan, Joyce
Summary: Encourages a young child to dream big, following the inspiration of such female trailblazers as Harriet Tubman, Jane Goodall, Katherine Johnson, and Junko Tabei.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cartwheel Books, an imprint of Scholastic 2019
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1 available in Board Books, Call number: JE WANWan, Sophie
Summary: "At a high-society Shanghai wedding, the reluctant bride and her two best friends, each with their own personal motives and fed up with the way society treats women, forge a plan to steal all the gift money on the big day"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graydon House 2024
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1 available in New Fiction, Call number: FIC WAN1 available in Browsing Hot Titles, Call number: HOT TITLE
Glaser, Karina Yan
Summary: "The Vanderbeekers are looking forward to the wedding of two of their favorite people! But when one of the siblings receives a dire diagnosis, instead of preparing for a celebration, the family is suddenly spending their time at the hospital. And soon they are helping a newly-made and critically ill friend, even as they struggle with how their own lives have turned upside down. In the poignant...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC GLAGlaser, Karina Yan
Summary: One hilarious Harlem family is on a mission to find the perfect way to celebrate their Papa's fortieth birthday while discovering more about their mysterious grandparents in this heartfelt romp and latest installment to the New York Times best-selling series, perfect for fans of the Penderwicks. It's summer on 141st Street, and the Vanderbeekers are looking forward to Papa's surprise fortieth...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC GLACopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC GLASummary: 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: In the Interest of the Nation - Masked soldiers attack a vehicle loaded with high-tech missiles in an attempted smuggling operation in Uzbekistan. Meanwhile, a Swedish engineer is kidnapped in Ethiopia. But Not if It Concerns Your Daughter - Carl Hamilton's family was wiped out in a revenge attack years ago. Now, those painful memories resurface as Hamilton's seven-year-old goddaughter is...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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Place a hold to request this item.Glaser, Karina Yan
Summary: From the New York Times bestselling creator of the Vanderbeekers series comes a triumphant tale of friendship, healing, and the power of believing in ourselves told from the perspective of biracial sixth-graders June and Tyrell, two children living in a homeless shelter. As their friendship grows over a shared love of classical music, June and Tyrell confront a new housing policy that puts...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clarion Books an imprint of Harpercollins Publishers 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC GLAGlaser, Karina Yan
Summary: Told that they will have to move out of their Harlem brownstone just after Christmas, the five Vanderbeeker children, ages four to twelve, decide to change their reclusive landlord's mind.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2018
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Place a hold to request this item.Glaser, Karina Yan
Summary: "When catastrophe strikes their beloved upstairs neighbors, the Vanderbeeker children set out to build the best, most magical healing garden in Harlem--in spite of a locked fence, thistles and trash, and the conflicting plans of a wealthy real estate developer"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2018
Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC GLACopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC GLACopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC GLACopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC GLAGlaser, Karina Yan
Summary: As they look forward to the New York City Marathon in which their friend Mr. B. will run, the Vanderbeeker children learn that one of their good friends is homeless.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2020
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2 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC GLACopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC GLAGlaser, Karina Yan
Summary: The Vanderbeekers depart Harlem to celebrate their dad's birthday. But their surprise road trip turns rocky when the younger kids try to keep their family from ever facing change.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD FIC GLASummary: Once upon a time in China: The legendary martial arts teacher Wong Fei-hung, with a band of disciples, battles a host of nefarious forces--foreign and local--who are threatening Chinese sovereignty as British and American imperialists encroach upon the Mainland.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN ONC1 available in Sight & Sound Print Material, Call number: SSC DVD FOREIGN ONC