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Summary: Follows a wayward California brown pelican from her "arrest" on the Golden Gate Bridge into care at a wildlife rehabilitation facility, and from there explores pelicans' nesting grounds, Pacific coast migration and survival challenges.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2015

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC PEL

Raúl the Third

Summary: "Little Lobo and his friends are excited for the out-of-this-world book festival the Guadalupian Library hosts every year! Everyone has a special book they're looking for, but there's so much to see and do first. From cookbook demonstrations and comics workshops to mask making and language classes, this library has something for everyone. Can Little Lobo, Bernabé, Kooky Dooky, Coco Rocho, and...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Versify, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2023

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE RAU

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE RAU

Johnson, Amy

Summary: "Little changes can make a big, big difference! In The Little Book of Big Change, psychologist Amy Johnson shows you how to rewire your brain and overcome your bad habits-once and for all. No matter what your bad habit is, you have the power to change it. Drawing on a powerful combination of neuroscience and spirituality, this book will show you that you are not your habits. Rather, your habits...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: New Harbinger Publications, Inc. 2016

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 153.8 JOH

Gish, Melissa

Summary: "A look at pelicans, including their habitats, physical characteristics such as their flexible gular pouches, behaviors, relationships with humans, and their vulnerability to pollution in the world today"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Creative Education/Creative Paperbacks 2018

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 598.4 GIS

Morgan, Jude

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2005

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Smith, Nikki Shannon

Summary: Third-grader Azaleah Lane has been chosen STEM lab monitor for the week, but on her first day Harry the lab guinea pig gets out of his cage and escapes, and Azaleah has to figure out a strategy to locate where in the room he is hiding and catch him; but she also has another problem--how to get Terrance to listen to Rose, Jamal, and herself and work with the group on their Rube Goldberg machine...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, an imprint of Capstone 2022

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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED SMI

Gish, Melissa

Summary: "Una cronología detallada de los hitos del desarrollo impulsa este estudio de vida de las jirafas, incluidos sus hábitats, características físicas y medidas de conservación tomadas para proteger a estos imponentes animales terrestres." --

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Creative Education and Creative Paperbacks 2021

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 599.638 GIS

Tonatiuh, Duncan

Summary: Two cousins, one in Mexico and one in New York City, write to each other and learn that even though their daily lives differ, at heart the boys are very similar.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books for Young Readers 2010

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE TON

Borgert-Spaniol, Megan

1 hold on 1 copy

Summary: Young readers will learn where beavers live, how they affect their environment, their role in the food web, and the dangers they face.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Abdo Publishing 2020

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January, Brendan

Summary: Recounts the story of John Brown's failed rebellion in Harpers Ferry in 1859, intended to start a massive slave uprising in the South and the establishment of a state in the Allegheny Mountains for freed slaves.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press 2000

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973.7 JAN

Raúl the Third

Summary: Little Lobo, a Mexican American, and Bernabe, his dog, deliver supplies to vendors at the Mercado, a busy border town market.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2020

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Liss, David

Summary: Lucy Derrick, a young Regency woman of good breeding and poor finances, is warned by a beautiful stricken man not to marry Mr. Olson, the local mill owner. Soon it becomes clear that there is more at stake than her own happiness--and that she is caught between two forces, one ancient and one modern.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2011

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LIS

Mihalti, Eric Michael

Summary: Covers U.S. and Canadian models of Ford Crown Victoria and Mercury Grand Marquis, for model years 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Haynes Pub. Group 2011

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 629.2 Ford Crown Victoria

Dahl, Roald.

Summary: A small boy with a desire to own a candy shop meets a window-washing team composed of a giraffe, a pelican, and a monkey and together they go to work for the wealthy Duke of Hampshire, who makes all their dreams come true.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Puffin Books 2009

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Giron, Pavonis

Summary: Jo wants to paint all the wonderful things she loves. With a palette of red, yellow, and blue, Jo knows she can mix any colors together to create new ones. Her imagination takes flight as she explores painting with primary and by mixing her own secondary colors, each picture as beautiful as the last. But through her exploration of the colors of the rainbow, Jo finds that her favorite is a...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2024

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Friedman, Henry

Summary: "When the family was liberated by the Russians after eighteen months in hiding, Henry, at age fifteen, was emaciated and too weak to walk. The Friedmans eventually made their way to a displaced persons camp in Austria where Henry quickly learned to wheel and deal, seducing women of various ages and nationalities, and mastering the intricacies of the black market. In I'm No Hero, he faces with...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: University of Washington Press 1999

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5318 FRI

Richardson, Melissa Seron

Summary: Illustrations and text follow a girl's journey to overcome her fear of the special dessert she loves so much: La Rosca de Reyes, a sweet bread with a baby Jesus figurine baked into it and eaten on Three Kings' Day.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2023

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE RIC

Bodden, Valerie

Summary: A basic exploration of the appearance, behavior, and habitat of pelicans, the long billed waterbirds. Also included is a story from folklore explaining why some pelicans have white feathers.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Creative Education and Creative Paperbacks, an imprint of the Creative Company 2019

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 598.4 BOD

Savage, Candace Sherk

Summary: A colorful and informative book about the habits, habitat, characteristics, and diet of pelicans and snakes.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 1999

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in J Non Fic Series, Call number: J 591

Tan, 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

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC TAN

Berglund, Bruce R.

Summary: "During World War II, a group of homesick Polish soldiers took in an orphaned bear cub and named him Wojtek. As the bear cub grew, he became friends with the soldiers, lifting their spirits as he learned to imitate them around camp. Later, Wojtek was helpful by carrying many heavy shells during a large battle in Italy. Learn how Wojtek showed his courage in battle and earned the rank of...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press, a capstone imprint 2024

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 940.54 BER

Sze, Gillian

Summary: "When you ask me why your skin is brown, I will tell you that you are my favorite color. I will say that your skin was decided long, long ago. Time was just waiting for you. So begins a mother's celebration of her children's brown skin, told through warm and vivid poetry."--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 2022

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SZE

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE Social Sze

Alexander, Brian

Summary: "An intimate, heart wrenching portrait of one small hospital that reveals the magnitude of America's health care crises. By following the struggle for survival of one small-town hospital, and the patients who walk, or are carried, through its doors, The Hospital takes readers into the world of the American medical industry in a way no book has done before. Americans are dying sooner, and living...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2021

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.1 ALE

Seluk, Nick

Summary: "Have you ever thought about everything the ocean does for you? It changes the weather, creates oxygen, provides food, and is a great place to have fun, too! So why is the ocean such a big deal? Because we couldn't live without it! This funny and factual picture book from Heart and Brain creator Nick Seluk explains the science behind the ocean: its plant and animal life, its contribution to the...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2022

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