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Ho, Joanna

Summary: The New York Times bestselling author of Eyes That Kiss in the Corners, Joanna Ho, delivers a poignant picture book biography about the musician Yo-Yo Ma, immigration, and using music to build bridges. "Everyone can benefit from Ho's message of music bringing calm and peace to the world." --Booklist Joanna Ho's lyrical writing and Teresa Martinez's vibrant art weave together to tell an...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

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

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J READ-ALONG HO

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J READ-ALONG HO

Rosewater, Kit

Summary: Ever since they can remember, fifth-graders Kenzie (aka Kenzilla) and Shelly (aka Bomb Shell) have dreamed of becoming roller derby superstars. When Austin's city league introduces a brand-new junior league, the dynamic duo celebrates. But they'll need to try out as a five-person team. Kenzie and Shelly have just one week to convince three other girls that roller derby is the coolest thing on...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2024

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD FIC ROS

Sabelko, Rebecca

Summary: "Simple text and full-color photography introduce beginning readers to glaciers. Developed by literacy experts for students in kindergarten through third grade"--

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: [Library Ideas, LLC] 2022

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O'Neill, Alexis

Summary: Learn how Melvil Dewey's love of organization and words drove him to develop and implement his Dewey Decimal system, leaving a significant and lasting impact in libraries across the country.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2023

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD FIC O'NE

Brown, Monica

Summary: A powerful and accesible bilingual picture book that highlights "the power and impact of ordinary but dedicated citizens." Every day, thousands of farmworkers harvested the food that ended up on kitchen tables all over the country. But at the end of the day, when the workers sat down to eat, there were only beans on their own tables. Then Dolores Huerta and Cesar Chavez teamed up. Together they...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

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

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J READ-ALONG BRO

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J READ-ALONG BRO

Gutman, Dan

Summary: Paige and Turner have collected some of the most unusual and surprising facts about the Beatles, from their childhoods and early days as musicians to the formation and rise of the band to become the greatest of all time.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2024

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J 782.42 GUT

Flack, Roberta

Summary: "Legendary singer Roberta Flack reflects on her early childhood and her love of music"--

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: [Library Ideas, LLC] 2024

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Brown, Monica

Summary: En este vibrante libro ilustrado bilingüe sobre la biografía del músico Tito Puente, los lectores bailarán al ritmo de la vida de este rey del mambo. A Tito Puente le encantaba golpear ollas y sartenes cuando era niño, pero lo que realmente soñaba era tener su propia banda algún día. Desde Spanish Harlem hasta los premios Grammy, y todos los ritmos intermedios, esta es la historia real de la...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J READ-ALONG BRO

Sabelko, Rebecca

Summary: "Simone Biles is an Olympic champion. She has won seven medals, including 4 gold medals. In this fast-paced title, reluctant readers will learn about Simone's storied career."--

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: [Library Ideas, LLC] 2024

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J READ-ALONG SAB

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Summary: "Stay sharp all summer long with activities, games, and storybooks designed to improve memory and logic, practice math skills, advance reading comprehension, and more!"

Format: software, multimedia

Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2023

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in JPT Launchpad, Call number: J LAUNCHPAD KNO

Herrera, Juan Felipe

1 hold on 1 copy

Summary: "When Juan Felipe Herrera was very young, he picked flowers, helped his mama feed the chickens, slept under the starry sky, and learned to say goodbye to his amiguitos each time his migrant family moved on. When he grew up, Juan Felipe Herrera became a poet. His breathtaking poem "Imagine" and Lauren Castillo's evocative illustrations will speak to every reader and dreamer searching for this...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Library Ideas, LLC] 2019

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Slader, Erik

Summary: Christopher Columbus is one of the most famous explorers of all time, but he was neither the first nor last adventurer to ever stumble upon a great discovery. From the Silk Road of Asia to the icy shores of Antarctica, our knowledge of the world today is in large part due to several intrepid pioneers, risking life and limb for the sake of exploration. After all, setting off into the dark...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2019

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Carriger, Gail.

