Catalog Search Results
Author
Series
Amelia Bedelia and friends volume 4
Language
English
Description
Working with her classmates on a school project to paint a beautiful mural on the side of an abandoned building, young Amelia Bedelia learns important lessons about cooperation, community, diplomacy, creativity and friendship.
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Farah's little brother is in the hospital with a heart problem that needs surgery, so her parents send sixth-grader Farah off to stay with her grandmother in a retirement condo in Florida; Sitti Fayrouz does not speak much English, has a lot of rules, anddoes not understand Farah's interest in geology, so Farah is not happy with the move--but despite being the only child in the community, Farah finds that the people are nice, and despite getting off...
8) Taken
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
In 2036 kidnapping rich children has become an industry, but when thirteen-year-old Charity Meyers is taken and held for ransom, she soon discovers that this particular kidnapping is not what it seems.
Author
Language
English
Description
"A young boy volunteering at a retirement home finds a stray dog and notices that it revives decades-old memories for a bitter resident. The boy bonds with the resident as he listens to stories about growing up in Saskatchewan during the Great Depression. Thanks to his new friend and his canine companion, the elderly man is able to pass away peacefully, immersed in fond memories of his youth."--
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Holly Mathews lives at a retirement home for the super wealthy that her mother manages on expensive Mercer Island, but when she meets Malik Buchannan, grandson of one of the residents, she allows him to think that she just visiting, so he will accept heras belonging to his A-list world--it is just supposed to be a summer fling, but soon she finds herself falling in love.
15) The nature girls
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A group of girls explore different natural environments, visiting the sea, the forest, the desert, grasslands, and the tundra.
16) Seeds of change
Author
Language
English
Description
Rhyming text illustrates how small acts become powerful seeds that improves oneself and the community.
17) Ventanas
Author
Language
Español
Description
Walking his dog at dusk, a boy catches glimpses of the lives around him in the lit windows along his route through the neighborhood.
19) Big tune
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Shane, a boy with big dancing dreams, learns the meaning of courage and community.
In ILL (Inter-Library Loan) Services
Didn't find what you needed? Items not owned by the member libraries of the Westchester Library System can be requested via Inter-library Loan from other libraries to be delivered to your local library for pickup.