Smith, Sydney
Summary: "Tucked in bed at a new apartment, a boy and his mother trade favorite memories. Some are idyllic, like a picnic with Dad, but others are more surprising: a fall from a bike into soft piled hay, the smell of an old oil lamp when a rainstorm blew the power out. Now it's just the two of them, and the house where all those memories happened is far away. But maybe someday, this will be a favorite...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2023
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE SMICopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SMISmith, Sydney
Summary: A little boy offers advice to his cat, which is lost in the city, from taking shortcuts through safe alleys to finding a friend in the park.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2019
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SMIBogart, Jo Ellen
Summary: After spending a night studying his books, a monk reflects on his life and finds that he and his cat live equally simple lives, both in constant pursuit.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE BOGLawson, JonArno
Summary: A little girl collects wildflowers while on a walk with her distracted father. Each flower becomes a gift, and whether the gift is noticed or ignored, both giver and recipient are transformed by their encounter. This wordless picture book, conceived by award-winning poet JonArno Lawson and beautifully brought to life by illustrator Sydney Smith, is an ode to the importance of small things,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press 2015
Copies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction Lawson 2015Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE LAWSchwartz, Joanne (Joanne F.)
Summary: Throughout his day, a young boy thinks of his father who is working in the coal mine that is located underneath the ocean.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Groundwood Books, House of Anansi Press 2017
Copies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction Schwartz 2017Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE SCHCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SCHSpalding, Esta
Summary: "The Fitzgerald-Trouts are four barely related siblings living together in a small car on a lush tropical island, but when they begin to outgrow their small vehicle, they must band together to find a new home"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2016
Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC SPAScott, Jordan
Summary: When a child has a "bad speech day" at school, his father gives him a new perspective on his stuttering.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Neal Porter Books, Holiday House 2020
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE SCOScott, Jordan
Summary: A story about the special relationship between a child and his grandmother and the time they spend looking for worms for the garden.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2023
Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SCOOppel, Kenneth
Summary: When an inkblot, who can write, listen, learn, and draw, jumps out of Mr. Rylance's sketchbook, Ethan believes he may be the answer to their problems and names him Inkling.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2018
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC OPPCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC OPPSummary: When a man murders his nagging wife because his affections have turned to her far-more-pleasant younger sister, it appears he has executed the perfect crime--until a minor slip-up arouses the suspicions of a family friend.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Turner Entertainment Co. 2010
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA CONSummary: The story of New York Times reporter Sydney Schanberg's friendship with a Cambodian interpreter, Dith Pran, during the time of the 1975 Khmer Rouge revolution.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016