Blackaby, Susan
Summary: "Meet Leo--a creative, shy, young boy in search of a special talent that he can share with the world. Curious and persistent, Leo tries all kinds of activities. Then, with the unknowing help of his sister, he discovers music. Leo may seem quiet, but the piano gives him a big voice, helps his confidence soar, and propels him to embrace the treasure inside him and share it with the world....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Loyala Press 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC BLASummary: Young Bart Collins, lulled to sleep by the monotony of his piano lessons, dreams of a castle ruled by his piano teacher, the eccentric Dr. Teriwilliker. Dr. T is determined to prove that his ₁Happy Fingers Method₂ of teaching piano is the best method in the world. Having banished all other musical instruments to the dungeon, Dr. T lures 500 reluctant little boys to perform in a colossal concert...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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Summary: Piano lessons are a part of growing up for many children. In this fun story, readers follow a relatable narrator as she practices piano and shares her family's history with the instrument. Colorful illustrations and accessible language encourage beginning readers to make connections with the text. Younger listeners will enjoy following along, too. Children of all ages will be inspired to try...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids Press 2019
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1 available in Juvenile World Languages, Call number: JE SPANISH ELLJasinski, Jen Fier
Summary: Explore the workings of a grand piano through the eyes of a young musician preparing for recital. The cumulative structure should satisfy curious readers interested in how pianos function, from the pedal pressed to the ground to the keys that hoist the hammers. It's sure to be a musical treat for students, teachers, and music enthusiasts alike.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gnome Road Publishing 2023
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE JANBroach, Elise
Summary: The life of a musically gifted bird changes forever after she discovers the music of Chopin and helps a talented young pianist solve the mystery of a long-lost Chopin piano.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC BROLitchfield, David
Summary: "A bear finds a piano in the woods, learns to play it, and travels to the big city to become rich and famous, but ultimately discovers that his old friends in the forest back home are still the best audience of all"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE LITMeadows, Daisy.
Summary: Jack Frost and his goblins have stolen the Music Fairies' magic instruments. Music everywhere is out of tune! Now the goblins plan to play the instruments in a TV talent contest. Poppy the Piano Fairy's magic instrument is in a music store, guarded by a grumbling goblin. What's the key to getting it back?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2010
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE MEASummary: Melanie is a young woman whose ambitions as a concert pianist were dashed as a child by the thoughtless behavior of the jury chairwoman, the famous pianist Madame Fouchecourt, during her exam. Ten years later Melanie sets up an elaborate plan for revenge and soon begins to ingratiate herself into the family. Unrecognized by Madame, Melanie becomes her trusted "page turner" as both women...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tartan Video USA 2007
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN PAGMario, Helaine.
Summary: "Late in the Cold War, a young woman escapes from Communist Hungary, vanishing into the night with a priceless painting and a baby girl--setting events in motion from a decades-old secret that will change lives for generations to come. Many years later, classical pianist Maggie O'Shea is drawn to Cornwall in search of a long-lost Van Gogh and the truth behind her husband's death. A journal from...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oceanview Publishing 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MARUnderhill, Edward
Summary: Sixteen-year-old trans boy Miles Jacobson's New Year resolutions include winning back his ex-boyfriend and winning the Midwest's biggest classical piano competition, but when a new, proudly queer boy moves to town, Miles reconsiders who he was and who he is now.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wednesday Books 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC UNDYork, Lynn.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Plume 2004
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC YORBoyd, William
Summary: "The Whitbread Award-winning author of A Good Man in Africa and the Costa Award-winning Restless now gives us a sweeping new novel that unfolds across fin-de-siècle Europe as it tells a story of ineffable passions--familial, artistic, romantic--and their power to shape, and destroy, a life. Brodie Moncur is a brilliant piano tuner, as brilliant in his own way as John Kilbarron--"The Irish...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2018
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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Boyd 2018Cander, Chris
Summary: In 1962, in the Soviet Union, eight-year-old Katya is bequeathed what will become the love of her life: a Blüthner piano, built at the turn of the century in Germany, on which she discovers everything that she herself can do with music and what music, in turn, does for her. Yet after marrying, she emigrates with her young family from Russia to America, at her husband's frantic insistence, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2019
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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Cander 2019Lee, Janice Y. K.
Summary: Hired by the wealthy Chen family as a piano instructor, Claire Pendleton is seduced by the social life of Hong Kong's expatriate community and begins an affair with Will Truesdale, an enigmatic Englishman with a devastating past.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2009
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LEETep, Ratha
Summary: Wally was the world's greatest piano-playing wombat--until he realized there was an even more talented piano-playing wombat in town! This funny picture book's bright colors and imaginative musical scenes teach children to have self-confidence when faced with competition. When Wally, the world's greatest piano-playing wombat, hears Wylie play, he becomes envious. Wally tries toe-tapping and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction TepParsley, Elise
Summary: Magnolia is a little girl with a big idea, determination, and one very heavy upright piano that she insists on taking with her to the beach, but in a series of mishaps, Magnolia quickly learns that a piano does not mix well with sand, sun, and seagulls.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2016
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE FIC PARSummary: When respected American religious symbology expert Dr. Robert Langdon is summoned to the Louvre by French Captain Bezu Fache, he soon discovered that he is the number 1 suspect for the murder of a historian Langdon had been scheduled to meet with. Assisted by a French cryptographer and government agent named Sophie, Langdon is challenged to decipher a chain of cryptic codes and puzzles, all the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2006
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1 available in Thriller DVDs, Call number: DVD THRILLER DACleary, Rhona
Summary: Arriving in NYC for a culinary apprenticeship under Chef Leroy at Harlem's most celebrated restaurant, Tiana struggles to juggle the dueling demands of her mentor while experiencing Harlem's exciting cultural scene.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 DISAtkins, Jeannine
Summary: A biographical novel in verse of seven girls from different time periods who used math to explore the mysteries of the universe and grew up to do innovate work that changed history.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC ATKWilliams, Timothy.
Summary: Commissario Trotti of Italy's Polizia di Stato is called to the scene of a brutal murder. Despite the badly disfigured face on the corpse, Trotti recognizes it as schoolteacher Rosanna Belloni, an old friend. His superiors warn him off the case, but Trotti is determined to hunt down the killer. First he must find Rosanna's missing sister, a known drug addict. But the deeper he digs, the more...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2015
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC WILSummary: The college town of Bedford is receiving an unwelcome guest this Christmas. As the residents of sorority house Pi Kappa Sig prepare for the festive season, a demonic stranger begins to stalk the house. A series of grisly obscene phone calls begins to plague the residents and soon they will each meet their fate at the hands of the psychotic intruder. As the police trace the calls, they soon...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Horror DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY HORROR BLAHomberg, Ruth
Summary: Tiana warms up a cold winter day at her restaurant with a party and some yummy winter treats.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Children's Books 2018
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1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN HOMMeneses, Limara
Summary: A piano player and a singer chase their dreams, and each other, from Havana to New York and Las Vegas.
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Video 2012
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2 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN CHIKrensky, Stephen.
Summary: When Arthur fails to show up for his second piano lesson, his music teacher dismisses him. Now Arthur has to decide how much he wants to learn to play the piano.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Co. 2003