George, Jessica Day
Summary: Creel can't believe her aunt wants to sacrifice her to the local dragon. It's a ploy to lure a heroic knight so that he will fight the dragon, marry Creel out of chivalrous obligation, and lift the entire family out of poverty. Creel isn't worried. After all, nobody has seen a dragon in centuries. But when the beast actually appears, Creel not only bargains with him for her life, she also ends...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books, Inc. 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD FIC GEOTaylor, Chloe
Summary: While trying to launch an online store, Zoey promises to create special outfits for friends and finds herself overwhelmed when things do not work as she expected.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Spotlight 2014
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1 available in J Series, Call number: J FIC TAYWang, Jen
Summary: Paris, at the dawn of the modern age: Prince Sebastian is looking for a bride--or rather, his parents are looking for one for him. Sebastian is too busy hiding his secret life from everyone. At night he puts on daring dresses and takes Paris by storm as the fabulous Lady Crystallia--the hottest fashion icon in the world capital of fashion! Sebastian's secret weapon (and best friend) is the...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: First Second, an imprint of Roaring Brook Press 2018
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Place a hold to request this item.Steig, William
Summary: Plucky Irene, a dressmaker's daughter, braves a fierce snowstorm to deliver a new gown to the duchess in time for the ball.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Square Fish 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC STECopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction Steig 1986Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE STEStrauss, Linda Leopold.
Summary: If the wedding dress young Hanna's family is making is not chosen for the princess, they will go to the poor house but thanks to Hanna's sharp eyes and artistic ability, her father stands a very good chance of becoming Embroiderer to the Princess.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Company 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE STRSummary: In season four, years have passed, and Velvet Galleries continues to stand as the beacon for fashion and taste. Women in the 1960s, however, are no longer content to dream of unaffordable clothes but demand quality apparel for themselves. The store cannot afford to cater exclusively to the wealthy. As the season begins, top designer Ana prepares to bring ready-to-wear fashion to Velvet. A...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV VELBehar, Ruth
Summary: In 1938, eleven-year-old Esther joins her father in tropical, multicultural Cuba, where they toil together to rescue the rest of their Jewish family from persecution in Poland. Includes notes about the author's grandmother, on whom the story is based.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Nancy Paulsen Books 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC BEHJones, Kelly (Kelly Anne)
Summary: Deciding to become a spy after her father is killed and his money goes missing, Annis Whitworth uses her talent for sewing magical garments to open a dressmaking shop as a cover while she quietly searches for her father's murderer.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2017
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1 available in Adult, Call number: YA FIC JONBehar, Ruth
Summary: "La inspiradora historia de una joven judía que escapa de Polonia para rehacer su vida en Cuba, mientras trabaja para rescatar al resto de su familia. La situación se está poniendo terrible para los judíos en Polonia en vísperas de la Segunda Guerra Mundial. El padre de Esther ha huido a Cuba y ella es la primera en seguir sus pasos y reencontrarse con él en la isla. Vivir separada de su...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Español 2021
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 468 SPANISH BEHIvison, Lucy
Summary: At Serendipity House, a grand mansion in 1920s London, two girls, one living downstairs as a servant and the other living in wealth upstairs, combine their fashion designing and dressmaking talents to secretly make outfits for the debutante ball and helpone attendee who wants to escape high-society life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Razorbill 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC IVIAhdieh, Renée
Summary: "In 19th century New Orleans, Celine, a dressmaker from Paris, becomes embroiled in a murder mystery that's connected to a glamorous supernatural cohort"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2019
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: In season three, Velvet Galleries continues to be ground zero for money, fashion, drama, entanglements, love, jealousies, plots, and counter-plots involving its owners, customers, and residential employees. Looming over all is the love story between Alberto and Ana. Torn between family obligations and the cry of his heart, Alberto resolves to leave his wife and commit to Ana. However, a...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV VELPark, Linda Sue
Summary: In Dakota Territory in the 1880s, half-Chinese Hanna and her white father face racism and resistance to change as they try to make a home for themselves. Includes author's note.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC PARCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in JT Fiction, Call number: JT Fiction Park 2020Zeldis, Kitty
Summary: For fans of Fiona Davis, Beatriz Williams, and Joanna Goodman, a mesmerizing historical novel from the bestselling author of Not Our Kind about three women in post-World War I New York City and the secrets they hold. Brooklyn 1919. As New York City continues to reel from the losses of both World War I and the deadly influenza epidemic, the lives of three very different women are about to take...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ZELCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ZELWinslet, Kate
Summary: Returning to her small Australian town after decades abroad mastering the art of dressmaking, a woman begins making articles of clothing that arouse competition and envy in town, but it soon becomes clear that her mind is set on revenge.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Broadgreen 2016