Uegaki, Chieri
Summary: "A young girl finds a way to give the gift of a traditional Japanese garden back to her beloved grandfather and accept a difficult change."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kids Can Press 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE UGEOgaki, Philippe
Summary: An ancient Evil has returned to Earth after being banished for millennia. The old gods who thought they had defeated Evil must find new heroes. Six children, from all over the world, are chosen. The stories of the first chosen -- Yuko, Amir, and Abigail -- appear in book one. Book two tells the stories of Parvati, Miguel, and Neo. In India, Parvati Patel seems to be constantly in motion. She's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Papercutz 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J GRAPHIC MYTSoundar, Chitra
Summary: The rain clouds are long gone and the dry season scorches the land. Everything is new for the baby giraffe. As she bounds ahead and lags behind, her mother patiently explains the ways of the grasslands. And until she grows a little taller, older, and wiser, her mother reminds her: "You're strong with me."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lantana Publishing 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SOUVignocchi, Chiara
Summary: It all begins with one tasty nut, hanging on the highest branch of a tree. A little Mouse looks at it longingly - he wants to eat it, so very much. But how can he get it down? By shaking the tree, of course! Can you, the reader, help him? Shake the tree - a little to the right (shake) ... and a little to the left (shake shake). But - uh-oh - something else is falling from the tree, and it's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walker Books 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: E VIGChari, Sheela
Summary: Along the train lines north of New York City, twelve-year-old neighbors Myla and Peter search for the link between Myla's necklace and the disappearance of Peter's brother, Randall. Thrown into a world of parkour, graffiti, and diamond-smuggling, Myla and Peter encounter a band of thugs who are after the same thing as Randall. Can Myla and Peter find Randall before it's too late, and their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J PA FIC CHAChari, Sheela
Summary: Along the train lines north of New York City, twelve-year-old neighbors Myla and Peter search for the link between Myla's necklace and the disappearance of Peter's brother, Randall. Thrown into a world of parkour, graffiti, and diamond-smuggling, Myla and Peter encounter a band of thugs who are after the same thing as Randall. Can Myla and Peter find Randall before it's too late, and their...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD FIC CHADivakaruni, Chitra Banerjee
Summary: "A beautiful, powerful new novel from the bestselling, award-winning author of Sister of My Heart and The Mistress of Spies about three generations of mothers and daughters who must discover their greatest source of strength in one another--a masterful, brilliant tale of a family both united and torn apart by ambition and love. The daughter of a poor baker in rural Bengal, India, Sabitri yearns...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DIVDimaline, Cherie
Summary: Joan has been searching for her missing husband, Victor, for nearly a year-- ever since that terrible night they'd had their first serious argument. Still grieving and severely hungover, Joan hears Victor's unmistakable voice coming from inside a revival tent in a gritty Walmart parking lot. He has the same face, the same eyes, the same hands. He doesn't recognize Joan, insists his name is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DIMCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC DIMDimaline, Cherie
Summary: Winifred has lived in the apartment above the cemetery office with her father, who works in the crematorium all her life, close to her mother's grave. With her sixteenth birthday only days away, Winifred has settled into a lazy summer schedule, lugging her obese Chihuahua around the grounds in a squeaky red wagon to visit the neglected gravesides and nursing a serious crush on her best friend,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tundra Books 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC DIMFu, Cherie
Summary: Little messy Marcy Su cleans the house to help her mother, but with every mess she picks up she somehow makes another. Includes Chinese language lesson.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FUSoundar, Chitra
Summary: "In this Indian folktale, a young turtle shares a shallow lake with unlikely friends--two geese. But when the lake starts drying up, the stubborn turtle must follow his winged friends' advice, or he'll be left out to dry."--Back cover
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, an imprint of Capstone 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 SOUCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC SOU (Graphic Novel)Wall, Sheri
Summary: Thanksgiving is a time to come together with our loved ones and give thanks for all that we have. Kids will learn how to be thankful for the people and world around them as they delight in an exciting Thanksgiving adventures.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rockridge Press 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE WALCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Seasonal Juvenile Collection, Call number: JE WALCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE WAL (basket)Chien Chow Chine, Aurélie
Summary: A little unicorn feels all kinds of emotions, including anger, and uses a breathing exercise to calm down.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Social Emo Chien Chow Chine 2019Colfer, Eoin.
Summary: When a twelve-year-old evil genius tries to restore his family fortune by capturing a fairy and demanding a ransom in gold, the fairies fight back with magic, technology, and a particularly nasty troll.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Playaway Digital Audio 2007
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Place a hold to request this item.Holabird, Katharine
Summary: Twinkle wants to win first place in the Fairy Fly Race, so she practices every day with her friends.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Spotlight 2021
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Place a hold to request this item.Yang, Kelly
Summary: When the coronavirus hits Hong Kong, ten-year-old Knox Wei-Evans's mom makes the last-minute decision to move him and his siblings back to California, where they think they will be safe. Suddenly, Knox has two days to prepare for an international move, and for leaving his dad, who has to stay for work. At his new school in California, Knox struggles with being the new kid. His classmates think...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD FIC YANNewson, Karl
Summary: A beautiful new bedtime classic, which celebrates the immeasurable love between a mummy and baby. For all the stars across the sky, big and little and bright. Here's a wish from me to you, before we say goodnight... Every evening, when the sun is fading, Luna and her mother play a game. They close their eyes, make a wish, and imagine themselves on the most incredible of adventures - swimming...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2019
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE NEWStilton, Thea
Summary: Taking a road trip to San Jose along Route 66 while stopping in Chicago, St. Louis, and other iconic cities, the Thea Sisters are dismayed to learn that an unknown saboteur has wiped a special video game project off of a programmer friend's computer.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC STIPalmer, Erin
Summary: "Tommy is new at school, and Leela, the class bully, picks on him right away. "Too-tall Tommy!" she teases. When Leela finds herself stuck in a scary situation, Tommy has a choice to make. Will he help her?"--Page [4] of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rourke Educational Media 2019
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1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN PALSwift, Ginger
Summary: Lift the flaps to explore the farm with goats Poppy and Patch. Introduces farm animals, encourages use of fine motor skills, entertains with exploration & surprise.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cottage Door Press 2016
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1 available in Board Books, Call number: JE SWITenasco, Sunshine
Summary: "Nibi is an Indigenous girl on the search for clean water to drink. Though she is faced with repeated obstacles, Nibi's joyful and determined energy become a catalyst for change and action as her community, and in widening circles, the country and government rally around her to make clean drinking water available for all. There is a strong underlying message that even when a problem seems too...
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Publisher / Publication Date: North Wind Press, an imprint of Scholastic Canada Ltd. 2019