Sanders, Rob
Summary: Traces the life of the Gay Pride Flag, from its beginnings with social activist Harvey Milk and designer Gilbert Baker to its spanning of the globe and its role in today's world.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 MILStamper, Phil
Summary: "Jake is just starting to enjoy life as his school's first openly gay kid. While his family and friends are accepting and supportive, the same can't be said about everyone in their small town of Barton Springs, Ohio. When Jake's dad hangs a comically large pride flag in their front yard in an overblown show of love, the mayor begins to receive complaints. A few people are even concerned the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC STABarnes, Elly
Summary: ABC Pride introduces little readers to the alphabet through the colorful world of Pride. Children can discover letters and words while also learning more about the LGBTQIA+ community and how to be inclusive.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK Publishing 2022
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Summary: Eight adventures of Junie B. Jones in the First Grade.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House/Listening Library 2007
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Summary: In the 1950s and 1960s, the Salton Sea resort area was a vacationers paradise. People looking to go boating, swimming, and fishing flocked to Californias largest lake. Homes, hotels, and shops sprang up as more and more people moved to the region. However, something was lurking in the lakes calm waters. Soon, swimmers began to pass by globs of green algae and breathe in a rotten-egg stench....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bearport Publishing 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 979.4 BLAButler, Emily
Summary: Freya, a penguin, and Zoose, a mouse, become friends while stowaways on Salomon August Andreé's 1897 hot air balloon expedition to the North Pole.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Books for Young Readers 2019
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC BUTCheverton, Mark
Summary: Gameknight999 reenters Minecraft to find it completely changed. There are new monsters that he’s never seen before: giants and skeleton druids and pinch beetles and king spiders and mistwolves. Villages are larger than ever, and more heavily fortified; Minecraft had become much more dangerous. Even the very trees had changed, with some of them reaching up taller than the User-that-is-not-a-user...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sky Pony Press 2017
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FICTION CHECone, Molly
Summary: Describes the efforts of the Jackson Elementary School in Everett, Washington, to clean up a nearby stream, stock it with salmon, and preserve it as an unpolluted place where the salmon could return to spawn.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sierra Club Books for Children 1992
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Andrews, Elizabeth
Summary: "This book introduces readers to the barn owl's life that starts when the sun goes down. The life cycle, diet, and habitat of this twilight raptor are explained in clear, easy-to-read text with bright photos and infographics. QR Codes in the books give readers access to book-specific resources to further their learning"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cody Koala, an imprint of Pop! 2023
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J591.518 ANDWider, Susan
Summary: "A gripping middle grade biography of Charlotte Salomon, and an ode to how art can capture both life's everyday beauty and its monumental horrors. Charlotte Salomon was a German-Jewish artist born in Berlin. She is remembered for her autobiographical series of paintings, Life? or Theater?, which consists of 769 individual works painted between 1940 and 1942 while she was in hiding from the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Norton Young Readers, an imprint of W.W. Norton & Company 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 921 SALZombie, Zack
Summary: "This time Zombie is up against some of the meanest and scariest mob bullies at school. Will he be able to stop the mob bullies from terrorizing him and his friends, and make it back in one piece? Jump into this Minecraft adventure and find out!"--Page [4] cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Zack Zombie Publishing LLC 2015
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Summary: "The Newbery Honor-winning author of Hatchet and Dogsong shares surprising true stories about his relationship with animals, highlighting their compassion, intellect, intuition, and sense of adventure. Gary Paulsen is an adventurer who competed in two Iditarods, survived the Minnesota wilderness, and climbed the Bighorns. None of this would have been possible without his truest companion: his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2015
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Summary: This biography introduces readers to Gary Paulsen, the Newbery Medal winning author of Hatchet. Readers will learn about Paulsen's childhood in the Philippines and Minnesota, the night he received a library card, his love of dog sledding, and the adventures that inspire his award-winning books. He is also the author of Tracker, Mr. Tucket, and Woodsong. Easy-to-read text and full-color photos...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Checkerboard Library, An Imprint of Abdo Publishing 2015
