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Summary: Wesley, a tenth grader, tries to navigate through life, despite having divorced parents, a father who has come out as gay ,and a popular friend who also comes out as gay right after winning a school election.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Unbridled Books 2012
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KRAViva, Frank
Summary: During the course of a day spent with Grampa, Owen learns silly dances to fight the urge to pee.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 VIVPitman, Gayle E.
Summary: A child celebrates her Maddy, who is neither mommy nor daddy but a little bit of both, like so many things in nature. Includes note to parents.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Magination Press 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE PITFleming, Meg
Summary: "A rhyming picture book about the loving parent-child relationship in animal and human families"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beach Lane Books 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FLESteel, Danielle
Summary: Jane Addison is an ambitious young woman with big dreams of owning her own company someday. At twenty-eight, she arrives in New York to start a job at Fletcher and Benson, a prestigious talent agency. Eager to impress her new colleagues, Jane jumps right in as an assistant to Hailey West, one of the agents in the literary department. Even though she's a newcomer, Jane quickly realizes that...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC STEESteel, Danielle
Summary: Five successful women play for high stakes in their careers at a boutique literary and talent agency where newcomer Jane Addison quickly discovers there are damaging secrets hidden behind its doors. Jane Addison is an ambitious young woman with big dreams of owning her own company someday. At twenty-eight, she arrives in New York to start a job at Fletcher and Benson, a prestigious talent...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC STECopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC STEKelley, Ceece
Summary: "A guardian angel sibling sends a well-wishing message to the newest addition of their family. But how is it delivered? Filled with whimsical illustrations and a touch of magic, Rainbow Letters celebrates rainbow babies--children born after pregnancy or infant loss--while capturing the beauty of life and beyond."--Amazon website.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Soaring Kite Books 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE KELStutzman, Jonathan
Summary: A parent's ode to everything their child is, and will be, capable of doing as they grow. Tonight, each small hand fits inside their parent's hand. But soon, this hand will grow-- to dig deep in the dirt, make masterpieces and mistakes, and tell stories only it can tell. With text that captures the potential in every child and glowing art that exudes warmth, this book braids three children's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2023
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Summary: Twelve-year-old Averil is on a mission to find the creator of the phone app her helicopter parents use to keep track of her.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nancy Paulsen Books 2024
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2 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC PARKuo, Julia
Summary: Illustrations and text celebrate the special moments--both big and small--that a caregiver and child share.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2022
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE KUOMarino, Gianna
Summary: "It's deep winter in the Antarctic and a little penguin baby waits in the cold and snow for its mama to return from her long journey to find food. But all the while, the baby is protected and kept warm by its papa, until Mama returns with food ... and love."--Publisher's webpage
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2022
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Summary: "Fifteen-year-old Tess Turner of Manchester, England, decides to stop speaking in the wake of discovering a heartbreaking family secret"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2016
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC PITDavies, Nicola
Summary: A young boy and his family are trying to overcome the loss of his father. The natural world becomes part of the healing process.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graffeg 2017
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Summary: With the Board of Inspectors threatening to shut down Rotten School, Bernie Bridges only has time for one last money-making scheme, but his friends are too obsessed with a role-playing video game to help him.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Children's Books 2007
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED STIYoshitake, Shinsuke
Summary: A little boy imagines all the things he will be able to open once he gets bigger, but for now he needs his parents' help.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE YOSBeer, Sophie
Summary: Whether you have one parent, two moms, two dads, a mom and a dad, or another wonderful caregiver, there's one thing that makes a family a family ... and that's love.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 2018
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Summary: When Aidan was born, everyone thought he was a girl. But once he came out as a trans boy, Aidan and his parents fixed the parts of his life that didn't fit anymore, and he settled happily into being himself. Then Mom and Dad announce that they're having another baby, and Aidan wants to get everything right for his new sibling. But what does it mean to "get everything right"? And what happens if...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lee & Low Books Inc. 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE LUKCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE LUKGurtler, Janet
Summary: Ever since her father disappeared Shyanna's home has been a sad place, but if the twelve-year old mermaid can conquer her stage fright before the Melody Pageant, she hopes to win the contest and bring song back to her mother's life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint 2015
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Summary: Kay Powell, theatrical agent to non-human animals, is babysitting--that is, birdsitting--her client, a parrot named Barney, on the set of his new TV show, Dead City. When the show's charismatic star is shot in his trailer between scenes, the only eyewitness to the crime is--you guessed it--Barney. And even though Kay keeps explaining that even a "talking" parrot doesn't actually converse with...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: M COPMcAnulty, Stacy
Summary: After meeting a dog during a walk, a little girl declares that she wants one hundred dogs, but as her parents point out all the difficulties, she gradually reduces the number--until she gets the one dog she really wants.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MCAMoore, Graham
Summary: When electric light innovator Thomas Edison sues his only remaining rival for patent infringement, George Westinghouse hires untested Columbia Law School graduate Paul Ravath for a case fraught with lies, betrayals, and deception.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MOOCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MOOCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction Moore 2016Helakoski, Leslie.
Summary: Woolbur, a sheep with a mind of his own, never seems to follow the flock, despite his parents' reminders about how he should behave.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2008
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE FIC HELCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC HelCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FICTION HelakoskiCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE HELCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE HELPastis, Stephan
Summary: Wendy the Wanderer's overprotective father never lets her go anywhere alone, so when he hires a babysitter, Wendy decides to venture out into Trubble Town alone where she meets Squirrely McSquirrel and other townsfolk.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin 2021
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Summary: When her mother goes on a business trip, a little girl, who loves to sit between Mama and Mommy at the table, misses her a lot and feels empty until Mommy finally comes home, filling the void with love.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2022