Blabey, Aaron
Summary: Pig is a selfish pug who does not want to share his toys with his canine housemate, Trevor--until an accident teaches him the value of friendship.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BLASherry, Kevin
Summary: Squizzard is a small squid who always wants to be the center of attention, whether it is playing with his best friend Toothy the vegetarian Great White Shark, or giving a report in school; but when his behavior finally causes a rift in their friendship, Shay the seahorse explains what he is doing wrong--but change is difficult for Squizzard and it takes an ecounter with Bennie the Barracuda,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 SHESchmidt, Rebecca L.
Summary: Asked to star in a movie, Lance invites his fellow knights along, but when the cameras start rolling, Lance doesn't want to share the spotlight.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic, Inc. 2016
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE SCHCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE SCHMaddox, Jake
Summary: Thirteen-year-old Javier Moreno has just transferred to Howard Middle School, but his skill as a striker is already well known and the Bisons are expecting that he will turn their season around; but soon the fame goes to his head, and he starts hogging the ball and showing off--and it is up to his friend Aimee to remind him that soccer is a team sport.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint 2020
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grolier Enterprises Corp. 1988
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: E BerKahlenberg, Richard D.
Summary: "The last, acceptable form of prejudice in America is based on class and executed through state-sponsored economic discrimination, which is hard to see because it is much more subtle than raw racism. While the American meritocracy officially denounces prejudice based on race and gender, it has spawned a new form of bias against those with less education and income. Millions of working-class...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PublicAffairs 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 333.73 KAHSattler, Jennifer Gordon
Summary: When a selfish bullfrog takes over a lily pond, the other residents decide to unite and take action.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2018
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE Toddler SattlerVeitch, Catherine
Summary: Posy is a selfish dinosaur who won't let any other dinosaur cross a bridge. However, once another dinosaur moves into the desert and claims the bridge as his own, Posy must learn to share.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Windmill Books 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE VEIBerenstain, Stan
Summary: Mama Bear hopes to teach the cubs to think of others instead of only themselves by having them help an elderly neighbor clean out her attic.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 1998
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC BERCao, Wenxuan
Summary: Under a burning sun on the dry grassland, animals ranging from a tiny field mouse to a large elephant fight over a bit of shade until they learn a better way.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Imprint 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE CAOCunningham, Darryl.
Summary: Tracing the emergence of Ayn Rand’s philosophy of objectivism in the 1940s to her present-day influence, Darryl Cunningham’s latest work of graphic-nonfiction investigation leads readers to the heart of the global financial crisis of 2008. Cunningham uses Rand’s biography to illuminate the policies that led to the economic crash in the U.S. and in Europe, and how her philosophy continues to a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 174.4 CUNHorse, Harry.
Summary: When the Christmas Rabbit makes his wish come true and brings him the beautiful red sled from the store window, Little Rabbit wants it all to himself until he learns that even the best gift is better when shared.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Peachtree 2007
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1 available in Seasonal Juvenile Collection, Call number: JE HORJeffers, Oliver
Summary: A selfish man sets out to prove that he is the boss of everything he surveys.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE JEFCole, Babette.
Summary: Not wishing to marry any of her royal suitors, Princess Smartypants devises difficult tasks at which they all fail, until the multitalented Prince Swashbuckle appears.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Putnam 1987
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE COLLionni, Leo
Summary: Three selfish frogs quarrel over who owns their pond and island, until a storm makes them value the benefits of sharing.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dragonfly Books 1996
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction LionniSummary: It's Christmas and Angelina is auditioning for the lead role in the musical extravaganza 'Cinderella Mouse and the Ugly Whiskers'. She is devastated when Pricilla Pinkpaws is chosen to play Cinderella and she gets cast as the Wicked Stepmouse. Things go from bad to worse and the production might have to be cancelled. Realizing her selfishness, Angelina becomes determined to set things straight.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hit Entertainment 2003
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV ANGSummary: Part two of Ayn Rand's groundbreaking novel. The global economy is on the brink of collapse. Brilliant creators, from artists to industrialists, continue to mysteriously disappear. Dagny Taggart, Vice President in Charge of Operations for Taggart Transcontinental, has discovered what may very well be the answer to a mounting energy crisis, a revolutionary motor that could seemingly power the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2013
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ATL RATED PG-13Rosen, Michael
Summary: George won't let any of the other children into his cardboard box house, but when the tables are turned, he finds out how it feels to be excluded.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 1996
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ROSBerenstain, Stan
Summary: Gran and Gramps come up with a plan to help selfish Brother and Sister Bear get rid of a bad case of the galloping greedy gimmies.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 1988
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Summary: Presents a reprint of Dickens's 1843 novel depicting the greed and selfishness in England and America through the story of suspicious and misanthropic old Martin Chuzzlewit.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 1999
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DICMacDonald, Betty Bard
Summary: From her upside-down house, the eccentric Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle issues to parents her marvelous cures for such common children's diseases as Won't-Put-Away-Toys-itis, Answerbackism, and Fighter-Quarrelitis.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollinsPublishers 2007
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Lawson, Doyle.
Contents: Sadie's got her new dress on -- The phone call -- The selfishness in man -- Mississippi River, let your water flow -- More behind the picture than the wall -- Tulsa turn-a-round -- Whatever happened to us -- Just loving you -- When the blues are movin' in -- Ocean of teardrops -- Can you hear me now.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rounder Records 2007
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD COUNTRY LawsoAvi
Summary: Five original stories where strange changes occur, from a boy and a cat changing places and a young man learning the price of selfishness to an invisible princess finding herself.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt, Inc. 2006