Mwai, Melissa H.
Summary: "Follow the life of Stacey Abrams, from her childhood spent growing up in Gulfport, Mississippi, to her work with civic engagement and mass voter registrations in Georgia, to her groundbreaking work as the first woman to lead in the Georgia General Assembly and first African American to lead in the House of Representatives. Find out about Stacey Abram's life, achievements, and the challenges...
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic Kids 2022
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE MWAIwai, Melissa
Summary: A father and son spend a hot summer day together gathering vegetables and herbs, making pizza dough and sauce, and playing while their pizza bakes in the oven. Includes a recipe for Garden Pizza.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE IWAIwai, Melissa.
Summary: A mother and child spend a snowy day together buying and preparing vegetables, assembling ingredients, and playing while their big pot of soup bubbles on the stove. Includes a recipe for "Snowy Day Vegetable Soup."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE IWAIwai, Melissa
Summary: "Gigi can't wait for her Ojiji-Japanese grandpa-to move in. Gigi plans lots of things to do with him, like playing tag, reading books, and teaching Roscoe, the family dog, new tricks. But her plans don't work out quite the way she'd hoped. And her grandpa doesn't seem to like Roscoe. Will Gigi find a way to connect with her Ojiji?"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2022
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Summary: "Gigi tries natto, a traditional Japanese food. But will she like it as much as peanut butter?"--Back cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2023
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE IWAIwai, Melissa
Summary: "Gigi wants to go by something besides her baby name--but her full name, Geraldine, is too long to write and Hanako, her middle name, doesn't feel quite right. Will Gigi find the perfect name?"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023
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2 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE IWACopies Available at Peninsula
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Summary: "While at Japan Festival Day, Gigi volunteers at the origami booth with her Ojiji but soon discovers folding paper is harder than it looks"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: The Ultra City Smiths story unfolds via the stop-motion animation of baby dolls repurposed as a grown-up cast of characters. The series hinges on an investigation into the mysterious disappearance of fictional metropolis Ultra City's most famous magnate. Two intrepid detectives follow the case, rallying to fight against their city's dangerous corruption, at a high cost to themselves and their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV ULTLeggett, Glenn H.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Prentice Hall 1988
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Place a hold to request this item.Moore, Katrina
Summary: "When Eva's hopes for a cheerful flower garden are dashed by a rascally -- and hungry! -- rabbit, she sinks into despair. But it's from this new vantage point that she discovers something surprising and wonderful about her four-legged nemesis that reminds Eva of her own growing family and inspires her to try again. This lyrical picture book is a celebration of springtime and resilience that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 2023
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Summary: A boy and his parents prepare breakfast at their truck stop for drivers of eighteen-wheelers, tankers, moving vans, and other vehicles, while Uncle Marty checks tires and makes repairs.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction Rockwell 2013Swan, Shanna H.
Summary: "In 2017, author Shanna Swan and her team of researchers completed a major study. They found that over the past four decades, sperm levels among men in Western countries have dropped by more than 50 percent. They came to this conclusion after examining 185 studies involving close to 45,000 healthy men. The result sent shockwaves around the globe-but the story didn't end there. It turns out our...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 612.6 SWARockwell, Anne F.
Summary: When the new house needs fixing up, a brother and sister accompany their father on a trip to the hardware store to find the tools and materials needed to get the job done.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Christy Ottaviano Books, Henry Holt and Company 2016
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2 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ROCGreanias, Margaret Chiu
Summary: When Red, a young red panda, finds her book about pandas completely omits red pandas, she decides to write a book herself.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Jabberwocky 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE GREBlackburn, Elizabeth H. (Elizabeth Helen)
Summary: Discusses the end sections of each chromosome called telomeres, the enzyme that replenishes them, their role in the aging process, and specific lifestyle habits to that protect telomeres, slow down disease, and lengthen life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing 2017
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 572 BLACopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 572.8 BLAKuskin, Karla.
Summary: Questions in verse about the many things you could be if you were square or soft or loud or red or small or fat or fierce or dark.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Laura Geringer Books 2007
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE KUSMasurel, Claire.
Summary: Everything the villagers know about Big Bad Wolf is true and every time something frightening happens they are sure he is behind it, but there is more to the story, as revealed through die-cut pages.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2002
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MASNobleman, Marc Tyler
Summary: "In this important and moving true story of reconciliation after war, beautifully illustrated in watercolor, a Japanese pilot bombs the continental U.S. during WWII--the only enemy ever to do so--and comes back 20 years later to apologize."--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 FUJBlackburn, Elizabeth H. (Elizabeth Helen)
Summary: Discusses the end sections of each chromosome called telomeres, the enzyme that replenishes them, their role in the aging process, and specific lifestyle habits to that protect telomeres, slow down disease, and lengthen life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing 2017
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 572 BLASummary: "The American president, Helen Tyler, is on a state visit to Stockholm when, under mysterious circumstances, she vanishes without a trace. During the intensive police investigation, a power struggle takes place between a panic-stricken USA and Sweden, as the threat to one of the world's most powerful people rocks the world."--Container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV MODSummary: A young boy named Sosuke rescues a goldfish named Ponyo, and they embark on a fantastic journey of friendship before Ponyo's father forces her to return to the sea. Ponyo's desire to be human upsets the balance of nature and only Ponyo's mother, a beautiful sea goddess, can restore nature's balance and make Ponyo's dreams come true.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2010
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2 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY PONCopies Available at Fife Lake
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD PoSummary: A contemporary take on the legendary detective Sherlock Holmes who investigates crimes in modern-day New York City as a consultant to the NYPD and is assisted by Joan Watson, a former surgeon, who is hired by Holmes' wealthy father to help keep the eccentric detective sober.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: The erratic, unpredictable, and intellectually incomparable detective Sherlock Holmes cracks case after case for the NYPD with the help of his ever-reliable partner Joan Watson. The balance of this time-tested team shifts as Holmes and Watson face difficult personal choices and impossible crimes. From a murderous drug gang to a rogue intelligence agency, the threats have never been starker. And...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV ELESummary: A contemporary take on the classic Arthur Conan Doyle stories, Sherlock is a thrilling, funny, fast-paced adventure series set in present-day London. The iconic details from Conan Doyle's original books remain: they live at the same address, have the same names, and, somewhere out there, Moriarty is waiting for them. And so across three thrilling, scary, action-packed, and highly modern...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2010