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Here we are : notes for living on planet Earth

by Oliver Jeffers

jE Jeffers
Kids

In this salutation from Earth, the chronicler gives a tour of the planet and introduces those who call it home.

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One

by Kathryn Otoshi

jE Otoshi
Kids

A number/color book reminding us that it just takes one to make everyone count.

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The darkest dark

by Chris Hadfield

jE Hadfield
Kids

"Young Chris loves pretending he's a brave astronaut, exploiring the universe. Only one problem--at night, he's afraid of the dark. Only when he watches the moon landing on TV does he realize how exciting the unknown can be. Inspired by the childhood of real-life astronaut Chris Hadfield"--

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War horse

by Michael Morpurgo

jBOOKS ON DISC Morpurgo, Michael.

Joey the horse recalls his experiences growing up on an English farm, his struggle for survival as a cavalry horse during World War I, and his reunion with his beloved master.

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Singing away the dark

by C. Hendrika Woodward

jE Woodward
Kids

As a little girl walks to catch the school bus on a dark and windy winter morning, she finds that by singing, the woods aren't as scary, the walk isn't as long and the wind isn't as cold.

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The mysterious howling

by Maryrose Wood

jFICTION Wood, Maryrose
Kids

Fifteen-year-old Miss Penelope Lumley, a recent graduate of the Swanburne Academy for Poor Bright Females, is hired as governess to three young children who have been raised by wolves and must teach them to behave in a civilized manner quickly, in preparation for a Christmas ball.

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To kill a mockingbird

by Harper Lee

FICTION Lee, Harper
Fiction

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Miss Rumphius

by Barbara Cooney

jE Cooney
Kids

As a child Great-aunt Alice Rumphius resolved that when she grew up she would go to faraway places, live by the sea in her old age, and do something to make the world more beautiful--and she does all those things, the last being the most difficult of all.

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Nikki & Deja

by Karen English

jFICTION English, Karen
Kids

When an arrogant new girl comes to school, third-graders and best friends Nikki and Deja decide to form a club that would exclude her but find the results not what they expected.

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The Penderwicks : a summer tale of four sisters, two rabbits, and a very interesting boy

by Jeanne Birdsall

jFICTION Birdsall, Jeanne
Kids

While vacationing with their widowed father in the Berkshire Mountains, four lovable sisters, ages four through twelve, share adventures with a local boy, much to the dismay of his snobbish mother.

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Bink and Gollie

by Kate DiCamillo

jREADER DiCamillo, Kate
Kids

Two roller-skating best friends--one tiny, one tall--share three comical adventures involving outrageously bright socks, an impromptu trek to the Andes, and a most unlikely marvelous companion.

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Raymie nightingale

by Kate DiCamillo

jFICTION Dicamill Kate
Kids

Hoping that if she wins a local beauty pageant her father will come home, Raymie practices twirling a baton and performing good deeds as she is drawn into an unlikely friendship with a drama queen and a saboteur.

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Mercy Watson to the rescue

by Kate DiCamillo

jREADER DiCamillo, Kate
Kids

After Mercy the pig snuggles to sleep with the Watsons, all three awaken with the bed teetering on the edge of a big hole in the floor.

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The bear and the piano

by David Litchfield

jE Litchfie
Kids

"A bear finds a piano in the woods, learns to play it, and travels to the big city to become rich and famous, but ultimately discovers that his old friends in the forest back home are still the best audience of all"--

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The Night Gardener

by Terry Fan

jE Fan
Kids

Everyone on Grimloch Lane enjoys the trees and shrubs clipped into animal masterpieces after dark by the Night Gardener, but William, a lonely boy, spots the artist, follows him, and helps with his special work.

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Fuzzy mud

by Louis Sachar

jFICTION Sachar Louis
Kids

"Two middle-grade kids take a shortcut home from school and discover what looks like fuzzy mud but is actually a substance with the potential to wreak havoc on the entire world"--

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The princess in black

by Shannon Hale

jFICTION Hale Shannon
Kids

Hiding her secret identity as a monster-fighting superhero, Princess Magnolia interrupts her fancy tea with the unsuspecting Duchess Wigtower to stop a big blue monster from endangering her kingdom's goats.

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The wild robot escapes

by Peter Brown

jFICTION Brown Peter
Fiction

After being captured by the Recons and returned to civilization for reprogramming, Roz is sent to Hilltop Farm where she befriends her owner's family and animals, but pines for her son, Brightbill.

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The wild robot

by Peter Brown

jFICTION Brown Peter
Kids

Roz the robot discovers that she is alone on a remote, wild island with no memory of where she is from or why she is there, and her only hope of survival is to try to learn about her new environment from the island's hostile inhabitants.

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Goodnight moon

by Margaret Wise Brown

jBOARD BOOK Brown
Board Books

A little bunny bids goodnight to all the objects in his room before falling asleep.

