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Summary: A spacious umbrella welcomes anyone and everyone who needs shelter from the rain.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BATBates, Amy June
Summary: "A girl draws an unusual panda, who comes to life and draws all sorts of whimsical things with her, from a castle to a dragon and more"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BATBates, Amy June
Summary: When Mr. and Mrs. Gargelson-Bittle decide life is too quiet, they go in search of the perfect pet, but after welcoming a menagerie into their home, they still felt like something is missing, until a puppy shows up at their doorstep, and now their family is complete.
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Publisher / Publication Date: A Paula Wiseman Book, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BATDowell, Frances O'Roark
Summary: "Sam the Man is not a vegetable man. But when a school project has him paired up with the worst of all the vegetables -- the rutabaga-- he soon will learn that it's not half bad. And as he grows fond of his new little friend, Sam the Man will have to comeup with plan on how to keep him happy before he rots!"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2017
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED DOWKurtz, Jane.
Summary: In 1963 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave a speech that proclaimed that it was time -- long overdue -- for all people to be treated as equals. Today his beliefs are more important than ever, and author Jane Kurtz explains Dr. King's words in language even the youngest reader can understand.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin 2008
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Summary: The hard-working daughter of two bakers and a perfectly nice stray dog live lonely lives in the same town, until they meet one very stormy day.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books for Young Readers 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE HESBoxer, Elisa
Summary: "During World War II, families all across Europe huddled together in basements, attics, and closets as Nazi soldiers rounded up anyone Jewish. The Star of David, a symbol of faith and pride, became a tool of hate when the Nazis forced Jewish people to carry papers stamped with that star, so that it was clear who to capture. But many brave souls dared to help them. Jewish teenager Jacqueline...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books for Young Readers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 940.54 BOXCaswell, Deanna
Summary: In simple rhyming text tells a story of a family's day at their beach house by the sea.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE CASKephart, Beth
Summary: "A picture-book biography of painter Henriette Wyeth, depicting a day in her childhood, learning how to paint and be inspired from her father, painter N. C. Wyeth"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cameron Kids 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE KEPMacLachlan, Patricia.
Summary: When Papa goes away for a little while, his family tries to cope with the separation by adopting four dogs and a cat.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2011
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Summary: The wife of former Vice President and presidential candidate Joe Biden recounts his childhood in Scranton, Pennsylvania, his perseverance and leadership from his earliest years, his struggles to overcome stuttering, his relationships with his family, andhis political career.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 BIDCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 BIDCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Bio BidenHest, Amy.
Summary: "After a young boy's beloved dog dies, the boy encounters a stray dog on the beach. At first, the boy is not interested in having another dog as a pet, but as he walks and plays on the beach, he gradually becomes interested in taking care of the stray dog as a pet"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Book for Young Readers 2016
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Summary: Joey is the first ever picture book about the young life of Joe Biden, the 47th Vice President of the United States, and includes never before told family stories about the president-elect and former vice president's childhood-written by Jill Biden, his spouse. Joe Biden grew up in Scranton, Pennsylvania, the oldest of four children. His parents always encouraged him and his siblings to be...
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Publisher / Publication Date: [Library Ideas, LLC] 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J READ-ALONG BIDJohnston, Tony
Summary: "Hands wave hello, hands hold, hands heal. Hands say, I am here for you always. In simple, stirring rhymes, author Tony Johnston pens a timeless ode to parenthood. The small moments and quiet scenes that make up childhood-- learning to clap, planting a garden, waving good-bye on the first day of school-- fill the pages of this gentle tale, capturing the reassurance and love that parents hand...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE JOHNapoli, Donna Jo
Summary: "Highlights the bond between a mother and her child while providing a gentle introduction to sign language during their day at the beach"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harry N Abrams Inc 2014
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2 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE NAPTurner, Ann Warren.
Summary: One stormy night just before Halloween a ginger cat finds shelter and kind people at a library, but at night, all alone, she recognizes that the library cannot be a real home because something is missing.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion Books For Children 2004
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1 available in Seasonal Juvenile Collection, Call number: JE TURWilson, Karma.
Summary: A boy gives thanks to the Lord for all that he has in this illustrated interpretation of Psalm XCII.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Zonderkidz 2007
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC WilCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE WILAndros, Camille
Summary: As a boy grows up, he returns to the seashore to ask the sea for answers to difficult questions.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books for Young Readers 2021
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Summary: Like other girls of her time Susan B. Anthony learned how to cook and sew. But unlike most girls she also received an education. She learned reading, writing, and arithmetic. She was also taught that girls and women could do anything boys and men could do-if only they were allowed. So Susan set out to change the laws. She fought for a woman's right to own property, hold down a job, and, most...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin 2005
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Summary: "Brings to life a not too distant history of immigration to Ellis Island. When it's time for nine-year-old Gittel and her mother to leave their homeland behind and go to America for the promise of a new life, a health inspection stops any chance of Gittel's mother joining her daughter on the voyage. Knowing she may never see her mother again, Gittel must find the courage within herself to leave...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books for Young Readers 2019