Alessandri, Alexandra
Summary: "English just feels wrong to Isabel. She prefers her native Spanish. As she prepares for a new school, she knows she's going to have to learn. Her first day is uncomfortable, until she employs her crayons and discovers there's more than one way to communicate with new friends"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ALELe, Minh
Summary: A boy and his grandfather cross a language and cultural barrier using their shared love of art, storytelling, and fantasy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disney-Hyperion 2018
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE LECopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE LECook, Julia
Summary: RJ says what he thinks ... no matter how it sounds or makes others feel. It's time RJ starts using a social filter when he speaks. With help from his parents, he learns he doesn't have to verbalize every thought that pops into his head. In fact, sometimes the less said the better.--Publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Boys Town Press 2014
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE FIC COOCook, Julia
Summary: Shows readers the steps to the fundamental social skills of accepting "no" and disagreeing appropriately. When RJ learns to use these skills the right way, he finds that rewards come his way, instead of arguments.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Boys Town Press 2011
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE FIC COODabarera, Dinalie
Summary: "Sometimes, the moments that Sona spends with her Sinhalese grandfather, her seeya, are quiet. They speak different languages and don't always use words. But they do communicate in other ways. Sometimes, they're loud. They play dress-up, stomp in puddles, and pretend to be puppies. They cook pittu, tease each other when they're messy, and read to each other, even though they might not...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE DABGreenidge, Kaitlyn
Summary: The Freeman family--Charles, Laurel, and their daughters, teenage Charlotte and nine-year-old Callie--have been invited to the Toneybee Institute in rural Massachusetts to participate in a research experiment. They will live in an apartment on campus with Charlie, a young chimp abandoned by his mother. The Freemans were selected for the experiment because they know sign language; they are...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Adult- Fantasy, Call number: Fiction Greenridge 2017Kubler, Annie
Summary: An illustrated version of the classic children's rhyme "Baa baa, black sheep," with hand motions to help children develop a basic vocabulary in American Sign Language.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Child's Play (International) Ltd 2004
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1 available in Board Books, Call number: JE Board Kubler2004MacLachlan, Patricia
Summary: Grace's aunt Lily is a writer, but is often "flummoxed" by her own writing. Her stories don't go anywhere, her desk is a mess, and her writer's group can't help. So Lily posts an ad for an assistant. The next day, Grace opens the door, and there is Rex: a Labrador Retriever who will change Grace's life, and Lily's.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD MORMaddox, Jake
Summary: Years before he became the star quarterback of the Bobcats, thirteen-year-old Alex Summers enjoyed throwing backyard passes to his best friend Oscar Matthews, but Oscar is an afterthought on the team, and now he has decided to quit football and join the school play instead; Alex feels betrayed and the boys' friendship is coming apart--and it will take an honest expression of their feels to save...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint 2020
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Summary: Prentisstown isn't like other towns. Everyone can hear everyone else's thoughts in an overwhelming, never-ending stream of Noise. Just a month away from the birthday that will make him a man, Todd and his dog, Manchee, whose thoughts Todd can hear, too, whether he wants to or not, stumble upon an area of complete silence. They find that in a town where privacy is impossible, something terrible...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Brilliance Audio 2009
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC NESTwain, Mark
Summary: "Based on a set of unfinished Mark Twain notes for a children's story, this is the tale of Johnny, a young boy with a magical ability to speak to animals who sets off to rescue a stolen prince"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday Books for Young Readers 2017
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC TWACook, Julia
Summary: When a couple of friends give RJ a compliment, he just isn't sure how to respond. When his teacher and parents tell him there are some things he needs to work on, his first reaction is to argue and make excuses. RJ learns what it means to receive positive and negative feedback, and how to respond appropriately, learning to accept and grow from criticism and compliments at home, school and with...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Boys Town Press 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC COOAlexander, Rilla
Summary: The new rooster has come along way but he is ready to crow for his new job, only nobody seems to understand his dialect--however they all appreciate his skill cooking breakfast.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ALECook, Julia
Summary: When a classmate wins a contest, Brad brags about how he won an even bigger contest. When another student breaks his arm, Brad blabs about how he broke BOTH his arms AND his legs. Children and adults will get a real kick out of Brad's tall tales as he learns the difference between being a "pull-upper" and a "one-upper!"--Publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Boys Town Press 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Paperback, Call number: JE FIC COOCook, Julia
Summary: Isabella enjoys shouting out her thoughts, ideas and feelings so much, it's earned her the nickname "Decibella!". Young readers will be entertained as she learns the "five volumes" of voice-- whisper, 6-inch, table-talk, strong speaker, and outside-- and that different situations require a different tone.--Publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Boys Town Press 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC COOHenry, Veronica G.
Summary: Abandoned by her family, alone on the wrong side of the color line with little to call her own, Eliza Meeks is coming to terms with what she does have. It's a gift for communicating with animals. To some, she's a magical tender. To others, a she-devil. To a talent prospector, she's a crowd-drawing oddity. And the Bacchanal Carnival is Eliza's ticket out of the swamp trap of Baton Rouge. Among...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 47North 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HENLasky, Kathryn
Summary: The filly Estrella, her human friend, Tio, and her small herd of horses have temporarily escaped from the evil human El Miedo, but he has not given up, and as the dawn horses keep searching for the sweet grasses that will give them strength, new friends--and enemies--both human and animal, will emerge from the shadows.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC LASCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in J Series, Call number: J FIC LASRowley, Steven
Summary: A young writer finds that his aging dachshund, Lily, has begun talking to him, just as a small octopus attaches itself to her head.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC ROWTang, Marie
Summary: Yuna, who recently moved to the United States and does not speak English, is struggling to communicate with kids in her new neighborhood, but when she shows that she can do something very special with paper, a whole new world unfolds.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beaming Books, an imprint of 1517 Media 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE TANWillis, Connie.
Summary: In a not-too-distant future, a simple outpatient procedure that has been promised to increase empathy between romantic partners has become all the rage. So when Briddey Flannigan's fiancé proposes that he and Briddey undergo the procedure, she is delighted! Only--the results aren't quite as expected. Instead of gaining an increased empathetic link with her fiancé Briddey finds herself hearing...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2016
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC WILSparks, Nicholas
Summary: After thirty years, Wilson Lewis is forced to face a painful truth: the romance has gone out of his marriage. His wife, Jane, has fallen out of love with him, and it is entirely his fault. Despite the shining example of his in-laws, Noah and Allie Calhoun, and their fifty-year love affair, Wilson himself is a man unable to express his true feelings. He has spent too little time at home and too...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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Summary: A talkative cattle egret explains to a rhinoceros that in addition to having a symbiotic relationship, they also have a friendship built on communication, kindness, and a respect for boundaries.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beach Lane Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division 2023
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Summary: "In an Edenic future, a girl and her father live close to the land in the shadow of a lone mountain. They possess a few remnants of civilization: some books, a pane of glass, a set of flint and steel, a comb. The father teaches the girl how to fish and hunt, the secrets of the seasons and the stars. He is preparing her for an adulthood in harmony with nature, for they are the last two left. But...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bellevue Literary Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KRICopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC KRIHale, Shannon.
Summary: Princess Anidori, on her way to marry a prince she has never met, is betrayed by her guards and her lady-in-waiting and must become a goose girl to survive until she can reveal her true identity. Dramatization.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World 2006