Luciani, Brigitte
Summary: The reader is asked to guess what Roxanne must leave behind (ball, umbrella, book, turtle, or baby) as she tries various means of transportation to get to the beach.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: North-South Books 2006
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1 available in Juvenile World Languages, Call number: J468 LUC SPANISHAlikhan, Salima
Summary: During World War II, Germany's Nazi forces stormed across Europe, committing horrific crimes against Jewish people and others. In 1942, 21-year-old Sophie Scholl formed a student-led, anti-Nazi organization called the White Rose. Their goal: distribute informational pamphlets to draw public attention to Nazi crimes--and, ultimately, stop them. Scholl's activism and resistance eventually led to...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press, a Capstone imprint 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 SCHCook, Julia
Summary: When a couple of friends give RJ a compliment, he just isn't sure how to respond. When his teacher and parents tell him there are some things he needs to work on, his first reaction is to argue and make excuses. RJ learns what it means to receive positive and negative feedback, and how to respond appropriately, learning to accept and grow from criticism and compliments at home, school and with...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Boys Town Press 2013
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Summary: A biographical novel in verse about Lise Meitner, an Austrian Jew and physics professor in Nazi Germany who escaped to Sweden and whose work led to the discovery of nuclear fission. Includes author's note and timeline.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 MEIMurray, Julie
Summary: Little readers can learn about a vehicle they see every day while strengthening reading skill. Complete with colorful and fun photographs that match the text, a picture glossary, and a fun "Parts of an Garbage Truck" page.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: ABDO Kids 2016
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JBR GREEN MURSummary: Elmo and his beloved blue blanket are inseparable. When Oscar carelessly tosses the fuzzy blanket into his trash can, Elmo dives in after it. He is suddenly plunged into Grouchland - the land of Grouches, stinky garbage and the greedy Huxley who hasn't learned how to share.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Video 1999
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV SESCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Children's videos, Call number: JE DVD ElmoDavis, Lynn
Summary: Presents the story of how an eccentric young artist became the inventor of the first telegraph system.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Super Sandcastle, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 MORFeuti, Norman
Summary: With weird swamp noises swirling around him, Beak the Bird cannot get any sleep until his friend Ally the alligator shows him where the racket is coming from.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Alley, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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Summary: "Do you ever wonder where we put all of our garbage, who gets rid of it, or how our planet isn't a big pile of mess? I'm Trying to Love Garbage has all the answers! From scavengers to detritivore to decomposers, nature's garbage collectors are everywhere. But humans play an important role too, and our favorite narrator is back to tell us all about it. With Bethany Barton's trademark balance of...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 363.72 BARDay, Nick (Nicholas)
Summary: "Sylvia Samantha Wright is very good at finding--she just doesn't know exactly what all her 'junk' is good for, not yet at least. But when completely ridiculous disaster strikes, she springs into action and uses her junk to create solutions to the town's troubles"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2018
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE DAYCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE DAYFlynn, Riley
Summary: Describes the sanitation industry, discussing everything from landfills to how waste is now recycled.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press a capstone imprint 2019
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Summary: Duck and Goose learn to work together to take care of a ball, which they think is an egg.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: [Library Ideas, LLC] 2023
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Summary: "In the middle of the night, a chain reaction of noises wakes the residents of an urban apartment building, and then lulls them back to sleep"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE WYNHoráček, Petr.
Summary: Suzy Goose tries again and again to get a star for the Christmas tree.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2009
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE HORRitchie, Alison.
Summary: When Goose goes on vacation, Duck finds out that being in charge and keeping the pond the happiest pond in the world is much too hard.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Good Books 2012
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Summary: Mangus the Magician and his thirteen-year-old servant, Fabrizio, are commanded to go to Venice, on pain of death, to find a book by Friar Luca Pacioli which reportedly contains a magical means of making money; but Venice is a strange and dangerous city, and someone else is also after the book--then Mangus is arrested, and taken to the prison, and Fabrizio and Bianca, an orphan he has met, must...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC AVIMulder, Michelle
Summary: "Humans have always generated garbage, whether it's a chewed-on bone or a broken cell phone. Our landfills are overflowing, but with some creative thinking, stuff we once threw away can become a collection of valuable resources just waiting to be harvested. [This book] digs deep into the history of garbage, from Minoan trash pits to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, and uncovers some of the many...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Orca Book Publishers 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 363.7 MULMiles, Ellen
Summary: Charles and his family foster Miki, a Bichon Frise puppy whose former owner taught her to dance.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2020
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE MILMeister, Cari.
Summary: "This photo-illustrated book for early readers tells about the parts of a garbage truck and different kinds of trucks used to collect trash"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Jump 2014
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Summary: Every day we throw things away, but is everything we throw out really garbage? Can it be reused or made into something different? Learn how to "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle" in this catchy song from the Me, My Friends, My Community series.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 363.72 JimSummary: A young pig depends on a rat, a spider, and a little girl to prove that, even as a runt, he's still special. As his days become numbered, it will take a miracle to save his life. Special features include: additional scenes, bloopers, commentary, music videos, and more.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Home Entertainment 2011
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY FAMILY CHAHarris, Duchess
Summary: "Media consumers rely on objectivity from their news sources, but that's not always a realistic expectation. Uncovering Bias in the News looks at the ways in which multiple media outlets can cover the same story in vastly different ways, the reasons for these differences, and how to recognize bias in a news report."--Provided by publisher.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Core Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2018
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J071.3 HARBarkley, Callie
Summary: Liz and her friends are spending a fall weekend at the cabin at Marigold Lake, planning to bake pies and enjoy nature, but Lizzie forgets to put sugar in her berry pie--a mistake which proves fortuitous when she needs a lot of berries to feed a migrating goose who has fallen behind his flock.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little Simon 2021
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1 available in Juvenile- Series, Call number: J Series Critter BarkleyCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED BARFelix, Rebecca.
Summary: Meet Sally Ride, the first American woman in space! Follow Ride's story as she develops a robotic arm for space shuttles, investigates the Challenger and Columbia disasters, and founds Sally Ride Science. Infographics, historic photos, and a glossary enhance readers' understanding of this topic. Additional features include a table of contents, an index, a timeline and fun facts.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Checkerboard Library 2019