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB PAULSON WHEHulsey, Larry
Summary: Nanook is a story of an Inuit father and son’s fishing expedition in the Alaskan tundra. It is filled with excitement and danger that instills a lifelong lesson. An exciting adventure will test Nanook’s responsibility as a young boy to prove he is ready to provide for his family. From the rushing waters and abundance of salmon of the Canning River to his close encounter with dreadful Old One...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Morgan James Publishing 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE HULZombie, Zack
Summary: "12 year old Zombie prepares himself for his biggest battle ever, as he prepares to face the terrors of Creepaway Camp. Are the camp counselors really evil humans in disguise waiting to eat the brains of unsuspecting mob campers? Will the camp cafeteria food really come to life and make a meal of the unsuspecting mob kids? Zombie knows it's real, and he and Steve are preparing themselves for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Zack Zombie Publishing LLC 2015
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Summary: 12 Year Old Zombie is Going To the 8th Grade! Zombie finally made it through 7th grade... And he even made it through one really crazy summer! But will Zombie be able to survive through the first weeks of being an 8th grader in Mob Scare School? Jump into this Zany Minecraft Adventure and find out!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Herobrine Publishing 2015
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED ZOMCamisa, Kathryn
Summary: "Readers will learn all about the life and habits of weird, but cute barn owls"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bearport Publishing 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 598.9 CAMKawa, Katie
Summary: "From the earliest days of her career, Lady Gaga has used her music to inspire people to love themselves for who they are. As readers discover the years of bullying that pushed Lady Gaga to become a force for positivity and inclusivity in show business, they are shown how musicians can create songs that really do make a difference in people's lives. The insightful biographical text and quotes...
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Publisher / Publication Date: KidHaven Publishing 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 LADZombie, Zack
Summary: "It's Halloween and it's Zombie's birthday.... A Zombie Apocalypse is threatening to end Minecraft as we know it. And it also just might totally ruin Zombie's 13th Birthday Party. But, will Zombie and his friends be able to stop the Zombie Apocalypse so that they can finally enjoy some cake and cookies at Zombie's Birthday Bash?"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Zack Zombie Publishing LLC 2015
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED ZOMZombie, Zack
Summary: "Ever wonder what it would be like to be a Minecraft Zombie? In the first book of this hilarious Minecraft adventure series, you get to read the diary of an actual 12 year old Minecraft Zombie. Take a peek at what is really between the hollow eyes, and dead expression that we normally see when we face the dreaded Zombies of Minecraft. Are zombies really different from us? You'll be surprised at...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Zack Zombie Publishing LLC 2015
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED ZOMHughes, Susan
Summary: "Around the world, little ones are carried in many different ways: in slings, on shoulders, in backpacks, on hips, in baskets, and in loving arms. Up! depicts ten places around the world, from Afghanistan to northern Canada, Peru to West Africa. In each place, a mom, dad, grandparent, aunt, uncle, cousin, or sibling lovingly carries a baby. With various family configurations and settings...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Owlkids Books 2017
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Summary: Chronicles the story of the early 1900s typhoid fever epidemic in New York, providing details as to how its infamous carrier was ultimately tracked down and stopped.--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Calkins Creek 2021
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J614.5 JARMiller, Sarah
Summary: "The thrilling story of Mary Surratt, the first woman to be executed by the US government for her alleged involvement in the plot to assassinate Abraham Lincoln"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Studio 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 973.7092 MILKim, Carol
Summary: "In 1811, while exploring the cliffs near Lyme Regis, England, 12-year-old Mary Anning made the find of a lifetime. There in the rocks was the skeleton of a strange creature. Mary's find was later named Ichthyosaurus, a reptile that lived more than 250 million years ago. Anning went on to have a long career finding and identifying dinosaur fossils. However, her work often went unrecognized by...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press 2023