Seymour, Melissa
Summary: "Girls have the power to make a difference, whether that's in their own lives, their community, or even the world! But it can be confusing to know where to start. From protecting our planet to helping animals to saying hello to someone who seems lonely, this book offers young readers lots of ideas -- big and small -- on how to spark change. The quizzes, tips, and inspiration from other girls...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: American Girl Publishing 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 361.37 SEYAlink, Merissa
Summary: "From the immensely popular blogger behind Little House Living comes a motivational homemaking book, inspired by Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House on the Prairie, featuring creative, fun ways to live your life simply and frugally,"--Amazon.com.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Gallery Books 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 640 ALILaveaux, Mélissa
Contents: Scissors -- My boat -- Chère trahison -- Ulysses -- Interlude Haïti -- Koudlo -- Dodo titit -- Needle in the hay -- Interlude voyeur -- Games of unrest -- Akeelah's heel -- I want to be evil.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: No Format! 2008
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK LAVSmith, Malissa
Contents: She-devils and Amazonian tigresses : women enter the boxing ring -- Victorian ladies boxing -- Boxing, women, and the mores of change -- Encountering the modern : Flappers, Mae West, and the war years -- Boxing in the Age of the "Mighty Atom" -- Burning bras, taking on the "sheriff," and winning the right to fight -- A ring of their own -- These ladies love the ring -- Christy Martin and the...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.4 SMIMeyer, Marissa
Summary: A collection of Lunar chronicles stories explore how Cinder arrived in New Beijing, how Wolf became a brooding soldier, and when Princess Winter and Jacin realized their destinies.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Macmillan Audio 2016
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC MEYPembleton, Seliesa.
Summary: Describes the characteristics, habits, and life cycle of the nine-banded armadillo, called "turtle rabbit" by the Aztecs.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Dillon Press, c1992. 1992
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 599.3 PEMSoomro, Taymour
Summary: "A charged, hypnotic debut novel about a boy's life-changing summer in rural Pakistan: a story of fathers, sons, and the consequences of desire"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2022
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2 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SOOEpel, Elissa
Summary: "From world-renowned psychologist and New York Times-bestselling author Dr. Elissa Epel, a book that offers a simple yet powerful plan to turn your stress into your strength in just seven days Our lives have become increasingly stressful. From the moment our eyes open in the morning to when they drift closed at night, we are flooded with constant stress triggers: to-do lists, deadlines, thorny...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2022
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Summary: "Did an adult just give you this book? Did you roll your eyes or laugh a little? Either reaction would be normal because this book is going to give you a lot of information that may seem awkward. It can also be a little funny, but it's really important. It's about puberty--that time when your body starts changing to look more grown up. Sometimes it may seem as if you are the only one dealing...
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Publisher / Publication Date: American Academy of Pediatrics 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 612.2 HOLCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 612.6 HOLHolmes, Melisa.
Summary: Straight talk for teens about friendships, parents, sex and values.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Health Communications 2005
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 613 HOLArce, Julissa
Summary: "Nationally bestselling author Julissa Arce interweaves her own story with cultural commentary in a powerful polemic against the myth that assimilation leads to happiness and belonging for immigrants in America. Instead, she calls for a celebration of ouruniqueness, our origins, our heritage, and the beauty of the differences that make us Americans. "You sound like a white girl." These were the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flatiron Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 303.48 ARCArce, Julissa
Summary: "For an undocumented immigrant, what is the true cost of the American dream? Julissa Arce shares her story in a riveting memoir. When she was 11 years old Julissa Arce left Mexico and came to the United States on a tourist visa to be reunited with her parents, who dreamed the journey would secure her a better life. When her visa expired at the age of 15, she became an undocumented immigrant....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Street 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ARCE, JULISSA ARCReit, Seymour.
Summary: When war erupts between the States in 1861, President Lincoln makes an impassioned plea for volunteers. Determined not to remain on the sidelines, young Emma Edmonds poses as a man and enlists in the Union Army, becoming a cunning master of disguise, risking discovery and death behind Confederate lines. Illustrations. In 1861, when war erupted between the States, President Lincoln made an...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt 2001
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Summary: Describes how to live in harmony with the planet independently, and presents information on raising crops and livestock, making homemade food staples and household items, and using natural forms of energy.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: DK Pub. 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 630 SEYCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 630 SeySimon, Seymour
Summary: Celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission with the story of the space race between the United States and the Soviet Union, including insights about what makes the Moon so fascinating to humankind.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 629.45 SIMSimon, Seymour.
Summary: Explains new discoveries about the universe made possible by the Hubble Telescope.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Publishers 2002
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: 520 SimonSimon, Seymour.
Summary: Friendly and fascinating, dolphins are one of nature's most intelligent animals. Award-winning science writer Seymour Simon has teamed up with the Smithsonian Institution to give you an expert view of these clever, curious, and mischievous mammals in a full-color photographic introduction.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Smithsonian 2009
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Summary: Presents the intricacies of the various systems of the human body, including digestion, respiration, excretion, reproduction, and the skeletal, muscular, and nervous systems, along with the brain and heart.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Children's Books 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 612 SIMSimon, Seymour.
Summary: Photographs and text explore the natural phenomenon of lightning.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Morrow Junior Books 1997
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 551.5632 SIMSimon, Seymour.
Summary: Describes, in text and illustrations, the physical characteristics, habits, and natural environment of various species of whales.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Smithsonian/Collins 2006
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 599.51 SIMGerson, Merissa Nathan
Summary: A book needed now more than ever. The world is soaked in grief right now, as we are quickly approaching a million deaths from COVID-19. Grief is common to the point of moving beyond an occasional weight—it feels now like a perpetual state of being. This book helps teach self-care and self-worth; it shows when and how to ask for love and attention in your communities and how to provide it for...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Mandala 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155.9 GERArce, Julissa
Summary: "Julissa Arce explores her days in Mexico separated from her parents and her daily fears while growing up undocumented in Texas"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 305.4 ARCNields, Nerissa
Contents: The day I let glory steer -- Glow in the dark plastic angel -- This is the work that we do -- When I let you into my closet -- Haven't I been good -- Clairman town -- Paris -- Sara, with your ring -- When I'm here -- If I wanted to -- Kiss me on the moon -- This town is wrong.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Zoë Records 2004
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD COUNTRY NIEStein, Elissa.
Summary: In this hip, funny, and irreverent book, menstruation is explored historically and socially. This full-color book not only offers a trove of fascinating information, but presents a pictorial history of this complex, secret, and uniquely female process.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Griffin 2009