Fenske, Jonathan
Summary: "Bug wants to share his snack with Trilobite, but Trilobite only likes noodles ... until he takes a taste and discovers how one tiny bite can lead to many big bites!"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Spotlight 2023
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1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN FENBlabey, Aaron
Summary: Told in rhyming text, Brian tries to get his fellow piranhas to try his fruit and vegetable platter, but they all prefer meat--like those human feet dangling in the water.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2021
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Summary: "Benny the woodpecker makes a brilliant plan to eat a tasty plate of waffles"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2016
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Summary: "A delicious exploration of all kinds of breads, from sourdough to bannock to bao, that will tickle your taste buds and warm your heart."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tundra 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 641.815 QUISeeboruth, Sumana
Summary: ¡¿Sopa verde?! ¡Guácala, no para mí! O podría ser... ¿deliciosa? ¡Ayudar a mami y mamá a cocinar le da a este niño la valentía de probar una nueva comida!--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Barefoot Books 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: BOARD SEESilberberg, Alan
Summary: From apples and honey all the way to zhug, Alan Silberberg brings his signature wacky humor to this alphabet of Jewish food.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking Children's Books 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: BOARD SILSummary: There are no more tacos! Follow the dragons who love tacos as they travel back to a time before tacos went extinct in this hilarious tale perfect for all ages.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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Summary: "Every Saturday, Carina visits Tía Mimi in her barrio, which is always humming with life. There is música that hums from the windows, old cuentos floating on the breeze, and the honking of cars that create the soundtrack of the morning. Every Saturday, she loves to make empanadas with her aunt, singing: 'I like empanadas! I like you! ¡ Me gusta empanadas! ¡Me gustas tú!' Not this Saturday,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2023
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Summary: When the opportunity arises, Shirley, the daughter of immigrants who live above their corner grocery store, turns some overlooked gefilte fish into a marketing strategy that changes the flavor of the neighborhood.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Levine Querido 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE COHDay, Nancy Raines
Summary: Babies and toddlers delight in making a mess at mealtime.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cameron Kids 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE DAYPower, Will
Summary: Motivated by his love for his Nana, who has to change her eating habits for her health, a lively young boy embarks on a neighborhood adventure to discover tasty vegan soul food.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Books for Young Readers 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE POWSummary: Set in tumultuous 1960s Singapore, Sam Callaghan an Australian expat, agrees to help his neighbor Patricia Cheng at her detective agency after her husband is mysteriously killed while working a case.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV SERTan, Cheryl Lu-lien
Summary: On the edge of twenty-seven, Jazzy hatches a plan for her and her best girlfriends: Sher, Imo, and Fann. Before the year is out, these Sarong Party Girls will all have spectacular weddings to expat ang moh-- caucasian-- husbands, with Chanel babies (half-white children--the ultimate status symbol) quickly to follow. Razor-sharp, spunky, and cheerfully brand-obsessed, Jazzy is a woman who plays...
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC TANCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC TANKwan, Kevin
Summary: Crazy rich Asians is the outrageously funny debut novel about three super-rich, pedigreed Chinese families and the gossip, backbiting, and scheming that occurs when the heir to one of the most massive fortunes in Asia brings home his ABC (American-born Chinese) girlfriend to the wedding of the season.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Audio 2018
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2 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC KWAMorris, Heather
Summary: "In the midst of World War II, an English musician, Norah Chambers, places her eight-year-old daughter, Sally, on a ship leaving Singapore, desperate to keep her safe from the Japanese army as they move down through the Pacific. Norah remains to care for her husband and elderly parents, knowing she may never see her child again. Sister Nesta James, a Welsh-Australian nurse, has enlisted to tend...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2023
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP Fiction MorrisSummary: In Singapore's Changi Gaol during WWII, Corporal King, a thoroughly unscrupulous and opportunistic American POW, makes shabby deals with the camp guards in order to make his confinement more comfortable. King delights in rising above his military rank and social class as he uses his streetwise tactics to "rule" over his fellow Allied prisoners and his Japanese captors.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2003
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA KINKwan, Kevin.
Summary: A wickedly funny new novel of social climbing, secret e-mails, art-world scandal, lovesick billionaires, and the outrageous story of what happens when Rachel Chu, engaged to marry Asia's most eligible bachelor, discovers her birth father.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Audio 2015
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC KWAHunter, Lindsay
Summary: "Jackie Newsome's best friend is dead, and everyone knows who killed her. Jackie is an ex-emotional eater and mother of four, who has finally lost the weight she long yearned to be free of. But leaving her old self behind proves harder than she ever imagined. She believes she should be happier, but misery still chases her, and motherhood threatens to consume her. Her only salve is Theresa, her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roxane Gay Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HUNCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC HUNSummary: Singapore, late 90s. The friendship between the maid Teresa and young boy Jiale ignite the mother's jealousy, while the Asian recession hits the region.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Film Movement 2014
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN ILOFlint, Shamini
Summary: Homicide detective Inspector Singh has returned home to Singapore to rest his weary feet after time spent globe-trotting and crime-solving in Malaysia and Bali. But it's not long before he wishes he would be sent off to another foreign locale. With his wife nagging him and his boss lecturing him about his unconventional work habits, he's thrilled when a new case comes across his desk. A senior...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2012
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Summary: "In the midst of World War II, an English musician, Norah Chambers, places her eight-year-old daughter Sally on a ship leaving Singapore, desperate to keep her safe from the Japanese army as they move down through the Pacific. Norah remains to care for her husband and elderly parents, knowing she may never see her child again. Sister Nesta James, a Welsh Australian nurse, has enlisted to tend...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2023
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2 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MORCopies Available at Kingsley
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MORPlatt, Cynthia
Summary: "Trick-or-treating can be a bit tricky when you have food allergies. A teal pumpkin outside the door represents a place giving out treats and trinkets that are safe for all kinds of allergies. This Halloween, join the treasure hunt for these special pumpkins and enjoy an allergy-safe adventure full of festive fun and treats you can trust!"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2024
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE PLA (BOARD)Schu, John
Summary: "Jake volunteers at a nursing home because he likes helping people. He likes skating and singing, playing Bingo and Name That Tune, and reading mysteries and comics aloud to his teachers. He also likes avoiding people his own age . . . and the cruelty of mirrors . . . and food. Jake has read about kids like him in books--the weird one, the outsider--and would do anything not to be that kid,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2024
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Summary: The wealthy island nation of Singapore seems like an oasis of luxury and order, but it owes everything to the immigrant women no one sees. Corazon, Donita, and Angel are Filipina domestic workers--part of the wave of women sent to Singapore to be cleaners, maids, and caregivers in its decadent homes. A veteran domestic worker, Corazon had retired back to the Philippines for good, but she has...
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023