Summary: From seventeen acclaimed Black male and nonbinary authors comes a vibrant collection of stories, comics, and poems about the power of joy and the wonders of Black boyhood.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC BLACopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC MBASummary: "In a collection of more than 150 original pieces created by members of POPS (Pain of the Prison System) the Club around the country, high-school students express their sorrow, confusion, anger, bewilderment, hopes, and dreams through poetry, essays, haiku, rap lyrics, drawings, paintings, photos, and collages. They tell stories that reflect different circumstances and experiences, but all...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Out of the Woods Press 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 810.8 DRESummary: ""In almost any culture, at any time, you can find food writing," writes guest editor Mark Bittman in his introduction. "Food means growing and hardship, and health and medicine, and work and holiday. In its abundance it is a gift and a joy, and in its absence a curse and a tragedy. If a culture has writing, that culture has food writing." The stories in this year's Best American Food Writing...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 641.3 BESRolfs, Joan.
Summary: Well known collectors Joan and Robin Rolfs have created this wonderful new collector's guide to the fascinating world of talking dolls and children's toys. The full spectrum of the hobby is included in this elegant book. From the first talking dolls by Edison and others to the modern talking dolls of today, this books illustrates and describes hundreds of collectable talking dolls and toys in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mulholland Press 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 745 ROLSummers, Beth
Contents: Dolls -- Gift sets -- Fashions -- Paper dolls -- Animals -- Activity sets -- Household -- Paper goods -- Publications -- Miscellaneous.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Collector Books 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 688.7 SUMAhuvia, Aaron
Summary: An "exciting and engaging" investigation (Jonah Berger) of the secret, tangled emotional relationships people have with things--drawing on cutting-edge findings from the fields of psychology, neuroscience, and marketing. Books, baseball cards, ceramic figurines, art, iPhones, clothing, cars, music, dolls, furniture, and even nature itself. If you're like most people, at some point in your life...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown Spark 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.487 AHUSummary: A compilation of essays on claiming control of your life, whether it's reducing clutter in your home or learning to say "no" without guilt. The authors share the fulfillment that comes from focusing on what matters most in your life-- your family, your friends, and even your self.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chicken Soup for the Soul Publishing, LLC 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 646.7 CHIConroy, Pat
Summary: "A Lowcountry Heart: Reflections on a Writing Life by Pat Conroy is a new nonfiction collection of letters, interviews, and magazine articles spanning Conroy's long literary career, supplemented by touching pieces from the beloved author's many friends. A Lowcountry Heart collects some of Conroy's most charming pieces of short nonfiction, many of them addressed directly to his readers with his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nan A. Talese/Doubleday 2016
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 813 CONBrezenoff, Steven
Summary: Jason is thrilled when his best friend, Wilky, gives him a Zeus action figure for his birthday. Now his set of twelve mythological gods is complete. Or is it? Moments later, his aunt gives him a mysterious thirteenth doll -- the Medusa doll. At first, Jason can't believe his luck -- but he soon discovers that the doll has a sinister side. Now the race is on to destroy the doll before it can...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books 2021
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE BREHills, Tad
Summary: Rocket the dog is excited about the 100th day of school and enlists the help of his friends to collect one hundred special things to bring to class, from heart-shaped stones found with Mr. Barker to feathers Owl provides, but will he find enough items in time?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Schwartz & Wade Books 2014
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1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN HILCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN HILLloyd-Jones, Sally
Summary: When disaster strikes, Mr. Pockles, a reclusive little dog with a big hat collection, comes to the aid of renowned panda, Lady Satsuma, and begins collecting friends.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Schwartz & Wade Books 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE LLORothschild, Hannah
Summary: "Annie McMorrow, 31 and not recovered from the end of her long-term relationship, is an assistant to film producer Carlo Spinetti and then to his chilling wife Rebecca Winkleman Spinetti whose father started Winkleman Fine Art in Curzon St. Annie has spent her meagre savings on a dusty painting from a junk shop to give to her new, unsuitable, boyfriend who never shows up for his birthday...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ROTSummary: "This ground-breaking anthology features the compelling and courageous memoirs of eighteen queer Arab writers - some internationally bestselling, others using pseudonyms. Here, we find heart-warming connections and moments of celebration alongside essays exploring the challenges of being LGBTQ+ and Arab. From a military base in the Gulf to loving whispers caught between the bedsheets; and from...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Saqi Books 2022
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Summary: A collection of over 100 short stories and rhymes that illustrate the virtues of generosity, honesty, compassion, loyalty, and others.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harvest House Publishers 1995
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 808.8 HUNStark, Andrew
Summary: When Liam, an Ojibwa boy, and his mom go to adopt a dog from the shelter, Liam chooses Gizmo, a Chihuahua mix with behavior problems.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, an imprint of Capstone 2023