Meyer, Marissa
Summary: In this prequel to Alice in Wonderland, Cath would rather open a bakery and marry for love than accept a proposal from the King of Hearts, especially after meeting the handsome and mysterious court jester.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC MEYGomera-Tavarez, Camille
Summary: "Armed with talismans, including an enchanted jacket that gets people to do anything, a baseball bat that fixes anything it breaks and a manifestation stone that makes anyone fall in love, Rosie, her older sister Caro and Zeke find their lives intertwined in magical and hilarious ways"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Levine Querido 2024
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC GOMArnold, Tedd
Summary: Inspired by folktales about fools from around the world, brothers Mac and Mac Noodlehead exasperate Uncle Ziti, are fooled by their friend Meatball, and make a garden for their mother.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2017
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE ARNArnold, Tedd
Summary: Brothers Mac and Mac are outwitted by Cousin Meatball, three fish, and even a fishing rod when they set out to learn something new. Includes author's note on tales of fools and the motifs found in this story.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2018
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE ARNEllison, Nora
Summary: Piano lessons are a part of growing up for many children. In this fun story, readers follow a relatable narrator as she practices piano and shares her family's history with the instrument. Colorful illustrations and accessible language encourage beginning readers to make connections with the text. Younger listeners will enjoy following along, too. Children of all ages will be inspired to try...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids Press 2019
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1 available in Juvenile World Languages, Call number: JE SPANISH ELLStead, Philip Christian
Summary: Amos McGee, a friendly zookeeper, always made time to visit his good friends: the elephant, the tortoise, the penguin, the rhinoceros, and the owl. But one day, he woke with the sniffles and the sneezes. Though he didn't make it into the zoo that day, he did receive some unexpected guests. -- From book jacket.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook 2010
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JEN Caldecott SteadMafi, Tahereh
Summary: 2003: the US has officially declared war on Iraq, and the American political world has evolved. Hate crimes are on the rise, FBI agents are infiltrating local mosques, and the Muslim community is harassed and targeted more than ever. Shadi, who wears hijab, keeps her head down. Her brother is dead, her father is dying, her mother is falling apart, and her best friend has dropped out of her...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC MAFMacomber, Debbie
Summary: Jenna Boltz's life is at a crossroads. After a messy divorce nearly twenty years ago, she raised her two children on her own, juggling motherhood with her beloved job as a Seattle intensive care nurse. Now that Paul and Allie have gone to college and moved out, Jenna can't help but wonder what her future holds. Her best friend, Maureen, is excited for Jenna's newfound independence. Now is the...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Large Print 2019
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC MACKane, Andrea
Summary: Lauren Pennington is celebrating her junior year abroad when life comes to a screeching halt. At Munich's Hofbrühaus, she engages in an innocent flirtation with a charming stranger for the length of a drink. Drink finished, Lauren leaves--only to be snatched from the streets and thrown into an unmarked van. In a globe-spanning chase, from the beer halls of Germany, to the tech gardens of...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bonnie Meadow Publishing LLC 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KANSummary: Well into their 30s, Juan Nunez and Benjamin Wilson still can't seem to finish veterinary school or leave their parents' homes. Instead, they wallow in comfortable limbo a suburb of Mexico City. On a fateful Christmas Eve, however, they decide it's finally time to distinguish themselves by executing the most infamous cultural artifacts heist in all of Mexican history, looting the country's...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN MUSMartin, Cynthia Newberry
Summary: For the first time in a lifetime, Angelina and Will can choose again. After twenty-two years with children at home, she has no idea what she wants and is counting on the empty house to figure it out. But he already knows, he wants her, all to himself. Nine days into their child-free life, he quits his job and announces he's home to stay. So Angelina announces she's returning to nursing, this...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Vine Leaves Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MARJohnson, Anna Rose
Summary: "Lucy, a spirited French-Ojibwe orphan, is sent to the stormy waters of Lake Superior to live with a mysterious family of lighthouse- keepers -- and, she hopes, to find the legendary necklace her father spent his life seeking."--Provided by publisher.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2024
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC JOHOsborne, Mary Pope
Summary: "When the magic tree house whisks Jack and Annie back in time, they land in the tallest tree in Yosemite, California where they join nature conservationist, John Muir, and US President Teddy Roosevelt on a historic trip through the woods"--
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2021
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Summary: When they discover that laughter is missing from their kingdom, a jester and his helpmate set out on a quest to find it.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: The Jester Co. 1995
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC SALKinoshita, Itaru
Summary: "WHAT REALLY HAPPENED... When dinosaurs were found to have survived to modern times, people were enthralled-until a catastrophic incident drove dino-mania to extinction. When Kaidou, who was there to witness it, opens up about what happened, the rookie keeper Suma Suzume learns more about the disaster-and her coworker-than she ever expected. But that's far from the only thing on her mind....
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Seven Seas Entertainment 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 DINStead, Philip Christian
Summary: When he misses his bus to the zoo, Amos McGee, a friendly zookeeper who was up late planning a surprise for his friends, gets some unexpected help.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2021
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2 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE STECopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE STESummary: When respected American religious symbology expert Dr. Robert Langdon is summoned to the Louvre by French Captain Bezu Fache, he soon discovered that he is the number 1 suspect for the murder of a historian Langdon had been scheduled to meet with. Assisted by a French cryptographer and government agent named Sophie, Langdon is challenged to decipher a chain of cryptic codes and puzzles, all the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2006
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1 available in Thriller DVDs, Call number: DVD THRILLER DASathian, Sanjena
Summary: "An Indian-American serio-comic and magical realist epic love story about the perils of ambition, tracing the mysterious alchemy of its characters' transformation from high school in an Atlanta suburb through young adulthood in the Bay Area"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction Sathian 2021Faruqi, Saadia
Summary: Unsure about her artistic skills, second-grader Yasmin is not looking forward to the art competition at school--but with the support and encouragement of her family she produces a prize-winning painting.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint 2019
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE FARFerrante, Elena
Summary: When Leda's daughters leave home to be with their father, she decides to take a trip to a small coastal town in Italy, but soon after she arrives memories from her unsettled past come back to haunt her.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Europa 2008
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2 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FERPerrotta, Tom
Summary: Eve Fletcher is trying to figure out what comes next. A forty-six-year-old divorcee whose beloved only child has just left for college, Eve is struggling to adjust to her empty nest when one night her phone lights up with a text message. Sent from an anonymous number, the mysterious sender tells Eve, "U R my MILF!" Over the months that follow, that message comes to obsess Eve. While leading her...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD Fiction Perrotta 2017Faruqi, Saadia
Summary: While her parents are out to dinner, a bored Yasmin decides to try on some of her mother's clothes, including her new shalwar kameez, which gets ripped--but with the help of Nana, Nani, and a glue-gun, the garment gets fixed, and Yasmin puts on an impromptu fashion show when her parents get home.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books 2019
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE FARFaruqi, Saadia
Summary: It is library day and helper Yasmin is busy shelving books, but suddenly she discovers that her own special book is missing prompting her to calmly retrace her steps.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press 2021
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE FARAlsdurf, Phyllis
Summary: "The apples are ready for harvest and Halloween is here! What better way to celebrate than by donning homemade costumes and going to the local apple orchard? In this charming story, a boy and his family enjoy everything the orchard has to offer, including searching for scarecrows, getting lost in a corn maze, and going on a hayride."--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Beaming Books 2023