Search Results: Returned 20 Results, Displaying Titles 1 - 20
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[2018]., Preschool, Dial Books for Young Readers Call No: E CAM Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Adrian Simcox brags about owning a horse, and Chloe just knows he's making stuff up ... until she learns an important lesson in empathy"--
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[2013]., Philomel Books Call No: E DAY Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s) Summary Note: When Duncan arrives at school one morning, he finds a stack of letters, one from each of his crayons, complaining about how he uses them.
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c1976., Juvenile, Harper & Row Call No: Easy LOBEL Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: I can read bookSummary Note: Two friends share experiences in each season of the year.
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[1990], Juvenile, Crown Publishers Call No: E TOM Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: Grandfather tells a story about shape-changing fox fairies who try to best each other until a hunter brings danger to both of them.
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-- I will wait, Mr. Panda2016., Preschool, Scholastic Press Call No: Easy Antony Edition: First edition, November 2016. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Mr. Panda is making something, and all of his animal friends are interested--but only Penguin is willing to wait to see what it is.
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[2019]., Primary, Zonderkidz Call No: E YOL Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A young boy, seeing that Moon is lonely, sends up a kite to cheer her then, after growing up and learning many things, he becomes the first human to visit her. Dedicated to Neil Armstrong and written in recognition of the fiftieth anniversary of the first U.S. moon landing.
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2018., Juvenile, Scholastic Press Call No: Easy SAUER Edition: First edition. Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s) Summary Note: Bear settles down for his long winter nap, but his friends have other ideas.
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[2015], Preschool, G.P. Putnam's Sons, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Call No: [E] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Every Sunday after church, CJ and his grandma ride the bus across town. But today, CJ wonders why they don't own a car like his friend Colby. Why doesn't he have an iPod like the boys on the bus? How come they always have to get off in the dirty part of town? Each question is met with an encouraging answer from grandma, who helps him see the beauty -- and fun -- in their routine and the world around them.
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2010., Pre-adolescent, Clarion Books Call No: ADVENTURE FIC PAR Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: When the Sudanese civil war reaches his village in 1985, eleven-year-old Salva becomes separated from his family and must walk with other Dinka tribe members through southern Sudan, Ethiopia, and Kenya in search of safe haven. Based on the life of Salva Dut, who, after emigrating to America in 1996, began a project to dig water wells in Sudan.
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c2011., Adolescent, Quirk Books Call No: [Fic] Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s) Summary Note: After a family tragedy, Jacob feels compelled to explore an abandoned orphanage on an island off the coast of Wales, discovering disturbing facts about the children who were kept there.
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c2011., Adolescent, Quirk Books Call No: YOUNG ADULT Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Miss Peregrine Volume: bk 1Summary Note: A mysterious island. An abandoned orphanage. And a strange collection of very curious photographs. It all waits to be discovered in Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, an unforgettable novel that mixes fiction and photography in a thrilling reading experience. As our story opens, a horrific family tragedy sets sixteen-year-old Jacob journeying to a remote island off the coast of Wales, where he discovers the crumbling ruins of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. As Jacob explores its abandoned bedrooms and hallways, it becomes clear that the children who once lived here -- one of whom was his own grandfather -- were more than just peculiar. They may have been dangerous. They may have been quarantined on a desolate island for good reason. And somehow -- impossible though it seems -- they may still be alive. A spine-tingling fantasy illustrated with haunting vintage photography, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children will delight adults, teens, and anyone who relishes an adventure in the shadows. - Publisher.
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2014., Primary, Kids Can Press Call No: E SPI Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Rating:
(17 Ratings) Summary Note: A little girl has a wonderful idea. With the help of her canine assistant, she is going to make the most magnificent thing! She knows just how it will look. She knows just how it will work. But making the most magnificent thing turns out to be harder than she thinks.
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c1950., Juvenile, Alfred A. Knopf Call No: E DUV Edition: [Lib. ed.]. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Petunia, the goose, learns that possessing knowledge doesn't mean carrying a book around constantly.
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2020., Preschool, Candlewick Press Call No: E HAL Edition: First US edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: In the midst of the rain, rainbows can be hard to see. But with courage and the help of good friends, there is always a way out of the darkness.
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[2023]., Primary, Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers Call No: E Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Bob loves his red jacket. The red jacket makes him feel swanky cool. The red jacket makes other seagulls notice him and even speak to him. But when a wave washes it away, will Bob lose his cool and his newfound friends, too?
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[1994]., Juvenile, Harcourt Brace Call No: E BUN Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Caldecott Medal booksSummary Note: Daniel and his mother look out of their window at the smoky night below. There are looters on the street, fires in the distance. Daniel clutches his cat, Jasmine. But later, when they're forced to leave the apartment building, Jasmine can't be found. Mrs. Kim's cat is missing too. Where are they? They can't be with each other. Those cats don't get along ... This story is about cats and people who couldn't get along until a night of rioting brings them together. Winner of Caldecott medal, 1995.
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By Lockhart, E[2014]., Adolescent, Delacorte Press Call No: Mystery Fic Lockhart Edition: First edition. Availability:0 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A beautiful and distinguished family. A private island. A brilliant, damaged girl; a passionate, political boy. A group of four friends -- the Liars -- whose friendship turns destructive. A revolution. An accident. A secret. Lies upon lies. True love. The truth. Spending the summers on her family's private island off the coast of Massachusetts with her cousins and a special boy named Gat, teenaged Cadence struggles to remember what happened during her fifteenth summer. We Were Liars is a modern, sophisticated suspense novel from New York Times bestselling author, National Book Award finalist, and Printz Award honoree E. Lockhart. Read it. And if anyone asks you how it ends, just LIE. - Publisher.
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2012, Alfred A. Knopf Call No: [Fic] Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s) Summary Note: Ten-year-old Auggie Pullman, who was born with extreme facial abnormalities and was not expected to survive, goes from being home-schooled to entering fifth grade at a private middle school in Manhattan, which entails enduring the taunting and fear of his classmates as he struggles to be seen as just another student.
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2012, Alfred A. Knopf Call No: [Fic] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Ten-year-old Auggie Pullman, who was born with extreme facial abnormalities and was not expected to survive, goes from being home-schooled to entering fifth grade at a private middle school in Manhattan, which entails enduring the taunting and fear of his classmates as he struggles to be seen as just another student.
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2012, Pre-adolescent, Alfred A. Knopf Call No: Realistic FIC Palacio Genre: Realistic, Realistic Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "I won't describe what I look like. Whatever you're thinking, it's probably worse. "August (Auggie) Pullman was born with a facial deformity that prevented him from going to a mainstream school--until now. He's about to start 5th grade at Beecher Prep, and if you've ever been the new kid then you know how hard that can be. The thing is Auggie's just an ordinary kid, with an extraordinary face. But can he convince his new classmates that he's just like them, despite appearances? R. J. Palacio has written a spare, warm, uplifting story that will have readers laughing one minute and wiping away tears the next. With wonderfully realistic family interactions (flawed, but loving), lively school scenes, and short chapters, "Wonder" is accessible to readers of all levels. "From the Hardcover edition."
