Hudson, Genevieve (Genevieve Katherine)
Summary: "A queer coming-of-age told with magical realism, Boys of Alabama guides us through 16-year-old Max's first year in America. Conflicted about leaving Germany, Max is in awe of his new 'home' - here, the heat is thick, the food is grossly delicious, and football and religion--seemingly intertwined--permeate everything. While his parents don't know what to make of an American South pining for the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W. W. Norton & Company 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HUDOyeyemi, Helen
Summary: "When Otto and Xavier Shin declare their love, an aunt gifts them a trip on a sleeper train to mark their new commitment-- and to get them out of her house. Setting off with their pet mongoose, Otto and Xavier arrive at their sleepy local train station, but quickly deduce that The Lucky Day is no ordinary locomotive. Their trip on this former tea-smuggling train has been curated beyond their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2021
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1 available in Adult, Call number: LP FIC OYERosen, Lev AC
Summary: Seventeen-year-old Tennessee Russo's life is imploding. His boyfriend has been cheating on him, and all his friends know about it. Worse, they expect him to just accept his ex's new relationship and make nice. So when his father, a famous archaeologist and reality show celebrity whom he hasn't seen in two years, shows up unexpectedly and offers to take him on an adventure, Tennessee only has a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Union Square and Co. 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC ROSMcCloskey, Robert
Summary: Mr. and Mrs. Mallard proudly return to their home in the Boston Public Garden with their eight offspring.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking Press 1941
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Summary: Tim Farnsworth is a handsome, healthy man, aging with the grace of a matinee idol. His wife Jane still loves him, and for all its quiet trials, their marriage is still stronger than most. Then one day he stands up and walks out. And keeps walking.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Audio 2010
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC FERJuster, Norton
Summary: Looking through the kitchen window, a little girl and her doting grandparents watch stars, play games, and, most importantly, say hello and goodbye.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Michael di Capua Books/Hyperion Books for Children 2005
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Caldecott Juster 2005Copies Available at Fife Lake
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE JUSSummary: Baron Von Frankenstein has decided to retire as the head of the Worldwide Organization of Monsters. But first, he must inform the other monsters about his plans. How to deliver the news? Through a Mad Monster Party! Von Frankenstein's guests include a who's who of Halloween favorites, including the Werewolf, Dracula, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, the Mummy, the Invisible Man, and more.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Lionsgate 2009
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2 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY MADWilliams, Vera B.
Summary: Three babies are caught up in the air and given loving attention by a father, grandmother, and mother.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Greenwillow Books 1990
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2 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE WILScieszka, Jon
Summary: Madcap revisions of familiar fairy tales.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 1992
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SCIStead, Philip Christian
Summary: Amos McGee, a friendly zookeeper, always made time to visit his good friends: the elephant, the tortoise, the penguin, the rhinoceros, and the owl. But one day, he woke with the sniffles and the sneezes. Though he didn't make it into the zoo that day, he did receive some unexpected guests. -- From book jacket.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook 2010
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: JE FIC STECopies Available at Woodmere
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JEN Caldecott SteadMTV Networks
Summary: Following the success of the theatrical tour of The Animation Show, animators Mike Judge and Don Hertzfeldt have brought the stellar collection of shorts to DVD, with extra features that they couldn't fit into the original show.
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Publisher / Publication Date: MTV/Paramount 2007
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV ANIWang, Andrea
Summary: While driving through Ohio in an old Pontiac, a young girl's Chinese immigrant parents spot watercress growing wild in a ditch by the side of the road. They stop the car, grabbing rusty scissors and an old paper bag, and the whole family wades into the mud to gather as much as they can. At first, she's embarrassed. Why can't her family just get food from the grocery store, like everyone else?...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2023
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Summary: A young boy dreams of daring adventures in the company of imaginary creatures inspired by the things surrounding his bed.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE WIESummary: Marcel is an adorable one-inch-tall shell who ekes out a colorful existence with his grandmother Connie. Once part of a sprawling community of shells, they now live alone as the sole survivors of a mysterious tragedy. But when a documentary filmmaker discovers them amongst the clutter of his Airbnb, the short film he posts online brings Marcel millions of passionate fans, as well as...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY MARSummary: A musical comedy film about an aspiring songwriter, four single actresses, and the staging of a new musical play on Broadway. Includes dances choreographed by Busby Berkeley.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2006
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF GOLSummary: A stern lady communist comes to Paris to retrieve three wayward comrades and a Russian composer, but instead warms up to capitalist attractions.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2003
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1 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS SILEulate, Ana A. de
Summary: A story of a little Afghan girl's dreams of peace
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cuento de Luz SL 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE WLD Culture Eulate 2012Lionni, Leo
Summary: Four titles previously published independently, three of which were Caldecott honor books.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2002
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Summary: Four brief "stories" about parents, trains, and cows, or is it really all one story? The author recommends careful inspection of words and pictures to both minimize and enhance confusion.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 1990
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Summary: "Florida, circa 1980. Reed Crowe, the eponymous Florida Man, is a middle-aged beach bum, beleaguered and disenfranchised, living on ill-gotten gains deep in the jungly heart of Florida. When sinkholes start opening on Emerald Island, not only are Reed Crowe's seedy businesses--a moribund motel and shabby amusement park--endangered but so are his secrets. Crowe, amateur spelunker, begins...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC COOKawaguchi, Toshikazu
Summary: In a back alley in Tokyo, there is a café that has been serving carefully brewed coffee for more than one hundred years. Local legend says that this shop offers something else besides coffee--the chance to travel back in time. With faces both familiar and new, Tales from the Cafe follows the story of four patrons who visit to take advantage of café Funiculi Funicula's time-traveling offer and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hanover Square Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KAWKrause, Autumn
Summary: In 1836 Wisconsin, Catalina's determination to keep her family alive is tested when a bark-covered man abducts her brother, prompting her to delve into a world of strange beasts and tormented spirits as she uncovers the deep-rooted connection between her fate and the Man of Sap.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Peachtree Publishing Company Inc. 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC KRASummary: In the village of Kidsville, a town run entirely by children, the children and Sunny the Bunny make goodies for the Easter holiday, and win over the grumpy nearby town of grownups by inventing many happy Easter traditions.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2006
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV EASSummary: At six, Vitus is both incredibly talented and wonderfully precocious. When it becomes evident that he has an exceptionally high IQ and can play piano like a young Mozart, expectations run high. His parents love him, his grandfather understands him, but no one knows the truth - that his real genius is in his heart.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2007