Gish, Melissa
Summary: "A look at pelicans, including their habitats, physical characteristics such as their flexible gular pouches, behaviors, relationships with humans, and their vulnerability to pollution in the world today"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Creative Education/Creative Paperbacks 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 598.4 GISDahl, Roald.
Summary: A small boy with a desire to own a candy shop meets a window-washing team composed of a giraffe, a pelican, and a monkey and together they go to work for the wealthy Duke of Hampshire, who makes all their dreams come true.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Puffin Books 2009
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Summary: A basic exploration of the appearance, behavior, and habitat of pelicans, the long billed waterbirds. Also included is a story from folklore explaining why some pelicans have white feathers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Creative Education and Creative Paperbacks, an imprint of the Creative Company 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 598.4 BODSavage, Candace Sherk
Summary: A colorful and informative book about the habits, habitat, characteristics, and diet of pelicans and snakes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 1999
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1 available in J Non Fic Series, Call number: J 591Summary: Follows a wayward California brown pelican from her "arrest" on the Golden Gate Bridge into care at a wildlife rehabilitation facility, and from there explores pelicans' nesting grounds, Pacific coast migration and survival challenges.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC PELDahl, Roald.
Summary: A small boy with a desire to own a candy shop meets a window-washing team of a giraffe, a pelican, and a monkey and together they go to work for the wealthy Duke of Hampshire, who makes all their dreams come true.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Puffin Books 1994
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC DAHKingston, Anna.
Summary: Describes the life cycle of a pelican, from an egg to a chick, juvenile, and finally an adult, and describes how they take care of their young.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gareth Stevens Pub. 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 598.43 KINRylant, Cynthia.
Summary: When Aurora the sea turtle becomes stranded in fog and cold water near a lighthouse, Pandora the cat, Seabold the dog, and their three adopted mouse children call on the pelicans for help.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2005
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Summary: A young girl, observing that life with her family is not easy, imagines the quintet as a pod of pelicans, a swarm of bees, or a herd of buffalo. Includes note about, and list of, collective nouns for animals.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE HOOMartinez, Claudia Guadalupe
Summary: En el primer libro infantil que describe el capítulo olvidado de la historia de los Estados Unidos conocido como la Repatriación Mexicana, un niño y su familia dejan su amado hogar para evitar ser separados por el gobierno. Ante la perspectiva de ser separados, un niño y su familia toman la difícil decisión de dejar su hogar y emprender un viaje lleno de incertidumbre. En el camino, se...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Book Press, an imprint of Lee & Low Books Inc. 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MARCorchado, Alfredo
Summary: When Alfredo Corchado moved to Philadelphia in 1987, he felt as if he was the only Mexican in the city. But in a restaurant called Tequilas, he connected with two other Mexican men and one Mexican American, all feeling similarly isolated. Over the next three decades, the four friends continued to meet, coming together over their shared Mexican roots and their love of tequila. One was a radical...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Publishing 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973 CORWickham, Keith
Summary: Follows several animals known as the Octonauts as they have adventures while exploring the ocean.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ncircle Entertainment 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV OCTMorales, Areli
Summary: "In the first picture book written by a DACA dreamer, Areli Morales tells her own powerful and vibrant immigration story of moving from a quiet town in Mexico to the bustling and noisy metropolis of New York City"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Studio 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MORStork, Francisco X.
Summary: Alberto is an undocumented immigrant from Mexico, living in New York City, and is now suspected of a terrible crime; his friend Grace is a top student with every advantage, and she is determined to prove Alberto's innocence.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2023