Summary: The famed lunch scene at the Algonquin Hotel's Round Table. Home to a circle of mutually supportive young artists that defined New York sophistication and a literate era of wit and intellect.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2006
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA MRS.Paul, Gill
Summary: New York City 1921: The war is over, fashions are daring, and bootleg liquor is abundant. Here four extraordinary women form a bridge group that grows into a firm friendship. Dorothy Parker: renowned wit, member of the Algonquin Round Table, and more fragile than she seems. Jane Grant: first female reporter for the New York Times, and determined to launch a new magazine she calls The New...
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2022
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC PAUDeonn, Tracy
Summary: Llena de misterio y un sistema mágico intrigantemente rico, la fantasía contemporánea YA de Tracy Deonn reinventa la leyenda del Rey Arturo y "entrelaza las tradiciones populares sureñas y Black Girl Magic en una historia moderna y abrasadora de dolor, poder y autodescubrimiento" (Dhonielle Clayton, Autora superventas del New York Times de The Belles). Después de que su madre muere en un...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Wonderbooks 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Foreign Language, Call number: YA FOREIGN SPANISH DEOMartin, Rafe
Summary: In this Algonquin Indian version of the Cinderella story, the Rough-Face Girl and her two beautiful but heartless sisters compete for the affections of the Invisible Being. This variation on the Cinderella tale takes place in an Algonquin village on the shores of Lake Ontario.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 1993
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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: J Native MartinDahl, Roald.
Summary: Presents five of the author's most popular novels.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Children's Audio 2007
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1 available in Young Adult Audiobooks, Call number: CDA FICTION DAHForman, Gayle.
Summary: Freelance reporter Gayle Forman recounts the experiences she had while traveling to some of the most remote places in the world with her husband.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Rodale 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910.4 FORLeung, Julie
Summary: Young mouse Calib Christopher is finally a squire to the Knights of the Round Table, but there is no time to celebrate because his best friend, Cecily, and Merlin's magical treasure are in the clutches of the evil Saxons.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC LEUSummary: Since its inception in 1893, Algonquin Park has meant many things to many people: to hundreds of thousands of people, in fact. But it is not easy for one writer either to explain the almost magical attraction that Algonquin has exerted on so many or to capture the spontaneous quality of this attraction. Instead, let us look at the personal impressions of thirty-two writers who, between 1824 and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Friends of Algonquin Park 1989
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 971 gliWest, Wallace
Summary: A smart and sassy boy in a red riding hood confronts a pushy wolf espousing gender norms.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE WESMartin, Rafe
Summary: In this Algonquin Indian version of the Cinderella story, the Rough-Face Girl and her two beautiful but heartless sisters compete for the affections of the Invisible Being.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1992
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 MARShalvis, Jill
Summary: "Alone in the world, Tae Holmes and her mother April pretty much raised each other, but as Tae starts asking questions about the father she's never met, April, for the first time in her life, goes silent. To make matters worse, Tae is dangerously close to broke and just manages to avoid financial meltdown when she lands a shiny new contract with an adventure company for athletes with...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Large Print, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2022
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC SHABraswell, Liz
Summary: Desperate to save the life of their queen and her unborn child, the good citizens of the kingdom comb the land for the all-healing Sundrop flower to cure her . . . but someone mistakenly picks the blossom of the Moondrop instead. This shimmering flower heals the queen and she delivers a healthy baby girl with hair as silver and gray as the moon. But with her mysterious hair comes dangerous...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disney-Hyperion 2021
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Place a hold to request this item.Hutchinson, Shaun David
Summary: When no one in the small town of Merritt, Florida, believes that he was attacked by a monster, fifteen-year-old Virgil Knox fears the monster will return to finish him off, or worse--that he is becoming a monster himself.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC HUTCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC HUTAzad, Yasmin
Summary: This sharply insightful memoir depicts a young Muslim girl's struggle to balance the traditions of a loving yet conservative father, who wants to keep her safe, against the more liberal Westernized Sri Lankan world outside. This memoir provides a glimpse into the microcosmic Galle Fort Muslim community of the 1960s post independent Sri Lanka. -- from cover.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Perera-Hussein Publishing House 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 AZAD, YASMIN AZATeacher and the Rockbots (Musical group)
Summary: "Teacher and the Rockbots take multiplication facts from 0-12 and turn them into really cool rock songs. It's great for younger kids that want to get ahead, older kids trying to get the hang of it or anyone that likes cool, funny rock music"--Container.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Power Arts Co., Inc. 2005
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1 available in Juvenile Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JUV TeachJohnston, Basil.
Summary: Manitous are mysteries and spirits - the essences - that infuse and safeguard plants and animals, including humans, in all aspects of life. The tales of the manitous are simple in narration and complex in spirit, rich with incident and detail, and attempt to explain the mysterious ways of the natural world. Here are wily tricksters, timorous tree spirits, wise grandmothers, seductive maidens,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Publishers 1995
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 299.783 JOHSandu, Anca
Summary: After losing his tail, Churchill the pig's friends help him search for a new one but he becomes so caught up in how each new tail makes him feel, he forgets his friends completely.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SANAclin, Justin
Summary: From the brilliant imagination of video game auteur American McGee comes a dazzling reenvisioning of Red Riding Hood set in the wondrous world of Japanese folklore! Justin Aclin and Vasilis Lolos take Kani--a young woman torn between two cultures--on an epic adventure battling devious yokai for the fate of her world!
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Dark Horse Books 2013
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 ACLCole, 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.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little Simon 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE COLCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE COLCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE COLCoombs, Linda
Summary: "Until now, you've only heard one side of the story: the "discovery" of America told by Christopher Columbus, the Pilgrims, and the Colonists. Here's the true story of America from the Indigenous perspective. When you think about the beginning of the American story, what comes to mind? Three ships in 1492, or perhaps buckled hats and shoes stepping off of the Mayflower, ready to start a new...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Books for Young Readers 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Enjoy your media on your TVs, digital photo frames, and PCs by simply connecting this drive with a USB cable. LG Super Multi Compatibility optical drives can read and write different types of disc formats in one convenient package :DVD+r 2, RW DVD-R, RW DVD-RAM. Provides easy connection with a mini USB cable, no additional power source needed. Enjoy complete freedom in use with compatible...
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Publisher / Publication Date: LG Electronics 2015
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Place a hold to request this item.Dickerson, Melanie.
Summary: Gisela's childhood was filled with laughter and visits from nobles such as the duke and his young son. But since her father's death, each day has been filled with nothing but servitude to her stepmother. So when Gisela learns the duke's son, Valten -- the boy she has daydreamed about for years -- is throwing a ball in hopes of finding a wife, she vows to find a way to attend, even if it's only...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Zondervan 2013
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC DICStephenson, Jane
Summary: "An easy-reference guide to the nutritional data for over 4,500 foods, including information on setting nutrition goals and maintaining a balanced diet"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Experiment 2022