Summary: Tells the story of troubled nightclub comic Lenny Bruce, his wife Honey Harlowe, and his fatal decline through drug addiction.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: MGM Home Entertainment Inc. 2002
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA LENLuiselli, Valeria
Summary: "Bon vivant, world traveler, auctioneer--the story of Highway and his teeth is like Johnny Cash meets Robert Walser in Mexico"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Coffee House Press 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LUIWerth, Kurt.
Summary: Jack's stupidity by chance nets him a fortune and a lovely wife.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Viking Press 1970
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 WERFisher, Valorie.
Summary: This book covers the alphabet, counting, opposites, shapes, colors, and seasons and uses bright photos of retro toys to illustrate these topics.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Schwartz & Wade 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FISLuiselli, Valeria
Summary: "From the two-time NBCC Finalist, a fiercely imaginative novel about a family's summer road trip across America--a journey that, with breathtaking imagery, spare lyricism, and profound humanity, probes the nature of justice and equality in America today. A mother and father set out with their kids from New York to Arizona. In their used Volvo--and with their ten-year-old son trying out his new...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LUICopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction Luiselli 2019Manfredi, Valerio.
Summary: The story of the Brunis, a family of farmers from the Italian Padan plain who have worked the land since time immemorial, and the homeless multitudes, travelers, and tinkers roaming Europe during the hardscrabble nineteen twenties and thirties.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Europa Editions 2012
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MANWicker, Valeria
Summary: Inspired by a visit to an art museum, Raven sets out to create a masterpiece but her discarded mistakes start stalking her, teaching her to accept her imperfections.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: JIMMY Patterson Books/Little, Brown and Company 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE WICSummary: Based on real events, this is the story of an unsung hero, Franz Jägerstätter, who refused to fight for the Nazis in World War II. When the Austrian peasant farmer is faced with the threat of execution for treason, it is his unwavering faith and his love for his wife Fani and children that keep his spirit alive.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA HIDValerio, Geraldo
Summary: A little girl falls asleep, her book in hand, and as she dreams an astonishing adventure unfolds. This wordless picture book celebrates the joy and freedom that can be found in stories, dreams and the imagination.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE VALFontaine, Valérie
Summary: "The young girl tells us that her mom's new friend is just like the big bad wolf. At first the wolf is sweet and kind to her mom, though the girl notices the wolf's cold eyes from the very beginning. When her mom arrives home late one day, the wolf suddenly hurls angry words and terrible names at her. From that day on her mother doesn't smile anymore. The girl is careful to clean her room and...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 362.829 FONGorbachev, Valeri.
Summary: Molly Mouse and her friends struggle to come up with ideas for birthday gifts for their friend Turtle.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE GORCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE GORWorth, Bonnie.
Summary: The Cat in the Hat bakes cupcakes in this simple retelling of a scene from the movie version of Dr. Seuss's classic books.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2003
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Summary: "Running through town to get a pizza for himself and his mother, Pinky unwittingly becomes covered in snow; now everyone thinks he is a walking snowman!"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2016
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Summary: When Christopher Rabbit learns to count in school, he enjoys it so much that he counts everything in sight, including how many baskets his friends make when they play basketball and how many peas and carrots are on his plate.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 2008
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Summary: Sephy is a Cross- dark-skinned and beautiful, she lives a life of privilege and power. But she burns with injustice at the world she sees around her. Callum is a nought- pale-skinned and poor, he's considered to be less than nothing. But he dreams of a better life.Then - in spite of a world that is fiercely against them - these star-crossed lovers choose each other. But this is love story that...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC BLAWorth, Bonnie.
Summary: The Cat in the Hat introduces Dick and Sally to various animal babies in the wild.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2002
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC WORGorbachev, Valeri.
Summary: Molly buys so many balloons for all her animal friends at the fair, she gets carried away into the air.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 2009
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE GORSummary: A neurotic young woman who is married to an engineer in the industrial wasteland of northern Italy, searches in vain to find meaning in her life.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2010
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY FOREIGN REDSummary: Guiliana is the wife of Ugo, a plant manager in Ravenna. Recently released from the hospital after a car accident, Giuliana is in dire straits mentally, but Ugo thinks she's just hysterical. When she meets the charming Corrado, he seems sympathetic, shares her feeling of being lost, but he doesn't fully understand and his amatory advances are not what she needs. Living in the shadow of...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2010
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2 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN REDValério, Geraldo
Summary: "On a dull gray day, a boy puts his dog on a leash and they walk to a shimmering pond where snowy white swans swim freely. One of the swans invites the boy and dog for a ride. They climb on its back and sail into a stunningly beautiful landscape, dotted with wildflowers, spoonbills and ibises. Foxes, rabbits and deer appear in this paradise, then butterflies and even bigger, more beautiful...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE VALGorbachev, Valeri.
Summary: Two little chickens are worried about their first day of school and hope they will make new friends.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: North-South Books 2003
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Summary: After hearing a bedtime story about penguins, Turtle dresses as a penguin for school and soon the entire class is having a penguin day.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE GORFisher, Valorie.
Summary: "From dressing oneself to mastering colors, patterns, and even making the bed, Fisher's encouraging book balances the known and the new."--Publishers Weekly.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Schwartz & Wade Books 2014
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Summary: Four high school yearbook-committee members struggle to understand and appropriately document a horrific school shooting in a suburban St. Louis town that is also being terrorized by mysterious house fires at the homes of the victims.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2016