Summary: A young girl walks through a secret door that she has found in her new home and discovers an alternate version of her life. On the surface this parallel reality is eerily similar to her real life, but much better. When her adventure turns dangerous, and her counterfeit parents, including the Other Mother, try to keep her forever, Coraline must count on her resourcefulness, dermination, and...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2009
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV CORKelly, Erin Entrada
Summary: Marisol Rainey's mother was born in the Philippines. Marisol's father works and lives part-time on an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico. And Marisol, who has a big imagination and likes to name inanimate objects, has a tree in her backyard she calls Peppina, but she's way too scared to climb it. This all makes Marisol the only girl in her small Louisiana town with a mother who was born elsewhere...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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Summary: "Help children develop the attitudes and skills of courage and assertiveness in order to make wise choices and work through challenges. Children learn to do what they think is right and be brave, even if it's hard. They learn to distinguish between expectations set by trusted adults and hurtful, wrong, or dangerous things adults or children might pressure them to do. The book also highlights...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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Summary: Many adoptees join their new families after having endured multiple traumatic experiences, which interrupts their development. Bringing together the latest research in brain science with the field of attachment, this book considers how the two can be linked to help children in healing both the brain and the heart. Laying out the many factors that can affect a child's mental health, it shows...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jessica Kingsley Publishers 2019
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Summary: "The adventures continue in this fun new collection from Bible Belles. With the help of the angel Mari, Rooney has learned she has five real superpowers: prayer, patience, bravery, loyalty, and leadership. Rooney has also learned that she has a powerful voice. And when her role in the new school play takes a few unexpected turns she finds out the truth about her voice, and the important message...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Truth Becomes Her 2020
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Summary: In this collection of rhyming stories, children conquer their fears and find inner strength during a nighttime thunderstorm, the first day of school, and a doctor's visit.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Rise x Penguin Workshop 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE CLASanders, Jayneen
Summary: "Meet Emmi! She is resilient, independent and courageous. She always tries her best, and even when the going gets tough, Emmi never gives in. This charming story uses verse and beautiful illustrations to model resilience, persistence, and the ability to face challenges with tenacity. Children who are resilient are brave, curious, confident and problem solvers. Nurturing these traits in our...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Educate2Empower Publishing, an imprint of Upload Publishing Pty Ltd 2020
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Summary: Every kid faces unique challenges, fears and pressures. Every kid can be brave. This book encourages kids to be brave in all the ways they can: trying new things, speaking their mind, confronting bullies, and more.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Running Press Kids 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MCADuff, Hilary
Summary: Inspiring young boys to be as gentle as they are strong, this beautiful book explores the tumbles and triumphs of childhood. New York Times bestselling author Hilary Duff fills the pages with wishes for her own son and encourages boys everywhere to embrace all that life has to offer them.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE DUFStuart, Scott
Summary: "My Dad has a shadow that's blue as a berry, and my Mum's is as pink as a blossoming cherry. There's only those choices, a 2 or a 1. But mine is quite different, it's both and it's none. A heartwarming and inspiring book about being true to yourself, by best-selling children's book creator Scott Stuart. This story considers gender beyond binary in a vibrant spectrum of colour." -- Provided by...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Larrikin House 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE STUSummary: Desperately seeking Stanley: On his birthday, Arthur's favorite present was Stanley, his teddy bear. Stanley protected Arthur when he was afraid of the dark and even when his new baby sister D.W. arrived. But Arthur is 8 years old now and doesn't need his furry friend anymore ... right? Tales from the crib: Vicita is upset at having to trade in her cherished crib for a big-girl bed, so D.W....
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Our Time Family Entertainment 2004
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1 available in Children's videos, Call number: DVD GROWeintraub, Aileen
Summary: "Meet 50 super-inspiring kids! It's never too early--and you're never too young-- to make a difference in the world! The amazing musicians, writers, scientists, athletes, activists, and other fascinating kids in this book accomplished great feats by the age of eighteen. They impacted people's lives by coming up with new inventions, making art and music, competing in sports, and speaking out...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Children's Books 2018
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Summary: "Learning to face your fears is critical for happiness and success. And parents, guardians, and mentors play an important role in teaching kids how to face their fears. With the help of You Can Face Your Fears, your child will be inspired to face some of the challenging things in their life. And room is made at the end of the book for adults and children to discuss how to face some of these...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Trendwood Press 2018
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: A teenage Jewish boy from Budapest finds himself in turmoil as Hitler's Final Solution becomes policy throughout Europe. Taken from his family and sent to a concentration camp, his existence becomes a surreal adventure in adversity in order to survive.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Thinkfilm 2006
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA FATSummary: Ponette is a sad little girl. She has survived a car crash that killed her mother and left her with a broken arm. Her father takes to live with an aunt, who has two children roughly her age, explaining to his tearful, disbelieving daughter that her mother is not coming back. Not understanding the finality of death in an adult way, Ponette wonders why if Jesus gets to rise from the dead, why...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 1998
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN PONBorba, Michele
Summary: The bestselling author of unselfie explains why the old markers of accomplishment (grades, test scores) are no longer reliable predictors of success in the 21st century - and offers 7 teachable traits that will safeguard our kids for the future. Michele Borba has been a teacher, educational consultant, and parent for 40 years - and she's never been more worried than she is about this current...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: G. P. Putnam's Sons 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Parent-Teacher Collection, Call number: JPT 155.4 BORSummary: David is a widowed science fiction writer who adopts Dennis, a young boy who claims to be from the Red Planet. David believes the child acts strangely in order to process the difficulty he has had in his young life, but soon both David and his sister, Liz, begin to wonder if the boy might be telling the truth.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: New Line Home Entertainment 2008
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY MARBullock, Mike
Summary: Joey and his stuffed animals must stop the evil schemes of the Beasties and with terrible news from the Stuffed Animal Kingdom, all that stands between the Beasties and children everywhere are Joey, Courtney, and their imaginations.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Image 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 BULSummary: A woodcutter's two children are led by a fairy through the past, present, and even the future to find the Bluebird of Happiness.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2006
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY BLUDonovan, Sam
Summary: "Daddy is the Mystery Reader at Tori's school today, and he's coming dressed as Miss Rita! Tori helps Daddy gloss, glitter, glamour, and glimmer to get ready. It takes time--because sparkle is serious business! Tori loves helping Daddy become Miss Rita. But will the other kids at school love Miss Rita like Tori does? Luckily, a last-minute idea helps Daddy and Tori find a way to make story time...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus Giroux 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE DONSummary: Based on a true story of a daring young girl who will stop at nothing and fear no one. In 1943, thirteen-year old Fanny and her younger sisters were sent from their home in France to an Italian foster home for Jewish children. When the Nazis arrive in Italy, their caretakers desperately organize the departure of the children to Switzerland. When they are suddenly left on their own, these eleven...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF FANWilliams, Nyasha
Summary: Nyasha Williams's latest picture book is a moving and powerful invitation to BIPOC children to fully explore their dreams for the future. Dreams provide purpose and meaning--they are ideas born of love. They take time to sprout and can sometimes be clouded by the doubts of others, BUT with patience and discipline, we can rely on our visions for a better world by following our dreams....
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Publisher / Publication Date: RP Kids 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE WILDewdney, Anna
Summary: "Join Llama Llama as he makes his way from A to Z in this colorful ABC board book illustrated in the classic Anna Dewdney style. From crayons to ice cream to kisses, Llama Llama introduces you to all of his favorite things"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2022