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5241) Turning red
Series
Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
Introduces Mei Lee, a confident, dorky 13-year-old torn between staying her mother's dutiful daughter and the chaos of adolescence. Her protective, if not slightly overbearing mother, Ming, is never far from her daughter--an unfortunate reality for the teenager. And as if changes to her interests, relationships and body weren't enough, whenever she gets too excited, she "poofs" into a giant red panda!
5242) Bolt
Series
Pub. Date
[2009]
Description
Rescued from a shelter as a pup by a little girl named Penny, Bolt grows up to be the star of a television series in which he plays a super-powered pooch foiling the schemes of the nefarious Dr. Calico. According to the impresario director, the show only works because Bolt is living his role, and so long as he believes it, the audience will. Unfortunately, a ratings-motivated change in plans accidentally leaves Bolt in New York City, convinced that...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
"The year is 1923. Suzuno Ohsugi's father, Takao, warns her to stay away from The Universe of the Four Gods, telling her it's a book that only men can touch. He knows that in order to enact its story, the book needs one last heroine: the Priestess of Byakko! After the Great Kanto Earthquake strikes, Suzuno and Takao are trapped in their burning home. Takao has only one chance to save his young daughter, and that is to send her into The Universe of...
Pub. Date
[2011]
Description
After stints as an undercover grandmother and an undercover nanny, FBI agent Malcolm Turner adds 'undercover housemother' to his resume. In this hefty new comedy, Big Momma is hired to go deep undercover as the Headmistress of the Atlanta Girls' School for the Arts. Turner brings along his son to go undercover as a student in the school with hilarious results.
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Appears on list
Description
Elena Gorokhovas A Mountain of Crumbs is the moving story of a Soviet girl who discovers the truths adults are hiding from her and the lies her homeland lives by. Elena's country is no longer the majestic Russia of literature or the tsars, but a nation struggling to retain its power and its pride. Born with a desire to explore the world beyond her borders, Elena finds her passion in the complexity of the English language but in the Soviet Union of...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
Who is the Inventor, and what does he want with the all-new Ms. Marvel and all her friends? Maybe Wolverine can help! If Kamala can stop fan-girling out about meeting her favorite super hero, that is. Then, Kamala crosses paths with Inhumanity--by meeting the royal dog, Lockjaw! But why is Lockjaw really with Kamala? As Ms. Marvel discovers more about her past, the Inventor continues to threaten her future. Kamala bands together with some unlikely...
Pub. Date
©2008
Description
"Despite the achievements of the women's movement over the past four decades, misogyny remains a persistent force in American culture. In this important new documentary, Thomas Keith, Professor of Philosophy at California State University, Long Beach, looks specifically at misogyny and sexism in mainstream American media, exploring how negative definitions of femininity and hateful attitudes toward women get constructed and perpetuated at the very...
5249) Eloise at Christmastime
Pub. Date
[2003]
Description
The adventures of six-year-old Eloise as she prepares for Christmas.
Series
Pub. Date
[2009]
Description
In Easter parade, Don Hewes and Nadine Hale are a dancing team, but on the day before Easter she refuses to sign a new contract with him.
In Meet me in St. Louis, The well-off Smith family has four beautiful daughters, including Esther and little Tootie. The family is shocked when Mr. Smith reveals that he has been transferred to a nice position in New York.
In Singin' in the rain, Don Lockwood and Lina Lamont are the darlings of the silent silver...
Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
True Grit: Following the murder of her father by hired hand Tom Chaney, 14-year-old farm girl Mattie Ross sets out to capture the killer. To aid her, she hires the toughest U.S. marshal she can find, a man with "true grit," Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn. Mattie insists on accompanying Cogburn, whose drinking, sloth, and generally reprobate character do not augment her faith in him. Against his wishes, she joins him in his trek into the Indian Nations...
5253) Fruits basket: vol. 20
Author
Series
Fruits basket volume 20
Pub. Date
c2008
Description
Tohru Honda is an orphaned teenager who comes to live with the Sohma family in exchange for housekeeping duties, but she soon comes to know the family secret. In this episode, Tohru realizes she will have to create a trigger to break Kyo's curse.
5254) Fruits basket. Volume 12
Author
Pub. Date
c2005
Description
The gang returns from vacation to find that a new student council has been assembled in their absence. Later, Thoru goes to see her grandmother and a part of her past is revealed that she had shut away. And, Mayuko gives Shigure some advice for parent-teacher conferences.
Series
Winx club volume 2
Pub. Date
2012.
Description
Bloom enrolls at Alfea to hone her fairy powers, but when witches known as the Trix want to ruin her party, it is up to Bloom to save the day.
Author
Series
Komi can't communicate volume 11
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
"The journey to 100 friends begins with a single conversation. Socially anxious high school student Shoko Komi's greatest dream is to make some friends, but everyone at school mistakes her crippling social anxiety for cool reserve! Luckily she meets Tadano, a timid wallflower who decides to step out of his comfort zone in order to help her achieve her goal of making 100 friends. It's spring break, the Komi family is ready for adventure and a recently...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
"Socially anxious high school student Shoko Komi's greatest dream is to make some friends, but everyone at school mistakes her crippling social anxiety for cool reserve! Luckily she meets Tadano, a timid wallflower who decides to step out of his comfort zone in order to help her achieve her goal of making 100 friends ... Komi's friendship quest just hit its first major obstacle--the green-eyed monster! Tadano and a girl named Onemine have been hanging...
Pub. Date
©2008
Description
"They have more cardholders than VISA, more customers than Amazon, and more outlets than McDonald's. Meet America's librarians. The Hollywood Librarian: A Look at Librarians Through Film is the first comprehensive treatment of the subject of librarians. A vivid blend of factual documentary, feature film, and storytelling, it reveals the history and realities of librarianship in the entertaining and appealing context of American movies. Interviews...
Series
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
"It's election season at Itan High, and one of Komi's classmates is running for school president! But according to school rules, Kiyoko Isagi needs to select a campaign representative, and the chilly perfectionist doesn't have anyone she feels comfortable asking. Luckily, Komi and friends have some good ideas for solving her problem"--Back cover.
5260) Bocchi the Rock!: 2
Author
Series
Bocchi the rock! volume 2
Pub. Date
2024.
Description
Hitori "Bocchi" Gotoh once played guitar in solitude, but ever since Nijika roped her into joining Kessoku Band, she's started to emerge from her shell...kinda. She may still be a nervous wreck, but with a show or two under her belt, a part-time job, and even some real-life friends, those rocker fantasies don't seem so unrealistic anymore! However, the band's about to face its biggest challenge yet-performing onstage at the school festival! Can Bocchi...
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