Montanari, Donata.
Summary: Twelve children from different countries describe how they live.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Kids Can Press 2001
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 390 MONHutchison, Patricia
Summary: An overview of Day of the Dead, from the origin of the celebration to how it is practiced today. Clear, interesting text and vibrant photos grab and hold readers' interest, and QR Codes in each chapter link to book-specific videos, activities, and more.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: DiscoverRoo, an imprint of Pop! 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 394.266 HUTSteinbeck, John
Summary: Collects six short novels from one of the most influential authors of the twentieth century.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2009
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC STECopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC STESummary: In 18th century Bath, a girl bursting with freshness and passion for macabre Gothic novels experiences intrigue, adventure, and romance, especially when the romantic Henry Tilney invites her to his ancestral home.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Video 2004
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2 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV NORSattouf, Riad
Summary: "From the author of The Arab of the Future, comes the first book in a bestselling series of graphic novels that follow the hilarious, heartbreaking, and all painfully true life of a real girl growing up in Paris. Every week, the comic book artist Riad Sattouf has a chat with his friend's 10-year old daughter, Esther. She tells him about her life, her family, her school, her friends, her hopes,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: OVS 741.5 SATGoodman, Jim
Summary: "Thailand is a Southeast Asian kingdom once known as Siam. Today, it's a popular tourist destination and a powerful economic force. Readers discover Thailand's past and present in this detailed guide. Featuring meticulously researched main text, engaging sidebars, and fun fact boxes, this reading experience allows readers to dive deeply into the details of Thailand's culture. Helpful maps and...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Cavendish Square Publishing 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 959.3 GOORajendra, Vijeya
Summary: "Australia is filled with beautiful landscapes and friendly people. How does the natural world affect life there? How has life changed in Australia from its earliest days to today? Readers find the answers to these questions and many more about life "down under" as they explore the history, environment, and culture of this popular part of the world. The detailed main text features up-to-date...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Cavendish Square Publishing 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 994 RAJIngalls, Ann
Summary: Examines the ways in which birthdays are celebrated in various countries around the world.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 394.2 INGMeier, Myka
Summary: Etiquette tips from an experienced consultant and etiquette partner for high-profile clients. The Five-Step Meier Method goes beyond tradition and custom, however, to include kindness, consideration, and respect. Advice for personal and professional life includes first impressions, being a good guest, networking, table manners, and more.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Skyhorse Publishing 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 395 MEISteel, Danielle
Summary: In Danielle Steel's epic new novel, the lives of four generations of women in one family span fortune and loss, motherhood, tragedy and victories. The Parisian design houses in 1928, the crash of 1929, the losses of war, the drug culture of the 1960s-history holds many surprises, and lives are changed forever. For richer or for poorer, in cramped apartments and grand mansions, the treasured...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD Fiction Steel 2020Cosson, M. J.
Summary: Explores some of the ways in which Easter's celebrated in various countries around the world.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Holidays - Springtime Holidays, Call number: J 394.2667 COSCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J394.2 COSDemers, Dominique.
Summary: 3500 years ago, Maina a young Indian woman, the daughter of a tribe named the Nearly Wolves. In the vast landscape she travels over, from the forest to the sea, she is obliged to struggle in an environment which is as generous as it is merciless. Finding food and shelter, making clothes, defending themselves and keeping warm, such are the daily tasks of the Nearly Wolves.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Ekstasis Editions 2000
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DEMDubois, Liz Goulet
Summary: Duck and Cluck learn important lessons about manners and listening when they each make their case for why a dull, drab page should be a certain color.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Jabberwocky 2023
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE DUBHamen, Susan E.
Summary: "An overview of Lunar New Year, from the origin of the celebration to how it is practiced today." -- Publisher's summary.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: DiscoverRoo, an imprint of Pop! 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 394.261 HAMCosson, M. J.
Summary: Examines several of the ways in which wishes are made in various parts of the world, including blowing dandelion fluff, tossing coins in water, and tying pieces of cloth to trees.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.41 COSCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J394.2 COSCosson, M. J.
Summary: Examines several of the ways in which wishes are made in various parts of the world, including blowing dandelion fluff, tossing coins in water, and tying pieces of cloth to trees.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: The Child's World 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 390 COSSummary: People who are anonymous and whose lives are usually ignored in traditional historical accounts are no less important than more prominent individuals in influencing the flow of events. These ordinary, but often heroic, people are the focus of this course. Each of the 48 lectures looks at history from a nontraditional perspective, that of the weak and marginalized-- the poor, sick, disabled, and...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Great Courses 2012
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 930 OTHCall number: DVD 930 OTH
Brandenburg, Lauren H.
Summary: "Roy Blackwell has proposed to Margarette Toft. A controversial decision given their families are sworn enemies! Soon Coraloo's feuding clans are competing to organize events for the most talked about wedding of the year... and glorious chaos ensues! But as the depth of the two families' animosity becomes clear, Roy and Margarette's relationship begins to falter. Then Roy unearths a town secret...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Lion Hudson Limited 2020
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: FIC BRAKesselring, Susan
Summary: Explores independence and other origination holidays in various countries around the world.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 394.26 KESCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J394.2 KESNuurali, Siman
Summary: When Sadiq and his classmates host a festival celebrating their own cultures, they find a way to make sure everyone in their class has traditions to share.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint 2023
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE NUUSummary: "Following a bloody conflict between her clan and that of the "men from the land of ice", Maïna (Roseanne Supernault) the daughter of Grand Chief Mishtenapuu (Graham Greene), sets off on a mission to rescue a captured boy - little knowing her actions will result in the poignant meeting of two of America's founding nations. A truly epic tale of adventure and romance in a time before European...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF MAIBroom, Jenny
Summary: Celebrates everyday similarities and differences that exist between people throughout the world, inviting readers to peek through windows, open doors, and delve underground by opening flaps on every spread.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Big Picture Press 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 390 BROMalaspina, Ann
Summary: A look at some of the customs people around the world have for lost teeth.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.353 MALCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J394.2 MALSheehan, Sean
Summary: "Austria is a country known for its varied history and beautiful scenery. Popular figures from the country include Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, the Von Trapp family, and Arnold Schwarzenegger. In this engaging book, readers learn about Austria's past, its present, and the ways in which it is working toward the future."--Publisher's website.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Cavendish Square 2017