Moahloli, Refiloe
Summary: A picture book exploring the idea of ubuntu--a concept of shared humanity, compassion, and oneness.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amazon Crossing Kids 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MOADufayet, Danielle
Summary: "Waiting is not easy! And waiting can take a long time. Like waiting on the drip, drip, drip of rain to stop or the ding of the timer for cookies to be done baking. But there's one thing that can make waiting go a little bit faster-a friend!"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Albert Whitman & Company 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE DUYCotter, Bill
Summary: The only rule in Larry's book is that the reader not push the button, but when no one is looking, it may be irresistible.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Jabberwocky 2015
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1 available in Board Books, Call number: BRDStephenson, Neal
Summary: Raz, a mathematician, is among a cohort of secluded scientists and philosophers who are called upon to save the world from impending catastrophe.
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2008
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2 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC STECopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC STEGregory, Philippa
Summary: Princess Florizella was friends with some of the princesses who had studied the Princess Rules, and behaved just as the Rules said they should. Florizella thought their hair was lovely: so golden and so very long. And their clothes were nice: so richly embroidered. And their shoes were delightful: so tiny and handmade in silk. But their days bored her to death ... Instead, Princess Florizella...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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Summary: "Every night after his mom reads him three stories, Milo, who misses spending time with his absent father, carefully slides out from under the covers (without waking his mom) and tiptoes to the open window to wait for the friendly comet that will take him far above the clouds to help the Keeper of Stars. At the end of a long day, there's lots to clean up in the sky: balloons, stray feathers,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Owlkids Books 2024
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Summary: "Rubin loves the beautiful sounds that are played by the orchestra. He wants to learn to play the violin and make his own music. But when Rubin plays, it doesn't sound like he imagines it should. Rubin goes into the forest to practice alone and despite only getting the violin to screech, he finds an unlikely audience that loves his unique style"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2023
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE ZHACopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ZHABlack, Holly
Summary: Jude must keep her younger brother safe and to do so, she has bound the wicked king, Cardan, to her, and made herself the power behind the throne. Cardan does everything in his power to humiliate and undermine her even as his fascination with her remains strong. Someone close to Jude means to betray her, threatening her own life and the lives of everyone she loves. She must uncover the traitor...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Audio 2019
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC BLAFalligant, Erin
Summary: "In a city where fire, water, land and air reside together, a fiery young woman and a go-with-the-flow guy are about to discover something elemental: How much they have in common."--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disney Books for Young Readers 2023
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Summary: Ian always follows the rules and his sister, Jenny, never does but when she angers some monsters while breaking all the rules of their vacation house in the woods, Ian first runs away, then realizes there should be a rule about protecting your sister from being eaten by monsters.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disney * Hyperion Books 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: E BARCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE FIC BARBlack, Holly
Summary: As seneschal to High King Cardan, Jude must fight to keep control of the Faerie throne while her younger brother, Oak, enjoys the childhood she never knew.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: Y FICTION BLACopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC BLAYee, F. C.
Summary: "Kyoshi's place as the true Avatar has finally been cemented-but at a heavy cost. With her mentors gone, Kyoshi voyages to the Southern Air Temple, where she can master the elements beyond what she could have ever imagined. But while her bending grows stronger, a mysterious threat emerges from the Spirit World. To stop it, Kyoshi, Rangi, the daofei, and their reluctant allies must join forces...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amulet Books 2020
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2 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC YEECopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC YEETodd-Stanton, Joe
Summary: "When Nyla has to leave her home in the countryside to start life again in the city, all she can think about is everything she misses from before. So when a comet comes crashing through the city streets and starts glow and grow, Nyla can't resist a chance to head somewhere that feels closer to what she had before ... but what starts as an escape could be just the thing to make her finally feel...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flying Eye Books 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE TODFerry, Beth
Summary: The most important rule is #1: It must be your birthday. After that's been established, a crew of hilarious animals help picture book pros Tom Lichtenheld and Beth Ferry take readers through a joyous romp that covers the most important elements of every year's most essential holiday, including singing; closing your eyes and making a wish; blowing out candles on a cake, then settling into bed...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: [Library Ideas, LLC] 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J READ-ALONG FERGregory, Philippa
Summary: "Florizella made some very unusual friends and set off around the kingdom on the most mammoth of adventures..."--Back cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Childrens Books 2022
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: J FIC GREYee, F. C.
Summary: Plagued by the voices of Avatars before her for as long as she can remember, Yangchen travels to Bin-Er in the Earth Kingdom where she partners with an informant named Kavik and soon learns to rely on her own wisdom and continue her journey from uncertain young woman to revered leader.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC YEESummary: Two folktales from Asia. In Tale of the Mandarin ducks: a compassionate couple risk everything to reunite a pair of ducks. In The stonecutter: a lowly Japanese stonecutter dreams of power.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Weston Woods Studios 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV ASIKinsella, Sophie
Summary: "It's been over two years since Effie's beloved parents got divorced, destroying the image of the happy, loving childhood she thought she had. Since then, she's become estranged from her father and embarked on a feud with his hot (and much younger) girlfriend, Krista. And now, more earth-shattering news: Greenoaks, the rambling Victorian country house Effie called home her whole life, has been...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Company 2022
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC KINYang, Gene Luen.
Summary: "As Fire Lord Zuko continues his quest to uncover his mother's fate, a shocking revelation causes him to question everything he knows. It's an opportunity that his sister, the deadly and insane Azula, will not fail to take advantage of as she joins Zuko and his friends Aang, Katara, and Sokka on their journey into a mysterious forest from which some people never reemerge..."--p.4 of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dark Horse Books 2013
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Summary: "No One Owns the Colors is a lively celebration of self-expression and a bolstering invitation to advocate for your special uniqueness. The unnamed and non-gendered narrator shows us that colors are simply part of our natural world. No bit of the spectrum -- from pink and blue to scarlet and chartreuse -- is meant to be claimed by any one gender or being or culture. Color is not something that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Collective Book Studio 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE DAVGregory, Philippa
Summary: "Once upon a time, there was a princess who broke all the rules, and dared to be different... So when that same princess - Florizella - finds a baby boy delivered by stork to her parents' palace, she is shocked to discover that he will one day be king and inherit her kingdom! For every prince is given a permit which allow them to do whatever they like in the same way that every princess is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Children's Books 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC GREMajewski, Marc
Summary: "A young child loves the spots and patterns found on butterflies, and fashions bold orange wings to become a butterfly child. But when other kids shun the child for the clothes they don't understand, it takes a father's encouragement for the kid to stay true to what they love and find joy in the butterfly wings once more"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint HarperCollins Publishers 2022
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Summary: "As children, Goldie, Liyana, Scarlet, and Bea dreamed of a strange otherworld where the four girls, half-sisters connected by blood and magic, could nurture their elemental powers. But at thirteen, they were ripped from Everwhere and separated. They later searched for one another and yearned to rediscover their supernatural strengths. But to realize their full potential, the blood sisters must...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Voyager, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2020
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC PRAChao, Gloria
Summary: Chloe Wang is nervous to introduce her parents to her boyfriend, because the truth is, she hasn't met him yet either. She hired him from Rent for Your 'Rents, a company specializing in providing fake boyfriends trained to impress even the most traditional Asian parents. Drew Chan's passion is art, but after his parents cut him off for dropping out of college to pursue his dreams, he became a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster BFYR 2020