Cole, Henry
Summary: In this wordless picture book, a cat named Spot ventures out an open window and through a city on a journey, while his owner tries to find him.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Simon 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE COLCopies Available at Peninsula
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE COLPearson, Luke
Summary: "In the latest installment of the Hildafolk series, Hilda is thrust into a new life in the bustling city of Trolberg, far from the magic and wonder of her birthplace in the Fjords. Lamenting the loss of her enchanting, wooded surroundings, Hilda wonders if she'll ever recapture the same excitement in this strange new concrete forest. Hilda is set for a thunderbolt of surprise as she discovers...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nobrow 2012
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Summary: "Celebrating community and friendship, this lively rhyming picture book follows children as they play their way through their culturally diverse neighborhood"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Appleseed 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BOLAtinuke
Summary: Presents three tales of an endearing and enduring character, Tola, who lives in an apartment in the busy city of Lagos, Nigeria, with her sister, brother and grandmommy.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2021
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE ATICopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE ATILight, John
Summary: "Brigg lives in a small, gray room in a large, gray city. When he finds a book in the library labelled 'Do Not Read', he cannot resist taking it home. In it, he comes upon pictures of bright, vibrant objects called flowers. He cannot find flowers anywhere in the city, but stumbles instead on a packet of seeds. This sets off a chain of events which bring about unexpected results, continuing to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Child's Play 2006
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE FIC LIGStutson, Caroline
Summary: Illustrations and rhyming text follow a young girl and her father as they share a busy day at the park before returning to their fourth-floor apartment.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE STUTan, Shaun
Summary: A collection of illustrated short stories, each one about the relationship of humans and the animals, both wild and domestic, that share the urban environment of the inner city.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC TANBrown, Peter
Summary: Liam discovers a hidden garden and with careful tending spreads color throughout the gray city.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2009
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BROTaylor, Theodore
Summary: Missing the city life, a young girl starts to feel a sense of belonging in her new town when she discovers vibrant graffiti splashed throughout the neighborhoods, proving street art can be found everywhere--as well as a sense of home.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE TAYSima, Jessie
Summary: While shopping with her two dads for supplies for her birthday party, Harriet, who is wearing a penguin costume, is carried away by a waddle of penguins and must hatch a plan in order to get herself back to the store in the city.--Provided by Publisher.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2018
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Summary: This seems a simple -- almost an obvious book -- until its overtones and undertones begin to do their deadly work. Then one realizes that, compact in less than 200 pages, is the story of what is happening to the conquerors and the conquered the world over, today. The yeast of freedom, of democracy, the soul of unconquerable man, is working to destroy those who deny freedom. No country is named...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 1995
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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Steinbeck 1995Tuma, Refe
Summary: "Frances Stenzel was just trying to prove her scientific worth to her parents ... instead, she reawakened her great-grandfather's secret and most terrible invention. Before it can destroy the town, she sets off after it ... and she'll have to face ... angry locals and an unexpected friendship ... while the trail for the monster goes cold and time is running out before her science career, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC TUMIsadora, Rachel
Summary: Carmelita loves to greet everyone in her colorful neighborhood. There are people from so many different cultures! They all like to say hello too, so now Carmelita can say hello in Spanish, English, French, Japanese, and many other languages. And her dog, Manny? Well, he seems to understand everyone, and gives a happy "Woof!" wherever he goes.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Nancy Paulsen Books 2017
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE BOARD ISAFoxe, Steve
Summary: This Step into Reading collection features five LEGO City leveled readers, featuring careers including firefighters, handy persons, police, and veterinarians. Step 3 readers feature engaging characters in easy-to-follow plots about popular topics. For children who are ready to read on their own.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Children's Books 2024
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Summary: When oozing slime threatens to cover the whole town, residents work together to remove the menace, but is it really gone?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE GILMusser, Andy Chou
Summary: When his family moves to the city, Toby misses seeing stars, but soon he meets some wild animals who all need the North Star to show their way home.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Bigfoot, an imprint of Sasquatch Books 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MUSSolis, Nicholas
Summary: "In this bilingual picture book, cousins from opposite sides of the border visit each other's towns and delight in their similarities and differences"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Nancy Paulsen Books 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SOLHarmony, Cynthia
Summary: After a devastating earthquake hits, a little girl and her neighbors help each other rebuild their city. Includes author's note.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop 2022
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Summary: After saving their beloved mechanized city of Oskars, Hannah and Ever team up with new friends to try to save both Oskars and the nearby city of Alexios from the evil assassin Vash.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2021
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Summary: Nonbinary fourth grader Riley and their friends learn how small, simple parks can be just as important and fun as fancy new parks.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books 2022
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE ALBBanks, Russell
Summary: A husband sells property to a mysterious, temperamental stranger, and is hounded on social media when he publicly questions the man’s character. A couple grows concerned when an enigmatic family moves next door, and the children start sneaking over to beg for help. Two dangerous criminals kidnap an elderly couple and begin blackmailing their grandson, demanding that he pay back what he owes....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2024
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1 available in New Fiction, Call number: FIC BANThayne, RaeAnne
Summary: "Candy shop owner Charlotte Caine knows temptation. To reboot her life, shed weight and gain perspective, she's passing up sweet enticements left and right. But willpower doesn't come so easily when hell-raiser Spencer Gregory comes back to Hope's Crossing, bringing with him memories of broken promises and teen angst. A retired pro baseball player on the mend from injury-- and a damaging...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harlequin Books 2013
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC THAWoods, Sherryl.
Summary: Although she feels that the holidays are a season of misery, Jeanette Brioche is pushed into working on the town's annual Christmas festival with the sexy new town manager, Tom McDonald. But with romance in the air, Jeanette and Tom take a fresh look at their painful pasts and a hopeful look into the future.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Brilliance Audio 2010
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC WOOSpencer, Katherine
Summary: Liza Merritt is grateful for the many blessings in her life when she returns to Angel Island with her family to celebrate Thanksgiving. Most of all, she's looking forward to a reunion with her dear friend, Claire North. Claire seems untouched by the years she's spent faithfully watching over Liza's inn. Still, it is troubling to see that the hotel is no longer the sparkling jewel it once was....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley 2019