Brooks, Gerry
Summary: Gerry Brooks is an elementary school principal turned YouTube celebrity who entertains K-12 teachers, administrators, and parents across the country. He tells jokes with the kind of mocking humor that gets a laugh, yet can be safely shared in school. After all, even great schools have bad days -- when lesson plans fall through, disgruntled parents complain, kids throw temper tantrums because...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Da Capo Lifelong 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 371.1 BROBarnes, Derrick
Summary: "Bobby Beacon has trouble controlling his hot temper at his superhero school"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nancy Paulsen Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BARCharaipotra, Sona
Summary: At Foxham Prep, a posh private school for Washington, D.C.'s elite, a rumor gains momentum as it collects followers on social media, pulling three girls into its path--Bryn, who wants to erase all memories of the mistake she made last summer; cheer captain Cora, who desperately wants to believe in her boyfriend's faithfulness; and shy Georgie, newly hot after a summer at fat camp and ready to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC CHABarnes, Derrick
Summary: "Bobby Beacon has trouble controlling his hot temper at his superhero school"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: [Library Ideas, LLC] 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J READ-ALONG BARSummary: Ventriloquist Jeff Dunham returns with Peanut, Walter and José Jalapeño ... on a STEEK!, and introduces Achmed the Dead Terrorist and Melvin the Superhero, in this comedy special.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Image Entertainment 2007
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2 available in Performing Arts DVDs, Call number: DVD PERFORMING ARTS JEFDavis, Jim
Summary: A collection of comic strips follows the adventures of the lazy, food-loving, wise-cracking feline.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 1997
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Summary: "Be it ever so crazy, there's no place like home -- especially at the Arbuckle asylum. Fashion fiascos abound! Dim-wittedness and drool rule the day! There's so much bizarre behavior from Jon and Odie that sometimes Garfield even seems normal. Of course, that delusion doesn't last for long. Soon, the quirky cat is conversing with a sock puppet and deflating a puffer fish (as well as an ice...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine 2017
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Summary: Drawing on nearly three decades in education--from his mother's after-school program on Chicago's South Side to his tenure as Secretary of Education in DC--How Schools Work follows Arne (as he insists you call him) as he takes on challenges at every turn: gangbangers in Chicago housing projects, parents who call him racist, teachers who insist they can't help poor kids, unions that refuse to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 379 DUNTrudeau, G. B.
Summary: No one can feel the pulse of the world like Garry Trudeau, whose satirical look at the 1960's and early 1970's is a real delight.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holt, Rinehart and Winston 1975
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 TRUSornson, Robert.
Summary: "When Pete starts at a new school, he soon finds out that being a bystander to bad behavior is not tolerated."--Unedited summary from book.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ferne Press 2011
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JPB SOR BASKETHughley, D. L. (Darryl L.)
Summary: Legendary satirist D. L. Hughley here uses humor to draw attention to injustice, sardonically offering advice on a number of lessons--a much-needed antidote in these distressing times.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD 817 HUGSummary: Presents short comic strips starring Archie, Betty, Veronica, Jughead, and their friends.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Archie Comic Publications, Inc. 2014
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Nonstop laughs are in the house with season four of In living color on DVD! No celebrity was too sacred and no current event was too controversial for this Emmy-winning hit show that pushed the boundaries of sketch comedy with hilarious results.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2005
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV INFranken, Al.
Summary: Satirist Al Franken examines the political right, and uses their own words against them, taking on the pundits, the politicians, and the issues.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2004
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 324 FRAThomas, William G.
Summary: The story of the longest and most complex legal challenge to slavery in American history, in which a number of enslaved families challenged their bondage in court.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yale University Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.3 THOSummary: Strange, outdated laws from each of the 50 U.S. states--some overturned, some still on the books, and some merely the stuff of legends--are depicted with sly wit by Olivia Locher. These images will appeal to art buffs and trivia fans alike. A foreword from American poet Kenneth Goldsmith and an interview with the artist by Eric Shiner, former director of the Andy Warhol Museum, contextualize...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 770 LOCTrump, Donald
Summary: Composed entirely of quotations from President Donald Trump in the wake of Hurricane Florence. On September 19, 2018, Trump paid a visit to New Bern, North Carolina, one of the towns ravaged by Hurricane Florence. It was there he showed deep concern for a boat that washed ashore. "At least you got a nice boat out of the deal," said President Trump to hurricane victims. "Have a good time!" he...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2018
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 TRUSundquist, Josh
Summary: "Social media star and comedian Josh Sundquist takes readers on his hilarious journey to the fringes of viral stardom to discover if it's possible to be both very famous and very happy"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 921 SUNColman, Alyssa
Summary: "Any child can spark magic, but only the elite are allowed to kindle it. Those denied access to the secrets of the kindling ritual will see their magic snuffed out before their thirteenth birthday. Miss Posterity's Academy for Practical Magic is the best kindling school in New York City--and wealthy twelve-year-old Emma Harris is accustomed to the best. But when her father dies, leaving her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus Giroux 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC COLDychtwald, Maddy
Summary: Life expectancy has soared to age seventy-seven and promises to rise further, and we are starting to make decisions based less on age and more on lifestyle and life stage. Maddy Dychtwald, a leading expert on generational marketing, offers a radical new view of how Americans live, work, and buy according to the new freedoms and responsibilities of our shifting age demographics, and the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Free Press 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 303.4 DYCLarson, Gary
Summary: A collection of cartoons featuring a variety of people, animals, and insects, in humorous situations.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Andrews, McMeel & Parker 1984
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 LARFrazier, Sundee T.
Summary: "Melvin Robinson wants a strong, smooth, He-Man voice that lets him say what he wants, when he wants--especially to his crush Millie Takazawa, and Gary Ratliff, who constantly puts him down. But the thought of starting high school is only making his stutter worse. And Melvin's growing awareness that racism is everywhere--not just in the South where a boy his age has been brutally killed by two...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J PA FIC FRAPeirce, Lincoln
Summary: "You can't win 'em all-- especially when you're slumping sixth-grader Nate Wright. Stuck in a cycle of misfortune, our hero finds an unlikely good luck charm... and suddenly, he can do no wrong! He finds a $20 bill, scores a C+ on his social studies test (nailed it!), and even lands a movie date with the captain of the cheer squad. But the high times can't last forever. Before long, Nate's epic...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Andrews McMeel Publishing 2023