Maier, Brenda (Brenda J.)
Summary: Loosely adapted from The Three Billy Goats Gruff, Ruby and her brothers want to cross a bridge to pick blueberries, but it is guarded by the bully Santiago--the boys manage to trick him, but clever Ruby takes a different tack, builds her own bridge, and turns Santiago into an ally and friend
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MAIMaier, Brenda (Brenda J.)
Summary: In this adaptation of the Little Red Hen fable, Ruby wants to build a fort, but her three brothers refuse to help, so when the fort is finished Ruby will not let them join her--until the boys come up with a few embellishments for the fort, like a mailbox, a garden, and a fresh coat of paint.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MAIReid, Taylor Jenkins
Summary: Carrie Soto is fierce, and her determination to win at any cost has not made her popular. But by the time she retires from tennis, she is the best player the world has ever seen. She has shattered every record and claimed twenty Grand Slam titles. And if you ask Carrie, she is entitled to every one. She sacrificed nearly everything to become the best, with her father, Javier, as her coach. A...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Random House Audio 2022
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC REIMayer, Mercer
Summary: "Little Critter loves this exciting time of year, full of wonderful experiences and festive gatherings. With so much to learn and share, this treasury has become a storytime favorite. Join this beloved character in seven classic stories as he attends a fall festival, visits the firehouse, and so much more!"--Back cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Children's Books, a division of HarperCollins Publishers 2019
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Summary: Little Critter visits a science museum with his classmates where they play with a tornado machine, build a potato battery, and experiment with a giant magnifying glass.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperFestival, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2017
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Summary: Little Critter is not too happy when a bossy new student gets special treatment. But when the teacher's pet shows that she's a team player, Little Critter and his classmates discover that they've made a great new friend.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2015
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1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN MAYCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN MAYMayer, Mercer
Summary: Little Critter celebrates fall by going to the Fall Festival, experiences a big storm, takes a trip to the firehouse, builds a snowman and feeds him snowball soup, searches for a missing triceratops bone at the museum, and helps a neighbor.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2015
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE FIC MEYMayer, Mercer
Summary: Little Critter and his dad take their boat to sea to go whale watching and find that the ocean is a great place for adventure.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2017
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Summary: Collects six stories starring Little Critter, in which he trains for a race, builds a snowman, spends the weekend with his grandparents, and works on a project for the science fair.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2012
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE MAYMayer, Mercer
Summary: 12 easy Little Critter books for young readers, introducing them to vowel sounds.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harpercollins Children's Books 2012
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Summary: Little Critter describes a typical day, from getting out of bed and getting dressed, to playing outside, to eating dinner and getting ready for bed
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Publisher / Publication Date: Western Publishing Co. 1989
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1 available in Board Books, Call number: JE MAYHeyer, Georgette
Summary: When the incorrigible Lady Fancot persuades her son to impersonate his twin (just for one night, she promises) the masquerade sets off a tangled sequence of events that engage Kit's heart far more deeply than he'd ever anticipated with his brother's fiancee--who might know much more about what's going on than she cares to reveal ...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks 2008
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HEYSlocumb, Brendan
Summary: "Ray McMillian loves playing the violin more than anything, and nothing will stop him from pursuing his dream of becoming a professional musician. Not his mother, who thinks he should get a real job, not the fact that he can't afford a high-caliber violin, not the racism inherent in the classical music world. And when he makes the startling discovery that his great-grandfather's fiddle is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: M SLOWenzel, Brendan
Summary: In simple, rhythmic prose, a cat walks through the world, and all the other creatures see and acknowledge the cat.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: JE CD Fiction Wenzel 2016Flynn, Brendan
Summary: "Introduces young readers to the history and celebration of Veterans Day." --
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cody Koala, an imprint of Pop! 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 394.264 FLYWenzel, Brendan
Summary: In simple, rhythmic prose and stylized pictures, a cat walks through the world, and all the other creatures see and acknowledge the cat.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books, LLC 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: E WENCopies Available at Peninsula
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JEN Caldecott WenzelDeneen, Brendan
Summary: Before Groot can go to bed, Rocket requires his help saving the galaxy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Marvel 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC DENWenzel, Brendan
Summary: Told in rhyming verse, a stone is considered from a variety of environmental and emotional perspectives, as it sits where it is, surrounded by grass, dirt, and water, an unchanging certainty in the world. To some animals it's a pebble, To others it's a hill, and to others, a home.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books LLC 2019
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Summary: In simple, rhythmic prose, a cat walks through the world, and all the other creatures see and acknowledge the cat.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2016
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1 available in Multi-Media Kits, Call number: KIT J ORANGE THEMeier, Leslie
Summary: Although Perry, the earl of the house, and his sister, Poppy, are surprisingly accommodating to their jetlagged guests, Lucy feels uneasy after a fallen portrait sparks talk of a deadly family omen. The bad vibes come in quickly: snobby Aunt Millicent and her handmaiden Harrison unexpectedly drop by for the exhibition, and meals with the family are consistently tense. But real trouble begins...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kensington Publishing Corp. 2016
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Summary: "A man wakes up in a living room he doesn't recognize, unable to remember anything about himself. All he has are the few remnants of his identity scattered throughout the house--clues to his past. He soon learns that he is Charles Lang, a brilliant scientist whose wife, Julie, and daughter, Jess, mysteriously disappeared several years ago. Soon, he begins to recover memories--memories that may...
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Publisher / Publication Date: She Writes Press 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MEYVan Meter, Crissy
Summary: "Winter Island, off the coast of Southern California. Evangeline grew up with her well-meaning but negligent father, surviving on the money he made dealing the island's world-famous strain of marijuana, Winter Wonderland. Tomorrow Evie is getting married-- but on the eve of the wedding a dead whale becomes lodged in the bay; the groom may be lost at sea, and Evie's mostly absent mother shows up...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC VANHeuer, Lourdes
Summary: "On this airplane...Someone travels solo, two travel as one, three return and four set out. In this simple and moving book, a young family takes a plane to their new home. While onboard, they encounter all the people you meet on a plane: a bookworm, a businessperson, tourists, crying babies and daydreamers...all with their own stories, all heading somewhere special." -- Inside front cover
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tundra Books 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE HEUBrandman, Michael
Summary: Introducing Buddy Steel, LAPD homicide detective whose father, Burton Steel, sheriff in the town of Freedom, a nearby privileged community falls ill with Lou Gehrig's disease. Returning home, Buddy learns that a world-renowed broadcast minister's wife has gone missing. Following leads, Buddy finds a link to complex web of twisted families, con artists, corrupt public officials, violent...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Poisoned Pen Press, Inc. 2017