Summary: Jim is a young man who grew up reading tales of pirates and adventures on the high seas, and longs for similar excitement in his own life. One day a dying man hands him a map and gives him a warning. Upon careful examination, Jim realizes the map charts the course to Treasure Planet, a distant world where hundreds of space pirates have stashed their loot. Jim is certain this is the adventure...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Walt Disney Home Entertainment 2003
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY TRELeavitt, Loralee.
Summary: Candy is more than a sugary snack. With candy, you can become a scientific detective. You can test candy for secret ingredients, peel the skin off candy corn, or float an "m" from M&M's. You can spread candy dyes into rainbows, or pour rainbow layers of colored water. You'll learn how to turn candy into crystals, sink marshmallows, float taffy, or send soda spouting skyward. You can even make...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Andrews McMeel Pub. 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 507.8 LEAMartins, Vitor
Summary: The house at Number 8 Sunflower Street tells the stories of three teenagers who have lived within its walls in the 21st century--Ana, a lesbian forced to leave her home, Greg sent to live with his aunt when his parents divorce, and Beto, a would-be photographer living during the COVID pandemic.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Push 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC MARSatrapi, Marjane
Summary: When Marie brings the moon into her bedroom, it scares away the monsters who have tormented her but also causes problems which only the village cats can help solve.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Children's Books 2006
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Summary: "Following the success of the first Candy Experiments, this all-new collection presents more ways to destroy store-bought candy and learn some science in the process. Candy Experiments 2 delivers fun science facts from the perspective of a real mom in the kitchen doing crazy things with brand-name store-bought candy. Marshmallows, cotton candy, Pixy Stix, Jawbreakers, Pop Rocks, gummi candy,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Andrews McMeel Publishing 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 507.8 LEAJocelyn, Marthe
Summary: "A smart and charming middle-grade mystery series starring young detective Aggie Morton and her friend Hector, inspired by the imagined life of Agatha Christie as a child and her most popular creation, Hercule Poirot. For fans of Lemony Snicket and The Wollstonecraft Detective Agency. Aggie Morton lives in a small town on the coast of England in 1902. Adventurous and imaginative but deeply shy,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Tundra Books 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC JOCLeavitt, Amie Jane
Summary: Offers a comprehensive look at careers in entertainment that can be pursued without a college diploma, including rodeo clown, circus performer, and puppeteer.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. 2017
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 331 LEACopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 331 LEAMarino, Gianna
Summary: Possum is hiding from the sounds in the night, and his fear sets off a chain reaction in the other night animals.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA)/Random House 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC MARCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MARMartineau, Susan
Summary: Have you ever wondered what exactly does go bump in the night? From mysteries like Shackleton's ghostly companion to the Loch Ness Monster and friends, read the amazing evidence about these mysterious cases and make up your own mind. Things are not always what they seem - until they are, then you might wish you had never asked!
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Kane Miller, A Division of EDC Publishing 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 133.12 MARColleen, Marcie
Summary: The Super Happy Party Bears are super. They are really happy. And they love to have a party. These bears are happy all the time--but their neighbors in the Grumpy Woods are grumpy all the time. Mayor Quill, Opal Owl, and the others are cranky pants, and they never want to join the party. Can the Super Happy Party Bears win the day by throwing a party?
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Imprint 2017
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED COLLeavitt, Amie Jane
Summary: Presents the story of Persephone from Greek mythology, detailing her birth and how she fits into the family of deities, and her continued influence through popular culture today.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 292.2 LEAMarino, Gianna
Summary: "It's deep winter in the Antarctic and a little penguin baby waits in the cold and snow for its mama to return from her long journey to find food. But all the while, the baby is protected and kept warm by its papa, until Mama returns with food ... and love."--Publisher's webpage
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MARAboff, Marcie
Summary: "A boy is bored with research for his school report so he decides to visit the Arctic and learn about polar bears firsthand"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amicus Illustrated 2015
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE FIC ABOColleen, Marcie
Summary: "Flying Blind. The bat-only punk rock band. Coming to the Grumpy Woods. The Super Happy Party Bears love rock 'n' roll! The other Grumpy Woods residents do not. To them, this "music" sounds like BOOM! BOOM! REEN-REEN-WAAAHHHHH! And the band's nighttime shows are keeping everyone awake! When the bears join the band and get groovin', the rest of the Grumpy Woods townscritters go undercover to...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Imprint 2017
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED COLColleen, Marcie
Summary: The Callery pear tree standing at the base of the World Trade Center is almost destroyed on September 11, but it is pulled from the rubble, coaxed back to life, and replanted as part of the 9/11 memorial.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE COLMarrin, Albert
Summary: In spring of 1918, World War I was underway, and troops at Fort Riley, Kansas, found themselves felled by influenza. By the summer of 1918, the second wave struck as a highly contagious and lethal epidemic and within weeks exploded into a pandemic, an illness that travels rapidly from one continent to another. It would impact the course of the war, and kill many millions more soldiers than...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 616 MARLevit, Joseph
Summary: "Deinonychus used blade-like teeth and deadly sickle claws to take down large dinosaurs. Readers learn about these feathered predators from engaging text and bold illustrations reviewed by Smithsonian experts."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 567.912 LEVJocelyn, Marthe
Summary: "A wordless board book that follows the journey of one yellow ribbon as it transforms into many other objects."--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Orca Book Publishers 2019
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2 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE JOCMartínez, Ernesto Javier
Summary: A reclamation of the Mexican serenata tradition, follow the story of a young boy who asks his father if there is a song for a boy who loves a boy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Reflection Press 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MARMarlin, Jen
Summary: After discovering Wind Rider, an abandoned magical sailboat, Max and Sofia arrive on a beach in Hawaii where, with new friend Laila, they rescue newly-hatched sea turtles. Includes facts about sea turtles.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2021
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED MARMiller, Marlene.
Summary: A little boy and his mother discuss where the frieghters on the lake sail to and what they do along the way.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ferne Press 2008
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE BASKET MILPalatini, Margie
Summary: "A shark documents its adventures in the ocean with an action camera"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Spotlight 2023
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1 available in Adult, Call number: JBR ORANGE PALVentura, Marne
Summary: Describes the job service dogs do, what makes a good service dog, and the places they work.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Child's World 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 636.7 VENVentura, Marne.
Summary: "Full-color photos and simple, step-by-step instructions describe 10 crafts and activities using empty milk jugs and common materials found around the house"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014