Shah, Sonali
Summary: It is time for Diwali, and Ariana is excited to participate in all the holiday traditions--but her three-year-old brother, Rafi, keeps making a mess of everything, and her parents just smile at his antics. Includes information about the holiday and its traditions.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SHAChokshi, Roshani
Summary: The Pandavas call on old friends, make new allies, and face fearsome trials as they embark on a mission to stop the Sleeper from accessing the nectar of immortality, but ultimately Aru must decide who deserves immortality--the devas or the asuras--and an unexpected answer comes from an unexpected place.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disney/Hyperion 2022
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Summary: "Aru Shah and her sisters--including one who also claims to be the Sleeper's daughter--must find their mentors Hanuman and Urvashi in Lanka, the city of gold, before war breaks out between the devas and asuras"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disney-Hyperion 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC CHOSmith, Roland
Summary: Fifteen-year-old Peak Marcello is invited to participate in an "International Peace Ascent" in the Hindu Kush, with a team made up of under-eighteen-year-old climbers from around the world--but from the first something seems wrong, so when the group is attacked, and most of the climbers are either killed or kidnapped, Peak finds himself caught up in a struggle to survive, shadowed by the Shen,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2015
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC SMISehgal, Kabir
Summary: Siblings Chintoo and Mintoo collect flowers and press the petals into a fine powder as they prepare for Holi, the Indian springtime Festival of Colors. Includes author's note.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Simon 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: BOARD SEHChokshi, Roshani
Summary: Accused of stealing the god of love's bow and arrow, Aru has ten days to find the real thief or risk being kicked out of the Otherworld.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disney Hyperion 2019
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1 available in J Series, Call number: J FIC CHOBarker, Nicola
Summary: "From Man Booker-shortlisted, IMPAC Award-winning author Nicola Barker comes an exuberant, multi-voiced new novel mapping the extraordinary life and legacy of a 19th-century Hindu saint. He is only four years older, but still I call him Uncle, and when I am with Uncle I have complete faith in him. I would die for Uncle. I have an indescribable attraction towards Uncle. It was ever thus. To the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2016
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Summary: Getting ready for Holi, the Hindu Festival of Colors, young Nikhil is nervous about the festivities until his family comes up with a silly solution for him to celebrate the messy colors of spring with everyone.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MATSummary: "The story of G.I. Gurdjieff and his travels to achieve enlightenment and inner growth, based on his book by the same name. Beginning with his childhood, the movie follows his journeys through Central Asia as he discovers new levels of spirituality through music, dance, and near-encounters with death. As a young man exploring ancient ruins, Gurdjieff discovers scrolls confirming the existence...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: GaiamTV 2014
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA MEEMcCall Smith, Alexander
Summary: "A new baby brings an abundance of joy to Isabel Dalhousie and her husband, Jamie--but Isabel's almost four-year-old son, Charlie, is none too keen on his newborn brother. In fact, Charlie refuses to acknowledge Magnus, and Isabel must find a way to impress upon her older son the patience and understanding that have served as guiding principles in her own life. These are, of course, the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2017
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Summary: "Our favorite moral philosopher is caught up in a delicate dispute between members of a prominent family as her husband, Jamie, is dragged into his own internecine rivalry. Isabel accepts an invitation to serve on the advisory committee of the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, but soon finds herself swept up in an all-too-familiar dilemma. David is the grandson of a Scottish clan chief and is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in New Large Print, Call number: LP FIC MCCThamizhmani, Lakshmi
Summary: Concerned about the pollution the Ganesha statues cause when her town celebrates her favorite festival, Ganesha Chaturthi, young Prema comes up with an innovative plan to keep the river clean.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Barefoot Books 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE THAMcCall Smith, Alexander
Summary: Isabel finds herself befriended by Patricia, a single mother whose son, Basil, goes to school with Isabel's son. Isabel discovers that Basil is the product of an affair Patricia had with a well-known Edinburgh organist, also named Basil, who was, rumor has it, initially reluctant to contribute financially to the child's upkeep. Though Isabel doesn't really like Patricia, she tries to be civil...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2018
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC MCCMiller, Tom
Summary: "In World War I America, magic and science have blended into an extraordinary art. Eighteen-year-old Robert Weekes, a practitioner of empirical philosophy--an arcane, female-dominated branch of science used to summon the wind, shape clouds of smoke, heal, and even fly--dreams of becoming the first male in an elite team of flying medics"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2018
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC MILMcCall Smith, Alexander
Summary: A new baby brings an abundance of joy to Isabel and her husband, Jamie--but almost four-year-old son Charlie is none too keen on his newborn brother. In fact, he refuses to acknowledge Magnus, and Isabel must find a way to impress upon her older son the patience and understanding that have served as guiding principles in her own life. These are the very qualities that bring Bea Shandon, an old...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Large Print 2017
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC MCCMcCall Smith, Alexander
Summary: "The ever-delightful, insatiably curious Edinburgh philosopher and amateur sleuth returns to take on a case unlike any she's had before--this one with paranormal implications--in the tenth installment of this beloved author's consistently best-selling series. From a small town outside Edinburgh comes the news that a young boy has been recounting vivid recollections of a past life: a perfect...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2015
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Summary: "Isabel becomes involved in a delicate paternity case in the twelfth installment of the beloved Isabel Dalhousie Series. Isabel finds herself befriended by Patricia, a single mother whose son, Basil, goes to school with Isabel's son. Isabel discovers that Basil is the product of an affair Patricia had with a well-known Edinburgh organist, also named Basil, who was, rumor has it, initially...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2018
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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction McCall-Smith 2018Negley, Keith
Summary: Poul is fascinated by the wind, which he imagines as a wild blue girl, even if the people around him do not feel the same way, until he builds something that shows off her strengths, in a story based on the life of Danish scientist Poul La Cour.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Balzer + Bray, and imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2020
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2 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE NEGBusjeet, Vinod
Summary: "A novel about the independence of a young Hindu boy in Mauritius, a small island under British colonial rule in the Indian Ocean"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BUSScarry, Richard
Summary: Mr. Frumble's plan to go for a walk is directed by the wind, which carries his hat off from one place to another causing many near-disasters.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SCADavies, Stephen
Summary: "Meet Hilda -- explorer, adventurer, avid sketchbook-keeper, and friend to every creature in the valley! Well ... almost every creature ... Newly initiated into the Sparrow Scouts, Hilda and her friends are ready to explore and document the wilderness. Yet as luck would have it, there is a dark, menacing creature afoot near Trolberg, and Hilda is whisked back home to safety. Even so, intrigue...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flying Eye Books 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC DAVDams, Jeanne M.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walker 2001
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DAMRuths, Mitali Banerjee
Summary: "Archie is worried that her school friends won't like Diwali, her favorite Hindu holiday, and when a storm knocks out the electricity, it looks like the party may be ruined."--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE RUTBritton, Andrew.
Summary: Recently retired CIA operative Ryan Kealey heads back into action when the president asks for his assistance to help resolve the brutal hijacking of a busload of Western adventurers in Pakistan, followed by the abduction of the U.S. Secretary of State.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kensington 2008