Forte, Lauren
Summary: The irrepressible Olivia participates in environmentally responsible initiatives with her family, but she must devise a clever solution to the problem of her brother needing a nightlight in order to keep everyone in the family happy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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Place a hold to request this item.Yum, Hyewon
Summary: One rainy day, a little boy is upset because he can't go out and play. His mom comes up with a way to keep him entertained - by drawing a picture of herself and him going outside, playing in the rain, and splashing in a giant puddle. They have so much fun drawing themselves that they decide to venture out and make the most of the rainy weather. --
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE YUMFrederick, Heather Vogel.
Summary: "Twelve-year-old Truly Lovejoy's family moves to a small town to take over a bookstore. Soon, she has to solve two mysteries involving a missing book and an undelivered letter"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC FRECopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC FRETan, Amy Rebecca
Summary: Thirteen-year-old Jamie must spend her summer volunteering at Foxfield Public Library, but quickly grows to love the people there and enthusiastically joins the fight to save the library.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC TANSummary: A mother and her three Edwardian children move to a country house in Yorkshire after the mysterious disappearance of their father. The children become fascinated by a nearby train and their kindness helps them befriend an older gentleman who may be able to solve the mystery of their missing father.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: WGBH Boston Video 2002
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2 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV RAI1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV RAI
LaCour, Nina
Summary: When her mother goes on a business trip, a little girl, who loves to sit between Mama and Mommy at the table, misses her a lot and feels empty until Mommy finally comes home, filling the void with love.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2022
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: On her first day at her new school, Chrissa is seated with three girls who greet her with teasing and tricks. They bully Chrissa in class, on the bus, online, and even at swim club. When the taunting goes too far, Chrissa must find a way to stand strong.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Warner Home Video 2009
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD AmSummary: Meet McKenna Brooks, a determined and confident young gymnast, in this all-new, modern-day adventure. McKenna is on track to make the regional competitive gymnastics team, but off track in school, where she's suddenly struggling to keep up. When her teacher suggests a tutor, she's embarrassed and desperate to keep it a secret from her friends. Then a bad fall at the gym sidetracks her from her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2012
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD AmCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV AMESummary: In 1904, well bred Samantha Parkington finds friendship with servant girl Nellie O'Malley when she comes to visit New York City.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2010
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2 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV AmeSummary: After her father leaves to find work during the Great Depression, Kit's mother takes in boarders, and when the lockbox with the family money disappears, Kit sets out to solve the mystery.
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Line Home Entertainment 2008
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD AME RATED GCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV AMESummary: In order to escape Communist Hungary, a family must leave behind their infant daughter. She is then temporarily raised by a peasant Hungarian couple. When the daughter is finally brought to America to be with her family, her relationship with her real family becomes strained. The girl is torn between two mothers and two homelands. Based on a true story. The girl returns to Hungary and take an...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Pictures 2001
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA AMESummary: Boys and girls will enjoy these Nick Jr. favorites: Dora the Explorer; Go, Diego, Go!; Wonder Pets!; Yo Gabba Gabba!; Blue's Clues; and Ni Hao, Kai-lan. Each episode showcases the characters and their friendship with animals and pets.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount 2009
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "For a young girl living a 'hard-knock life' in a children's orphanage, things may seem pretty bad -- especially at Christmas. But feisty Annie carries a song in her heart and hope in her locket -- the only thing she has from her parents. One day, fed up with the dastardly Miss Hannigan, Annie escapes the run-down orphanage determined to find her mom and dad. Her adventure takes her from the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walt Disney Home Video 2002
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: A remarkable portrait of a family and a community, of mothers and daughters, and of one indomitable woman. Earthy, sexy, romantic, filled with laughter and warmth, it's a joyous celebration of simple pleasures and enduring passions.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2005
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN ANTSummary: Now married to Suzanne, Nick buys a suburban house to escape the rat race of the big city and to provide more space for his new wife and kids Lindsey and Kevin. But when his new home quickly becomes a costly "fixer upper," he finds himself at the mercy of an eccentric contractor, Nick's suburban dream soon becomes a nightmare.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ASummary: Two infants from very different backgrounds become friends through circumstance, only to become rivals as adults. When the pair work together on a quest to find their princesses, will their true friendship once again shine through?
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: The Weinstein Company Home Entertainment 2008
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY AZUSummary: Babe: A piglet destined for eventual butchering arrives at the farmyard, is adopted by an old sheep dog, and discovers a special secret to success.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios 2005
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: An unscrupulous real estate developer sends thugs to a tenement to get rid of the last five tenants. The five are visited by tiny visitors from outer space who turn the tide with magical powers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Home Video 1999
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY BATCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD Family Batteries 1999Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD MOVIE BATTSummary: At the start of World War II, 14-year-old Carrie and her younger brother Nick are separated from their mother and evacuated from war-torn London to a rural village in Wales, where they now live with a puritanical shopkeeper and his spinster sister.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: WGBH Boston Video 2006
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV CARSummary: A workaholic attorney crosses paths with a young boy on Christmas Eve and rediscovers the true meaning of love, life, and the holiday season.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: GT Media 2006
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD CHRSummary: Single mom Martha Evans is praying for a miracle to help her family this Christmas. Little does she know that her neighbors have been working behind the scenes to make her season bright.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Entertainment One U.S. LP 2011
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD CHRSummary: A slighted beauty outshines her evil stepsisters at a royal ball, then returns to her grim existence before the handsome prince finds her again.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Walt Disney Home Entertainment 2005
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD CiCopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY CINCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Children's videos, Call number: JE DVD CinderellaSummary: Mohammad joyfully returns to his tiny village on summer vacation from the Institute for the Blind, unaware of his father's intentions to disown him. Engaged to be married, the widowed man has kept Mohammad a secret from his fiancee, certain the boy's disability will destroy his only chance for happiness. With the wedding swiftly approaching Mohammad's future hangs precariously in the balanceas...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Video 2000
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN COLSummary: Paul, depressed from his recent break-up with Anna, returns home to live with his divorced father and womanizing, slacking younger brother, Jonathan. With little success, his carefree sibling and doting father try to cheer him up with women, wine, and home-cooked meals. When, in the midnight hour, Paul is forced to entertain one of his brother's desperate girlfriends, he begins to realize that...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Weinstein Co. Home Entertainment 2007