Root, Phyllis.
Summary: Oliver the bear becomes lost when he chases a leaf to the edge of the woods, but then he comes up with an idea to find his way back home.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2002
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC Root,Davis, Rusty
Summary: Rakeheart, Wyoming, is a town with troubles. Murders. Violence. Deceit. Into its crosscurrents comes Kane, a troubleshooter sent west to learn why ex-army officer Jared Wilkins was killed. Kane encounters hostility at every turn. The rancher's widow emerges as his prime suspect even as the townspeople who ask him to become sheriff make it clear they are playing a deceitful game. As Kane tries...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Five Star, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DAVCrotty, Marian
Summary: "In these nine stories, Marian Crotty inhabits the lives of people searching for human connection. Her characters, most often young women, are honest, troubled, and filled with longing. In the title story, a young woman begins a job on a construction site after leaving an abusive marriage. In "Crazy for You," two girls spy on a neighbor's sex life, while their own sexuality hovers in the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: University Of Iowa Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CRODeschanel, Zooey
Summary: When Polly, the queen of the trolls, discovers that the Bergens no longer have holidays on their calendar, she sets out to bring them some holiday spirit.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Seasonal Juvenile Collection, Call number: DVD JUV TROLoory, Ben
Summary: A dazzling new collection of stories from the critically acclaimed author of Stories for Nighttime and Some for The Day Ben Loory returns with a second collection of timeless tales, inviting us to enter his worlds of whimsical fantasy, deep empathy, and playful humor, in the signature voice that drew readers to his highly praised first collection. In stories that eschew literary realism,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LOONoory, George
Summary: A late-night talk-show host fascinated by paranormal phenomena becomes entangled in a deadly conspiracy after being accused by government agents of having dealings with a hacker who has died after stealing dangerous secrets.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Forge 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC NOORoot, Phyllis
Summary: Rhyming text explains how a farm can be planted anywhere, including a community garden, using just soil, sunshine, water, and a seed.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2017
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE Envi Iss RootHowley, Jonty
Summary: As they walk to his new school, a frightened Levi and his father learn that it is okay for big boys to cry.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE HOWVan Rooy, Michael
Summary: Hoping to put his criminal past behind him while working as a daycare provider, Monty is targeted by local activists and thugs and is forced to balance life on both sides of the law in order to protect his community and loved ones from incrementally violent acts.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2011
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC VANCaramagna, Joe.
Summary: The Guardians of the Galaxy are racing to find the Cosmic Seed - an immensely powerful artifact with the ability to generate life - before the evil-hearted Thanos can. Now that the motley team has the Crypto Cube, which holds a map to the Cosmic Seed that only Star-Lord can access, the task should be a lot easier. But with secret betrayals, alien symbiotes, super-evolved animal rebels, and more...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Spotlight, a division of Abdo 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: YA FIC MCDRoot, Phyllis
Summary: The reader is invited to count the animals and plants that live on or in Minnesota's bogs, marshes, rivers, lakes, prairies, and woods. Includes facts on the state's ecosystems and the plants and animals that make their homes there.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE FIC ROORoot, Phyllis.
Summary: Annalisa, the most curious and stubborn of Mama May's children, disobeys her mother and upsets the family cow by refusing to kiss her in return for the milk she gives.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2000
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FICTION RootFarooki, Roopa.
Summary: Follows the machinations of a Bangladeshi-Pakistani family whose penchant for telling lies shapes the destinies of every member, from Henna, who lies her way into a marriage to a wealthy romantic, to her daughter Shona, who struggles with the superficialties binding her loved ones.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2007
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FARFarooki, Roopa.
Summary: Abandoning her privileged life in England and husband of less than a year, Aruna Ahmed returns to her native Singapore, where she remembers the death of her father, her failed relationship with her best friend, and a complicated psychological diagnosis she has tried to ignore.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2010
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FARWeber, Robby
Summary: "Harry wants nothing more than to write Hollywood screenplays. He knows the first step toward achieving that goal is winning a screenwriting competition that will seal his admission into the college of his dreams, so he's determined to spend his summer free of distractions--also known as boys--and finish his script. After last year, Harry is certain love only exists in the movies anyway. But...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Inkyard Press 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC WEBRoot, Andrew
Summary: Fern isn't your usual unicorn...she loves chemistry and math more than glitter or flowers-and she refuses to change who she is in this sweet and empowering picture book about being yourself-and standing up for yourself, too! Meet Fern! She's a smart, creative unicorn who prefers building robots and coding software to jumping through shimmering rainbows and splashing in majestic waterfalls. Even...
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Publisher / Publication Date: [Library Ideas, LLC] 2021
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Summary: One winter in the Far North the sun disappears and Lucia, accompanied by her milk-white cat, braves the freezing cold and trolls who want to eat her, trying to find the sun and bring it back.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2006
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC ROORoot, Phyllis.
Summary: In this counting book, increasingly larger groups of animals try to help a duck that is stuck in the sleepy, slimy marsh.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 1998
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1 available in JE Concept Crates, Call number: JE ROORoot, Phyllis.
Summary: Recounts the exploits of Paul Bunyan's "little" sister, Paula, who lived in the North Woods, sang three-part harmony with the wolves, and used an angry bear for a foot warmer.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2009
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: JE Fairy RootRoot, Phyllis.
Summary: A lost, lonely, and scrawny cat, hungry and afraid, unexpectedly meets someone who takes him in and loves him.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: E ROORoot, Andrew
Summary: "Meet Fern! She's a smart, creative unicorn who prefers building robots and coding software to jumping through shimmering rainbows and splashing in majestic waterfalls. Even though Fern is a good friend and always willing to help others, the other unicorns tease her and call her a nerdycorn"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beach Lane Books 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ROORoot, Phyllis.
Summary: Various disasters threaten to stop Poppa and the children from getting to the lake in their rattletrap car, but they manage to come up with an ingenious solution to each problem.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2001
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ROORoot, Phyllis.
Summary: Pierre lives all alone at the foot of the mountain so he hops in his car to find a friend. Will the car make it to the top of the mountain? Will it get safely down? Will Pierre ever find a friend?
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2009
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ROOVan Rooy, Michael
Summary: Wanting to settle down to a quiet life with his wife and baby, recovering addict and reformed thief Montgomery Haaviko foils a robbery in his home and is subsequently targeted by a vengeful crime boss and a suspicious police sergeant.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2010