DiPucchio, Kelly S.
Summary: Chloe is very good at sewing and crafts and when her best friend's birthday approaches, she creates a fabulous gift but also saves the day for a classmate who had been unkind to her.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2012
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE DIPHarper, Charise Mericle
Summary: "Second grade isn't always a breeze for Birdie. There are just so many opportunities to embarrass herself! But Birdie's got a secret weapon that nobody knows about--her alter-ego, Crafty Cat.! Birdie can become Crafty Cat without anyone noticing, and she always manages to get herself out of a jam using her awesome crafting skills! When Birdie goes to a day-camp for crafting, she knows she's...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: First Second 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 HARZhang, Kat
Summary: Amy loves craft time at school. But when her teacher asks everyone to make their own dragon, Amy feels stuck. After school, a story from Grandma sparks new inspiration, and Amy rounds up her family to help her.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD ZHAHarper, Charise Mericle
Summary: "Sometimes school can be scary and even embarrassing, but not today. Today is Birdie's birthday, and everything will be perfect! Birdie's panda-riffic cupcakes are beautiful, and there's one for everyone. She will be the star of the class. But then ... disaster! A trip and fall on the way to school means no more cupcakes! Who can save the day? Who can make the class smile again? This is a job...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: First Second, an imprint of Roaring Brook Press 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 HARMaker, Martha
Summary: "Maddie, Sam, Emily, and Bella have been busy at their craft clubhouse--so busy, in fact, that their supplies are starting to dwindle. It's time to stock up! In order to add a little money to their piggy bank, the friends decide to combine their skills and create their own business: an agua fresca stand! But something's not quite right. While the stand looks fabulous, the agua fresca is...not....
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little Simon 2019
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE MAKSpires, Ashley
Summary: "Award-winning and bestselling author-illustrator Ashley Spires takes readers on an inspirational alphabet journey, as our favorite characters from THE MOST MAGNIFICENT THING introduce all the words little makers need to know. This informational picture book gives young kids and their grown-ups vocabulary that will help them on their creative journeys, touching on themes such as growth mindset,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Kids Can Press 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: While Ruby and Louise are making a memory poster, Max plays cowboy and makes a mess by spilling glitter and paint and ripping a tutu, but these mishaps just might make the poster even better.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE WELMaker, Martha
Summary: After their teacher announces that there will be an upcoming talent show, eight-year-old Maddie and her best friends are inspired to form a band and use their craft skills to make their own instruments.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little Simon 2018
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE MAKCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE MAKMaker, Martha
Summary: Best friends Emily and Maddie spend all their time together making crafts, but when Maddie begins spending more time with gadget whiz Bella, Emily worries that she is losing her best friend.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little Simon 2018
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE MAKCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE MAKGutman, Dan
Summary: Principal Klutz has invited a special guest to Ella Mentry School. Her name is Miss Aker, and she's going to show A.J. and his friends how to create cool things out of materials like balloons, straws, and even Popsicle sticks! But what happens when they make a robot so smart, it plans to rule the world? Can anyone stop it?!
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2021
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED GUTBrown, Monica
Summary: "When a little girl's cherished baby blanket becomes old and worn, it is made into a dress, and over the years it is made into even smaller and smaller items, eventually ending up as a bookmark and inspiring the creation of a book. Includes an author's note and a glossary"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Book Press, an imprint of Lee & Low Books Inc. 2015
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1 available in Juvenile World Languages, Call number: JE SPANISH BROHorning, Sandra
Summary: As baby makes art, code tells different types of computers how to create art.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House, LLC 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: BOARD HORBagley, Jessixa
Summary: Buckley and his mother cope with the loss of their father/husband by sending small wooden boats, built by Buckley, off into the ocean.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BAGCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE BAGBostwick, Marie
Summary: Hope Carpenter finds new purpose in a new phase of life when her husband's forced retirement strains both their savings and their marriage. Seeking inspiration and a financial boost, Hope gets a job teaching crafts to inmates at a local women's prison with surprising results.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Kensington Books 2019
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2 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BOSCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FICTION BOSDiPucchio, Kelly S.
Summary: After telling each of her best friends that her costume for The Parade of Books will match theirs, Chloe must come up with a crafty way of making Leo, Emma, and herself happy.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2013
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE DIPGellman, Ellie.
Summary: A boy makes a Braille Hanukkah dreidel for his father, who is blind. Includes instructions for making different types of dreidels.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Kar-Ben Pub. 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE GELLakin, Patricia
Summary: When it starts snowing one school day, Max and Mo, the art room hamsters, watch the "Big Ones" outside making snowmen, and they decide to make one too. Includes instructions for making a paper snowflake and snowman.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin 2007
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2 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN LAKSnelling, Lauraine
Summary: "A group of women realize that life is full of half-finished relationships and projects. However, they discover that the outcome is not as important as the journey"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Faith Words 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FICTION SNECopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Snelling 2019Berry, Jaime
Summary: Eleven-year-old crafter Jubilee Johnson's assumptions about her vagabond life, her estranged mother, and her idol, television's perfect crafter Arletta Paisley, start to change after Jubi and her grandmother move to a small Texas town.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC BERFreitas, Bethany V.
Summary: Curious George comes up with a quick and clever way to make homemade cards for all of his friends in time for Valentine's Day.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2018
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2 available in Juvenile Holidays - Springtime Holidays, Call number: JBR GREEN FRECopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Seasonal Juvenile Collection, Call number: JBR GREEN FRELakin, Patricia
Summary: When Max and Mo, two class hamsters, return to school and are placed in the Art Room, they use supplies found there to spell out their names for the students. Includes directions for making a nametag using household items.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin Paperbacks 2007
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1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN LAKOtheguy, Emma
Summary: Sofaia Acosta, a fifth grader trying to fit into her ballet-obsessed Cuban American family and her affluent suburban New York community, learns to speak up for herself and others when she mistakenly reveals a visiting dancer's plan to defect to the UnitedStates.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC OTHDaywalt, Drew
Summary: Forky, a toy created by Bonnie, gets new friends at Bonnie's school when the teacher announces that all the kids will be making craft buddies.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disney Press 2019
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Place a hold to request this item.Zhang, Kat
Summary: A follow-up to Amy Wu and the Perfect Bao finds Amy's love for arts and crafts challenged by her teacher's assignment to draw a dragon that reflects her own imagination.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2020