Boxer, Elisa
Summary: Featuring an exclusive interview with Nancy Pelosi herself, this inspiring picture book biography follows her journey from the child of Baltimore's mayor to a 33-year career as a political representative.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Books for Young Readers 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 PELKeller, Shana
Summary: Set in 1865, a young girl named Lettie saves her money so she and her uncle can place an advertisement to find the members of their family that were separated under slavery.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE KELCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE KELMagoon, Kekla
Summary: A picture book portrait of the first Black justice on the Supreme Court, presented by two Coretta Scott King Honor winners, includes coverage of Thurgood Marshall's upbringing in segregated Baltimore, achievements with the NAACP and contributions to landmark equality rulings.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: J 921 MARClark-Robinson, Monica
Summary: "A stunning love letter to the important women who shape us -- from our own mothers and grandmothers to the legends who paved the way for girls and women everywhere"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic, Inc. 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE CLACopies Available at Kingsley
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE CLADuncan, Elle
Summary: "Inspired by a segment originally aired on The Undefeated, ESPN Sports Center Anchor Elle Duncan shares a moving letter written for her daughter that will resonate with moms and daughters everywhere"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disney Hyperion 2024
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1 available in New Youth Materials, Call number: JE DUNCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE DUNGrimes, Nikki
Summary: "The first-ever picture book biography on Senator Kamala Harris"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 HARCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 HARKhiani, Darshana
Summary: "A beautifully illustrated, thought-provoking picture book depicts the broad range of cultures in America, the values that bring us together as one people despite our differences, and the many ways we define what it means to be an American"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE KHICopies Available at Peninsula
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE KHIWeatherford, Carole Boston
Summary: "A picture book biography of Elijah Cummings, outlining major events in his childhood, career and fight for justice"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Studio 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 CUMTodd, Traci N.
Summary: "Stacey Abrams, politician and Nobel peace prize nominee, is brought to life in this poetic picture book biography that follows Abrams's fight for voters' rights. Narrated by Sojourner Truth, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Septima Clark, and Fannie Lou Hamer, this powerful story tells how Abrams's work was inspired by those luminaries before her." --
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 ABRWhite, Arisa
Summary: Presents the life of a California ex-slave, nurse, and midwife, who started many philanthropic projects.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Heyday 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 MASSummary: A one-night stand develops into a weekend-long idyll for two very different young men in the English Midlands, in an emotionally naked film that's both a snapshot of the complexities of contemporary gay living, and a portrait of a love affair.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2012
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA WEEDuster, Michelle
Summary: "An inspiring picture book biography of Ida B. Wells-who was an educator, journalist, feminist, businesswoman, newspaper owner, public speaker, suffragist, civil rights activist, and women's club leader-as told by her great-granddaughter, Michelle Duster"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Godwin Books, Henry Holt and Company 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 WELEnglish, Karen
Summary: "Third-grader Gavin and his friends aren't sure what to make of the new boy in their class, Khufu. He doesn't look or act like other kids. When Gavin's bike goes missing, they think Khufu stole it, but did he?"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2017
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED ENGShetterly, Margot Lee
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- ).
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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
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE SHEEnglish, Karen.
Summary: Gavin wants to make a good impression at Carver Elementary, where no one knows he excels at soccer and skateboarding, but an annoying big sister, a bully, and his great aunt's Pomeranian are not helping.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2013
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED ENGContents: Season 6. Disc 31: Zod ; Sneeze ; Wither ; special features -- Disc 32: Arrow ; Reunion ; Fallout ; special features -- Disc 33: Rage ; Static ; Subterranean ; Hydro -- Disc 34 : Justice ; Labyrinth ; Crimson ; Trespass -- Disc 35: Freak ; Promise ; Combat ; Progeny -- Disc 36: Nemesis ; Noir ; Prototype ; Phantom.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: distributed by Warner Home Video 2011
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV SMAContents: Season 1. Disc 1: Pilot ; Metamorphosis ; Hothead ; X-ray -- Disc 2: Cool ; Hourglass ; Craving ; Jitters -- Disc 3: Rogue ; Shimmer ; Hug ; Leech -- Disc 4: Kinetic ; Zero ; Nicodemus ; Stray -- Disc 5: Reaper ; Drone ; Crush ; Obscura -- Disc 6: Tempest ; special features.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: distributed by Warner Home Video 2011
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV SMAContents: Season 4. Disc 19: Crusade ; Gone ; Facade ; Devoted -- Disc 20: Run ; Transference ; Jinx ; Spell -- Disc 21: Bound ; Scare ; Unsafe ; Pariah -- Disc 22: Recruit ; Krypto ; Sacred ; Lucy -- Disc 23: Onyx ; Spirit ; Blank ; special features -- Disc 24: Ageless ; Forever ; Commencement ; special features.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: distributed by Warner Home Video 2011
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Place a hold to request this item.Contents: Season 8. Disc 43: Odyssey ; Plastique ; Toxic ; Instinct -- Disc 44: Committed ; Prey ; Identity ; Bloodline -- Disc 45: Abyss ; Bride ; Legion -- Disc 46: Bulletproof ; Power ; Requiem ; Infamous -- Disc 47: Turbulence ; Hex ; Eternal ; Stiletto -- Disc 48: Beast ; Injustice ; Doomsday ; special features.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: distributed by Warner Home Video 2011
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV SMAContents: Season 3. Disc 13: Exile ; Phoenix ; Extinction ; Slumber -- Disc 14: Perry ; Relic ; Magnetic ; Shattered -- Disc 15: Asylum ; Whisper ; Delete ; Hereafter -- Disc 16: Velocity ; Obsession ; Resurrection ; Crisis -- Disc 17: Legacy ; Truth ; Memoria ; special features -- Disc 18: Talisman ; Forsaken ; Covenant ; special features.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: distributed by Warner Home Video 2011
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV SMAContents: Season 2. Disc 7: Vortex ; Heat ; Duplicity ; Red -- Disc 8: Nocturne ; Redux ; Lineage ; Ryan -- Disc 9: Dichotic ; Skinwalker ; Visage ; Insurgence -- Disc 10: Suspect ; Rush ; Prodigal ; Fever -- Disc 11: Rosetta ; Visitor ; Precipice ; Witness -- Disc 12: Accelerate ; Calling ; Exodus ; special features.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: distributed by Warner Home Video 2011
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV SMAFreeman, Mylo
Summary: Princess Arabella can't wait to have a younger sibling to play with. But what would be most fun, a brother or a sister? Sisters seem great, until she meets Prince Mimoen's sister. A brother then? Princess Ling's brothers seem like too much trouble! What do Mum and Dad have in store for Princess Arabella?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cassava Republic Press 2019