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Lewis, Gill

Summary: As a group of refugees huddles together in a rubber dinghy in the middle of the sea at night, one of them uses his violin to tell a story of how the instrument was invented and of a white stallion that ran like the wind, weaving their stories together and giving them hope for freedom in the future.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers 2018

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC LEW

Polacco, Patricia

Summary: One afternoon, Jonathan Harker Weeks didn’t feel like practicing the piano. So his grandfather decided to tell him a story to show how much of an impact music can have. When he was a child growing up poor in Ireland, his mother made sure he learned to play the fiddle, despite their challenges. After his mother passed away and he was on his own, Jonathan’s grandfather fell asleep hiding in a...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2019

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction Polacco 2019

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE POL

Zhang, Gracey

Summary: "Rubin loves the beautiful sounds that are played by the orchestra. He wants to learn to play the violin and make his own music. But when Rubin plays, it doesn't sound like he imagines it should. Rubin goes into the forest to practice alone and despite only getting the violin to screech, he finds an unlikely audience that loves his unique style"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2023

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE ZHA

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ZHA

McPhail, David

Summary: Feeling that something is missing in his simple life, Mole acquires a violin and learns to make beautiful, joyful music.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Live Oak Media 2001

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Multi-Media Kits, Call number: KIT J ORANGE MOL

Ering, Timothy Basil

Summary: When Captain Alfred's boat is caught in an unexpected storm everything aboard the ship is flung to the far reaches of the sea except one little duckling and a fiddle that the the duckling embraces with all his heart.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2017

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ERI

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE ERI

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC ERI

Wells, Rosemary

Summary: "Noisy Nora is learning to play the violin, but her family isn't sure they can survive it! The lovable heroine of Noisy Nora returns in a new book that will charm parents and children alike. Nora is determined to play the violin, but her parents, sister Kate, and brother Jack are appalled by the terrible sounds that emerge during her practice sessions. Scrape and shriek, screech and...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2020

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction Wells 2020

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE WEL

Summary: Click, clack, moo: A bunch of literate cows go on strike after Farmer Brown refuses to give in to their typed demands of electric blankets when the barn gets too cold. The day Jimmy's boa ate the wash: Jimmy's boa constrictor wreaks havoc on the class trip to a farm. The Pigs' wedding: all the pigs must get cleaned up for the big wedding. Hendrika, a Dutch cow, wants to visit the city. Charlie...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2002

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV CLI

Willems, Mo

Summary: Piggie is upset because a whale took the ball she found, but Gerald finds a solution that pleases all of them.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion Books for Children, an imprint of Disney Book Group 2015

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile World Languages, Call number: JBR GREEN SPANISH WIL

Alessandri, Alexandra

Summary: "English just feels wrong to Isabel. She prefers her native Spanish. As she prepares for a new school, she knows she's going to have to learn. Her first day is uncomfortable, until she employs her crayons and discovers there's more than one way to communicate with new friends"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2021

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE ALE

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ALE

Willems, Mo

Summary: Geraldo está cansado y gruñón. ¿Soñará con Cerdita? ¿O ella no lo dejará soñar?

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion Books for Children 2021

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Snicket, Lemony.

Summary: Accidents, evil plots, and general misfortune abound when, in their continuing search for a home, the Baudelaire orphans are sent to live and work in a sinister lumber mill.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Children's Audio 2003

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD SNI

Raúl the Third

Summary: "Little Lobo and his friends are excited for the out-of-this-world book festival the Guadalupian Library hosts every year! Everyone has a special book they're looking for, but there's so much to see and do first. From cookbook demonstrations and comics workshops to mask making and language classes, this library has something for everyone. Can Little Lobo, Bernabé, Kooky Dooky, Coco Rocho, and...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Versify, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2023

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE RAU

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE RAU

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