Cole, Henry
Summary: In this wordless picture book, a cat named Spot ventures out an open window and through a city on a journey, while his owner tries to find him.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Simon 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE COLMacLeod, Alistair.
Summary: Generations after their forebears went into exile, the MacDonalds still face seemingly unmitigated hardships and cruelties of life. Alexander, orphaned as a child by a horrific tragedy, has nevertheless gained some success in the world. Even his older brother, Calum, a nearly destitute alcoholic living on Toronto's skid row, has been scarred by another tragedy. But, like all his clansman,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton 2000
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MACSummary: A nurse, Mariana, accompanies Leao to his home on the volcanic islands of Cape Verde after an accident sends him into a coma. Yet he goes unrecognized by fellow denizens, leaving Mariana trapped with and eventually entranced by a mysterious community. Never before released in the U.S. and now beautifully restored, it foreshadows the masterful films that would follow, yet is an extraordinary,...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN CASBenton, Jim
Summary: "Catwad and Blurmp are back and ready for more adventures in this newest volume in which they meet new friends, try out yoga (spoiler alert: Catwad hates it), and more! It's a laugh-out-loud romp not to be missed, even if Catwad claims otherwise."--Provided by publisher
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic 2020
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Place a hold to request this item.Chhibber, Preeti
Summary: "Celebrate the 40th anniversary of Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back and learn how to use the Force in this hilarious and stylized picture book narrated by everybody's favorite Jedi Master, Yoda!" --Amazon.com.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disney Lucasfilm Press 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE CHHJennings, Patrick.
Summary: One night at the Hotel Midnight, the lyrics written and sung by jazz musician Rat are those inspired by his friendship with Bat, who plays the piano and writes the tunes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books for Young Readers 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE JENOmotoso, Yewande
Summary: "Hortensia James and Marion Agostino are neighbors. One is black, the other white. Both are successful women with impressive careers. Both have recently been widowed, and are living with questions, disappointments, and secrets that have brought them shame. And each has something that the woman next door deeply desires. Sworn enemies, the two share a hedge and a deliberate hostility, which they...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picador 0000
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1 available in Book Club Kit, Call number: BOOK CLUB KIT FIC OMOOmotoso, Yewande
Summary: "Hortensia James and Marion Agostino are neighbors. One is black, the other white. Both are successful women with impressive careers. Both have recently been widowed, and are living with questions, disappointments, and secrets that have brought them shame. And each has something that the woman next door deeply desires. Sworn enemies, the two share a hedge and a deliberate hostility, which they...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picador 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC OMOBraun, Lilian Jackson.
Summary: Former award winning news reporter Jim Qwilleran is assigned to the art world as his new news beat. When a murderer sticks a knife in the neck of a local gallery owner and goes berserk among the works on show, Qwilleran gets help from his Siamese cat solving the mystery.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Putnam 1997
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1 available in Adult, Call number: MYS BRAMontt, Alberto
Summary: "Este libro es un homenaje a la raza que desde tiempos inmemoriables impulsó la construcción de pirámides, inspiró a dioses, propició memes y acompañó a nuestros solteros y solteras empedernidos hasta el fin de los tiempos." --
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Publisher / Publication Date: Planeta 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 468.4 MONDyckman, Ame
Summary: When friends and roommates Bat, Cat, and Rat decide to take a vacation, they have trouble agreeing on a destination until Rat finds the perfect solution.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beach Lane Books 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.Harbridge, Paul
Summary: "A picture book about a girl who spends the summer with her family at a lake and learns to become more self-reliant."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tundra Books 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE HARMessner, Kate
Summary: Once again the mysterious box takes the golden retriever Ranger back in time, and he finds himself on Robert Falcon Scott's ship, the Terra Nova, headed for Antarctica, where his mission is to save Jack Nin, a Chinese-Maori stowaway from New Zealand, from the blizzards, unstable ice, and the other hazards that lie ahead for the doomed expedition.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC MESCopies Available at Fife Lake
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC MESFrawley, Katie
Summary: An elephant in the rainforest is looking for a birthday adventure, and a pampered city kitty is getting bored with her luxe life; when the two connect over Lair-BNB, they discover the joys of new places and of finding your way back home.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Two Lions, Amazon Publishing 2021
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Based on a true story of the rise and fall of Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar and the two DEA agents that brought the famed Medellin Cartel to its knees.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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2 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV NARSimone, Norma
Summary: Join Garfield and his friend Nermal in this classic Little Golden Book about Garfield's competing in a cat show. Children ages 2 to 5 plus Little Golden Book collectors of all ages will enjoy this storybook featuring the iconic characters from the original Garfield comic strip. -- Adapted from publisher's website.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Golden Books, an imprint of Random House Children's Books 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SIMBarnett, Mac
Summary: "Something terrible is happening in the skies! Rats are eating the MOON! There's only ONE hero for the job, a bold and fearsome beast bioengineered in a secret lab to be the moon's savior and Earth's last hope! And that hero is . . . a cat. A cat who will be blasted into space! Accompanied by the imperious Moon Queen and LOZ 4000, a toenail clipping robot, the First Cat in Space journeys across...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Katherine Tegen Books, HarperAlley, imprints of HarperCollins Publishers 2022
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Babies from all over the world get ready for bed, and say "good night" in fifteen of the world's most spoken languges.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Bee Books 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Atwood, Megan
Summary: When Olive makes up a story about a trip to Paris to impress her New York pen pal Molly, the lies quickly get out of hand, and threaten their long distance friendship.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint 2017
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC ATWJiles, Paulette
Summary: In the wake of the Civil War, Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd travels through northern Texas, giving live readings from newspapers to paying audiences hungry for news of the world. An elderly widower who has lived through three wars and fought in two of them, the captain enjoys his rootless, solitary existence. In Wichita Falls, he is offered a $50 gold piece to deliver a young orphan to her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning 2016
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC JILKobayashi, Makoto
Summary: "True-to-life daily cat scenarios and off-the-walls crazy feline fantasies combine in this epic manga collection. Makoto Kobayashi's hilarious New York Library Award and Parents' Choice Award Winning Series returns in a set of oversized collections."--Provided by publisher
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dark Horse Manga 2020
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: A con man in the guise of a traveling salesman gets off the train in River City, Iowa. He convinces the town to finance a children's marching band instead of a pool hall. Special features include: 'Right Here in River City' Documentary and Introduction by Shirley Jones.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Bros. Entertainment 2010
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1 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS MUSMeyer, Deon
Summary: A week before Christmas, a young photographer discovers a plastic-wrapped corpse amidst the sand dunes north of Cape Town. It doesn't take long for the police to identify the body as that of Ernst Richter--the tech whiz founder of Alibi, an Internet service that provides unfaithful partners with sophisticated cover stories to hide their affairs. Assigned to the case is lead detective Benny...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Monthly Press 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MEYForman, Gayle.
Summary: While in a coma following an automobile accident that killed her parents and younger brother, seventeen-year-old Mia, a gifted cellist, weights whether to live with her grief or join her family in death.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton Children's Books 2009