Summary: Edith Piaf was raised in a brothel, wrested from the only life she knew by her father so they could join the circus, Edith spent her teen years on the streets. She is finally "rescued" by a crime figure who gives her career a start, and, ultimately, her international success and final illness. She was always frail, sickly, malnourished, and wildly temperamental. She was often on drugs or...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: HBO Video 2007
Copies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN VIECopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD VIE RATED PG-13Carmody, Isobelle.
Summary: When half-elf, half-troll Little Fur learns that servants of the troll king aim to destroy her beloved trees, she embarks on an ambitious and dangerous journey into the human world in hopes of saving not only the wilderness she calls home, but the very earth spirit itself.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2006
Sorry, no copies available
Simler, Isabelle
Summary: Several different animals settle in for the night, each with their own unique way of sleeping.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers 2019
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE SIMCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SIMBottier, Isabelle
Summary: While struggling to cope with major changes in her life, fourteen-year-old Cassandra decides to help others by using her ability to see what animals are thinking, beginning with finding a lost cat.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Graphic Universe 2019
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 BOTGroc, Isabelle
Summary: Dogs are working with humans to find new ways to solve environmental problems and conserve wildlife, just a few of which are sniffing out invasive species and poisons, as well as identifying wildlife traffickers.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Orca Book Publishers 2021
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 636.7 GROSimler, Isabelle
Summary: "Twenty-seven poems look inside the dwellings of animals like elf owls, cathedral termites, Sumatran orangutans, and foam-nest tree frogs"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers 2024
Sorry, no copies available
Place a hold to request this item.Groc, Isabelle
Summary: "Part of the nonfiction Orca Wild series for middle readers, this book looks at the important role sea otters play in the ecosystem. Readers will learn about the history of sea otters, their recovery from near extinction and how to conserve the species for the future. Illustrated with photos by the photojournalist author."--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 599.769 GRO1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J 599.769 GRO
Harper, Isabelle.
Summary: Two young girls spend a day playing with two spirited cats.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Blue Sky Press 1995
Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE HARLeymarie, Isabelle.
Summary: Afro-Cuban music derives its richness from the fusion of various cultures. On the island of tobacco, rum and coffee, sacred and secular African musical genres have merged with Spanish and French melodies to give rise to numerous genres that have gained international fame: son, rhumba, guaracheam congal mambo, cha-cha-cha, pachanga, and nuova timba. The history of Cuban music unfolds in the...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Continuum 2002
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.64 LEYLouet, Isabelle
Summary: "With THE NATURAL HOME, you'll discover how to clean everything in your house the healthy way with just a few inexpensive, easy-to-find products using tried and true cleaning methods that have been around for centuries. Organized by product and location in the home, the book includes an in-depth explanation of natural products like vinegar, lemon, and baking soda which can be used to clean most...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers 2018
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 648.5 LOUSimler, Isabelle
Summary: Illustrations and an easy-to-read story, interspersed with facts, pay tribute to a cat which finds that life as a pet offers opportunities to display his wild, predatory nature.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers 2019
Sorry, no copies available
Place a hold to request this item.Ewing, Isabelle
Summary: "With the simple three piece pattern system, even complete beginners can sew adorable animal softies in just a few hours. Inside features 7 cute characters to make and dress such as a bear, a fox, an elephant, a mouse and more"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Stash Books 2023
Sorry, no copies available
Place a hold to request this item.Marinov, Isabelle
Summary: The world was too bright for Leo. And too loud. "I must be living on the wrong planet," Leo thought.Leo struggles to make sense of the world. He doesn't understand the other children in his class, and they don't seem to understand him. But then one day, Leo meets Maya. Maya is an octopus, and the more Leo learns about her, the more he thinks that perhaps he isn't alone in this world, after all.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
Sorry, no copies available
Place a hold to request this item.Bottier, Isabelle
Summary: Fourteen-year-old Cassandra uses her abilities to seek a new home for a dog whose owner is moving to a retirement home, but matching Garrett with a new owner is challenging.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Graphic Universe 2020
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 BOTIsabelle, S.
Summary: After defeating the wolves Jailah, Logan, Iris, and Thalia are ready to pursue their separate studies, but when witches start going missing, and Thalia is convinced her father is responsible, the coven is surrounded by magical and mundane threats and must work together to protect themselves and their magic.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
Copies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA Fantasy IsabelleIsabelle, S.
Summary: Logan came to Mesmortes Coven Academy in Haelsford, Florida, to learn to control her powers, but she soon learns she has a role to play in the ancient curse of the hellmouth--whatever the cost to herself and her new friends.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2022
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC ISACopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA Fantasy IsabelleKessdjian, Isabelle
Summary: Offers crochet instructions for making a crochet doll and making clothing and accessories for the doll, including a teddy bear, superhero outfit, and pajamas.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Writer'S Digest 2013
Sorry, no copies available
Place a hold to request this item.Kopelman, Jay.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: The Lyons Press 2006
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 956.7044 KOPSicardi, Arabelle
Summary: Profiles notable LGBTQ figures and highlights their contributions to society and their community, including Martina Navratilova, Frida Kahlo, Alan Turing, David Bowie, and K.D. Lang.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Wide Eyed Editions 2019
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 SICKogelman, Stanley.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Facts on File 1994
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 513 KOGKopelman, Jay.
Summary: When Marines enter an abandoned house in Fallujah, Iraq, and hear a suspicious noise, they clench their weapons, edge around the corner, and prepare to open fire. What they find during the U.S.–led attack on the "most dangerous city on Earth" in late 2004, however, is not an insurgent but a puppy left behind when most of the city's residents fled. Despite military law forbidding pets, the...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Lyons Press 2008
View online at OverDrive
Suberman, Stella.
Summary: The author describes her family's life in a small town in Tennessee before World War II, where, as the first Jews in town, they owned a dry goods store and struggled to prosper in a place where Jews were treated as outsiders.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill 1998
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 976.8 SUBSuberman, Stella.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill 2003
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5481 SUBLaBelle, Patti.
Contents: Feels like another one -- Somebody loves you baby (you know who it is) -- When you love somebody (I'm saving my love for you) -- I don't do duets -- Temptation -- When you been blessed (feels like heaven) -- Burnin' (the fire is still) burnin' for you -- I hear your voice -- We're not makin' love anymore -- Release yourself -- Love never dies -- Crazy love.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: MCA Records 1991