Search:

Results 191 to 200 of 318 | « previous |

Craig of the Creek. [videorecording] / by Croner, H. Michael,voice actor.; Solomon, Philip,voice actor.; Wells, Noel,voice actor.; Warner Home Video (Firm),distributor.;
Philip Solomon, H. Michael Croner, Noel Wells.Join Craig, Kelsey and JP across thirteen adventurous episodes, as they explore the untamed wilderness of the Creek, a kid utopia in their own backyards. Craig leads his besties on imaginative missions to map every corner of this inspired world full of tree forts, paintball battles, and resident Creek kids such as the daredevil 10-Speeds and mysterious Sewer Kids. Down at the Creek, everyday afternoons are transformed into thrilling expeditions where Craig and his friends can become legends before dinnertime.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 2.0.
Subjects: Children's television programs.; Animated television programs.; Friendship; Imagination in children;
For private home use only.
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
unAPI

No journey too far : a novel / by Turansky, Carrie,author.;
"A family separated, a missing sweetheart, a hidden trunk, and a journey across the ocean all in the name of love--the epic saga of the McAlisters continues in the riveting sequel to No Ocean Too Wide . In 1909, Grace McAlister set sail for Canada as one of the thousands of British Home Children taken from their families and their homeland. Though she is fortunate enough to be adopted by wealthy parents, the secrets of her past are kept hidden for ten years until someone from her long-buried childhood arrives on her doorstep. With this new connection to her birth family, will she be brave enough to leave her sheltered life in Toronto and uncover the truth? After enduring hardship as an indentured British Home Child, Garth McAlister left Canada to serve in World War I. His sweetheart, Emma Lafferty, promised to wait for his return, but after three long years apart, her letters suddenly stopped. When Garth arrives home from the war to unexpected news, he is determined to return to Canada once more on a daunting mission to find the two women he refuses to abandon--his long-lost sister and his mysteriously missing sweetheart."--
Subjects: Religious fiction.; Domestic fiction.; Historical fiction.; British; Brothers and sisters; Forced migration; Home children (Canadian immigrants); Betrothal; World War, 1939-1945;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
unAPI

Black cake : a novel / by Wilkerson, Charmaine,author.;
"In this moving debut novel, two estranged siblings must set aside their differences to deal with their mother's death and her hidden past--a journey of discovery that takes them from the Caribbean to London to California and ends with her famous black cake. In present-day California, Eleanor Bennett's death leaves behind a puzzling inheritance for her two children, Byron and Benny: a traditional Caribbean black cake, made from a family recipe with a long history, and a voice recording. In her message, Eleanor shares a tumultuous story about a headstrong young swimmer who escapes her island home under suspicion of murder. The heartbreaking journey Eleanor unfolds, the secrets she still holds back, and the mystery of a long-lost child, challenge everything the siblings thought they knew about their family, and themselves. Can Byron and Benny reclaim their once-close relationship, piece together Eleanor's true history, and fulfill her final request to 'share the black cake when the time is right?' Will their mother's revelations bring them back together or leave them feeling more lost than ever? Charmaine Wilkerson's debut novel is a story of how the inheritance of betrayals, secrets, memories, and even names, can shape relationships and history. Deeply evocative and beautifully written, Black Cake is an extraordinary journey through the life of a family changed forever by the choices of its matriarch"--
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Brothers and sisters; Families; Mothers;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
unAPI

Sleeping giants : a novel / by Denfeld, Rene,author.;
"Twenty years ago, a nine-year-old boy was swept away by powerful waves on a remote Oregon beach, his body lost to the sea. Only a stone memorial remains to mark his tragic death. For most of her life, Amanda Dufresne had no idea she had an older brother named Dennis Owens, or that he had died. Adopted as a baby, she learned about him while looking into her late birth mother, and is curious to know more about this lost sibling. A solitary young woman, Amanda has always felt distanced from the world around her. Her brain works differently from others, leaving her feeling set apart. Her one true companion is the orphaned polar bear she cares for working at the zoo. By getting to know her birth family, she hopes to understand more about herself. Retired police officer Larry Palmer is a widower with nothing but time and in need of a purpose. He offers to help Amanda find answers. The search leads to shocking and heartbreaking discoveries. Dennis Owen had been a forgotten foster child abandoned to a home for disturbed boys off the coast. As Amanda and Larry dig deeper into the past, the two stumble upon decades of cruelty and hidden crimes--including a barbaric treatment still used today"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Novels.; Adoption; Brothers; Cruelty; Foster children; Secrecy; Siblings;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
unAPI

