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Summary: "Two children notice all the beautiful colors that surround them on a rainy summer day out in the country"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: E MURCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in JE Concept Crates, Call number: JE MURGeorge, K. (Kallie)
Summary: The charming first book in a new early-reader series, starring the spirited and outspoken Anne Shirley as she first arrives at Green Gables. Marilla and Matthew Cuthbert need help on their farm, so they've adopted what they hope will be a sturdy, helpful boy. Instead, Matthew finds Anne awaiting him at the train station imaginative, brash, redheaded Anne-with-an-e. With her place at the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tundra Books 2018
Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE GEOCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED GEOMcGregor, Jon
Summary: A teenage girl has gone missing and everyone is called upon to join the search. The villagers fan out across the English moors as the police set up roadblocks and news reporters descend. Meanwhile, there is still work that must be done: cows milked, fences repaired, stone cut, pints poured, sermons written, a pantomime rehearsed. As the seasons unfold and the search for the missing girl goes...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Catapult 2017
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2 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MCGCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: P MCGHazen, Barbara Shook.
Summary: City cats and country cats engage in typical activities, including riding bicycles, selling peanuts, driving tractors, and feeding hens.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Golden Books 1999
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Summary: A girl reflects on Christmas at her grandparents home in the country, with its fresh-cut tree, handmade ornaments, gifts from Santa, and special church services.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic, Inc. 2005
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Summary: "Welcome to Bear Country! Explore the world of the Berenstain Bears, where Brother, Sister, and Honey visit exhibits, investigate caves, and return to the coziest place in town -- their tree house!" --back cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperFestival, An Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2017
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1 available in Kids' Favorite Characters, Call number: JE BERDrummond, Ree
Summary: New York Times bestselling author, Food Network star, and The Pioneer Woman herself, Ree Drummond, brings us the first book in a brand-new picture book series! In Ree's own words: 'I was all grown up when I moved out to the country. When I first arrived, I felt so out of place! But eventually, I looked around and discovered all the wonderful things about country life. So I decided to write a...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: [Library Ideas, LLC] 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: JE DRUPaulsen, Gary
Summary: "Deep in the woods, in a rustic cabin, lives an old man and the boy he's raised as his own. This sage old man has taught the boy the power of nature and how to live in it, and more importantly, to respect it. In Fishbone's Song, this boy reminisces about the magic of the man who raised him and the tales that he used to tell--all true, but different each time."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2016
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FICTION PAUCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J Fiction Paulsen 2016Hobbie, Holly.
Summary: When Holly's family moves from the city to a farm, she longs to get a horse for her birthday. Based on events in the author's childhood.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown 2010
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE HOBMontgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)
Summary: Anne, an eleven-year-old orphan, is sent by mistake to live with a lonely, middle-aged brother and sister on a Prince Edward Island farm and proceeds to make an indelible impression on everyone around her.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Playaway Digital Audio 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J PA FIC MONHoberman, Mary Ann.
Summary: Ten-year-old Allie's family moves from urban New Haven to rural Stamford, Connecticut, in the midst of the Great Depression.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers 2009
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J Fiction Hoberman 2009McGraw, Tim.
Summary: A father and his young daughter share love and laughter as they spend time together and turn an ordinary day into a wonderful adventure.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Nelson 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: E McGDrummond, Ree
Summary: Little Ree and her best friend, Hyacinth, love learning to bake with their grandmothers, and want to bake a blue ribbon pie.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: E DRURowling, J. K.
Summary: The early death of a small town councilman reveals deep-rooted conflicts in the seemingly idyllic community of Pagford, which rapidly deteriorates in the face of cultural disputes, generation clashes, and a volatile election.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Audio 2012
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Summary: With his companion Polly in Paris, Qwill keeps himself occupied by writing an absurdist play called "The cat who got elected dog catcher." Meanwhile, things are spicing up in Pickax. Huge inheritances from old families are suddenly and mysteriously pouring into town, but nobody is quite sure why. Except Koko, that is--and he's not telling. Then things get really interesting when one resident...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2007
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FICTION BraunBraun, Lilian Jackson.
Summary: What Pickax, the town "400 miles north of everywhere," needs is a new bookstore. But just as Pickax prepares to celebrate the ground breaking for a new one, a body is discovered in a nearby wooded arie. Turning their attention from books to clues, Qwill, Koko, and Yum Yum set off on a hunt that will entertain.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Putnam 2004
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1 available in Adult, Call number: MYS BRABraun, Lilian Jackson.
Summary: James Qwilleran and his talented team of feline sleuths, Koko and Yum Yum, investigate the supposedly accidental death of a cast member in a car crash on the eve of the Theatre Club's performance of Oscar Wilde's "The Importance of Being Earnest."
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2004
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BRACopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult, Call number: FICTION BraunCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult, Call number: MYS BRABraun, Lilian Jackson.
Summary: James Qwilleran and his famous felines, Koko and Yum Yum, are back for another mystery-solving stint in the beloved bestselling Cat Who...series.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2006
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FICTION BraunBraun, Lilian Jackson.
Summary: While the residents of Pickax eagerly await a festival celebrating the 150th anniversary of the town's founding, newspaper columnist James Qwilleran must entertain Harvey Ledfield, an aspiring architect. Strange occurrences seem to follow Harvey around. Koko, the Siamese cat, leaps on his head, a knitter predicts murder, and a woman comes from California to leave a message for Qwill. It's up...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Audio 2005
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Summary: Koko's strange new hobby of dropping himself from balconies has landed him in the oddest of places--a young visitor's head whose wealthy relatives soon fall deathly ill, making Qwill have his work cut out for him.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2006
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BRACopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult, Call number: FICTION BraunCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult, Call number: MYS BRABraun, Lilian Jackson.
Summary: While Moose County is in an uproar over a string of lucrative inheritances, Polly departs for Paris, Koko the irrepressible Siamese meets a piano tuner, Qwill writes a play, and a mysterious bee sting-related death occurs.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G. P. Putnam's Sons 2007
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BRACopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult, Call number: FICTION BraunCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult, Call number: MYS BRABraun, Lilian Jackson.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2004
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP M BRABraun, Lilian Jackson.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's 2003