Marinov, Isabelle
Summary: The world was too bright for Leo. And too loud. "I must be living on the wrong planet," Leo thought.Leo struggles to make sense of the world. He doesn't understand the other children in his class, and they don't seem to understand him. But then one day, Leo meets Maya. Maya is an octopus, and the more Leo learns about her, the more he thinks that perhaps he isn't alone in this world, after all.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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Summary: A retelling of the classic fairytale where modern-day Cinderella, an aspiring singer and songwriter, is prevented by her step mother and step sisters from going to the biggest performing event of the year.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Bros. Entertainment 2019
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Family CinderellaCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Seasonal Adult Collection, Call number: DVD MOVIE CINSummary: Oliver is working as a carpentry instructor in a French suburb. He develops an obsession with a new student and offers him friendship and advice with a frightening lack of affection. Oliver's connection to the boy is slowly and painfully revealed.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: New Yorker Video 2004
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN SONSummary: Miss Phryne Fisher is a lady detective from Melbourne with a fabulous sense of fun and a flair for solving crimes.In a country reemerging from the shadow of World War I, Phryne takes life in her stride, and murder too. Detective Inspector Jack Robinson works alongside her, although she often outraces him to the crime scene. Season three includes eight all new episodes of the glamorous,...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD MIS NOT RATEDSummary: The wait is over! For the first time ever, experience the majesty of Disney's epic animated masterpiece as it roars off the screen and into your living room. Embark on an extraordinary coming-of-age adventure as Simba, a lion cub who cannot wait to be king, searches for his destiny in the great 'Circle of Life.' Featuring pristine picture and sound and groundbreaking immersive bonus features.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY FAMILY LIOSummary: A wealthy industrialist is found murdered in his home while his family gathers for the holiday season. The house is isolated and the phone lines have been found to be cut. Eight women are his potential murderers. Each is a suspect and each has a motive. Only one is guilty.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal 2003
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN EIGSummary: The story of the life of the young lion Simba and the inhabitants of the Pridelands during the reign of his father Mufasa, the Lion King, as well as his successor and younger brother, Scar.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2011
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: Blu3D DVD Fam LionSummary: Huppert plays Mika, wife of celebrated pianist André Polonski (Jacques Dutronc) and stepmother to his son, Guillaume, whose mother died in a carwreck on his sixth birthday. Their lives are interrupted by the unexpected arrival of Jeanne (Anna Mouglalis), a young woman who has learned that she was almost switched at birth with Guillaume. Also a pianist, she harbours a suspicion that she may be...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: First-Run Features 2000
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Max Skinner is a ruthless, successful English investment broker with no time for life outside of his job. When his uncle dies, Max inherits the chateau and vineyard in the south of France where he grew up, but he then meets a potential rival to the inheritance, a young American who claims to be his illegitimate cousin. His first intention is to sell the vineyard as quickly as possible, but...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2006
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD GOOSummary: Edith Piaf was raised in a brothel, wrested from the only life she knew by her father so they could join the circus, Edith spent her teen years on the streets. She is finally "rescued" by a crime figure who gives her career a start, and, ultimately, her international success and final illness. She was always frail, sickly, malnourished, and wildly temperamental. She was often on drugs or...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: HBO Video 2007
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD VIE RATED PG-13Machito.
Contents: Tanga -- Vaya Nina -- Babarabatiri -- Cleopatra rumba (Desert dance) -- Llora timbero -- Carambola -- Oboe mambo (with Mitch Miller, oboe) -- Freezelandia -- Mambo Inn -- Mambo mucho mambo -- Mambo America -- Asia minor -- No me molesto -- Tibiri tabara -- Frenzy -- Oyeme -- Minor rama -- Brazilian soft shoe -- Barbarabae -- Coisa nova -- The Afro-Cuban jazz suite (written, arranged and...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Él in association with Cherry Red Records 2016
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD LATIN MACPêgo, Ana
Summary: "When she was young, biologist Ana Pêgo didn't play in a backyard but on a beach. As she grew older, Ana realized that a new species was becoming more and more common in the sand. She decided to collect the species and give it a name: Plasticus maritimus. She dedicated her life to studying plastic in the oceans and raising awareness of the danger it poses to the health of the planet. Inspired...
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Publisher / Publication Date: David Suzuki Institute/Greystone Kids 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 363.738 PEGCarmody, Isobelle.
Summary: When half-elf, half-troll Little Fur learns that servants of the troll king aim to destroy her beloved trees, she embarks on an ambitious and dangerous journey into the human world in hopes of saving not only the wilderness she calls home, but the very earth spirit itself.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2006
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Simler, Isabelle
Summary: Several different animals settle in for the night, each with their own unique way of sleeping.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SIMEwing, Isabelle
Summary: "With the simple three piece pattern system, even complete beginners can sew adorable animal softies in just a few hours. Inside features 7 cute characters to make and dress such as a bear, a fox, an elephant, a mouse and more"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stash Books 2023
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Summary: While struggling to cope with major changes in her life, fourteen-year-old Cassandra decides to help others by using her ability to see what animals are thinking, beginning with finding a lost cat.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graphic Universe 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 BOTGroc, Isabelle
Summary: Dogs are working with humans to find new ways to solve environmental problems and conserve wildlife, just a few of which are sniffing out invasive species and poisons, as well as identifying wildlife traffickers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Orca Book Publishers 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 636.7 GROSimler, Isabelle
Summary: "Twenty-seven poems look inside the dwellings of animals like elf owls, cathedral termites, Sumatran orangutans, and foam-nest tree frogs"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: An expatriate French couple operates an organic farm in the Spanish countryside. However, their earnest enthusiasm reeks of patronizing privilege to the handful of 'hill people' families who have toiled on the land for generations. Tensions between locals and foreigners boil over in this edge-of-your-seat thriller.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN BEAGroc, Isabelle
Summary: "Part of the nonfiction Orca Wild series for middle readers, this book looks at the important role sea otters play in the ecosystem. Readers will learn about the history of sea otters, their recovery from near extinction and how to conserve the species for the future. Illustrated with photos by the photojournalist author."--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 599.769 GRO1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J 599.769 GRO
Harper, Isabelle.
Summary: Two young girls spend a day playing with two spirited cats.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Blue Sky Press 1995
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE HARLeymarie, Isabelle.
Summary: Afro-Cuban music derives its richness from the fusion of various cultures. On the island of tobacco, rum and coffee, sacred and secular African musical genres have merged with Spanish and French melodies to give rise to numerous genres that have gained international fame: son, rhumba, guaracheam congal mambo, cha-cha-cha, pachanga, and nuova timba. The history of Cuban music unfolds in the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Continuum 2002