LaCour, Nina
Summary: Nine-year-old Ella considers herself the official greeter, tour guide, and is generally in charge of 1106 Wildflower Place, but the elusive Robinsons who live on the top floor are a mystery--one which Ella is determined to solve, and bring the elderly couple into the community of the apartment building on Poppy Hill.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2023
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE LACKane, Kim
Summary: A young fox named Ginger loves playdates, and today she has invited her new neighbor, seven-year-old Edgar over to play--but Edgar only wants to do what he calls "boy things" so Ginger is having trouble finding an activity they can share.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint 2018
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Summary: Bear lives on his own in the middle of nowhere, and that's just the way he likes it. But when a family of rabbits builds their house right next to his, he isn't pleased. They keep knocking on his door and asking for things! Will bear ever learn to like his pesky new neighbors?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Bee Books 2015
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Summary: After Mercy the pig spends the night in the Watson's bed, all three awaken with the bed teetering on the edge of a big hole in the floor and it is up to Mercy to save them.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2009
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Summary: An innocent night of fun takes a shocking turn in Not That I Could Tell , the next page-turner from Jessica Strawser. When a group of neighborhood women gathers, wine in hand, around a fire pit where their backyards meet one Saturday night, most of them are just ecstatic to have discovered that their baby monitors reach that far. It's a rare kid-free night, and they're giddy with it. They drink...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC STRDe Sève, Randall
Summary: A little girl hesitates to initiate a friendship with her new neighbor Zola because she imagines Zola is busy with another friend--an elephant.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2018
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE DESSell, Chad
Summary: "The kids of the Cardboard Kingdom go on a new adventure! This time, they are in search of new friends--but what they discover is a lot more like enemies... It's winter break in the Cardboard Kingdom, and kids from the town across the park want to play together! But according to the evil Sorceress, not just anyone can join the kingdom... So it's not long before the two communities spiral into...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2023
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Summary: "The Husband's Secret meets Big Little Lies in this story of three women looking for a fresh start, and the love affairs, rivalries, and scandals found on the other side of the white picket fence."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SHOAlexander, Neely Tubati
Summary: "A delightful Caribbean-set novel about an ambitious designer of apocalyptic video games with a strategy for (almost) everything who discovers what happens when her best-laid plans go off course"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2024
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC ALEHepworth, Sally
Summary: Small, perfect towns often hold the deepest secrets. Such is the case for Essie and her family. When a new woman moves next door to Essie, she is an immediate object of curiosity in this neighbourhood. As the two women grow closer and Essie's friends disapprove, it starts to become clear that Isabelle's choice of neighbourhood was no accident. And that her presence might bring even more...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2018
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Summary: "After a summer thunderstorm knocks down Big Tree, a young boy watches his neighborhood come together to clean up and plant Little Tree"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2018
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Summary: "Once upon a time, high atop the world, there lived a boy named Billy Hightower and the wind. When a new neighbor appears--a girl in a red hat--Billy Hightower can hardly wait to meet her and introduce himself. But the wind has other ideas"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disney * Hyperion Books 2015
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE TEADonovan, Gail
Summary: Nine-year-old Sparrow Robinson blames herself for her elderly neighbor's accident, so she promises to take care of Mrs. LaRose's seven cats, all while trying to adjust to a new school--but things become complicated when she has to find new homes for all of the cats plus some unexpected kittens.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2023
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Summary: Bub the pug has never seen snow before, and when Duchess the cat tells him it is frozen rain he is appalled and does not want to go out even to play with his human, Bella--but the week is about to get worse because a new family has moved in next door, and they apparently have a pet monster (at least if Nutz the squirrel can be believed) and Bella's mother has arranged a play date for Sunday.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Branches/Scholastic Inc. 2020
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: In the four humorous level 1 readers included in this collection, Blippi volunteers at an animal shelter, drives an excavator, takes a walk around his neighborhood, and imagines he's a dinosaur.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Studio Fun International, an imprint of Printers Row Publishing Group 2022
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Summary: While enjoying autumn weather and activities, Mr. Putter, realizing how much he misses going to school, takes his cat Tabby, their adventurous neighbor, Mrs. Teaberry, and her cake-loving dog Zeke to "Show and Tell."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2011
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Summary: While enjoying autumn weather and activities, Mr. Putter, realizing how much he misses going to school, takes his cat Tabby, their adventurous neighbor, Mrs. Teaberry, and her cake-loving dog Zeke to "Show and Tell."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sandpiper/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2012
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Summary: Mr. Putter is convinced to run in a senior marathon with his neighbor, Mrs. Teaberry, when he learns that second prize is a train set.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt 2008
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Summary: "Clarice Bean loves Christmas, and she's determined to spread tidings of joy in every possible way. That means making cards to send the neighbors, no matter how unfriendly; assisting a friend in need; stepping in at the Christmas concert; and helping out at home. But as hard as Clarice tries to spread the good cheer, it becomes clear that this holiday season will look different for the Tuesday...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2022
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC CHIGlaser, Karina Yan
Summary: When autumn arrives on 141st Street, the Vanderbeekers are busy helping Mr. Beiderman get ready for the New York City Marathon and making sure the mysterious person sleeping in the community garden gets enough to eat. But when they discover the true identity of the person making a home in the community garden's shed, their world turns upside down as they learn what it means to care for someone...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2020
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Summary: Two hyenas from Africa find a pair of passports (memo: do not go swimming in a crocodile pool), and move to Teddington, England, where they live suburban lives, hold jobs, and raise their children to hide their tails and act human--the only trouble is oldMr. McNumpty, their nosy neighbor, who is hiding a secret of his own.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Carolrhoda Books 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC CLAPhilippe, Ben
Summary: Henri "Halti" Haltiwanger can charm just about anyone. But his easy smiles mask a burning ambition to attend his dream college, Columbia University. There is only one person who seems immune to Henri's charms: his "intense" classmate and neighbor Corinne Troy. When she uncovers Henri's less-than-honest dog-walking scheme, she blackmails him into helping her change her image at school. Henri...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC PHIScarry, Richard
Summary: This fun-filled collection of stories, each of which can be read aloud in five minutes, is the ticket to Busytown, where kids will meet such friendly characters as Lowly Worm, Huckle Cat, Sergeant Murphy and others.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2022
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Summary: Mia is spending her summer with her grandmother in a small Maine town, expecting it to be an oasis of stability in her changing life, but there is a new know-it-all boy next door, and soon she finds herself competing with Cayman in identifying an injured bird of prey--and pretty much everything else.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2023