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Summary: Dominic, Rose, and Nancy are three children whose families have been torn apart, their homes destroyed, their innocence lost, and who currently reside in a displaced persons camp in Patongo. These children attend a school where they can momentarily forget the brutal realities of their lives, as they participate in music, song and dance. When they are invited to compete in an annual music and...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Thinkfilm, LLC 2008

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC WAR
1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF WAR

Davis, Katie

Summary: Recounts the story of a young woman's moving to Uganda and founding Amazima ministries, a nonprofit organization to feed and educate children.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Howard Books 2012

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Loggins, Kenny

Summary: In this version of the pop rock song "Footloose," zookeeper Jack joins the zoo animals in an all-night dance party.

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Multi-Media Kits, Call number: KIT J ORANGE FOO

Israel, Laurie

1 hold on 2 copies

Summary: "Nancy is one happy camper when she decides to have a camping trip in the backyard. But when it begins to rain, Nancy will need to bring all the wonders of the great outdoors...indoors!" --

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Festival, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2019

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O'Connor, Jane.

Summary: What starts out as dancing school just for Dad quickly turns into a ballet class for Nancy's whole family. Fans of Fancy Nancy will delight in learning to pli,̌ pirouette, and jet w̌ith Nancy as she demonstrates all of the positions she's learned in ballet class.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: HarperFestival 2013

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Nambi, Shoshana

Summary: "Sukkot is Shoshi's favorite Jewish holiday. She and her brothers love to decorate their sukkah, the hut where her family will celebrate. But who will win the Ugandan Abayudaya community's annual sukkah contest? While only one sukkah can be the best, everybody wins when neighbors work together."--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Kalaniot Books 2022

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE NAM

Janes, J. Robert (Joseph Robert)

Summary: "Occupied France, December 1942. Seven days before Christmas, Jean-Louis St-Cyr of the French Surete Nationale and his partner Hermann Kohler of the Gestapo are dispatched to a village in Provence to investigate what appears to be a "local" murder. An attractive, well-dressed woman lies dead on a hillside, an iron-tipped bolt through her heart. Was it a crime of passion?" "The tight-lipped...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Soho Press 2001

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC JAN

Tullet, Hervé

Summary: "Hervé Tullet invites you to a joyful dance where your hand is the star and the book your stage. A gentle glide to start things off, a few little leaps, then big bouncy jumps--growing in complexity and animation finally building to a crescendo of color, action, and movement!"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Handprint Books 2023

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE TUL

Silbernagel, Robert

Summary: "The Cadotte family became involved in the fur trade during the French colonial period, and members of the family played key roles after the British takeover of the region and then during the American period. They worked with the North West Company, the American Fur Company, and other firms; they served in the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, and in numerous conflicts involving Native...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Wisconsin Historical Society Press 2020

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Hist US Silbernagel

Yang, Kelly

Summary: Knox works to keep his family together as they move from Hong Kong back to northern California during the initial outbreak of the coronavirus.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2022

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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC YAN

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC YAN

Kaguri, Twesigye Jackson.

Summary: A founder of the Nyaka and Kutamba AIDS Orphans Schools describes how he returned to his native Uganda after college and was compelled by the dire circumstances of his village's AIDS orphans to make tuition-free education available.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2010

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 372 KAG

Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)

Summary: Now every child can celebrate the 100th anniversary of Lucy Maud Montgomery's ever-popular story! First introduced in Anne of Green Gables as a young orphan, Montgomery's feisty and imaginative heroine is now 16 years old and embarking on a new adventure: becoming a teacher in her old Avonlea school. It's an exciting year as Anne struggles to win over all her students, welcomes two new members...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Oasis Audio 2019

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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: CD J FIC MON

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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD MON

Welsh, Clare Helen

Summary: "A story about sisters. A story about love. A story about how it feels when someone close to you is diagnosed with a serious illness. A book to help name and explore the complicated feelings borne of heartbreaking situations."--Amazon.com

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Kane Miller, a division of EDC Publishing 2020

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE WEL

Trudel, Marcel.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Hurtubise HMH 1983

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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R-GEN 929.371 TRU

Tinn-Disbury, Tom

Summary: Brian the lion loves to dance, but since lions are supposed to be fierce he hides his talent from his lion friends--until they explain that they also have talents that are not particularly fierce.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Editions, an imprint of Capstone 2022

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE TIN

Summary: Anne Shirley is thirteen years old and finds that life in Avonlea is never simple. Torn between her free-spirited nature and her own perceived need to become sensible, Anne finds that the journey toward her goal is fraught with confusion and more than a few unfortunate yet amusing mishaps.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Distribution 2017

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ANN RATED PG

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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY ANN

Muth, Jon J.

Summary: Stillwater the giant panda's nephew, Koo, has a dream about saving the world, and Stillwater shows him that sometimes saving the world starts with doing the little things, like cleaning your room, and feeding the cat.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2023

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Agostini, Alliah L.

Summary: Shane, a boy with big dancing dreams, learns the meaning of courage and community.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers 2023

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE AGO

Summary: Fox Mulder and Dana Scully track suspicious cases that may be attributed to the supernatural or involve interplanetary activity. Memorable moments from this season include Mulder's appearance on Jerry Springer's talk show and Scully working with her partner to fake Mulder's death.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2005

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Summary: Sarah and her cousins continue to wreak havoc and land in trouble, much to the adults' dismay.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Sullivan Entertainment, Inc. 2009

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TV Ro 2

Berry, Julie

Summary: In mid-thirteenth century Provence, Dolssa de Stigata is a fervently religious girl who feels the call to preach, condemned by the Inquisition as an "unnatural woman," and hunted by the Dominican Friar Lucien who fears a resurgence of the Albigensian heresy; Botille is a matchmaker trying to protect her sisters from being branded as gypsies or witches--but when she finds the hunted Dolssa dying...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2016

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC BER

Sterling, Holly

Summary: Thomas wants to be a ballet kid! He and his friends meet at the dance studio to take lessons from Mr. Elliot, their ballet instructor. The children stand at the barre and practice their feet positions--first position, second position--as well how to plie and releve. And then it's time to saute, or jump! Finally, the ballet kids get to choose their costumes for the Winter Show where they are...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2022

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Summary: Ballet made fun and easy! These acclaimed programs created especially for preschoolers. Basic ballet steps are associated with adorable flower and animal characters that make it easy to remember ballet terminology. Picture to stimulate the child₂s creativity and imagination! Basic ballet steps include a warm-up, stretching/strengthening exercises, and fundamentals skills and creative movement....

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Kultur 2013

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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV BAL

Boynton, Sandra

Summary: A lively assortment of dancing dinosaurs enjoy the "shimmy shimmy shake," the "quivery quake," the "cha-cha-cha," and other foot-stomping moves.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Little Simon Books 2016

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