Nainy, Mamta
Summary: "Ammi weaves the most beautiful saris but never gets to wear any of them. Her two little daughters decide to do something about it--break their piggy bank! But when there isn't enough money to buy Ammi a sari, the two girls must work together to find a solution. Will they be able to buy Ammi the gift she so deserves? With a text full of heart, and bright, cheerful artwork, this story brings...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amazon Crossing Kids 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE NAISummary: John Wilson is a brilliant, driven filmmaker who is determined to turn his new project in Africa into a grand personal adventure hunting a wild elephant.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Warner Home Video 2010
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE WHIKelkar, Supriya
Summary: When ten-year-old Indian American Geetanjali, part of a family of classical Hindustani music singers, believes her neighbor has become an ichchaadari naagin, a cobra that can turn human, she must overcome her fears and harness the power of her voice before the naagin changes the whole town into snakes.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC KELCornwell, Bernard.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Pub. 1998
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CORSchwartz, Corey Rosen
Summary: In rhyming text, smarty ants build a house, counting as they work, and filled with everything they need--but potential disaster in the form of an elephant's foot strikes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Editions, an imprint of Capstone 2023
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE SCHCoulson, Art
Summary: Excited to go on his first family hunting trip, twelve-year-old Rodney learns Cherokee traditions, gun safety, and patience.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, an imprint of Capstone 2022
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE COUCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC COUWright, Camron Steve
Summary: "Based on the true story of Taj Rowland, who was kidnapped as a child from his village in Southern India, sold to an orphanage, and then adopted by an American couple."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Shadow Mountain Publishing 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC WRIJames, Tania.
Summary: A rice farmer-turned-poacher whose brother has been killed and a documentary filmmaker dedicated to preserving wildlife find their views challenged by the violence of a brutal escaped elephant.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC JAMKhan, Hena
Summary: In this counting book, a young boy introduces some of the basic principles of Islam.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books LLC 2022
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1 available in JE Concept Crates, Call number: JE KHAJames, Tania.
Summary: "Orphaned by poachers as a calf and sold into a life of labor and exhibition, the Gravedigger breaks free of his chains and begins terrorizing the countryside, earning his name from the humans he kills and then tenderly buries"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2015
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC JAMSekaran, Shanthi
Summary: Twelve-year-old Boomi accidentally travels back in time to 1986 Thumpton-on-Soar, England, where she meets her late father as a child, changing her life forever.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC SEKCoulson, Art
Summary: Eleven-year-old Cherokee Zach Feather is going on his first pheasant hunting trip in Oklahoma with his parents, his first ever bird dog (Koda), and his grandfather's shotgun; but when the hunt gets started he discovers that there is a lot more to hunting than he realized and he needs to learn patience--if he survives his encounter with a very annoyed rattlesnake.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint 2022
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC COULaRocca, Rajani
Summary: Traveling to the southern tip of India, Sejal, Mommy, and Pati find their way to Kanyakumari, where three oceans meet, and delight in making it to the end of the earth together.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books for Young Readers 2021
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Summary: "It's Friday night, and on the bustling streets of Mumbai, a girl heads out with her family to the cinema. As she rides through the winding blocks with her maa, baba, and bhai, old melodies fill the car. And as she captures the sights and sounds of the city with her camera, she imagines a movie unfolding before her eyes. A choreographed dance sequence atop a long line of cars! When they arrive...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE DWIPrince, April Jones.
Summary: Upon completion of the Brooklyn Bridge, P.T. Barnum and his twenty-one elephants parade across to prove to everyone that the bridge is safe.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 2005
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Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Multi-Media Kits, Call number: KIT J ORANGE TWOErdrich, Louise
Summary: North Dakota, 1999. Landreaux Iron accidentally shoots and kills five-year-old Dusty Ravich, the son of his neighbors. The two families have always been close; Dusty was best friends with Landreaux's son LaRose. Horrified, Landreaux turns to tradition--prayer in an Ojibwe sweat lodge--for guidance, and finds a way forward. Following an ancient means of atonement, he and his wife will give...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Audio 2016
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD Fiction Erdrich 2016Erdrich, Louise
Summary: Landreaux Iron stalks a deer along the edge of the property bordering his own. He shoots with easy confidence -- but when the buck springs away, Landreaux realizes he's hit something else. When he staggers closer, he realizes he has killed his neighbor's five-year-old son, Dusty. The youngest child of his friend and neighbor, Peter Ravich, Dusty was best friends with Landreaux's five-year-old...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperLuxe, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2016
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC ERDErdrich, Louise
Summary: North Dakota, late summer, 1999. Landreaux Iron stalks a deer along the edge of the property bordering his own. He shoots with easy confidence - but when the buck springs away, Landreaux realizes he's hit something else, a blur he saw as he squeezed the trigger. When he staggers closer, he realizes he has killed his neighbor's five-year-old son, Dusty Ravich. The youngest child of his friend...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ERDCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ERDCopies Available at Fife Lake
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ERDCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Erdrich 2016Mehra, Namita Moolani
Summary: "Diya is excited to be going to India for Diwali, the Festival of Lights. That means she'll get to spend time with Nani, her beloved grandma, who she hasn't seen since her family moved from India . . . Once Diya arrives in India, she immediately feels at home with Nani. Together they go shopping at the bazaar and prepare for the festival. As Diya and Nani celebrate Diwali together, Diya's heart...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Two Lions 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MEHCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE MEHPrasad, Maya
Summary: "The four teen Singh sisters navigate romance, coming of age, and chasing their dreams over the course of one windy November day"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC PRADev, Sonali
Summary: When a life-saving procedure gives Kimi a new lease on life, she and Rahul, the boy she befriended in her illness, must navigate their undeniable attraction, their lost friendship, complicated family dynamics, and a web of lies to learn the real meaning of courage, loss, and love.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Blackstone Audio 2017
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1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD FIC DEVSriram, Meera
Summary: A mother shares family memories and stories with her daughter as she applies henna to the young girl's hands.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SRIZhao, Katie
Summary: Nancy Luo, Krystal Choi, Akil Patel, and Alexander Lin, juniors at Manhattan's elite Sinclair Prep, are forced to confront their secrets after Jamie Ruan, once their closest friend, is found dead.--Provided by Publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021