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McKinnon, Bob (Robert Paul)

Summary: During a seemingly disastrous first day at school, America finds comfort in the teacher's Welcome Wagon and draws inspiration from historical figures who persevered despite facing rejection.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop 2024

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MCK

Vapnyar, Lara

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2006

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC VAP

Kingsolver, Barbara

Summary: How could two hardworking people do everything right in life, a woman asks, and end up destitute? Willa Knox and her husband followed all the rules as responsible parents and professionals, and have nothing to show for it but debts and an inherited brick house that is falling apart. The magazine where Willa worked has folded; the college where her husband had tenure has closed. Their dubious...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2018

Copies Available at Woodmere

3 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KIN

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC KIN

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC KIN

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KIN

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FICTION KIN

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Kingsolver 2018

Guthrie, Donna

Summary: "Can a young WIlliam Shakespeare capture the right words when inspiration strikes?"--publisher

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Page Street Kids 2020

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE GUT

Kingsolver, Barbara.

Summary: The story of two families, in two centuries, who live at the corner of Sixth and Plum, as they navigate the challenges of surviving a world in the throes of major cultural shifts. In this mesmerizing story told in alternating chapters, Willa and Thatcher come to realize that though the future is uncertain, even unnerving, shelter can be found in the bonds of kindred, whether family or friends,...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Audio 2018

Copies Available at Woodmere

2 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC KIN

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC KIN

Rivera-Ashford, Roni Capin.

Summary: Miguel's school project is to make a list of eight different animals and create alebrijes, papier-mâché sculptures, inspired by those animals.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2017

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Kids' Favorite Characters, Call number: JE DIS

Spires, Ashley

Summary: "A girl and her dog are back in this follow-up to the bestselling The Most Magnificent Thing. Usually, the girl is an idea machine -- sometimes her brain is so full of ideas that her hands can't keep up. But today feels different. She seems to have everything she needs to get to work ... but she doesn't know what to make! She searches high and low for an idea. She and her dog go for a walk,...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Kids Can Press 2022

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SPI

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SPI

Ison, Tara.

Summary: Sarah, a California native, retreats to Rockaway Beach during the summer of 2001 with the hope of rekindling her passion for painting, and she finds inspiration in Marty, an elderly musician, who provokes unexpected feelings in her.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Soft Skull Press, an imprint of Counterpoint 2013

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ISO

Tessaro, Kathleen

Summary: Newlywed Grace Monroe doesn't fit anyone's expectations of a successful 1950s London socialite, least of all her own. When she receives an unexpected inheritance from a complete stranger, Madame Eva d'Orsey, Grace is drawn to uncover the identity of her mysterious benefactor. Weaving through the decades, from 1920s New York to Monte Carlo, Paris, and London, the story Grace uncovers is that of...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2013

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC TES

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC TES

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FICTION TES

Montez Minor, Rachel

Summary: Illustrations and rhyming text celebrate diverse children, their power to inspire those around them, and the bonds of family and humanity that can never be broken.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Books for Young Readers 2021

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MON

Yamada, Kobi

Summary: A young boy comes up with an idea and he keeps it safe until one day he realizes the amazing power it can have.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Compendium Kids 2013

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: E Yam

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction Yamada

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE YAM

Hopkinson, Deborah

Summary: A child struggles to write a story until he finds inspiration outside his window.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Neal Porter Books/Holiday House 2021

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE HOP

Priebe, Trisha

Summary: Avery dragged her three-year-old brother behind a boxwood bush and listened for footsteps in the brittle leaves. She couldn't be sure which was louder, the person on their trail or her own heart, galloping like a stallion in her ears. With one hand over Henry's mouth, Avery looked down at the nicest dress she owned. Not only had she torn the ruffles and destroyed the hem, but the white linen...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Shiloh Run Press, an imprint of Barbour Publishing 2016

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Bolling, Valerie

Summary: On a rainy day, a young artist struggles to find inspiration--until she remembers all the things she loves that are black and white.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Acorn/Scholastic Inc. 2023

Copies Available at Woodmere

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

Yamada, Kobi

Summary: This is the story of one brilliant idea and the child who helps to bring it into the world. As the child's confidence grows, so does the idea itself. And then, one day, something amazing happens. This is a story for anyone, at any age, who's ever had an idea that seemed a little too big, too odd, too difficult. It's a story to inspire you to welcome that idea, to give it some space to grow, and...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: [Library Ideas, LLC] 2021

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Rosenthal, Paris

Summary: This picture book celebrates teachers, coaches and mentors.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2021

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Grogan, Jake

Summary: "A collection of the true stories that inspired 202 of the world's most famous books"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2018

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 808.3 GRO

McDonnell, Patrick

Summary: "Imbued with the creativity, artwork, and heart of Patrick McDonnell, this all-new graphic novel love letter features the classic Marvel super heroes including the Fantastic Four, the Incredible Hulk, Captain America, Black Panther, and Spider-Man, and is the synthesis of McDonnell's positive, inspirational sensibility and Marvel's blockbuster brand. Using the Marvel Universe as avatars,...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams ComicArts 2023

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 MCD

Sandford, John

Summary: Lucas Davenport and his daughter, Letty, team up to track down a dangerous scientist with connections to sensitive research into virus and pathogen spread whose latest project could endanger the entire world.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Random House Audio 2024

Copies Available at Woodmere

2 available in Audiobook Display, Call number: CD FIC SAN

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC SAN

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CDA FIC SAN

Child, Lee

Summary: 1992. Eight respectable, upstanding people have been found dead across the United States. These deaths look like accidents and don't appear to be connected until one body--the victim of a fatal fall from a hospital window--generates some unexpected attention. That attention comes from the secretary of defense, who promptly calls for an interagency task force to investigate. Jack Reacher is...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Large Print 2023

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC CHI

Corbett, Ron

Summary: "Something is not right in the North Maine Woods. A small family-run lumber company should not have more than two hundred million unaccountable dollars on their books. Money like that comes from moving something other than wood across the border. The first agent the FBI sent undercover was their best man--sure to get the answers that were needed. He was dead within a month. Now, Danny Barrett...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2022

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Adult, Call number: LP FIC COR

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