Claybourne, Anna
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kane Miller, a Division of EDC Publishing 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 822.33 CLAFlynn, Nick
Summary: Nick Flynn chronicles the surreal experience of being on set during the making of the film Being Flynn, from his best-selling memoir Another Bullshit Night in Suck City, and watching the central events of his life reenacted: his father's long run of homelessness and his mother's suicide.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W. W. Norton 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 FLYNN, NICK FLYSadri, Ahmad.
Summary: A collection of stories and myths from ancient Iran filled with kings, heroes, princesses, magical animals, and demons. Written as an epic poem by the poet Ferdowsi in the 10th century and retold here in prose.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Quantuck Lane Press 2013
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 891.5534 SADSummary: When their dad dies on his 55th birthday, Beverley Hills sisters Mary and Nora find themselves destitute, forced by a grasping sister-in-law to move in with their aunt in East L.A. Younger sister Mary is mortified, without Spanish, and scared of the vatos. Her sister convinces her to finish college, where she promptly decides that one of her T.A.s will be her ticket back to Rodeo Drive. Elder...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: OddLot Films 2011
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD PRAEickhoff, Randy Lee.
Summary: Queen Maeve has declared war upon the province of Ulster in an effort to take possession of the Brown Bull of Cooley. Ultimately, this is an attempt to match the wealth of her husband, King Ailill of Connacht, who owns a magnificent white bull. Only Cuchulainn, a boy warrior, stands between Ulster and certain annihilation. Supported by the Morrigan, the goddess of war, he begins a reign of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Forge 2000
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC EICWalls, Jasmine
Summary: Sarah is a school bully, but when she falls into the Snow White fairy tale she meets the Evil Queen, and decides that being evil is not really much fun--and sets out to convince the Queen that being nice has its rewards.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, an imprint of Capstone 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 WALGarfield, Leon.
Summary: An acclaimed author has rewritten twelve of Shakespeare's plays in narrative form, retaining much of the original language, and thus the flavor of the bard's dramas.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Schocken Books 1985
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 822.33 GARNorman, Kim
Summary: Witches, werewolves, and other creatures celebrate Halloween in an illustrated rhyme that can be sung to the tune of "The Ants Go Marching."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus Giroux 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE NORNesbit, E. (Edith)
Contents: The winter's tale -- Romeo and Juliet -- The tempest -- A midsummer night's dream -- King Lear -- Cymbeline -- The taming of the shrew -- Hamlet -- Twelfth night -- As you like it -- Pericles.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Academy Chicago Publishers 2000
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 822.9 NESSpiegelman, Nadja
Summary: "In this updated adaptation of a classic Latin American folktale, Blancaflor, a young ogre with magical powers, decides to secretly help a charming prince who has made a foolish bet with her father. Through saving the prince and the kingdom, she learns to be honest with herself and others about the things that make her special"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: TOON Books 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 SPICopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 SPIGilani-Williams, Fawzia
Summary: " ... [A] young Uyghur girl ... is moved from place to place by a cold-hearted woman in an attempt to hide her from her parents. Despite facing many hardships, Rapunzel grows into a young lady with an inquisitive mind and a kind and generous heart. But how will she escape from the tower? Will she ever be re-united with her parents? This is an empowering Islamic adaptation of Rapunzel which...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Islamic Foundation 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: J 398.2 GILJohnson, Hal
Summary: Meet the fearsome creatures of the lumberwoods! The Hodag, like a spinybacked bull-horned rhinoceros packing 3,000 pounds of carnivorous fury. The Snoligoster, the reptilian beast that feeds on the shadows of its victims. And deadlier than a rattler, copperhead, or cottonmouth combined, the Hoop Snake, which can chase prey at speeds up to 60 miles per hour and then, with one sting of its...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Workman Publishing Company 2015
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC JOHSummary: Ten years after the tragic events of Jean de Florette, Manon (Jean's daughter) seeks revenge against those she holds responsible for her father's death.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Renn Productions/Films 2001
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN MANDoeden, Matt
Summary: A choose-your-own-adventure in which the reader can proceed as a knight facing a female beast, explore the future with an android prince, or chase super-stardom in a modern version of the classic fairy tale. Includes a history of Beauty and the Beast.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press 2019
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Summary: Leafstar, having escaped from the Twoleg's home with the help of Billystorm and her Clanmates, finds more trouble when Sol joins the ranks of the SkyClan and his actions bring about a disaster, leaving Leafstar to decide if trusting a stranger in her ranks is worth risking the clan's future.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2011
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Summary: A choose-your-own-adventure in which the reader can proceed as Princess Rose locked in a medieval tower, as accident-prone party-girl Mollie Maleficent, or as Aurora, attempting to save martian Prince Phillip from Maleficent's alien minions. Includes a history of Sleeping Beauty.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press 2019
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED GUNWillis, Jeanne
Summary: Old MacDonald loves his phone, he thinks it works a charm, Now all the animals have phones too, how will he run his farm? Sing along as Old MacDonald's farm falls into chaos! How will the animals learn to balance their screen time?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Andersen Press USA 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE WILGwarjanski, Kalee
Summary: "In this female-forward spin on the traditional children's song, readers meet Miss MacDonald on her vegetable farm and learn about gardening, seasons, plant-based meals, and local produce"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday Books for Young Readers 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE GWAThorpe, Kiki
Summary: Eight-year-old Maddie and her family move to a farm called Horsetail Hollow, and after she and her six-year-old sister find a wishing well, a magnificent white horse appears--but Maximus is a fairy tale horse, conjured out of Evie's book--so when the girls try to wish him back into his story they all end up in the fairy tale, trying to save Rapunzel.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disney / Hyperion 2022