The granddaughter : a novel / by Schlink, Bernhard,author.; Collins, Charlotte,1967-translator.; translation of:Schlink, Bernhard.Enkelin.English.;
"It is only after the sudden death of his wife Birgit that Kaspar discovers the price she paid years earlier when she fled East Germany to join him: she had to abandon her baby. Shattered by grief, yet animated by a new hope, Kaspar closes up his bookshop in present day Berlin and sets off to find her lost child in the east. His search leads him to a rural community of neo-Nazis, intent on reclaiming and settling ancestral lands to the East. Among them, Kaspar encounters Svenja, a woman whose eyes, hair, and even voice remind him of Birgit. Beside her is a red-haired, slouching, fifteen-year-old girl. His granddaughter?"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Bildungsromans.; Novels.; Abandoned children; Booksellers and bookselling; Family secrets; Grandchildren; Granddaughters; Grandparent and child; Holocaust deniers; Neo-Nazis; Widowers; Xenophobia;
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1
unAPI

The digger and the duckling / by Kuefler, Joseph,author,illustrator.; Container of (expression):Kuefler, Joseph.Digger and the duckling.Spoken word (McCarthy); McCarthy, Keith,narrator.;
Read by Keith McCarthy.From the acclaimed author-illustrator Joseph Kuefler comes a companion to his popular picture book The Digger and the Flower. Perfect for fans of Peter Brown's The Curious Garden and Kadir Nelson's If You Plant a Seed, as well as readers who love the machines in Sherri Duskey Rinker's Construction Site series. Digger and the other big trucks love to build. But when a lost duckling waddles onto the jobsite, Digger and his friends learn to do more than just scoop and hoist and push ... They learn to become a family. Share this beautiful picture book as a great introduction to taking care of the environment.Ages 4-8.P-3.
Subjects: Picture books.; Children's audiobooks.; Book plus audio.; Dyslexia-friendly books.; Earthmoving machinery; Construction equipment; Ducklings; Earthmoving machinery; Construction equipment; Ducks; Animals; VOX books.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
unAPI

Children like us : a Métis woman's memoir of family, identity and walking herself home / by Penner, Brittany,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."A Métis girl is adopted by a Mennonite family in this breathtaking memoir about family lost and found -- for those who loved From the Ashes, Educated and Older Sister. Not Necessarily Related. "Such a lucky child, so many remind me. To be unwanted and then adopted, how lucky. To be raised by someone who doesn't have to love you but chooses to love you -- how special." By the time Brittany Penner is seven years old, she has loved and lost twenty-one foster siblings who have come into her family and left -- all of them Indigenous like her. "When will it be my turn?" she asks her mother time and time again. "When will I be taken away?" You won't be, she is told. You're adopted. You're here to stay. You're the lucky one. Brittany was relinquished into care on the day of her birth in 1989 and adopted by a white Mennonite family in a small prairie town. Her name and where she came from are hidden from her; all she is told is that she is part-Métis. Her childhood is shaped by church, family, service and silence. Her family is continuously shapeshifting as siblings enter and leave, one by one. She knows, to stay, she has to force herself into the mould created for her. She must be obedient. Quiet. Good. No matter what. Whenever she looks in the mirror, she searches her features, wondering if they've been passed down to her by her biological mother. She thinks, if she can ever find her mother, she'll find all the answers she's looking for. As Brittany moves into adolescence and then adulthood, she will uncover answers about her roots and her identity -- but they will be more tangled than she could have imagined. Children Like Us asks difficult questions about family, identity, belonging and cultural continuity. What happens when you find what you are looking for, but it can't offer you everything you need? How do you reckon with the truth of your own story when you've always been told you're one of the "lucky ones"? What does it mean to belong when you feel torn between cultures? And how does a person learn to hold the pain and the grief, as well as the triumphs, the joys and the beauty, allowing none to eclipse the other?"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; Penner, Brittany.; Penner, Brittany; Adoptees; Adoptees; Interracial adoption; Métis women; Métis;
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1
unAPI