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Ghost

by Jason Reynolds

jFICTION Reynolds Jason

"Ghost, a naturally talented runner and troublemaker, is recruited for an elite middle school track team. He must stay on track, literally and figuratively, to reach his full potential"--

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The hate u give

by Angie Thomas

YA FICTION ON DISC Thomas, Angie

Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter moves between two worlds: the poor black neighborhood where she lives and the fancy suburban prep school she attends. The uneasy balance between these worlds is shattered when Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend, Khalil, at the hands of a police officer. Khalil was unarmed. Soon afterward, Khalil's death is a national headline. Some are calling him a thug, maybe even a drug dealer and a gangbanger. Starr's best friend at school suggests he may have had it coming. When it becomes clear the police have little interest in investigating the incident, protesters take to the streets and Starr's neighborhood becomes a war zone. What everyone wants to know is: What really went down that night? And the only person alive who can answer that is Starr. But what Starr does--or does not--say could destroy her community. It could also endanger her life.

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Loving Frank

by Nancy Horan

FICTION Horan, Nancy
Historical Fiction

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Bob books. Set 1, Beginning readers

by Bobby Lynn Maslen

jREADER Bob Set 1
Early Readers

Summary: Stories and pictures to make learning alphabet sounds enjoyable.

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I am a cat

by Galia Bernstein

jE Bernstei
Picture Books

Simon the housecat points out that he may not roar like a lion or run fast like a cheetah, but he has many other things in common with the big cats.

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A hungry lion or a dwindling assortment of animals

by Lucy Ruth Cummins

jE Cummins
Picture Books

Members of a large group of animals, including a penguin, two rabbits, and a koala, disappear at an alarming rate but the hungry lion remains.

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The day you begin

by Jacqueline Woodson

jE Woodson
Picture Books

Other students laugh when Rigoberto, an immigrant from Venezuela, introduces himself but later, he meets Angelina and discovers that he is not the only one who feels like an outsider.

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Between shades of gray

by Ruta Sepetys

YOUNG ADULT FICTION Sepetys, Ruta
Young Adult

In 1941, fifteen-year-old Lina, her mother, and brother are pulled from their Lithuanian home by Soviet guards and sent to Siberia, where her father is sentenced to death in a prison camp while she fights for her life, vowing to honor her family and the thousands like hers by burying her story in a jar on Lithuanian soil. Based on the author's family, includes a historical note.

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Born to run

by Bruce Springsteen

781.66092 /Springsteen
Biographies

Over the past seven years, Bruce Springsteen has privately devoted himself to writing the story of his life, bringing to these pages the same honesty, humor, and originality found in his songs. He describes growing up Catholic in Freehold, New Jersey, amid the poetry, danger, and darkness that fueled his imagination, leading up to the moment he refers to as "The Big Bang": seeing Elvis Presley's debut on The Ed Sullivan Show. He vividly recounts his relentless drive to become a musician, his early days as a bar band king in Asbury Park, and the rise of the E Street Band. With disarming candor, he also tells for the first time the story of the personal struggles that inspired his best work, and shows us why the song "Born to Run" reveals more than we previously realized.

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Bossypants

by Tina Fey

BIOGRAPHY Fey, Tina

From her youthful days as a vicious nerd to her tour of duty on Saturday Night Live; from her passionately halfhearted pursuit of physical beauty to her life as a mother eating things off the floor; from her one-sided college romance to her nearly fatal honeymoon, comedian Tina Fey reveals all, and proves that you're no one until someone calls you bossy.

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Orange pear apple bear

by Emily Gravett

jE Gravett
Picture Books

Explores concepts of color, shape, and food using only five simple words, as a bear juggles and plays.

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Monkey and me

by Emily Gravett

jE Gravett
Picture Books

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Pie

by Sarah Weeks

jBOOKS ON DISC Weeks, Sarah

When her late Aunt Polly bequeaths a surly pet cat and a coveted pie-crust recipe to her, Alice is thrust into the center of a high-stakes pie-baking contest that her mother is determined to win, a competition that helps Alice discover the true importance of family, friendship and enjoying what one does in life.

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Hoot

by Carl Hiaasen

YA FICTION ON DISC Hiaasen, Carl

Roy, who is new to his small Florida community, becomes involved in another boy's attempt to save a colony of burrowing owls from a proposed construction site.

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The evolution of Calpurnia Tate

by Jacqueline Kelly

jFICTION Kelly, Jacqueline
Historical Fiction

In central Texas in 1899, eleven-year-old Callie Vee Tate is instructed to be a lady by her mother, learns about love from the older three of her six brothers, and studies the natural world with her grandfather, the latter of which leads to an important discovery.

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The poet's dog

by Patricia MacLachlan

jFICTION Maclachl Patricia
Kids, Fiction

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