Summary: A young witch named Kiki and her chatty black cat Jiji befriend a bakery owner. Kiki is an enterprising young girl, but she must follow tradition in order to become a full-fledged witch. Landing in a far-off city, and with the help of her new friend, she sets up a high-flying delivery service and begins a wonderful experience of independence and responsibility as she finds her place in the world.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment 2010
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: An animated sci-fi spoof television series about a 20th century pizza delivery boy's life and adventures working with aliens and robots at the Planet Express Corporation in the 31st century.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment. 2009
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV FUTSummary: In this sci-fi spoof, Fry, a slacker pizza delivery man, is accidentally frozen on New Year's Eve 1999. He is awakened on New Year's Eve 2999 and tries to adapt to life in the 31st century, working for an interplanetary delivery service.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2003
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV FUTFradkin, Philip L.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2002
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 338.341 FRAHarness, Cheryl.
Summary: Relates the history of the Pony Express from when it began to carry messages across the American West in April 1860 until the telegraph replaced it in October 1861.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 1996
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 383.14 HARKay, Verla.
Summary: A family's cross-country communication changes during the development and demise of the Pony Express. Includes author's note about the history of mail delivery in the United States, with "notable dates."
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE KAYWilliams, Jean Kinney.
Summary: Describes how the Pony Express began, the men who worked for it, its importance and its demise. The mid-1800s was a time of unrest in the United States. New land was being settled. The Civil War was waiting the wings. Communication from one side of the continent to the other was slow and unreliable. It was a prime time for a fresh, new idea. Out of this necessity sprung the pony express. The...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Compass Point Books 2003