Salmieri, Daniel
Summary: "Ava's world is full of opposites: colorful sneakers on a gray sidewalk, thick books made up of thin sheets of paper, and dreams of huge spaces in her small head. Together, these opposites depict a full and impactful life, as Ava moves from girl to student to scientist, from daughter to mother to grandmother. While years pass and some things change, there is even more that is constant in this...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rocky Pond Books 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SALWechterowicz, Przemysław
Summary: "Little Owl and Little Rabbit live in the same oak tree, but they have never met. How can the two animals play together when Little Owl wakes up just as Little Rabbit goes to sleep? This heart-warming story is a celebration of embracing difference and making new friends."--Back cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Floris Books 2022
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Summary: Rachel Carson once wrote, "It is not half so important to know as to feel." What do we know about clouds? There are three basic types: stratus, cumulus, and cirrus. Some are fleecy and fair-weathered while others portend storms. But clouds are more than pretty or ominous backdrops. They're the vehicle of water between sea and land, land and sea, in a cycle without end or beginning. They are the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Studio, an imprint of Candlewick Press 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 551.5 CARSpires, Ashley
Summary: "Esther the fairy doesn't believe in magic. But fairies are all about magic, despite Esther's best efforts to reveal the science of their world. This time around, though, she's got her fairy pals Clover and Fig, along with trusty sidekick Albert the bird, to help create a more science-oriented entry for their school's "Magic Fair" -- Pixieville's magical answer to a science fair, which has...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Books for Young Readers 2020
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Summary: Finding circles everywhere, a grandfather and his granddaughter meditate on the cycles of life and nature.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cinco Puntos Press 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE GONŠardická, Kateřina
Summary: "This young adult mystery horror takes us to a remote borderline village in an intentionally unspecified place and time where people still live by their own rules and still believe in old gods. Twelve years ago, four children suddenly disappeared without trace. Now during the winter solstice, three of them returned out of nowhere as teenagers with no memory of what happened to them. Astrid, Tom...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Albatros 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC SARSonenshine, Randi
Summary: "The solitary and ingenious octopus is a master of disguise and invention, creating her den out of the objects of the ocean, from shells and rocks to tiny glass shards. Using creative methods of hunting and construction, the octopus prepares for the biggest task of her life: motherhood. With one last, poignant gesture of love, the mother octopus sends her hatchlings on their way, starting a new...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2024
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Summary: "Embark on a bouncy, playful and poetic journey back in time through the life cycle of one of Earth's most beautiful insects that ends...at the beginning!"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kids Can Press 2023
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Summary: Contains three novels on the topics of slavery, romance, and changes in the lifestyles in an old small town.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Library of America 1982
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC STOTeckentrup, Britta
Summary: It's early spring and below the earth's surface seeds are just starting to sprout. One by one they stretch through the dirt and towards the sun, extending their shoots and leaves and growing tall. All except for one seedling, who isn't quite ready. Each page of this gentle but powerfully evocative book demonstrates how some of us are different. As most of the seeds transform into strong...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Prestel 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE TECSummary: An inspector hunts down Nobel Prize-winning Chilean poet, Pablo Neruda, who becomes a fugitive in his home country in the late 1940s for joining the Communist Party.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF NERSummary: As the title screens proclaim, "This film is based on a true story. The incidents and facts are documented. Some of the names have been changed to protect the innocent and also to protect the film." In a Latin American country in the throes of a military coup, Charles Horman, an American journalist and filmmaker living there with his wife Joyce, disappears--never to be seen again. His father Ed...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2008
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA MISPeterson, Scott
Summary: "What would you do for $50,000? For Mack, the prize money would be life changing. She knows her time at the women's shelter is already up. And she's good at hiding. At least this time, her life doesn't depend on it--or so she thinks. The challenge is simple. All fourteen competitors must spend seven days hiding in an abandoned amusement park from dawn to dusk. There's only one rule: Don't get...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ten Speed Graphic, an imprint of Ten Speed Press 2023
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Summary: Are you there little bee? Children will love peeking through the holes in this beautifully illustrated book in search of the elusive little bee. -- Back cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: EDC 2021
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1 available in Board Books, Call number: BOARD TAPDoctorow, Cory.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tor 2004
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Summary: Water speaks of its existence in such forms as storm clouds, mist, rainbows, and rivers. Includes factual information on the water cycle.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt Brace & Company 1997
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC LOCSummary: Upon the empire's fall to invading conquistadors, the sixteenth-century Incas quickly concealed a sacred manual containing the secrets behind their deadly fighting technique. But after centuries of careful safeguarding, the manual is again at risk of falling into the wrong hands, leaving its rightful guardian to battle the world's greatest assassins to protect the ancient secrets within.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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2 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE FISFraser, Mary Ann
Summary: A child learns about the life cycle of a giant pumpkin and the rewards of letting it grow. Includes "Pumpkin Fun Facts" and information on growing and racing giant pumpkins.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Editions, an imprint of Capstone 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FRABase, Graeme.
Summary: As ever growing numbers of animals visit a watering hole, introducing the numbers from one to ten, the water dwindles.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harry N. Abrams 2001
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC BaseSummary: When Max Renn goes looking for edgy new shows for his sleazy cable TV station, he stumbles across the pirate broadcast of a hyperviolent torture show called Videodrome. As he struggles to unearth the origins of the program, he embarks on a hallucinatory journey into a shadow world of right-wing conspiracies, sadomasochistic sex games, and bodily transformation.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2010
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1 available in Sight and Sound Rotating Display, Call number: BLU-RAY HORROR VIDSummary: During a road trip through Chile, boorish American expatriate Jamie and three Chilean brothers plan to set off in search of the prized San Pedro cactus and its promise of unrivaled hallucinations. But during a night's drunken stupor Jamie invites free-spirited fellow American Crystal Fairy along on their psychedelic-driven journey, and before long Crystal's devil-may-care attitude gives them...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY CRYFernández, Nona
Summary: "Space Invaders is the story of a group of childhood friends who, in adulthood, are preoccupied by uneasy memories and visions of their classmate Estrella González Jepsen. In their dreams, they catch glimpses of Estrella's braids, hear echoes of her voice, and read old letters that eventually, mysteriously, stopped arriving. They recall regimented school assemblies, nationalistic class...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graywolf Press 2019
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Summary: A boy's circle starts out small but steadily grows as he builds relationships throughout his community.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MONArrhenius, Ingela P.
Summary: Five beautifully illustrated spreads include an elephant, a yak, a leopard, and a panda all hiding behind bright felt flaps. With a mirror on the final page, this is the perfect book to share with very little ones.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2024