Redd, Nancy Amanda
Summary: In this celebration of identity, family, and holiday cheer, one Black family embarks on a journey to discover what the real Santa looks like.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Holidays, Call number: JE REDFaruqi, Reem
Summary: Young Nurah reluctantly moves with her family from Karachi, Pakistan, to Peachtree City, Georgia, but, after some ups and downs, begins to feel at home.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC FARFaruqi, Reem
Summary: When her father is accused of a crime he didn't commit, seventh grader Aafiyah, a Pakistani American girl who has a habit of "borrowing" glittery things, decides to use her bad habit to reunite her family.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC FARArnold, Tedd
Summary: Fly Guy misses his family, so Buzz invites them to a surprise party and his mother, father, and thousands of brothers and cousins show up--Fly Guy is delighted but Buzz's parents are not pleased.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cartwheel Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2017
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE ARNDodd, Emma
Summary: Christmas is joy that's overflowing. It's sparkling eyes and faces glowing. One little reindeer calf discovers the true meaning of Christmas.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Templar Books, an imprint of Candlewick Press 2020
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1 available in KBL Holiday Storage, Call number: JE DODDeen, Natasha
Summary: In 1935, dust storms are sweeping across the southern plains of the United States, including Oklahoma. Twelve-year-old Millie is worried about her family's survival. The Dust Bowl is getting worse, and they're running out of food and money. Despite the hardships, Pa doesn't want to abandon the farm, which has been in the family for generations. But when the worst "black blizzard" yet hists,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint 2023
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED DEEReid, Aimee
Summary: Illustrations and simple, rhyming text reveal how a newborn baby is welcomed to the world by parents, siblings, grandparents, other relatives, and neighbors.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Beach Lane Books 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE REIHood, Ann
Summary: An Italian immigrant watches her six children grow up while she searches for her seventh, the product of a love affair who was given up for adoption.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HOOCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HOOCody, Matthew
Summary: "For the Bright family, rocket science is no big deal, but learning how to be a family is a real challenge! When a dimensional portal sends Mom and Dad who-knows-where, it's up to Nia and Jayden (and their robot nanny, Dusty) to bring their parents home. The question is, where in the multiverse could they possibly be?"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Andrews McMeel Publishing 2021
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1 available in Graphic Novels, Call number: JFIC COD (graphic novel)Lord, Emma
Summary: Millie Price deals with her lovable but introverted dad, her drama club rival, Oliver, and her "Millie Moods," the feelings of intense emotion that threaten to overwhelm, but when an accidentally left-open browser brings Millie to her dad's embarrassingly moody LiveJournal, Millie knows she must find her mom.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wednesday Books 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC LORCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC LORSummary: When their dad dies on his 55th birthday, Beverley Hills sisters Mary and Nora find themselves destitute, forced by a grasping sister-in-law to move in with their aunt in East L.A. Younger sister Mary is mortified, without Spanish, and scared of the vatos. Her sister convinces her to finish college, where she promptly decides that one of her T.A.s will be her ticket back to Rodeo Drive. Elder...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: OddLot Films 2011
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD PRAMauleón, Daniel
Summary: Determined to be a great baseball player like others in his family, Fernando needs their help to regain his confidence after his coach tells him to steal a base and he fails. Includes discussion questions, information about baseball, and glossary.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 MADAnderson, Jodi Lynn
Summary: Spirited, restless Gracie Lockwood, twelve, of Cliffden, Maine, living in a world where sasquatches, dragons, giants, and mermaids are common, keeps a diary of her family's journey in a used Winnebago as they seek The Extraordinary World in hopes of keeping her little brother, Sam, safe against all odds.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin 2015
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2 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC ANDGreen, Holly
Summary: Sadie Scofield is entered in the Texas River Odyssey, 260 miles of brutal canoeing, but a chance to finally make up for ruining her father's chance of winning the previous year; but her brother Tanner suddenly opts to paddle for a different team, and she is left with Cully, a young man who was her best friend years ago, but no longer--260 miles in the same boat to sort out her relationship with...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2021
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Place a hold to request this item.Green, Stephanie
Summary: First-grader Posey is concerned that her spring vacation will be boring compared to her friends' travels, but her mother's plan to take each day as it comes turns out to be full of excitement.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2017
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1 available in Juvenile book on CD, Call number: J CD Fiction Greene 2017Greanias, Margaret Chiu
Summary: Max lacks the lack to be a villain like the rest of his family, but when he brings home a bunny, his mother challenges them to become a devious duo or Max will lose his new sidekick forever.
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Publisher / Publication Date: RP Kids 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE GREWilder, Laura Ingalls
Summary: A collection of six stories recounts the adventures of young Laura and Almanzo and their families as they settle into a new house, visit town, go to the county fair, make maple candy, enjoy a winter day, and celebrate Christmas.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Bob Munro and his dysfunctional family rent an RV for a road trip to the Colorado Rockies, where they ultimately have to contend with a bizarre community of campers.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2006
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY RVCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie RV 2006Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD RV RATED PGGreen, D. L. (Debra L.)
Summary: Thirteen-year-old Kaitlyn Perez is a very professional and well organized babysitter, but suddenly she finds herself in competition with a boy and the only thing she knows about him is that his nickname is Doc, he lets the kids he is babysitting run wild, and he is probably in her class--and that is only the beginning, as the stress causes her to quarrel with both her best friend, Piper, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint 2016
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC BABSmith, Eric (Eric A.)
Summary: Follows the intertwining lives of five teens whose world is changed forever after the events at a party. Adopted Black girl Frankie struggles to see eye-to-eye with her white mother--who would rather ignore a problem and preserve their "perfect" life than stand up for what's right. Jo just wants her religious mom to accept her queer identity--and is totally crushed when her girlfriend Frankie,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amulet Books 2022