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Drawing Technique Drawing Technique Juvenile literature Herb gardening Herbs Herbs Therapeutic use Heroes in art Juvenile literature Heroes in literature Superheroes Juvenile literature World War, 1939-1945 Jewish resistance Juvenile literature World War, 1939-1945 Underground movements Juvenile literatureKorté, Steven
Summary: Wonder Woman--DC Comics' greatest female superhero--flies onto our What Is the Story Of? list. She is a founding member of the Justice League, a goddess, and an ambassador of the Amazonian people. Wonder Woman burst onto the comic book scene during World War II. For more than seventy years, she has been fighting for equality, power, and truth with her lasso of truth in one hand and her sword in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 741.5 KORKelly, Christa
Summary: "From movies and actors to video games and superheroes, these information-packed books cover the exciting world of entertainment. In the Entertainment Encyclopedias series, learn about influential movies that changed the film industry and impacted US culture, and get to know the actors who have brought these movies to life. Discover thrilling video games made in the 1950s and onward, and learn...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA 741.503 KELChild, Lee
Summary: "In his first work of nonfiction, the creator of the multimillion-selling Jack Reacher series explores the endurance of heroes from Achilles to Bond, showing us how this age-old myth is a fundamental part of what makes us human. He demonstrates how hero stories continue to shape our world - arguing that we need them now more than ever. From the Stone Age to the Greek Tragedies, from Shakespeare...
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Publisher / Publication Date: TLS Books 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 809.9 CHIHutchison, Patricia
Summary: Superhero stories may be fictional, but many are based in scientific principles. The Science of Superheroesexamines the science that comic book and movie-script writers build upon when creating their most fantastic stories. Easy-to-read text and vivid images bring this subject to life. Features include a table of contents, fast facts, a glossary, additional resources, and an index.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Core Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2016
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1 available in J Non Fic Series, Call number: J 741.5 HUTVandiver, Elizabeth
Summary: Professor Vandiver makes it clear why, after almost 3,000 years, the Homeric epics remain not only among the greatest adventure stories ever told, but also two of the most compelling meditations on the human condition ever written. Questions include, why does Achilles rage? What are the limits of our freedom? Who or what shapes our actions and our ends? Why do we love our own so strongly? Where...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 1999
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 883.01 VANVandiver, Elizabeth
Summary: Professor Vandiver makes it clear why, after almost 3,000 years, the Homeric epics remain not only among the greatest adventure stories ever told, but also two of the most compelling meditations on the human condition ever written. Questions include, why does Odysseus long so powerfully to go home? What are the limits of our freedom? Who or what shapes our actions and our ends? What holds...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 1999
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 883.01 VANTatar, Maria
Summary: "World-renowned folklorist Maria Tatar reveals an astonishing but long buried history of heroines, taking us from Cassandra and Scheherazade to Nancy Drew and Wonder Woman. How do we explain our newfound cultural investment in empathy and social justice? For decades, Joseph Campbell had defined our cultural aspirations in The Hero with a Thousand Faces, emphasizing the value of seeking glory...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Liveright Publishing Corporation 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 809 TATHutchison, Don.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mosaic Press 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 813.52 HUTZalme, Ron
Summary: Provides step-by-step instructions on drawing the heroes and villains of LEGO Legends of Chima.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 741.2 ZALReinagle, Damon J.
Summary: Offers step-by-step instructions for drawing dragons, castles, and other objects of the medieval world; covers basic skills as well as advanced drawing techniques.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Peel Productions 1995
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 743.87 REIChambers, Ailin
Summary: Learn how to draw your very own superheroes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gareth Stevens Publishing 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 743.4 ChaLee, Frank
Summary: Provides step-by-step instructions on drawing the main character of a graphic novel or comic, providing examples of heroes, including a caped superhero and good cop.
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Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids Press 2012
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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: J Arts LeeMeyer, Marissa
Summary: As she nears her goal of avenging the Renegades, who overthrew the villains to establish order from ruin, Nova grows close to justice-seeking Renegade Adrian, but her allegiance to the villains could destroy them both.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Feiwel and Friends 2017
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: Y FICTION MEYCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC MEYCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC MEYCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA Fanatsy Meyer 2017Donnelly, Jennifer
Summary: Isabelle is one of Cinderella's ugly stepsisters, who cut off their toes in an attempt to fit into the glass slipper; but there is more to her story than a maimed foot, for the Marquis de la Chance is about to offer her a choice and the opportunity to change her fate--there will be blood and danger, but also the possibility of redemption and triumph, and most of all the chance to find her true...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC DONCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC DONCooley, Joshua
Summary: Ask any 12-year-old kid to describe a hero, and you will get some of the following answers: a superstar athlete, a soldier on the front lines, or a guy in a cape who can jump over buildings. Most of our "heroes" are related to human achievement and glory, but the Bible has a very different concept. The list of people who were great in God's eyes might shock you. This devotional book is about...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. 2014
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Anthony, David
Summary: The heroes' baseball team, the Traverse City Salmon, are playing the Garden City Sprouts in the little league championship game. The Sprouts throw a curve ball and turn into pinch-hitting plant monsters.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sigil Pub. 2009
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1 available in J Series, Call number: J FIC ANTCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC ANTCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED ANTCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED ANTHartung, Tammi
Summary: A thorough resource explains how to plant, grow and harvest more than 100 herbs and details their many uses in cooking, home beauty and home healing.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Storey Publishing 2011
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 635 HARAfram, Pamela
Summary: "Meet Princess Shuri, the clever scientist behind Wakanda's remarkable technology. Join in the action as Shuri, her brother Black Panther, and their allies battle to protect Wakanda. Step into this amazing world in this thrilling Level 2 DK Reader. Exciting images, simple vocabulary, and a fun quiz will engage young Super Hero fans and help them build confidence in reading."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE AFRCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE AFRKinew, Wab
Summary: "Using rhyming lyrics from a previously written rap song, Midewin author, Manitoba politician, and creator Kinew tells the stories of diverse Indigenous heroes both historical and contemporary from the U.S. and Canada" --
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tundra Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House Canada Young Readers 2018
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Summary: "Discover nine ordinary women who took extraordinary measures to save lives during the Holocaust, resisting terror and torture while undercover or in hiding, in concentration camps, in forests, and in exile."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Second Story Press 2022