Lindeen, Mary
Summary: Simple text and photographs introduce young readers to fire trucks.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: [Cinnabar Media Ventures] 2016
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Summary: "Known for both his paintings and stained-glass windows, Marc Chagall rose from humble beginnings to become one of the world's most renowned artists. Admired for his use of color and the powerful emotion in his work, Chagall led a career that spanned decades and continents, and he never stopped growing. This lyrical narrative shows readers, through many different windows, the pre-WWI childhood...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knoff 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 CHAMacy, Sue.
Summary: Raised on a cattle ranch, Agnes Morley was sent to Stanford University to learn to be a lady. Yet in no time she exchanged her breeches and spurs for bloomers and a basketball; and in April 1896 she made history. In a heart-pounding game against the University of California at Berkeley, Agnes led her team to victory in the first-ever intercollegiate women's basketball game, earning national...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 796.323 MACCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MACRockliff, Mara
Summary: "In April 1916, Nell Richardson and Alice Burke set out from New York City in a little yellow car, embarking on a bumpy, muddy, unmapped journey ten thousand miles long. They took with them a teeny typewriter, a tiny sewing machine, a wee black kitten, and a message for Americans all across the country: Votes for Women! The women's suffrage movement was in full swing, and Nell and Alice would...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 324.6 ROCCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 324.6 ROCCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J324.6 ROCMajewski, Marc
Summary: "A young child loves the spots and patterns found on butterflies, and fashions bold orange wings to become a butterfly child. But when other kids shun the child for the clothes they don't understand, it takes a father's encouragement for the kid to stay true to what they love and find joy in the butterfly wings once more"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint HarperCollins Publishers 2022
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Summary: Explains conception and reproduction in a picturebook format.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Seven Stories Press 2012
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Summary: "Meet Skyler! She likes cheerleading and crafts. She also has anxiety. Skyler is real and so are her experiences. Learn about her life in this illustrated narrative nonfiction picture book for elementary students. Kids are naturally curious about differences. Skyler sheds light on her life, with the help of experienced children's author Mari Schuh. Skyler is not defined by her disorder, but she...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amicus 2023
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Summary: Babies, Babies Everywhere! Sleeping, crying, laughing, looking, gurgling, eating, crawling...and at last toddling! Follow five families and their babies from birth to around 12 months, with all the excitements, challenges and joys of that first year with a new baby in the world. With lots to look at and point to, this diverse and inclusive celebration of babies, from the team who created The...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Otter-Barry Books 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE HOFGolio, Gary
Summary: "This visually stunning portrait of Black photographer Roy DeCarava, a child of the Harlem Renaissance and an artistic collaborator of Langston Hughes, takes readers through 1940s Harlem where beauty is everywhere as he immortalizes and documents the lives of ordinary Black people. Simultaneous eBook. Illustrations."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Calkins Creek, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers 2024
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Summary: Features illustrations and descriptions of different types of families and how their lives are similar and different.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 306.8 HOFCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 306.8 HOFCampbell, Jamel Carly
Summary: "Olu is nervous about going to school for the first time--his legs are shaking and his tummy feels wobbly. He knows his friends will be there, but he doesn't know what the teacher will be like. What do teachers look like? Where do they live? What do they eat? What if his teacher breathes fire, like a dragon? Ohhhhh . . . MACARONI! Luckily for Olu, his parents talk to him about teachers,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2024
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Summary: A poop-loving dung beetle learns not to hide the quirks that make him special.--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE PETShriver, Mark K. (Mark Kennedy)
Summary: A seek-and-find picture book that portrays everyday altruistic efforts. Shriver's text invites readers to notice more than 50 heroic deeds in 10 illustrations. A hospital scene shows "Ten Hidden Heroes working night and day, nursing others back to health until they are okay," including medical staff members reading an X-ray and taking blood pressure. Other images highlight people reading to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Loyola Press 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SHRTimms, Barry
Summary: This gentle and lyrical story connects the love that nurtures plants with the love that nurtures our relationships with one another.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Frances Lincoln First Editions 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE TIMKelly, Mark E
Summary: A mouse stowaway on NASA's first human mission to Mars becomes a hero when one of the landing craft's engines fails. Includes facts about Mars
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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Summary: A photographic journey deep into the autumn woods witnesses the animals of the forest getting ready for the year's first winter storm.
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Publisher / Publication Date: C.R. Sams II Photography 2007
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC Sams,Milord, Susan.
Summary: Children gather for a first day of school celebration that calms their worries about the day. Includes note about the history of such celebrations, and a related website.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MILLuby, Brittany
Summary: "In this bilingual book, an Anishinaabe child explores the story of a precious mnoomin seed and the circle of life mnoomin sustains. Written in Anishinaabemowin and English, the story opens at harvest time. A child holds a mnoomin seed and imagines all the life that made a single seed possible--Mayfly, Pike, Muskrat, Eagle and Moose, all had a part to play in bringing the seed into being. What...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Groundwood Books 2023
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Summary: Explores the previously uncelebrated but pivotal contributions of NASA's African American women mathematicians to America's space program, describing how Jim Crow laws segregated them despite their groundbreaking successes. Includes biographies on Dorothy Jackson Vaughan (1910-2008), Mary Winston Jackson (1921-2005), Katherine Colman Goble Johnson (1918- ), Dr. Christine Mann Darden (1942- ).
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 SHECopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 SHECopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: J 920 SHECopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Space ShetterlyCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE SHEBartynski, Julie M.
Summary: Curious George heads to a bookstore where his favorite author is signing books, but while waiting in line, he decides to browse and organize some open boxes.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2014
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Summary: Collects eight Curious George stories following the adventurous little monkey as he visits the fire station, makes a dinosaur discovery, and plants a tree.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company 2011
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Summary: "When I miss you, there are things I can do. Daniel misses Grandpere, who lives far away. Until the next time they can see each other, Daniel draws pictures, writes letters, and sends care packages to Grandpere. Even when they're apart, there are many ways for Daniel to say 'I love you'!"--Back cover
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Spotlight, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division 2021