Sima, Jessie
Summary: While shopping with her two dads for supplies for her birthday party, Harriet, who is wearing a penguin costume, is carried away by a waddle of penguins and must hatch a plan in order to get herself back to the store in the city.--Provided by Publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SIMTaylor, Theodore
Summary: Missing the city life, a young girl starts to feel a sense of belonging in her new town when she discovers vibrant graffiti splashed throughout the neighborhoods, proving street art can be found everywhere--as well as a sense of home.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE TAYBrown, Peter
Summary: Liam discovers a hidden garden and with careful tending spreads color throughout the gray city.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2009
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2 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BROCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Stacks, Call number: JE BroCopies Available at Interlochen
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC BROWynter, Anne
Summary: "In the middle of the night, a chain reaction of noises wakes the residents of an urban apartment building, and then lulls them back to sleep"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE WYNSchwartz, Amy
Summary: "Preschooler Ayana has thirteen adventures with her family and her friend Harris including a jelly bean hunt, working in a community garden, and giving her hamster, Stanley, a bath"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SCHMusser, Andy Chou
Summary: When his family moves to the city, Toby misses seeing stars, but soon he meets some wild animals who all need the North Star to show their way home.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little Bigfoot, an imprint of Sasquatch Books 2021
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Summary: Beautiful Yetta, the Yiddish chicken, is back in a heartwarming Hannukah story in which she finds a cold and hungry kitten. This multilingual story, which includes both Yiddish and Spanish translations and pronunciation guides, is a clever introduction to the celebration of Hannukah and a welcome read-aloud for any age.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Feiwel and Friends 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction PinkwaterFerry, Beth
Summary: A little girl and her dog unexpectedly discover a way to spread happiness and light in their dreary, rainy town.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FERFord, Bernette G.
Summary: While visiting her uncle John in the city for the summer, an African American girl, L'il Sissy, her siblings, and uncle transform an empty lot into a vegetable garden. Includes recipe for succotash.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: [Library Ideas, LLC] 2022
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Summary: When children are fast asleep, some people are hard at work keeping the city safe and clean, and when daylight comes they go home to sleep.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE DOWBean, Jonathan
Summary: A sleepless city girl imagines what it would be like to get away from snoring family members and curl up alone with one's thoughts in the cool night air under wide-open skies.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus Giroux 2007
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC BEABuehner, Caralyn.
Summary: Marvin the ape slips out of the zoo and finds he likes it on the outside, where he easily blends into city lifestyles.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 2007