Queen, Ben
Summary: "Bear is a guide dog who would do anything for his owner and best friend Patrick who is blind. But when Bear suddenly loses his vision, he worries he's lost his purpose in life - protecting Patrick! Following the misguided advice from some self-serving raccoons, Bear embarks on a transformative journey to regain his eyesight. Out of both necessity and survival, he learns to tap into his other...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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Summary: "When Grandpa loses his sight, he attends a school for veterans who are visually impaired. There he regains his confidence for independent living. Grandpa shares these experiences and talks about educating children about the tall white cane."--Publisher
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J Disabl HoxieRusick, Jessica
Summary: "In this title, readers learn common symptoms and behaviors of blindness and how it affects kids at school and in relationships. Text includes suggestions on how to be a kind and respectful friend to someone who is blind and appropriate activities kids can enjoy together. A famous person who has overcome the challenges of blindness is highlighted."--Amazon.com
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Publisher / Publication Date: Big Buddy Books, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 362.41 RUSCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J616.85 RUSSummary: "From hairy orangutans to scaly snakes, there are all sorts of textures to explore in this safe, sturdy book that encourages preschool learning."--Page 4 of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Seedlings Braille Books for Children 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: BOARD TOUBryant, Jennifer.
Summary: Louis Braille was just five years old when he lost his sight. He was a clever boy, determined to live like everyone else, and what he wanted more than anything was to be able to read. Even at the school for the blind in Paris, there were no books for him. And so he invented his own alphabet - a whole new system for writing that could be read by touch. A system so ingenious that it is still used...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 BRAPhillips, Joan
Summary: A little black puppy acquires a boy, teaches him some tricks, and finds him when he is lost.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Seedlings Braille Books 2018
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1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN PHIYasuda, Anita
Summary: "Gives readers a look into the lives and abilities of people who are blind, as well as the challenges they face. Learn how people who are blind read and write, navigate public transportation, and play sports" --Amazon.com
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Publisher / Publication Date: Child's World 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 305.9 YASThompson, Gare.
Summary: A biography of the woman who, with the assistance of her devoted teacher Annie Sullivan, achieved success and fame despite being blind and deaf.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap 2003
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2 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 KELCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB BASKET KELLERPincus, Meeg
Summary: "Helen Keller was an activist, rebel, performer, romantic and so much more! Most stories about Helen Keller focus on the story of her deaf-blindness and scholarship, but there is more to Helen than her disability. This story teaches children to look beyond the surface with everyone they encounter"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE PINSummary: The film introduces a modern day Little Prince, a seven-year-old blind Pakistani Canadian boy who absorbs The Little Prince for the first time, and captures engaging conversations with an incredible range of individuals.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC INVPastro, Joana
Summary: In the city of Olinda, Brazil, Clara is looking forward to the Carnaval street parade, with the colorful, fantastic costumes that her great-grandmother makes for the family--but her Bisa is too old to follow the parade, so Clara decides to bring the parade to her.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE PASButtigieg, Chasten
Summary: "The young adult adaptation of the moving, hopeful, and refreshingly candid memoir by the husband of former Democratic presidential candidate about growing up gay in his small Midwestern town"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum 2023
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4 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 921 BUTCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA 921 BUTHalvorson, Karin
Summary: Find out what goes on every day Inside the Blood! Detailed illustrations, color photos, and simple text combine to make a fun and easy introduction to how blood works. This book also includes simple activities and crafts like Plasma Soup, Blood Pumpers and Blood-Type Hype with how-to photos to further engage young learners.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Super Sandcastle, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2016
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J612.1 HALKnight, P. V.
Summary: Skeptical readers may not think a spider could take down and eat a bird, but this book certainly proves it. These menacing monsters stalk their flying prey, though they mostly stick to insects and other, easier-to-hunt victims. One of the most amazing things readers discover about this fierce predator is that much like other scary, hairy tarantulas they re mostly harmless to humans! Bird-eating...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gareth Stevens Publishing 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 595.4 KNIFoges, Clare
Summary: "Swing on down and get all groovy, come and join the bathroom boogie! Starring: Mouthwash! Power shower! The toothbrushes! Loofah! Shampoo! With guest appearances from wash cloth & bubble bath!"--Back cover
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in New Youth Materials, Call number: JE FOGMakos, Adam
Summary: Adapted for young adults from the New York Times best-seller, this gripping true account of a WWII American tank gunner, who met his destiny in an armor duel and forged an enduring bond with his enemy, brings to life the perils of war.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 921 SMOCurtis, Christopher Paul
Summary: The ordinary interactions and everyday routines of the Watsons, an African-American family living in Flint, Michigan, are drastically changed after they go to visit Grandma in Alabama in the summer of 1963.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013