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Summary: In 1940, the merchant ship Glencairn rolls and shivers in the black North Atlantic. On board, her anxious crewmen search the sky for German planes and hope they'll survive "The long voyage home."

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Warner Home Video 2007

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA LON

Seuss

Summary: Rhyme and silhouette drawings introduce the shape of bugs, balloons, peanuts, camels, spider webs, and many other familiar objects.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 1997

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: BOARD SEU

Summary: Raising kids can be tough. It's even harder when they're really raising you! 30-something couple Sean and Claudia deal with their three children as well as Sean's judgmental father and his carefree brother.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Mill Creek Entertainment 2011

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV GRO

Stuart, Scott

Summary: Inspired by the author's own little boy, 'Shadow's' main character likes princesses, fairies and things 'not for boys'... he soon learns (through the support of his dad) that everyone has a shadow that they sometimes feel they need to hide. This is an important book for a new generation of children (and adults alike) which exemplifies the concepts of unconditional love, respect and positive...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Larrikin House 2020

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE STU

Wiseman, Ellen Marie

Summary: "Sage Winters always knew her sister was a little different even though they were identical twins. They loved the same things and shared a deep understanding, but Rosemary -- awake to every emotion, easily moved to joy or tears -- seemed to need more protection from the world. Six years after Rosemary's death from pneumonia, Sage, now sixteen, still misses her deeply. Their mother perished in a...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2022

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Adult, Call number: LP FIC WIS

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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC WIS

Slater, Nicola

Summary: Invites the reader to find nine different shapes as a group of young animals move through their school day.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books, LLC 2021

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SLA

Heikkilä, Cecilia

Summary: Grandpa and Little Bear share a dream to visit Faraway Valley -- a special, hard-to-find place full of wild and wonderful creatures, a place where the air smells of pine needles, a place they've only seen on a postcard. The determined pair study maps, read books and practice camping to prepare for their adventure, then set sail for the long journey. But when they arrive in the north, they find...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Floris Books 2023

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Eggers, Dave

Summary: In this honest look at the literal foundation of our country, Dave Eggers and Shawn Harris investigate a seemingly small trait of America's most emblematic statue. What they find is about more than history, more than art. What they find in the Statue of Liberty's right foot is the message of acceptance that is essential to an entire country's creation.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2018

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Juvenile book on CD, Call number: J CD 974.71 Eggers 2018

Gino, Alex

Summary: Middle school student Sam is comfortable with their nonbinary identity, and their family has accepted it too (as long as they do their homework and chores), so when their history teacher assigns as a project coming up with a proposal for the new statue honoring a historical Staten Islander (there is a contest involved) they and their friend TJ decide to focus on Alice Austen, a lesbian...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2022

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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC GIN

Harrold, Jess.

Summary: Celebrate the 40th anniversary of Star Wars: A New Hope! This deluxe edition collects all of Marvel's 40th anniversary art retelling the story of A New Hope - as illustrated by some of the industry's most gifted artists. Extras include sketches and pencils, commentary, essays, and more.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Marvel Worldwide 2018

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Young Adult Oversize, Call number: YA 741.5 STA

Maass, Dave

Summary: "Mixing dystopian sci-fi, mythic fantasy, and zombie horror, Death Strikes: The Emperor of Atlantis, is a graphic novel based on a suppressed opera composed in 1943 by two prisoners, Peter Kien and Viktor Ullmann, at the Terezín concentration camp in Czechoslovakia. The authors did not live to see their masterpiece performed. Set in an alternative universe where Atlantis never sank but instead...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Berger Books, Dark Horse Books, a division of Dark Horse Comics LLC 2024

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Wang, Holman

Summary: "Being a mom is eleven jobs in one! This unique picture book for very young readers celebrates the many jobs being a parent encompasses: A general who rallies the troops (or unruly kids), a curator of modern art (or finger paintings), an archaeologist looking for buried treasures (or socks)... when Mom gets home from her day job as a carpenter, she never knows which job will be waiting for her,...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Tundra Books 2019

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE WAN

Trudeau, G. B.

