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Summary: The Whangara people of New Zealand, believe their ancestor Paikea was saved from drowning by riding home on the back of a whale. The tribal group has since granted leadership positions to the first-born males, believing them to be descendants of Paikea. But then a young mother dies in childbirth along with her newborn male son. His twin sister survives and the little girl, Pai, is brought up by...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment 2003

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA WHA

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE WHA

Summary: After the death of his wife, newspaper columnist George Turner decided to move his family from Sydney to the small New Zealand seaside town of Weld. He wanted his kids, Shay and Arlo, to have a fresh start, but all did not go according to plan. In Season Two George must reunite his family and bring Shay home from her self-appointed exile in Australia. George is also finding out what it means to...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2017

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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV EIG

Summary: Set against the backdrop of Japanese occupied Shanghai in 1942, a young woman finds herself swept up in a radical plot to assassinate a ruthless and secretive intelligence agent. As she immerses herself in her role as a cosmopolitan seductress, she becomes entangled in a dangerous game of emotional intrigue, love and betrayal.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2008

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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN LUS

Summary: Sir Edmund Hillary was a bee-keeper, mountaineer, war veteran, explorer, philanthropist, husband, father, and the first person to ever reach the summit of Mount Everest. From his childhood in South Auckland, New Zealand, to the plane crash that killed his wife and daughter, the intriguing drama portrays the life, loves, and losses of one of the most famous explorers of all time.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: PBS 2018

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2 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV SIR

Summary: DSS Mike Shepherd and DC Kristin Simms return to uncover more macabre goings on in the quaint, murder-ridden town of Brokenwood. Beneath the town's peaceful veneer are buried secrets, treacherous lies, and murderous rivalries.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Acorn 2017

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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV BRO

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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV Series Brokenwood 2017

Summary: "After jointly inheriting a struggling vineyard in southern New Zealand, Sydney socialite Daisy Monroe and ex-London lawyer Louis Oakley are now trying to run it." --

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2023

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2 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV UND

Summary: Let's celebrate grandparents! Meet the older generations of some favorite PBS KIDS families through fun, grandparent-focused stories. Arthur gets knitting lessons from Grandma Thora; Rosie celebrates her Abuela's birthday from far away; Daniel is excited to spend the whole day with Grandpere; Donkey Hodie and Grampy enjoy some homemade chili together; and much, much more.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2023

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Juster, Norton

Summary: Looking through the kitchen window, a little girl and her doting grandparents watch stars, play games, and, most importantly, say hello and goodbye.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Michael di Capua Books/Hyperion Books for Children 2005

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Caldecott Juster 2005

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC JUS

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE JUS

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE JUS

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE JUS

McNamee, Lyn

Summary: "Don't just see the sights-get to know the people. New Zealand, or Aotearoa (the Land of the Long, White Cloud ) as it is known by the Maori population, is a land of myth and reality, contrast and contradiction, rolling hills and glacial mountains, native bush and gentle farmland. Its people are friendly and welcoming and will often go the extra mile to help you without expecting anything in...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Kuperard 2022

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 919.3 NEW

Summary: After inheriting a failing vineyard in rural New Zealand, a socialite from Sydney and a lawyer from London, who both lack experience, try to find a way to make it succeed.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2022

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2 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV UND

Summary: The red balloon: A French boy named Pascal discovers a stray red balloon in the streets of Paris. Pascal and the balloon become fast friends and share many adventures.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2023

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1 available in NEW Digital Video Disc, Call number: BLU-RAY FOREIGN RED

Reidy, Jean

Summary: "Celebrates the special bond between grandparents and their grandchildren."--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2022

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction Reidy

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE REI

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE REI

Thompson, Christina

Summary: Relates the author's marriage as an American middle-class student to a Maori tradesman from a background of rural poverty, and explores their relationship within the wider context of the cultural clash between Europeans and Maoris throughout New Zealand's history.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2008

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 993.01 THO

Summary: In 2010, the eyes of the world turned to Chile, where 33 miners had been buried alive by the catastrophic explosion and collapse of a 100-year-old gold and copper mine. Over the next 69 days, an international team worked night and day in a desperate attempt to rescue the trapped men as their families and friends, as well as millions of people globally, waited and watched anxiously for any sign...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD 33 RATED PG-13

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA THI

Bontigao, Lynnor

Summary: "Nora loves spending summers with Lola at her sari-sari store, a treasure trove filled with everything you could need, from hair accessories to toys, creamy yema to sour tamarind candy. And this year, Nora is big enough to help her grandmother. But when a heat wave strikes and no one comes to the store, Nora worries that she won't get to spend the rest of the summer with her lola -- until she...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2023

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Chandler, Matt

Summary: Twelve-year-old Ella loves visiting her grandparents in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina every summer, and this year her grandfather announces they are going catfish noodling--but Ella is unsure about catching a fish with her bare hands.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, an imprint of Capstone 2024

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC CHA

Harrington, Claudia

Summary: Lenny follows Layla for a school project and learns what it is like to live with grandparents.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Looking Glass Library, an imprint of Magic Wagon 2016

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE FIC HAR

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE HAR

Summary: Take a dream cruise around the world's most dramatic coastlines to more than 20 countries. The stunning landscapes of Nova Scotia and Cape Breton; the beauty of the Caribbean; the Mayan ruins; the Panama Canal; Big Sur's coastline; Alaska's wilderness. Norway's fjords; Scotland's lochs and glens; the Rhine's castles and medieval cities; France's rivers; Lisbon's contrasts; Gibraltar's caves;...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Questar Entertainment 2004

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910.2 SCE

Summary: The year is 1984, and on the rural east coast of New Zealand Michael Jackson's 'Thriller' is changing kids' lives. 'Boy' is a dreamer who lives with his brother Rocky and his Nan. When Boy's father, Alamein, returns home after seven years away, Boy is forced to confront the man he thought he remembered, find his own potential, and learn to get along without the hero he had been looking for.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Kino Lorber, Inc. 2013

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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY BOY

Sateren, Shelley Swanson

Summary: Tabitha Catarina's world revolves around cats, and there are certainly plenty of them at Tabby Towers, her grandparents' cat hotel, but she would really like to have her Himalayan cat, Bootsie, with her too--trouble is that Bootsie proves to be unexpectedly and implacably hostile to the other cats.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint 2018

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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE SAT

Summary: The true-life story of Janet Frame, New Zealand's most distinguished author. The film follows Frame along her inspiring journey, from a poverty-stricken childhood to a misdiagnosis of schizophrenia and electroshock therapy to, finally, literary fame.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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Greenlaw, Suzanne

Summary: "In this Own Voices Native American picture book story, a modern Wabanaki girl is excited to accompany her grandmother for the first time to harvest sweetgrass for basket making"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Tilbury House Publishers 2021

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE GRE

Mook-Sang, Jennifer

Summary: "When grandma moves in, a precocious child shares her tips for making her feel at home in this funny picture book, for fans of How to Babysit a Grandma."--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Tundra 2023

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MOO

Zhang, Kelly

Summary: "When her beloved lăolao can't attend the Spring Lantern Festival, Lili is taken on a Chinese mythology-inspired adventure as she drifts off to sleep, where she finally gets to see the one person she wants to see most"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2024

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