Fontaine, Valérie
Summary: "The young girl tells us that her mom's new friend is just like the big bad wolf. At first the wolf is sweet and kind to her mom, though the girl notices the wolf's cold eyes from the very beginning. When her mom arrives home late one day, the wolf suddenly hurls angry words and terrible names at her. From that day on her mother doesn't smile anymore. The girl is careful to clean her room and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 362.829 FONFisher, Valorie.
Summary: This book covers the alphabet, counting, opposites, shapes, colors, and seasons and uses bright photos of retro toys to illustrate these topics.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Schwartz & Wade 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FISValério, Geraldo
Summary: "On a dull gray day, a boy puts his dog on a leash and they walk to a shimmering pond where snowy white swans swim freely. One of the swans invites the boy and dog for a ride. They climb on its back and sail into a stunningly beautiful landscape, dotted with wildflowers, spoonbills and ibises. Foxes, rabbits and deer appear in this paradise, then butterflies and even bigger, more beautiful...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE VALSoria, Destiny
Summary: "Happily Ever After" is a total scam, but at least this time the princess is the one controlling the grift--until her true love arrives and threatens to ruin the whole scheme. Intrigue, magic, and wit abound in this Cinderella fairytale reimagining. I'm not who you think I am. My transformation from a poor, orphaned scullery maid into the enchantingly mysterious lady who snagged the heart of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Del Rey 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SORCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC SORSelkowe, Valrie M.
Summary: Danny Duck needs something to take to a "green" contest at a spring party and surprises himself by what he actually takes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books 1985
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC SELMillner, Denene
Summary: "Join New York Times bestselling author Denene Millner as she explores the lives of three generations of women tied together by love, hope, dreams, ambition...and family secrets in this epic novel. Meet Grace: raised by her beloved grandmother in tension-filled, post-segregation Virginia, Grace is barely a teenager when she loses her grandmother. Shellshocked, she is shipped up North to live...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Forge, Tor Publishing Group 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MILBlackman, Malorie
Summary: Sephy is a Cross- dark-skinned and beautiful, she lives a life of privilege and power. But she burns with injustice at the world she sees around her. Callum is a nought- pale-skinned and poor, he's considered to be less than nothing. But he dreams of a better life.Then - in spite of a world that is fiercely against them - these star-crossed lovers choose each other. But this is love story that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC BLAFisher, Valorie.
Summary: "From dressing oneself to mastering colors, patterns, and even making the bed, Fisher's encouraging book balances the known and the new."--Publishers Weekly.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Schwartz & Wade Books 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FISLuiselli, Valeria
Summary: "From the two-time NBCC Finalist, a fiercely imaginative novel about a family's summer road trip across America--a journey that, with breathtaking imagery, spare lyricism, and profound humanity, probes the nature of justice and equality in America today. A mother and father set out with their kids from New York to Arizona. In their used Volvo--and with their ten-year-old son trying out his new...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction Luiselli 2019Luiselli, Valeria
Summary: "Bon vivant, world traveler, auctioneer--the story of Highway and his teeth is like Johnny Cash meets Robert Walser in Mexico"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Coffee House Press 2015
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Summary: "Oceans 11 goes to the arcade in this wildly entertaining heist adventure. We do this my way. No one gets hurt. And if I call it off, it's off. Got it? My name's Darius James--but everyone calls me DJ. At my old school, I was the go-to guy for all kinds of tricky problems that needed creative solutions. But at my new school, Ella Fitzgerald Middle, I'm just trying to blend in. Well, I was,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC HOWValerio, Geraldo
Summary: A little girl falls asleep, her book in hand, and as she dreams an astonishing adventure unfolds. This wordless picture book celebrates the joy and freedom that can be found in stories, dreams and the imagination.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE VALWicker, Valeria
Summary: Inspired by a visit to an art museum, Raven sets out to create a masterpiece but her discarded mistakes start stalking her, teaching her to accept her imperfections.
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Publisher / Publication Date: JIMMY Patterson Books/Little, Brown and Company 2020
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Summary: "Running through town to get a pizza for himself and his mother, Pinky unwittingly becomes covered in snow; now everyone thinks he is a walking snowman!"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE GORGorbachev, Valeri.
Summary: When Christopher Rabbit learns to count in school, he enjoys it so much that he counts everything in sight, including how many baskets his friends make when they play basketball and how many peas and carrots are on his plate.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE GORMillner, Denene
Summary: When Sarah's hair falls out, her search for the right products leads her to invent something better than what she's used before and inspires her start her own business.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rebel Girls 2019
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED MILMillner, Denene
Summary: In this heartfelt story about self-discovery, Miles Morales, aka Spider-Man, explores what it means to be an artist, a superhero and himself as he befriends a fellow artist who helps him learn more about his Puerto Rican heritage and the importance of his neighborhood.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Marvel 2023
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Summary: The story of the Brunis, a family of farmers from the Italian Padan plain who have worked the land since time immemorial, and the homeless multitudes, travelers, and tinkers roaming Europe during the hardscrabble nineteen twenties and thirties.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Europa Editions 2012
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Summary: On their first visit to a playground, two little chickens are afraid to play until a beaver helps them go down the slide.
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Publisher / Publication Date: North-South Books 2001
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Summary: One of Mother Hen's little chicks is missing. Did they leave him in the house? Is he hiding in his bed, or under a bush? Mother Hen and the neighbors search high and low, but there's still no sign of the missing chick.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2009
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Summary: Molly buys so many balloons for all her animal friends at the fair, she gets carried away into the air.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 2009
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE GORGorbachev, Valeri.
Summary: Two little chickens are worried about their first day of school and hope they will make new friends.
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Publisher / Publication Date: North-South Books 2003
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE GORGorbachev, Valeri.
Summary: After hearing a bedtime story about penguins, Turtle dresses as a penguin for school and soon the entire class is having a penguin day.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE GORGorbachev, Valeri.
Summary: Although they disagree about Bootsy the cat's individual talents, a brother and sister do agree that he's a very special pet.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2010