Summary: This Doonesbury collection about Donald Trump offers strips from the 1980s to 2016.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Andrews McMeel Publishing, a division of Andrews McMeel Universal 2016

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 TRU

Alexander, Neely Tubati

Summary: "A delightful Caribbean-set novel about an ambitious designer of apocalyptic video games with a strategy for (almost) everything who discovers what happens when her best-laid plans go off course"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2024

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC ALE

Foley, James

Summary: Stella wants to be an astronaut. There is only one problem: Stella is an elephant. Every time she applies to Space Command, they come up with a new reason she can't join. But where there's a will, there's a way and Stella is determined to reach for the stars.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Kane Miller, a Division of EDC Publishing 2022

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC FOL

Macomber, Debbie.

Summary: While working in the toy department of a family-run department store in New York City, Mrs. Miracle seizes the opportunity to connect Holly, who is searching for the perfect robot for her nephew, with Jake, the store owner's son.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Mira Books 2010

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MAC

Summary: A psychotic taxi driver tries to save a child prostitute and becomes infatuated with a political campaigner. He goes on a violent rampage when his dreams don't work out.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2007

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA TAX

Bonventre, Peter

Summary: "Eddie Sabella is the city columnist at a New York tabloid, a 37-year-old hot shot who is a ferocious reporter and competitor, and hard to beat on a story. And in "Where Have You Gone Without Me," he stumbles upon the biggest story of his career when a statue is stolen from a church. Not just any statue, but one that had seemed to weep real tears only the day before, an event that made...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Keylight Books, an imprint of Turner Publishing 2021

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BON

Summary: "Meet Bingo! This energetic and adorable Red Heeler is always up for an adventure with her big sister, Bluey. Based on the wildly successful animated series Bluey, as seen on Disney+. Learn all about Bingo in this fun shaped board book! Bingo loves to sing, learn new things from Bluey, and relax in her relaxer chair. This book is perfect for Bluey fans who want to know more Bingo, her favorite...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Young Readers Licenses, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2023

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Newman, Lesléa

Summary: "Brings to life a not too distant history of immigration to Ellis Island. When it's time for nine-year-old Gittel and her mother to leave their homeland behind and go to America for the promise of a new life, a health inspection stops any chance of Gittel's mother joining her daughter on the voyage. Knowing she may never see her mother again, Gittel must find the courage within herself to leave...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books for Young Readers 2019

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE NEW

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE NEW

Redding, Otis

Summary: Otis Redding and Steve Cropper's timeless ode to never-ending days is given fresh new life in this heartwarming picture book. Sittin' in the mornin' sun I'll be sittin' when the evening comes Watching the ships roll in Then I'll watch 'em roll away again, yeah (Sittin' on) The Dock of the Bay is a charming picture book set to one of the King of Soul's™ greatest hits. The song was one of...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: [Library Ideas, LLC] 2021

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Richards, Lynette

Summary: "It was April 1, 1873. In the middle of the night, Sarah Jane spotted flares off the coast of her island home. She woke her father, who quickly gathered their neighbours. Over the next several hours, rescuers pulled 429 traumatized survivors out of the wreckage of the SS Atlantic. But 535 people didn't survive, including Bill, a sailor. However, this story isn't about death--it's about living....

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Emanata 2022

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1 available in Young Adult Oversize, Call number: YA 741.5 RIC

Summary: Fran Drescher stars in her defining role as street-smart Fran Fine, a down-on-her-luck diva who finds herself hired for a job for which she never even applied. Now, she's the nanny for a rich, sophisticated family in Manhattan, and when this blue-collar girl from the block moves in with a blue blood, widowed Broadway producer and his three children, the comedy is red hot.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2005

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD NAN

Wang, Holman

Summary: "Being a dad is eleven jobs in one! This unique picture book for very young readers celebrates the many jobs being a parent encompasses: A receptionist scheduling important meetings (for playdates), an architect designing buildings (or pillow forts), an inspector (of diapers!).... When Dad gets home from his day job at the office, he never knows which job will be waiting for him, but he knows...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Tundra Books 2019

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE WAN

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