Scooby-Doo and guess who?. [videorecording] / by DeLisle, Grey,voice actor.; Lillard, Matthew,1970-voice actor.; Micucci, Kate,voice actor.; Welker, Frank,voice actor.; Warner Bros. Entertainment,publisher.;
Frank Welker, Grey Griffin, Matthew Lillard, Kate Micucci.The team is back and just as courageous, adventurous, humorous, and obsessed with cases like before. They are joined by celebrities in their adventures and ghost hunts and in search of puzzles to solve.Canadian Home Video Rating: G.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Animated television programs.; Children's television programs.; Television comedies.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Scooby-Doo (Fictitious character); Criminal behavior; Criminal investigation; Detectives; Great Dane;
For private home use only.
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
unAPI

Good bad girl / by Feeney, Alice,author.;
"Sometimes bad things happen to good people, so good people have to do bad things. Our Queen of Twists, bestselling author of Daisy Darker and Rock Paper Scissors Alice Feeney, returns with another thrilling mystery filled with drama and her trademark surprises. Twenty years after a baby is stolen from a stroller, a woman is murdered in a care home. The two crimes are somehow linked, and a good bad girl may be the key to discovering the truth. Edith may have been tricked into a nursing home, but at eighty-years-young, she's planning her escape. Patience works there, cleaning messes and bonding with Edith, a kindred spirit. But Patience is lying to Edith about almost everything. Edith's own daughter, Clio, won't speak to her. And someone new is about to knock on Clio's door ... and their intentions aren't good. With every reason to distrust each other, the women must solve a mystery with three suspects, two murders, and one victim. If they do, they might just find out what happened to the baby who disappeared, the mother who lost her, and the connections that bind them. In the style of Daisy Darker and Rock Paper Scissors, Good Bad Girl is a thriller in which nobody can be trusted and the twists come fast and furious"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Novels.; Missing children; Mothers and daughters; Murder; Nursing home residents; Older women;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 3
unAPI

God of Neverland / by Martinez, Gama Ray,author.;
In this magical re-imagining of J. M. Barrie's classic tale, Michael Darling--the youngest of the Darling siblings and former Lost Boy, now all grown up--must return to the life he left behind to save Neverland from the brink of collapse and keep humanity safe from magical and mythological threats, as well as answer the ultimate question: Where is Peter Pan? Peter Pan is missing; Neverland is in trouble. For adults, that might not matter all that much, but for children--whose dreams and imagination draw strength from the wild god's power--the magic we take for granted in the real world is in danger of being lost forever. Such is the life of a now grown-up Michael Darling. Michael returned from Neverland with the dream of continuing his adventuring ways by joining the Knights of the Round, an organization built to keep humanity safe from magical and mythological threats. But after a mission gone terribly wrong, he vowed to leave the Knights behind and finally live as a "civilian," finding order and simplicity as a train engineer, the tracks and schedule tables a far cry from the chaos of his youth. He hasn't entered the narrative in years. So what could the Knights need from him now? Maponos--or how he's better known, Peter Pan--has gone missing, and Neverland is now on the edge of oblivion. Michael realizes he has no choice and agrees to one last mission. Alongside the young Knight Vanessa and some old friends, Michael embarks on the ultimate adventure: a journey to a fantasy world to save a god. Determined to stop evil, fight for Neverland, and find Maponos, will Michael be able to save the magical and physical world? Or will his biggest fear come true? The clock is ticking, and in Neverland, that's never a good sign.
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Novels.; Peter Pan (Fictitious character); Heroes; Magic; Missing persons; Never-Never Land (Imaginary place);
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
unAPI

Results 191 to 200 of 318 | « previous |