Kertell, Lynn Maslen
Summary: "In Bob Books First stories you will find twelve easy-to-read and humorous books. Perfect for emerging readers, this set including kid-approved stories that progress gently through graded reading levels A, B, and C. With one-syllable words and short vowels, Bob Books First stories is a fun confidence builder, especially for kids in Kindergarten"--Publisher's description.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic, Inc. 2015
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Pre-Reader (Orange), Call number: JBR ORANGE KERJones, Victoria Garrett.
Summary: Examines the life and actions of Pocahontas, a young Native American woman who developed a friendship with English colonist John Smith and the people of Jamestown, and who later became a Christian and married colonist John Rolfe.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling 2010
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB POCAHONTAS JONDefoe, Daniel
Summary: In 1659, after becoming the sole survivor of a shipwreck, Englishman Robinson Crusoe lives on a deserted island for more than twenty-eight years.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Pub. 2011
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC DEFHopping, Lorraine Jean.
Summary: Examines the life and actions of Chief Joseph, leader of a band of Nez Perce people in the nineteenth century, discussing his dedication to peace in a turbulent time, and his efforts to keep his people safe.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling 2009
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 971.004 HOPRuffin, Frances E.
Summary: Profiles the man who escaped slavery in Maryland to become a speaker and writer for abolition and the rights of African Americans and women, and an advisor to presidents.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 DOUBerne, Emma Carlson.
Summary: Profiles the life of the Native American interpreter and guide, exploring the myths surrounding her role in the expedition of Lewis and Clark, and documenting her family life, the years after the journey, her death and legacy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 SACDixon-Engel, Tara.
Summary: An introduction to the life of astronaut Neil Armstrong, who was the first man to walk on the moon.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 ARMHigashino, Keigo
Summary: Acclaimed bestselling novelist Kunihiko Hidaka is found brutally murdered in his home on the night before he's planning to leave Japan and relocate to Vancouver. His body is found in his office, a locked room, within his locked house, by his wife and his best friend, both of whom have rock solid alibis. Or so it seems. At the crime scene, Police Detective Kyochiro Kaga recognizes Hidaka's best...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HIGPickford, Ian
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Publisher / Publication Date: Antique Collectors' Club 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 739.238 PICWilliams, Jay
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Pub. Co. 2007
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 JOABliven, Bruce
Summary: Revisits the greatest amphibious invasion the world had ever seen on the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944, that involved thousands of ships, incredible planning and preparation, and a million courageous soldiers, sailors, and airmen willing to sacrifice their lives for victory.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Pub. 2007
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 940.5421 BLITreviño, Elizabeth Borton de
Summary: Through the eyes of his devoted Negro slave Juan de Pareja, the character of the artist, Velázquez, is revealed. Juan interprets the sights and substance of seventeenth-century Spanish court life and reveals the techniques of the artist.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dell Pub. Co. 1965
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC TREPaulsen, Gary
Summary: Haunted by his parents' divorce and the secret that caused it, young Brian Robeson, the sole survivor of a plane crash in the Canadian wilderness, must draw on untested skills and strength to survive.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 1992
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD J PAUCopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD FIC PAUAlbert, Susan Wittig.
Summary: Rumors are sprouting in Depression-era Darling, Alabama. The town's newest visitors, Nona Jean Jamison and Miss Lake, may be the Naughty and Nice Sisters from the Ziegfeld Frolic, who specialize in dancing nearly naked. The Dahlias suspect more than modesty when Nona denies her association.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley Prime Crime 2011
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Publisher / Publication Date: Antique Collectors' Club 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 749.1 ANDPaulsen, Gary
Summary: Fourteen-year-old John comes of age and gains self-reliance during the summer he spends up in the Wyoming mountains tending his father's herd of sheep.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dell Publishing 1994
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Summary: Introduces basic chemistry concepts that can be learned in everyday kitchens, with easy-to-follow instructions and scientific explanations for each experiment.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 507.8 BARCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 579 QUAAlbert, Susan Wittig
Summary: "Spring, 1935 finds the little Alabama town of Darling excited about their new local radio station, WDAR. But there are problems brewing at the newspaper, where a trio of new hires causes headaches for editor Charlie Dickens. That's not the worst of it, though, as the Dahlias discover when the newest resident at Bessie Bloodworth's Magnolia Manor is found dead. She had overindulged in a large...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Persevero Press 2021
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2 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ALBAlbert, Susan Wittig
Summary: Mildred Kilgore and Earlynne Biddle are planning to open a bakery on the square-if they can come up with the right recipes. Charlie Dickens faces two of the biggest puzzles of his career as an investigative reporter, and one of them involves his wife. Cute little Cupcake's talent as a singer and dancer makes her a tempting target for an unscrupulous exploiter. Lizzy must enlist the Dahlias to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Perseveto Press 2018
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC ALBCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ALBCard, Orson Scott.
Summary: Bean moves with three of his children into a derelict space colony ship where they hope for a cure to engineered genes that give them high intelligence and short lives, a situation that is complicated when space-time distortions cause them to be forgotten by humanity.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tor 2011
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Publisher / Publication Date: Aspect 2005
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC MOO EL #3Higashino, Keigo
Summary: "In the latest from international bestselling author Keigo Higashino, Tokyo Police Detective Kaga is faced with a very public murder that doesn't quite add up, a prime suspect unable to defend himself, and pressure from the highest levels for a quick solution. In the Nihonbashi district of Tokyo an unusual statue of a Japanese mythic beast - a kirin - stands guard over the district from the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HIGHigashino, Keigo
Summary: Newly transferred to a precinct in the Nihonbashi area of Tokyo, Detective Kyochiro Kaga, while investigating the puzzling murder of a woman, soon discovers that nearly all the people living and working in the business district of Nihonbashi are suspects.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2018