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AIDS (Disease) Prevention International cooperation Cooperation Cooperation Comic books, strips, etc Cooperation Fiction Cooperation Juvenile fiction Friendship Comic books, strips, etc Poverty International cooperation Stories in rhyme United States Water-supply Government policyRichter, Brian D.
Summary: "Water scarcity is spreading and intensifying in many regions of the world, with dire consequences for local communities, economies, and freshwater ecosystems. Current approaches tend to rely on policies crafted at the state or national level, which on their own have proved insufficient to arrest water scarcity. To be durable and effective, water plans must be informed by the culture,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 333 RICCheverton, Mark
Summary: With the destruction of the infected Ender Dragon, the monster kings were forced to retreat. Herobrine's poisonous XP has been captured in an obsidian box and sealed tightly. Gameknight999 and his friends know that the obsidian box will have to be destroyed to eliminate the evil virus once and for all. But how? And who will be brave enough to do it? Gameknight and his friends decide to take the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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Summary: The 2013-2014 Ebola epidemic was the deadliest ever--but the outbreaks continue. Now comes a gripping account of the doctors and scientists fighting to protect us, an urgent wake-up call about the future of emerging viruses--from the #1 bestselling author of The Hot Zone, soon to be a National Geographic original miniseries. This time, Ebola started with a two-year-old child who likely had...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 614.5 PRERichardson, Shane
Summary: Drake, Li, and Runa are three young dragons in Ember City, where a dragon's spark is their special power and every dragon's spark is unique. Ember is a city that burns brightest when its citizens use their sparks to help each other and their community. The more they use their spark, the brighter Ember City glows and provides for all its dragons. Can Drake, Li, and Runa learn to get along after...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin Books 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 RICSummary: Thomas, Sir Topham Hatt, Percy, and their other friends have learned many lessons about the value of working together to accomplish a goal.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HIT Entertainment 2004
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1 available in Children's videos, Call number: J DVD Movie Thomas 2004Fairgray, Richard
Summary: "When Mac, Masie, and Bird find mysterious tokens in their cereal boxes, they're transported to Cardboardia, a magical landmade of paper and cardboard. In this parallel universe to ours, creativity thrives: Every time a box of anything is created in our world, a replica appears there, bringing residents art supplies, food, books, and more. But an evil presence is slowly moving in, threatening...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pixel + Ink 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 FAITabor, Corey R.
Summary: Ladies and gentlebugs, presenting the duke of the dandelion patch, champion of truth and justice, the one, the only--Sir Ladybug! Sir Ladybug never shies away from a quest, even when he'd rather be playing a video game or baking a cake. So when a caterpillar needs rescuing from a "monster" (a hungry chickadee), Sir Ladybug and his trusty friends--his herald, a roly-poly named Pell, and his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Balzer + Bray, Harper Alley, imprints of HarperCollins Publishers 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J GRAPHIC TABSummary: Six ordinary strangers awaken to find themselves in a seemingly endless maze of interlocking cubical chambers armed with lethal booby traps. Without food or water, they have only a few days to live. None of them knows how or why they've been imprisoned, but soon discover that each possesses a skill that could contribute to their escape. As they work together to extricate themselves from their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1998
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1 available in Horror DVDs, Call number: DVD HORROR CUBKing, Trey
Summary: Because Batman and Superman cannot stop arguing about how they should save the day, Wonder Woman and Batgirl have to save the city from different supervillains.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2015
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Summary: "Renowned political scientist Ian Bremmer draws lessons from global challenges of the past 100 years--including the pandemic--to show how we can respond to three great crises unfolding over the next decade. In this revelatory, unnerving, and ultimately hopeful book, Bremmer details how domestic and international conflicts leave us unprepared for a trio of looming crises--global health...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2022
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 303.4909 BREMinney, Safia.
Summary: Annotation Naked Fashioninvites you to join the movement of consumers, entrepreneurs, and creative professionals who are using their purchasing power, talents, and experience to make fashion more sustainable.Anyone with an active interest in fashion and where our clothes come from or looking for a career in fashion and the media will find inspiration and advice on how to make a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Internationalist 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 391 MINRossi, Carlo A.
