Summary: In Afghanistan you risk your life to sing. After thirty years of war and five devastating years of Taliban rule, pop culture is beginning to return to the country. Since 2005, millions have been tuning in to Tolo TV's wildly popular American idol-style series, Afghan star. Like its Western predecessors, people compete for a cash prize and record deal. More surprisingly, the contest is open to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Zeitgeist Films 2010
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC AFGCronin, Doreen.
Summary: While Farmer Brown sleeps, his animals prepare for a talent show at the county fair.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lectorum 2007
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1 available in Foreign Language, Call number: J468 SPANISH CROSmiley, Jess Smart
Summary: "In this first volume of the What Happens Next? graphic novel series, YOU decide if Megan will run the Sunbright Middle School's talent show smoothly ... or right into the ground! Megan Hathaway is in charge of Sunbright Middle School's talent show, and everything is going wrong. Animals are running wild backstage, vice-principal Fisher is out for blood, and Megan's friend Olivia might be...
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Publisher / Publication Date: First Second 2023
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Summary: Sadie and her new poodle puppy enter into the school's talent show, but when Sadie gets a case of stage fright, her puppy must help her overcome her fear and perform.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2014
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED PPEvans, Christine (Christine N.)
Summary: Can a magical wish make Raven and Luca best friends again after they quarrel over their double act in the school talent show?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Albert Whitman & Company 2021
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE EVAGonzales, Chuck
Summary: Carlos Gomez is a member of the only Mexican American family in town, so he's used to being the odd one out. A lisp, a penchant for girl glamor, and being picked on by the class bully don't help either. But now there's a talent show coming up, and Carlos is performing with the BMX stunt team. What could possibly go wrong?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Reycraft Books 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 GONMaddox, Jake
Summary: "Tobias Wilson has a secret. For the past two years, since attending a Choctaw Nation powwow with his family, he's been teaching himself how to hoop dance. But when his best buddy Declan discovers him dancing, it isn't long before his whole class knows. Once the secret is out, Tobias has the opportunity to share his dancing at the spring talent show, but he's not sure he wants that. Is he ready...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, an imprint of Capstone 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC MADPennypacker, Sara
Summary: Eight-year-old Clementine, convinced that she has no talents, tries to find a way to avoid participating in the class talent show.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion Books for Children 2007
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Summary: A.J. has trouble coming up with a talent to put on display in his class's upcoming talent show.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2019
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Summary: As the only T. rex in her school, Penelope is often overlooked but when she loses her confidence after signing up for the school talent show, her father and some friends help her find her courage.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disney Hyperion 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction HigginsCopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE HIGLambert, Megan Dowd
Summary: April and Mae are best friends, and their pets are best friends too! On Wednesdays, April and Mae take classes. Mae takes art class, and April takes music class. But this Wednesday, there is a talent show to raise money for the library. April will perform on stage. Mae will make posters and bake treats. When it is time to go onstage, April feels shy. Can Mae and the pets help April be brave.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge 2022
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE LAMSummary: For Troy, Gabriella, Chad, and Taylor, summer vacation is no day at the beach. Thanks to Troy, they are all working at a country club founded by Ryan and Sharpay's family. The club's annual talent show is right around the corner and Sharpay's competitive instincts are sizzling. She dumps Ryan as her singing partner and starts wooing Troy to join her onstage instead. Gabriella is not very happy...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD Family High 2007Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD HIGAhmed, Roda
Summary: Born to be a star, Etta prepares for her big performance in her school's talent show, but when she gets pre-show jitters, her loving family helps her through it so she can shine in the spotlight.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE AHMLibenson, Terri
Summary: Everyone knows how much brainy Bri likes the spotlight (not). So why did she ever agree to something that forces her to learn a new language, give a speech, help organize a party, and juggle drama at school and home?! As the big event inches closer, Bri wonders if it's all worth it. . . .Told in alternating past and present chapters, Bri's heartwarming story unfolds over the eight months...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 LIBCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J GRAPHIC LIBPeschke, M. (Marci)
Summary: Kylie Jean Carter plans to sing in the annual Fourth of July Jubilee talent show.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books 2012
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC PESSalazar, Alicia
Summary: Every year Camila's school has a talent show, and Camila wants to sing her favorite song; but Ruby, a new girl, has already signed up to sing the same song and Camila is so mad she decides not to compete at all--until Ruby suggests that they sing together, and Camila discovers sometimes two voices are better than one. Includes suggestions for creating your own talent show.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, an imprint of Capstone 2022
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE SALPennypacker, Sara
Summary: Eight-year-old Clementine, convinced that she has no talents, tries to find a way to avoid participating in the class talent show.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J PA FIC PENTaddonio, Lea
Summary: Steve wants to do a hip-hop routine in the big Shiverwood Academy talent show. But whenever he tries to pop and lock in public, he trips over his own feet. Is it because he is an undead boy made of sewn together body parts? Or is the truth even scarier, does Steve have stage fright?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Spellbound, an imprint of Magic Wagon 2020
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Summary: "Acknowledged by her contemporaries as the most outstanding woman suffrage orator of her time, Anna Howard Shaw (1847-1919) has nonetheless received minimal attention from historians. Trisha Franzen rectifies that oversight with this first scholarly biography of Shaw, a study that illuminates Shaw's oft-ignored early years and challenges existing scholarship on her time in the suffrage...
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Illinois Press 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SHAW, HOWARD ANNA FRAGarcia, J. Malcolm
Summary: "Collection of literary reportage from Afghanistan: stories that go unreported, the lives of people not usually considered newsworthy or important, people who struggle just to survive"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Seven Stories Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 958.104 GARPlatt, Jason
Summary: "In order to avoid extra work, middle schooler Newell agrees to participate in a school-wide talent show--without a talent"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2019
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: A quirky gaggle of Western hairstylists armed with blow dryers and designer scissors improbably open a school to teach eager Afghan women the high art of fixing hair. The women of Kabul embrace the beauty lessons with unbridled hope.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Docurama 2006
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC BEA1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF BEA
Brownlee, Sophia Grace
Summary: Cousins Sophia Grace and Rosie plan a show-stopping song and dance number for a talent show.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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Summary: Harry Moon is up to his eyeballs in magic in the small town of Sleepy Hollow. His archenemy, Titus Kligore, has eyes on winning the annual Scary Talent Show. Harry has a tough job ahead of him if he is going to steal the crown. He takes a chance on a magical rabbit who introduces him to the deep magic. Harry decides the best way forward is to "do no evil" while the battle to defeat Titus goes...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017