Summary: After losing her parents in a car accident, Okko goes to live with her grandmother, who runs a traditional Japanese inn built on top of an ancient spring said to have healing waters. Okko discovers there are spirits who live there that only she can see; not scary ones, but welcoming ghosts who keep her company and play games. The inn₂s motto is that it welcomes all and rejects none, and it is...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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1 available in Anime, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY ANIME OKK

Netz, Mo

Summary: "Ever since her dad died, 11-year-old Jerry Blum and her mom have bounced around dead-end towns, staying in a series of rundown motels where her mother picks up housekeeping work and Jerry can get around in her wheelchair. But the Slumbering Giant motel is different. Lights blink on and off in the surrounding trees, a mysterious radio station plays only at midnight, and people disappear into...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2024

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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC NET

Summary: Go nuts and bolts into eight adventures with Rusty's hilarious robotic helpers! Whether they're getting souped up with rockets to solve a mystery or geared up as police officers to save the day, Botasaur and the Bits put the fun into the mix!

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV RUS

Faris, Stephanie

Summary: Gabby's father is a paranormal investigator with a podcast, but ten-year-old Gabby does not believe in ghosts, and is determined to prove there is no ghost haunting the Brookhaven Inn in Massachusetts where they are filming--except she could be wrong.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, an imprint of Capstone 2024

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC FAR

Summary: Join Darby and her friends Winnie the Pooh and Tigger too, as they teach children about problem-solving, teamwork, and imagination.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Walt Disney Home Entertainment 2008

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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FRI

Albus, Kate

Summary: "When 12-year-old Dory Byrne's pop left New York City's Lower East Side to fight Hitler, he promised her and her brothers that they'd be safe. Like he always said, "the neighborhood will give you what you need." There's the lady from the bakery, who saves them leftover crullers. The kind landlord who checks in on them. And every Thursday night, the Byrnes enjoy a free bowl of seafood stew at...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Margaret Ferguson Books/Holiday House 2023

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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC ALB

McClatchy, Lisa.

Summary: When snow starts falling in New York City, Eloise skips breakfast to rush out to Central Park to build a snowman.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin Paperbacks 2006

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1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN MCC

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1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN MCC

Thompson, Kay

Summary: Collects six stories featuring Eloise, a little girl who lives in the Plaza hotel in New York City.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books 2016

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1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN THO