Summary: The film centers on Karamakate, an Amazonian shaman and the last survivor of his people, and the two scientists who, over the course of 40 years, build a friendship with him. The film was inspired by the real-life journals of two explorers (Theodor Koch-Grünberg and Richard Evans Schultes) who traveled through the Colombian Amazon during the last century in search of the sacred and...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN EMBHernández-Linares, Leticia
Summary: Nine-year-old Alejandria rallies her family and community to fight and save their neighborhood from rising rent prices and evictions.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: The Feminist Press 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE HERApplegate, Katherine
Summary: An old red oak tree tells how he and his crow friend, Bongo, help their human neighbors get along after a threat against an immigrant family is carved into the tree's trunk.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD APPHawkins, Karen
Summary: Just as Ava Dove's new tearoom is set to open, her herbal teas have gone wonky. Ava is desperate for a remedy, but her search leads to dangerous territory as she faces a dark secret she has hidden for over a decade.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD Fiction Hawkins 2021Macomber, Debbie
Summary: An ex- daughter-in-law and mother-in-law become unlikely best friends and embark on newly single lives together. Nichole, a woman in her early thirties, is recovering from a broken heart after learning her husband was having an affair and separating from him. The twist is that her mother-in-law, Leanne, is the one who told her that her son was cheating. Leanne has looked the other way for...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC MACMiyares, Daniel.
Summary: In this nearly wordless picture book, a young girl spies on her new neighbor, a young boy who is building something from planks of the fence between their backyards.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2017
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE MIYLinamen, Karen Scalf
Summary: Princess Madison wants a puppy more than anything in the world, but when her mother says she must wait she sneaks one into the castle anyway, then spends a miserable day lying and keeping the pup secret before finding out that her father knew from the start.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Fleming H. Revell 2007
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC linMiyares, Daniel
Summary: "Wordless picture book about a boy who loses his paper boat in the rain"--Provided by publisher.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MIYMiyares, Daniel
Summary: A girl pursues her own adventures by stowing away on her father's clipper ship.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Anne Schwartz Books 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MIYAlsenas, Linas.
Summary: Mildred is very lonely until she finds a stray animal and takes him home as her pet dog, but Peanut is very different from the other dogs in the park.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2007
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: E AlsCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC AlsLares, Mariely
Summary: In 16th-century New Spain, Lady Leonora, with witchcraft punishable by death, masquerades as Pantera, who uses her magic to fight the tyranny of Spanish rule-and who is doomed to a short life, and must fight to the end when an ancient prophecy of destruction threatens to come true.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Voyager, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2024
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1 available in New Fiction, Call number: FIC LARAlsenas, Linas.
Summary: A shy little princess, on an outing with her mother, gets a royal treat when she makes a new friend.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books for Young Readers 2012
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE ALSBurkard, Linore Rose
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2010
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC BURShaw, Nancy (Nancy E.)
Summary: "Get ready for whimsical, woolly adventures in this collection of eight funny stories of everyone's favorite sheep by bestselling author Nancy Shaw and illustrator Margot Apple! Ride along with this crowd of mischievous, well-meaning sheep as they take a ride in a jeep, create chaos in a shop, and much more! Each adventure can be read aloud in five minutes, making it a perfect book for story...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2019
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: NASCAR sensation Ricky Bobby is a racing hero because of his "win at all costs" approach. He and his loyal racing partner, childhood friend Cal Naughton Jr., are a fearless duo. Dubbed "Shake" and "Bake" by their fans, the two have the ability to finish so many races in the #1 and #2 positions, with Cal always in second place. When flamboyant French Formula One driver Jean Girard challenges...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2006
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY TALCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE TALCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Talladega 2006Summary: Malotru has been promoted to Deputy Director of the Bureau and is a newly recruited double-agent for the CIA. He delivers highly classified information to his CIA contact, Dr. Balmes, during fake psychoanalysis sessions. In exchange for Malotru's cooperation, the CIA has guaranteed that they will rescue the love of his life, Nadia, now imprisoned by Syrians in a secret location.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Kino Lorber 2017
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV BURNorman, Kim
Summary: Celebrates the changing seasons as children swim in a lake in summer, collect pecans in autumn, play in snow in winter, and visit a farm in spring.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus Giroux 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE NORCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE NORSummary: In season three Malotru has been taken hostage by the Islamic State. Moved from camp to camp, tortured and weakened, he's close to despair. In Paris, the Directorate-General for External Security (DGSE) faces a dilemma: should they use all of their resources to save Malotru, who betrayed the service, his country and friends when he became a double agent working for the CIA?
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Kino Lorber 2017
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV BURHiggins, Carter
Summary: A tribute to all the special things in the world, whether big, small or somewhere in-between, from the hole in the donut to the way the Moon looks through a telescope, and a boat below the sky and above the waves.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2022
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Place a hold to request this item.Nayeri, Daniel
Summary: "This is the tale of an exciting journey along the Silk Road with a young Monk and his newfound guardian, Samir, a larger than life character and the so-called "Seller of Dreams." The man is a scammer; his biggest skill being the ability to talk his way into getting what he wants. While that talking did save Monkey's life, it has left a lot of people furious with Samir--furious enough to hire...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Levine Querido 2023
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1 available in New Youth Materials, Call number: J FIC NAYCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in JT Fiction, Call number: JT Fiction NayeriSummary: After the unexpected death of his wife, a sportswriter finds himself consumed with grief and completely unprepared to raise two boys. Determined to bring joy back into their lives, he takes a 'just say yes' approach to parenting. And as freedom reigns, chaos ensues.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2010
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA BOYLondon, Jonathan
Summary: "A red fox emerges from its burrow one wintry morning, a fiery streak against stark white surroundings, driven by hunger and curiosity to investigate its world. Encountering a mouse, a hare, and a wolverine, the little fox takes on the role of both hunter and hunted before returning to the safety of its den, where -- perhaps -- it dreams of something more. Jonathan London's poetic text and...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE LONTownes, Jess
Summary: "There are all sorts of feelings that can make us cry--from disappointment to joy, from grief to love. Sometimes I Cry offers a gentle and necessary affirmation of the emotional complexity of growing up. Powerful, poignant, and universally relevant, it is a triumph for readers of any age"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus Giroux 2023