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Summary: Daily chores are a snap for the wizard and his wife, until one day, out of a desire to avoid working, they use their magic to set off a series of changes that they are unwilling to stop.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Boyds Mills Press 1999
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC OBRSummary: Two people meet in Las Vegas and form a bond based on unconditional acceptance and mutual respect that will change each of them forever.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: MGM Home Entertainment 1998
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA LEAHolub, Joan.
Summary: Introduces young readers to the world traveler who wrote about his many experiences while journeying from the medieval city of Venice to the fabled kingdom of the great Kublai Khan.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap 2007
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 POLCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT People Who PoloKelley, True.
Summary: "This biography tells the story of Abigail Adams and her role in America's Revolutionary War period"--Provided by publisher.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC 2014
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB BASKET ADAMSAdler, David A.
Summary: "Follows George Washington's journey from Virginia to New York in anticipation of his inauguration at Federal Hall in New York City on April 30, 1789"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973.4 ADLEdgers, Geoff.
Summary: Profiles the "King of Rock 'n Roll," focusing on how he got his start in singing and how his style influenced later musicians.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap 2007
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB BASKET PRESLEYFradin, Dennis B.
Summary: A biography of the eighteenth-century printer, publisher, inventor, scientist, and statesman who played an influential role in the early history of the United States.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap 2002
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2 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 FRACopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 921 FraFradin, Dennis B.
Summary: An illustrated biography tells the life of the third president of the United States, a book-lover, self-taught architect, and author of the Declaration of Independence.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap 2003
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 JefCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT People Who JeffersonGarriel, Barbara S.
Summary: An adaptation of the folk rhyme "There was an old woman who swallowed a fly", featuring musical instruments.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Boyds Mills Press 2004
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE GARRosenstock, Barbara
Summary: An account of how the third American president helped create the world's largest library, the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., shares excerpts from primary source documents that include Jefferson's thoughts on books, reading, and learning.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Boyds Mills Pr 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 JEFCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB JEFFERSON ROSBateman, Teresa.
Summary: The flag -- The eagle -- The Great Seal -- The Liberty Bell -- "The star-spangled banner" -- Uncle Sam -- The pledge of allegiance -- The Statue of Liberty -- Mount Rushmore -- The White House -- The Capitol -- The National Mall -- The Washington Monument -- The Lincoln Memorial -- The Vietnam Veterans Memorial -- The Korean War Memorial -- The Thomas Jefferson Memorial
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2001
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: 929.9 BATCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 929.9 BATBranley, Franklyn Mansfield
Summary: Describes the various properties of air and shows how to prove that air takes up space and that there is air dissolved in water.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollinsPublishers 2006
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE LETEdwards, Roberta.
Summary: Highlights the life and accomplishments of the Harvard Law School graduate, legislator, and civil rights lawyer who became the forty-fourth president of the United States.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 OBAFrith, Margaret.
Summary: An introduction to the life and accomplishments of Thomas Edison, America's most famous inventor.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap 2005
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB BASKET EDISONJones, Charlotte Foltz
Summary: "Do you know how many things in your daily life were invented by accident? SANDWICHES came about when an English earl was too busy gambling to eat his meal and needed to keep one hand free. POTATO CHIPS were first cooked by a chef who was furious when a customer complained that his fried potatoes weren't thin enough. Coca-Cola, Silly Putty, and X rays have fascinating stories behind them too!...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 609 JONCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 609 JONShannon, George.
Summary: Presents a collection of eighteen brief folktales in which the reader is asked to explain how the folk character lied and told the truth at the same time.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Greenwillow Books 1997
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 SHAHerman, Gail
Summary: A biography of Jackie Robinson, the first African-American player in major league baseball when he joined the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947, discussing his family, college and military years, athletic abilities, career in the Negro Leagues, move to the majors, and activism on behalf of African-Americans.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap 2011
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Summary: A biography of the famous magician who was also a movie star and a pioneer pilot.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap 2002
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 HOUCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT People Who HoudiniSummary: Set in the 1970s metropolis of Bay City, two undercover police detective, Ken "Hutch" Hutchinson and Dave Starsky, always seem to get the toughest cases from their boss, Captain Dobey. They rely on their street informer Huggy Bear and race to the scene of the crimes in their souped-up 1974 Ford Torino hot rod. The two are on their first big case which involves a former college campus drug...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2004
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY STACopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD STABuckley, James
Summary: Born the eighth of seventeen children in Philadelphia, Betsy Ross lived in a time when the American colonies were yearning for independence from British rule. Ross worked as a seamstress and was eager to contribute to the cause, making tents and repairing uniforms when the colonies declared war. By 1779 she was filling cartridges for the Continental Army. Did she sew the first flag? That's up...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 ROSCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in J Non Fic Series, Call number: J 921 ROSDemuth, Patricia
Summary: "Like Michelangelo, Galileo is another Renaissance great known just by his first name--a name that is synonymous with scientific achievement. Born in Pisa, Italy, in the sixteenth century, Galileo contributed to the era's great rebirth of knowledge. He invented a telescope to observe the heavens. From there, not even the sky was the limit! He turned long-held notions about the universe topsy...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC 2015
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1 available in J Non Fic Series, Call number: J 921 GALCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 GALEnderle, Judith Ross.
Summary: Six sheep head for the ocean for a day of water-skiing, surfing, swimming, and sailing with humorous results.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Boyds Mills Press 1997
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Summary: Presents the stories behind forty things that were invented or named by accident, including aspirin, X-rays, frisbees, silly putty, and velcro.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 1991
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Summary: When a dragonfly swoops over the town of Pee Wee and carries Lady Teena away, brave Sir Small rides off on his trusty ant vowing to rescue her.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 1988