Summary: In an alternate England of 1851, spirited fourteen-year-old Sophronia is enrolled in a finishing school where, she is suprised to learn, lessons include not only the fine arts of dance, dress, and etiquette, but also diversion, deceit, and espionage.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: AudioGO 2013

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC CAR

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Young Adult Audiobooks, Call number: YA CD FIC CAR

Bradley, Kimberly Brubaker

Summary: A young disabled girl and her brother are evacuated from London to the English countryside during World War II, where they find life to be much sweeter away from their abusive mother.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2015

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J PA FIC BRA

Hopkinson, Deborah

1 hold on 1 copy

Summary: Bertie Bradshaw never set out to become a spy. He never imagined traipsing around war-torn London, solving ciphers, practicing surveillance, and searching for a traitor to the Allied forces. He certainly never expected that a strong-willed American girl named Eleanor would play Watson to his Holmes (or Holmes to his Watson, depending on who you ask). But when a young woman goes missing, leaving...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD HOP

Moss, Marissa

Summary: Eager to fight for the North during the Civil War, Sarah Emma Edmonds joins a Michigan infantry regiment. She excels as a soldier, and she even takes on the grueling task of nursing the wounded. Because of her heroism, she is asked to become a spy, cross enemy lines, and infiltrate a Confederate camp. For her first mission, Sarah must once again disguise herself and rely on the kindness of...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books, Inc. 2022

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD 921 EDM

Moss, Marissa

Summary: The gripping story of Lise Meitner, the physicist who discovered nuclear fission.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2022

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Meyer, Stephenie

Summary: Bella must choose between her friendship with Jacob, a werewolf, and her relationship with Edward, a vampire, but when Seattle is ravaged by a mysterious string of killings, the three of them need to decide whether their personal lives are more important than the well-being of an entire city.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Random House/Listening Library 2007

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC MEY

Meyer, Stephenie

Summary: When seventeen-year-old Bella leaves Phoenix to live with her father in Forks, Washington, she meets an exquisitely handsome boy at school for whom she feels an overwhelming attraction and who she comes to realize is not wholly human.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Random House/Listening Library 2005

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC MEY

Davids, Sharice

Summary: Rich, vivid illustrations by Ojibwe Woodland artist Pawis-Steckley are delivered in a graphic style that honors Indigenous people. The bold artwork adds impact to the compelling text. (Kirkus starred review) The prose is reminiscent of an inspirational speech ("Everyone's path looks different"), with a message of service that includes fun biographical facts, such as her love of Bruce Lee....

Format: text

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

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Hall, Shyima.

Summary: Shyima Hall was born in Egypt on September 29, 1989, the seventh child of desperately poor parents. When she was eight, her parents sold her into slavery. An anonymous call from a neighbor brought about the end of Shyima's servitude-but her journey to true freedom was far from over. A volunteer at her local police department, Hall is passionate about helping to rescue others who are in bondage....

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Tantor Media, Inc. 2014

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 HALL, SHYIMA Hal

Sidman, Joyce

Summary: Newbery-Honor winning author Joyce Sidman explores the extraordinary life and scientific discoveries of Maria Merian, who discovered the truth about metamorphosis and documented the science behind the mystery in this visual biography that features many original paintings by Maria herself.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Juvenile book on CD, Call number: J CD 921 Merian 2019

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD 921 MER

Asim, Jabari

1 hold on 1 copy

Summary: John Lewis wants to be a preacher when he grows up a leader whose words stir hearts to change, minds to think, and bodies to take action. But why wait? When John is put in charge of the family farm's flock of chickens, he discovers that they make a wonderful congregation! So he preaches to his flock, and they listen, content under his watchful care, riveted by the rhythm of his voice.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2017

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Biden, Jill

Summary: Joey is the first ever picture book about the young life of Joe Biden, the 47th Vice President of the United States, and includes never before told family stories about the president-elect and former vice president's childhood-written by Jill Biden, his spouse. Joe Biden grew up in Scranton, Pennsylvania, the oldest of four children. His parents always encouraged him and his siblings to be...

Format: text

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

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J READ-ALONG BID

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