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African Americans Literary collections American literature African American authors Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.) FICTION / Literary Large type books Literary recreations Literary recreations Juvenile literature Mexican Americans Literary collections Picture puzzles Picture puzzles Juvenile literatureSummary: From seventeen acclaimed Black male and nonbinary authors comes a vibrant collection of stories, comics, and poems about the power of joy and the wonders of Black boyhood.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC BLACopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC MBAFforde, Jasper.
Summary: The Bookworld's leading enforcement officer, Thursday Next, has been forced into a semiretirement following an assassination attempt, returning home to Swindon and her family to recuperate. But Thursday's children have problems that demand she become a mother of invention: Friday's career struggles in the Chronoguard, where he is relegated to a might-have-been; Tuesday's trouble perfecting the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2012
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FFOMassy, Julie
Summary: "Readers are invited to physically interact with the pages in this picture book of humorous before-and-after scenarios."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Orca Book Publishers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MASSummary: The annual that has included the likes of Joyce Carol Oates and Max Allan Collins is back with another array of traditional mysteries and tales of crime and suspense from its usual roster of luminaries. Besides presenting twenty of the year's finest crime and mystery stories, from Sharan Newman and James W. Hall to Anne Perry and Jeffery Deaver, The Deadly Bride is also the only annual to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Carroll & Graf Publishers 2007
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DEAArrow, Emily
Summary: "Beloved children's entertainer Emily Arrow's first picture book, perfect for (little) makers everywhere: a story about finding a space to create! A young bunny makes the rounds of a studio building, taking in all the different artists in their habitats. Making, thinking, sharing, performing . . . but can our bunny find the perfect space to let imagination shine? In this charming ode to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tundra 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ARRAlarcón, Daniel
Summary: "A gorgeously rendered graphic novel of Daniel Alarcon's story City of Clowns. Oscar "Chino" Uribe is a young Peruvian journalist for a local tabloid paper. After the recent death of his philandering father, he must confront the idea of his father's other family, and how much of his own identity has been shaped by his father's murky morals. At the same time, he begins to chronicle the life of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2015
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 ALACrosley, Sloane.
Summary: "Part comedy of manners, part treasure hunt, the first novel from the writer whom David Sedaris calls "perfectly, relentlessly funny" Kezia, Nathaniel, and Victor are reunited for the extravagant wedding of a college friend. Now at the tail end of their twenties, they arrive completely absorbed in their own lives Kezia the second-in-command to a madwoman jewelry designer in Manhattan; Nathaniel...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CRODavis, Danielle
Summary: "A stunning picture book ode to the joys of the creative process and the spirit of collaboration. This lyrical story from Danielle Davis and Mags DeRoma is perfect for fans of Kevin Henkes, Gyo Fujikawa, and Julie Fogliano. To make ... a cake, a garden, a song, you first gather, then make--and wait. To make a story (like this one), you gather, make, wait. To make anything--big or small--it will...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2022
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Summary: "In this vivid and masterful novel, a Flemish man reconstructs his grandfather's story--his life, loves, and art, all disrupted by the first World War--from the unflinching notebooks he left behind. Short Description War and Turpentine centers on two men distanced by time: a religious painter whose life is changed forever by World War One; and his grandson, a writer reckoning with his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HERO'Donnell, Ginny
Summary: Little Elf is the busiest elf at the North Pole! In this charming Look and Find Storybook, readers will delight in seeing Little Elf get ready for Christmas by baking cookies, building a snowman, making toys, and more! With a darling face and jingle-bell tummy, Little Elf can't wait to celebrate the season! You're sure sure to find lots of ways to include Little Elf in your family traditions.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Publications International, Ltd. 2013
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1 available in KBL Holiday Storage, Call number: E OdoSt. Aubyn, Edward
Summary: "Edward St. Aubyn is "great at dissecting an entire social world" (Michael Chabon, Los Angeles Times) Edward St. Aubyn's Patrick Melrose novels were some of the most celebrated works of fiction of the past decade. Ecstatic praise came from a wide range of admirers, from literary superstars such as Zadie Smith, Francine Prose, Jeffrey Eugenides, and Michael Chabon to pop-culture icons such as...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus & Giroux 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC STASummary: The wisdom of peace and the absurdity of fighting are demonstrated in seventeen stories and poems by outstanding authors of today such as Jean Fritz, Milton Meltzer, and Nancy Willard, illustrated by famous illustrators such as Paul Zelinsky, the Dillons, and Maurice Sendak.
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Publisher / Publication Date: E.P. Dutton Children's Books 1990
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 810.8 BIGSummary: "Ben Marcus, one of the most innovative and vital writers of this generation, delivers a stellar anthology of the best short fiction being written today in America In New American Stories, Ben Marcus has collected a diverse, exciting, and wholly unique book of contemporary American fiction writers. Herein are the luminaries of the form like Deborah Eisenberg, George Saunders, and Denis Johnson,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Contemporaries 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC NEWBoldt, Mike
Summary: Fergus the bear wants to play hide and seek with the reader, but will need help--and practice--to hide well.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday Books for Young Readers 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BOLCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BOLCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE Pre BoldtMacaulay, David.
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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2 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MACCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JEN Caldecott MacaulayMawhinney, Art
Summary: Action packed Look and Find adventure features fun and exciting things to find and explore.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Phoenix International Publications, Inc. 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC DISThomson, Ruth
Summary: The reader is asked to help Sam find one armadillo, two jaguars, and other jungle animals, counting from one up to ten, and to point out which animals are performing certain activities such as swimming, eating berries, and sticking their tongues out.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G. Stevens Pub. 1987
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC THOSummary: "Set in 1964, Final Portrait is the story of the touching and offbeat friendship between American writer and art-lover James Lord and world-renowned artist Alberto Giacometti. Lord's perspective reveals a unique insight into the beauty, frustration, profundity and sometimes chaos of the artistic process. While on a short trip to Paris, Lord is asked by his friend Giacometti to sit for a...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA FINSummary: "A collection of Christmas stories written by African-American journalists, activists, and writers from the late 19th century through the Depression era"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 810.8 TREHanks, Tom
Summary: Part One of this story takes place in 1947. A troubled soldier, returning from the war, meets his talented five-year-old nephew, leaves an indelible impression, and then disappears for twenty-three years. Cut to 1970: The nephew, now drawing underground comic books in Oakland, California, reconnects with his uncle and, remembering the comic book he saw when he was five, draws a new version with...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC HANHenry, Emily
Summary: "The only people Nora Stephens is a heroine for are her clients, for whom she lands enormous deals as a cutthroat literary agent, and her sister Libby. Which is why she agrees to go to North Carolina when Libby begs her for a sisters' trip away--with visions of a transformation for Nora, who she's convinced needs to become the heroine in her own story. But instead of picnics in meadows, or...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2022