Vignocchi, Chiara
Summary: It all begins with one tasty nut, hanging on the highest branch of a tree. A little Mouse looks at it longingly - he wants to eat it, so very much. But how can he get it down? By shaking the tree, of course! Can you, the reader, help him? Shake the tree - a little to the right (shake) ... and a little to the left (shake shake). But - uh-oh - something else is falling from the tree, and it's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walker Books 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: E VIGLagani, Chiara
Summary: "HBO's four-season TV adaptation of My Brilliant Friend has enjoyed success with critics and viewers in the U.S.; the novel has been adapted for the stage and radio plays. Here, for the first time, it is brought to vivid life as a graphic novel by one of Italy's most beloved illustrators. For Ferrante fans, for those new to Ferrante, for readers of graphic novels, Chiara Lagani's and Elena...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Europa Editions 2023
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 LAGCarminati, Chiara
Summary: Slumby is well-liked at school, but being too slow to play with his classmates at recess makes him sad until Armadillo gets in trouble and only Slumby can save him.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE CARVignocchi, Chiara
Summary: After shaking a tree to retrieve a tasty looking nut, mouse is suprised when something else falls out of the tree.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE VIGBarzini, Chiara.
Summary: "Mere weeks after the 1992 riots that laid waste to Los Angeles, Eugenia, a typical Italian teenager, is rudely yanked from her privileged Roman milieu by her hippie-ish filmmaker parents and transplanted to the strange suburban world of the San Fernando Valley. With only the Virgin Mary to call on for guidance as her parents struggle to make it big, Hollywood fashion, she must navigate her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BARColombi, Chiara
Summary: "Rocket is embarking on her first solo mission. Her goal? Place a satellite into orbit to take pictures of the beautiful unknown. With a few words of encouragement from Ground Control, Rocket sparks ignition and blasts off to discover all the beauty of outer space. But when it's time for reentry, she wonders if she can do it alone. With Ground Control's parting words in mind, Rocket trusts that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2024
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Summary: A teen girl, Aideen, makes a journey from self-protectively tough to ready and willing to face her main problem: her single mother's alcoholism.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Teen, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC SMYSummary: Kill Bill Vol. 1: "Four years after taking a bullet in the head at her own wedding, The Bride emerges from a coma and decides it's time for payback-- with a vengeance! Having been gunned down by her former boss and his deadly squad of international assassins, it's a kill-or-be-killed fight she didn't start, but is determined to finish!"--Container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Miramax Home Entertainment 2004
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Summary: "When Weasel is caught in a storm, he builds a fortress to hide in. But then he meets Mole, who loves to play in the wind and splash in the rain. Can Weasel learn to overcome his fears and find joy, whatever the weather?" --Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tiger Tales 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE GAVSmyth, Ciara
Summary: If happy endings were real, Saoirse's mother would still be able to remember her name and not be in a care home with early onset dementia. And if she inherits the condition, Saoirse doesn't see the point in igniting any romantic sparks when she's bound to burn out. Until Saoirse meets Ruby, a girl with one blue freckle, an irresistible sense of mischief, and a passion for rom-coms. Ruby...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC SMYFlood, Ciara
Summary: Bear lives on his own in the middle of nowhere, and that's just the way he likes it. But when a family of rabbits builds their house right next to his, he isn't pleased. They keep knocking on his door and asking for things! Will bear ever learn to like his pesky new neighbors?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Bee Books 2015
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Summary: Presents a selection of stories inspired by traditional Indian folklore, in one of which, "All's Well with Mango Pickles," Prince Veera and his best friend, Suku, preside over the court of the prince's father and must solve the mystery of how jewels turned into pickles.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC CHISoundar, Chitra
Summary: The rain clouds are long gone and the dry season scorches the land. Everything is new for the baby giraffe. As she bounds ahead and lags behind, her mother patiently explains the ways of the grasslands. And until she grows a little taller, older, and wiser, her mother reminds her: "You're strong with me."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lantana Publishing 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SOUGavin, Ciara
Summary: "Bear is supposed to sleep through the winter, but he doesn't want to miss out on any of the fun. Fortunately, Mama Duck comes up with a plan that will help everyone have the perfect winter"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2016
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Summary: "One family celebrates the Hindu festival of lights"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Albert Whitman & Company 2019
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Summary: "In this Indian folktale, a young turtle shares a shallow lake with unlikely friends--two geese. But when the lake starts drying up, the stubborn turtle must follow his winged friends' advice, or he'll be left out to dry."--Back cover
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, an imprint of Capstone 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 SOUCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC SOU (Graphic Novel)Chhabra, Maya
Summary: "Chiara is gliding through her senior year with ease, with a great babysitting job, a loyal best friend, a loving Indian-Italian immigrant family, and a shot at the summer ice-skating camp of her dreams. Then, out of nowhere, she starts having violent and unwanted thoughts and obsessions. The thoughts won't leave Chiara alone, making her wonder if she's a bad, violent person. Chiara decides to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: West 44 Books, an imprint of Enslow Publishing 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC CHHUegaki, Chieri
Summary: Hana decides to play violin in the school talent show, but when the show day arrives, Hana is overcome with nerves until she recalls her grandfather's encouraging words, and shows the audience how beautiful music can take many forms.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kids Can Press 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE UEGAchebe, Chinua.
Summary: A fictional account of African politics that prophesieses social change.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Press/Doubleday 1987
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ACHFlood, Ciara
Summary: Flynn is excited to try out his new bed, but first he has to take care of a rather large problem.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Andersen Press USA 2017
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Summary: In their blended family, Mama Duck worries when Bear eats too much jam, but when the ducklings play a game with their vegetables, Bear starts to eat the strange green things on his plate.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2017
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Summary: Bear and a family of ducks try to find the perfect home to share, but what suits the bear does not suit the ducks, and what suits the ducks does not suit Bear.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE GAVWilson, Ciara
Summary: Rhyming text shows the importance of believing in oneself and perseverence to achieve any goals.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE WILDivakaruni, Chitra Banerjee
Summary: "A beautiful, powerful new novel from the bestselling, award-winning author of Sister of My Heart and The Mistress of Spies about three generations of mothers and daughters who must discover their greatest source of strength in one another--a masterful, brilliant tale of a family both united and torn apart by ambition and love. The daughter of a poor baker in rural Bengal, India, Sabitri yearns...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2016