Barshaw, Ruth McNally.
Summary: Ellie pet-sits for her neighbor's African grey parrot Alix, about whom she is writing a report, while her family argues over whether to get a cat or a dog, and her little brother accidentally lets Alix out of his cage, all of which is chronicled in Ellie's ever-present sketchbook.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2010
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC BARDufayet, Danielle
Summary: "Waiting is not easy! And waiting can take a long time. Like waiting on the drip, drip, drip of rain to stop or the ding of the timer for cookies to be done baking. But there's one thing that can make waiting go a little bit faster-a friend!"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Albert Whitman & Company 2020
Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE DUYBarshaw, Ruth McNally.
Summary: Ellie pet-sits for her neighbor's African grey parrot Alix, about whom she is writing a report, while her family argues over whether to get a cat or a dog, and her little brother accidentally lets Alix out of his cage, all of which is chronicled in Ellie's ever-present sketchbook.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2013
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC BARSummary: A comedic and satirical look at the lives and times of Bellacourt sisters Lillian and Beatrice as well as the rest of the Bellacourts, the fictional first family of early 20th century Newport, Rhode Island.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV ANOCurtis, Jamie Lee
Summary: Helping kids celebrate milestones and holidays throughout the year, this hilarious book channels childhood exuberance and explains why waiting can be wonderful - and why it can be worth it!
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel 2024
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE CURClement, Nathan
Summary: With brief text and illustrations, a boy describes his father's work as a truck driver.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Boyds Mills Press, an imprint of Highlights 2016
Sorry, no copies available
Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Brian O'Conner goes undercover to investigate illegal street racers in Los Angeles; after losing his job for letting Dominic Toretto escape, O'Conner seeks redemption in a street racing investigation with drug connections; Steve Boswell travels to Tokyo to live with his father to avoid a jail sentence and gets involved in drift racing; O'Conner teams up with fugitive Toretto to bring down a...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
Sorry, no copies available
Place a hold to request this item.Pratchett, Terry
Summary: An illustrated collection of fourteen short stories featuring "dragons and wizards, councilors and mayors, an adventurous tortoise and a monster in a lake, along with plenty of pointy hats and a few magic spells" written when the author was a teenaged newspaper reporter.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2015
Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FICTION PRAEmerson, Kathy Lynn
Summary: London, 1582: Mistress Rosamond Jaffrey, a talented and well-educated woman of independent means, is recruited by Queen Elizabeth I's spymaster, Sir Francis Walsingham, to be lady-in-waiting to Lady Mary, a cousin of the queen. With her talent in languages and knowledge of ciphers and codes, she will be integral to the spymaster as an intelligence gatherer, being able to get close to Lady Mary...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Severn House 2015
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC EMEGregory, Philippa
Summary: "The story of lady-in-waiting Margaret Pole and her unique view of King Henry VIII's stratospheric rise to power in Tudor England. Regarded as yet another threat to the volatile King Henry VIII's claim to the throne, Margaret Pole, cousin to Elizabeth of York (known as the White Princess) and daughter of George, Duke of Clarence, is married off to a steady and kind Lancaster supporter--Sir...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2014
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GRECopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GRECopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Gregory 2014Henkes, Kevin
Summary: Five friends sit happily on a windowsill, waiting for something amazing to happen. The owl is waiting for the moon. The pig is waiting for the rain. The bear is waiting for the wind. The puppy is waiting for the snow. And the rabbit is just looking out the window because he likes to wait! What will happen? Will patience win in the end? Or someday will the friends stop waiting and do something...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2015
Copies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction Henkes 2015Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE HENCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE HENSummary: Follows a homicide detective tracking an American serial killer hiding in his community, with the help of an FBI agent. When an old case comes back to haunt Wisting, how will he save others when he finds himself suspended and fighting for his reputation, career, and life?
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV WISHorst, Jørn Lier
Summary: "Together with her one year old daughter Maja, single mother Sofie Lund moves into the house she inherited from her grandfather. Sofie has such painful memories that she has had every trace of the old man removed, every trace but a locked safe that has been bolted to the basement floor. Inside the safe, Sofie finds something shocking that will also become crucial evidence in a case that has...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2017
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HORBrown-Wood, JaNay
Summary: "When taking cornbread to Grandma, Mahogany encounters a hungry wolf and outsmarts him by cleverly hiding in the woods and using her sewing skills to trap him"--Provided by publisher.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge 2024
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BRODzotap, Alain Serge
Summary: "Leo receives a pen for his birthday, and he asks the other animals for help discovering all the wonders inside the tiny tool"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers 2022
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE DZOReid, C. L.
Summary: Her second place finish in a writing contest for third graders disappoints Emma, a deaf girl, but her best friend Izzie, who did not expect much, is thrilled to finish third, so the girls decide to celebrate together. Includes an ASL fingerspelling chart and a sign language guide.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint 2023
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JBR PURPLE REIMeadows, Daisy.
Summary: "During Rachel and Kirsty's first night at Camp Stargaze, they notice that the sunset is ... green! Can they help Ava the Sunset Fairy set things right?"--Cover verso.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2011
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC MEABurkhart, Jessica.
Summary: After recovering from an accident, Lauren is about to participate in an equestrian competition that will determine her future, but someone from her past makes an unexpected appearance in her life.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin M!X 2012
Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in J Series, Call number: J FIC BURSantat, Dan
Summary: "A boy goes on a long car ride to visit his grandmother and discovers time moves faster or slower depending on how bored he is"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2016
Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: E SANCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE FIC SANAtwood, Megan
Summary: Pen pals Molly and Olive consider themselves best friends even though they have never actually met because Molly lives in New York City and Olive lives on a farm in Iowa--but when Olive finds a diamond bracelet in the grass the two girls start to wonder if they can finally get the money for one of them to visit the other.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Young Readers 2017
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC ATWBirney, Betty G.
Summary: During a creative writing unit at Longfellow School, the students in Mrs. Brisbane's class practice using their imaginations with their own writing journals, and Humphrey finds out that writing from his imagination is harder than it looks.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway 2019
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J READ-ALONG BIRFaruqi, Saadia
Summary: Yasmin struggles with Ms. Alex's assignment to write an essay about her hero until she realizes that her hero is someone very close to her.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint 2020
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE FARRoss, Rebecca (Rebecca J.)
Summary: Two weeks after returning home from the front, Iris and Attie seize another chance to report on Dacre's movements, while Roman, who has lost his memory and is stuck in Dacre's realm, becomes entangled in a mysterious pen pal correspondence, leading to a pivotal decision that could impact the course of the war and his relationship with Iris.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Wednesday Books 2023
Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC ROSOliver, Carmen
Summary: Adelaide and Bear team up to demonstrate to the entire class, including Mrs. Fitz-Pea, that bears make the best writing buddies.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Editions 2020