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Star wars epic yarnsWong, Jack
Summary: "A reverent celebration of learning to swim among a diverse cast of children and families who each experience the mysterious joys of water in nature"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE WONWong, Jack
Summary: "A boy discovers he has much to learn while observing plants with his older sister -- a story about cultivating patience and letting knowledge grow. As a boy walks around the neighborhood with his older, green-thumbed sister, she tells him all about the plants they see -- magnolias that smell like lemon cake, quince trees that will bloom the most beautiful red, daffodils that are the flower of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press 2024
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Summary: "A young girl helps her dad navigate life in a new country where she understands the language more than he does, in an unforgettable story about communication and community. Angie is used to helping her dad. Ever since they moved to Canada, he relies on her to translate for him from English to Chinese. Angie is happy to help: when they go to restaurants, at the grocery store, and, one day, when...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Annick Press 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE WONSummary: Watch an epic action feature inspired by the life and times of the legendary kung fu master, Ip Man, who mentored Bruce Lee. The story spans the tumultuous Republican era that followed the fall of China's last dynasty, a time of chaos, division, and war that was also the golden age of Chinese martial arts.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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2 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN GRASummary: Set in San Francisco's Chinatown in the late 1950's. Pretty Mei Li has stowed away on a Chinese steamer with her professor father to become a mail-order bride for nightclub owner Sammy Fong. Sammy, however, is completely infatuated with saucy showgirl Linda Low, who is intent on making him jealous enough to propose to her. As Sammy sets out to assign his marriage contract (and Mei Li) to Wang...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Pictures 2006
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1 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS FLOSummary: In South Boston, the state police force are waging a war on Irish-American organized crime. Undercover cop Billy Costigan is assigned to infiltrate the mob syndicate, which is run by gangland chief Frank Costello. Billy quickly gains Costello's confidence. But when it becomes clear to both the mob and the police that there are moles in their midst, Billy and the other mole are suddenly thrust...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2007
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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY DEPCopies Available at Fife Lake
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Departed 2007Summary: This take on the traditional wuxia film, set in 9th century China, centers on Nie Yinniang, a young woman who was abducted in childhood from a decorated general and raised by a nun who trained her in the martial arts to be an assassin who is directed to slay corrupt government officials. After 13 years of exile, she is returned to the land of her birth with orders to kill her betrothed...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN ASSWang, Jack
Summary: Using handcrafted felt puppets, the authors recreate, in staged scenes and twelve words, the story of Luke Skywalker, who embarks on a quest to save the galaxy from the Death Star.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books LLC 2015
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE FIC WANWang, Jack
Summary: Using handcrafted felt puppets, the authors recreate, in staged scenes and twelve words, the continuing saga of Luke Skywalker as he meets Yoda and learns about the Force--while Han and Leia encounter Darth Vader, and a secret identity is revealed.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books LLC 2015
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1 available in Board Books, Call number: JE WANSong, Jade
Summary: "Ren Yu is a swimmer. Her daily life starts and ends with the pool. Her teammates are her only friends. Her coach, her guiding light. If she swims well enough, she will be scouted, get a scholarship, go to a good school. Her parents will love her. Her coach will be kind to her. She will have a good life. But these are human concerns. These are the concerns of those confined to land, those with...
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023