Summary: Queen Benevolence is hosting a celebration to honor her loyal subjects. To thank them, she will give away 12 extraordinary items from her treasure box that she keeps hidden away in a secret chamber in the castle. But when the Queen goes to choose the items that she wants to bestow, she discovers the box is empty! A thief has stolen her treasures and is running away with them! The celebration...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Peaceable Kingdom 2018
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Summary: Illustrations and simple, rhyming text follow chicks of all ilks as they work together to puzzle out how to respond to a sign forbidding chicks from attending the Rocket Club meeting.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books for Young Readers 2019
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Summary: RJ is having another bad day--but with the help of his coach, RJ learns that working as a team and sharing are skills needed not just on the soccer field, but in school and at home too.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Boys Town Press 2012
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE FIC COOMcKibben, Bill
Summary: "When we work together, we humans can do incredible things. We share the responsibility to address climate change and our changing planet. It is critical that we act collectively to protect our beautiful, fragile world. Renowned environmentalist Bill McKibben and the incredibly talented artist Stevie Lewis team up to bring this gorgeous picture book to life. Celebrating the amazing things...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J READ-ALONG MCKSummary: "'I see multiple colonial governors,' says Ghanaian software entrepreneur Herman Chinery-Hesse of the international development establishment in Africa. 'We are held captive by the donor community.' The West has positioned itself as the protagonist of development, giving rise to a vast multi-billion dollar poverty industry - the business of doing good has never been better. Yet, the results...
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Publisher / Publication Date: www.povertyinc.org 2015
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF POVCarolan, Michael S.
Summary: Marvin is a contract hog farmer in Iowa. He owns his land, his barn, his tractor, and his animal crates. He has seen profits drop steadily for the last twenty years and feels trapped. Josh is a dairy farmer on a cooperative in Massachusetts. He doesn't own his cows, his land, his seed, or even all of his equipment. Josh has a healthy income and feels like he's made it. In The Food Sharing...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Island Press 2018
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Summary: A real-life Minecraft player liked nothing better than to intentionally harass other players, ruining their campaigns and buildings. When he's transported into the game, however, he discovers that everything inside Minecraft is actually real, and he has to learn to cooperate with others in order to stay alive!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sky Pony Press 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC CHEKrekelberg, Alyssa
Summary: "Shares three stories of children learning how to work together as a team. Vibrant and colorful photos help tell the stories. Additional features include a table of contents, a phonetic glossary, sources for further research, and an index." -- Publisher's website.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Child's World 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 177.7 KRELionni, Leo
Summary: A small black fish teaches a school of red fish to frighten their enemies by swimming close together
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 1991
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Summary: "In 2006, the Wall Street pioneer and philanthropist Ray Chambers flicked through some holiday snapshots taken by his friend, development economist Jeff Sachs, and remarked on the placid beauty of a group of sleeping Malawian children. They're not sleeping, Sachs told him. They're in malarial comas. A few days later, they were all dead. Chambers had long avoided the public eye, but this moment...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PublicAffairs 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 614.532 PERTabor, Corey R.
Summary: Sir Ladybug--the duke of the dandelion patch, champion of truth and justice--is on a new quest! He and his herald, Pell, and his trusty squire, Sterling, will have to be extra-clever to outwit the mean Queen Bee.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 TABCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J GRAPHIC TABThompson, Barton H.
Summary: "A sweeping, policy-oriented account of the private and public management of the world's essential natural resource. Governments dominated water management throughout the 20th century. Tasked with ensuring a public supply of clean, safe, reliable, and affordable water, governmental agencies controlled water administration in most of the world. They built the dams, reservoirs, and aqueducts to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stanford University Press 2024
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 333.91 THOBass, Emily
Summary: "As of 2003, there were nearly 27 million men, women, and children suffering from AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa. Today that number has been reduced by more than half. The number of people with access to antiretroviral drugs--a treatment which renders AIDS survivable rather than fatal--has gone from around 50,000 to more than 11 million. All of this is thanks to a Bush administration program known...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PublicAffairs 2021