Lozada-Oliva, Melissa
Summary: One of the most original performance poets of her generation, Melissa Lozada-Oliva has captivated crowds across the country and online with her vivid narratives. Humorous and biting, personal and communal, self-deprecating and unapologetically self-loving, peluda (meaning hairy or hairy beast) is the poet at her best. The book explores the relationship between femininity and body hair as well...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Button Poetry/Exploding Pinecone Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811.6 LOZKleven, Elisa.
Summary: A little bird discovers why the lion's tail changes color each day.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton Children's Books 1996
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE KLEKleven, Elisa.
Summary: Children love the sun and they love bread. During the cold weather, everyone misses the sun, so the baker mixes some dough, kneads and shapes it into a round golden sun bread of her own.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton Children's Books 2001
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC KLEAlbert, Elisa
Summary: On the eve of her fourth album, singer-songwriter Aviva Rosner is plagued by infertility. The twist: as much as Aviva wants a child, she is wary of technological conception, and has poured her ambivalence into her music. As the album makes its way in the world, the shock of the response from fans and critics is at first exciting--and then invasive and strange. Aviva never wanted to be famous,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avid Reader Press, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ALBHallerman, Elisa
Summary: "On her fifth anniversary of sobriety, Elisa Hallerman still awoke with a hurting heart. This is not right. I am not happy. Sobriety was supposed to fix her, right? Isn't that what sobriety is all about? Hallerman quickly realized that though she had freed her addiction to substances, she had not freed her soul. After years of trauma and substance abuse, she had only covered up the wounds,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Go 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 158.1 HALMacellari, Elisa
Summary: "Follow her incredible journey in this vivid graphic biography which details her bold departure from Japan as a young artist, her embrace of the buzzing New York art scene in the 1960s, and her eventual return home and rise to twenty-first-century super-fame"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Laurence King Publishing 2020
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 MACMarshall, Elisa
Summary: "Experience the sophisticated, rustic-chic charm of the celebrated, French-inspired Maman cafae right from home. Welcome to Maman. Maman ("mother" in French) was created to fill a void that fiancaes Elisa Marshall and Benjamin Sormonte saw in the cafae scene--a beautiful, homey place where you could savor a delicious, freshly baked cookie or quiche and gather with friends for a lively brunch as...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clarkson Potter/Publishers 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5944 MARNebolsine, Elisa
Summary: "Teen brains are primed to learn and grow. In Your Amazing Teen Brain, teen readers will find fun and easy "brain hacks" grounded in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and neuroscience to help them make the most of their growing minds, manage difficult emotions, build better relationships, and face all the challenges of growing up"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Harbinger Publications 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 618.92 NEBAmado, Elisa
Summary: To avoid being forced into the drug gang that has taken control of his Guatemalan village, thirteen-year-old Manuelito sets out on a hazardous journey to America in search of asylum.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Annick Press 2019
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1 available in Juvenile World Languages, Call number: J SPANISH 741.5 AMABartone, Elisa.
Summary: Peppe's father is upset when he learns that Peppe has taken a job lighting the gas street lamps in his New York City neighborhood.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books 1993
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BARBoxer, Elisa
Summary: "During World War II, families all across Europe huddled together in basements, attics, and closets as Nazi soldiers rounded up anyone Jewish. The Star of David, a symbol of faith and pride, became a tool of hate when the Nazis forced Jewish people to carry papers stamped with that star, so that it was clear who to capture. But many brave souls dared to help them. Jewish teenager Jacqueline...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books for Young Readers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 940.54 BOXAlbert, Elisa
Summary: In snowy upstate New York, Ari, a struggling mother of a one-year-old, and Mina, a nine-months-pregnant woman who is new to town, become comrades-in-arms.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ALBAlbert, Elisa
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2008
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC ALBBoxer, Elisa
Summary: Featuring an exclusive interview with Nancy Pelosi herself, this inspiring picture book biography follows her journey from the child of Baltimore's mayor to a 33-year career as a political representative.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Books for Young Readers 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 PELBoxer, Elisa
Summary: "During World War Two, in the prison camp Terezin, a group of Jewish children and their teacher planted and nurtured a smuggled-in sapling. Over time, fewer and fewer children were left to care for the little tree, but those who remained kept lovingly sharing their water with it. When the war finally ended and the prisoners were rescued, the sapling had grown into a strong five-foot-tall maple....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rocky Pond Books 2024
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Summary: Grand Tour, the debut collection of poetry by Elisa Gonzalez, dramatizes the mind in motion as it grapples with something more than an event: she writes of a whole life, to transcendent effect. By the end, we feel we have been witness to a poet remaking herself.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2023
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1 available in Adult Display, Call number: 811 GONKleven, Elisa.
Summary: Lizzy is scared to start school, so she makes a doll out of an apple from her favorite tree to take with her on the first day and keep her company. Includes instructions for making an apple doll.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus Giroux 2007
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE KLELorello, Elisa.
Summary: "Katie and Luca's tension in Italy mounts into a fierce public rivalry that finally erupts back in the States with a nationally televised cooking competition. As Katie tries to channel her inner Mario Batali to win the competition, she must choose between the floavorless prepackaged life that she worked so hard to maintain and the mouthwatering uncertainty of a life chock full of carbohydrates...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Adaptive Books 2016
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC LORNew, Elisa
Summary: People from all walks of life discuss various American poems.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Public Broadcasting Service 2019
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV POESabatinelli, Elisa
Summary: When a greedy entrepreneur searching for a legendary pearl forces Hector's family to close their tourist expedition business in an Italian coastal town, Hector decides to thwart the man's plans and save the sea, his family, and his dream of becoming a deep-sea diver, just like his father.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Red Comet Press 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC SABSummary: While raising the ruins of a long-buried Chinese kingdom, billionaire inventor Tony Stark digs up far more than he bargained for. He unleashes an age-old prophecy that foretells the resurrection of the Mandarin, the emperor of China's darkest and most violent dynasty. In order to confront destructive forces, Tony creates an armored suit infused with high-tech weaponry.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lionsgate 2007
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE IROBonnin, Elisa A.
Summary: When twin thieves, Arian and Cavar, attempt to pull off a daring heist, they find themselves embroiled in court politics and family secrets, making their mission more than just another artifact theft.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Swoon Reads 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC BONCarbone, Elisa Lynn.
Summary: Traveling to the New World in 1606 as the page to Captain John Smith, twelve-year-old orphan Samuel Collier settles in the new colony of James Town, where he must quickly learn to distinguish between friend and foe.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2006