Dormer, Frank W.
Summary: Friends Tuna, Noodle, Margo, and new friend Ralph, share adventures and misadventures on the playground.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Amulet Books 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 DORReidy, Jean
Summary: "A cast of animal characters are building a brand new playground in a local park and each day of the week contains a different construction plan. The construction project comes together for a rhyming walking tour of a neighborhood, where young readers can learn the days of the week while watching everyone work as a team!"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE REIKuefler, Joseph
Summary: One morning, Jonah decided to become ruler of the playground. Everyone agreed to obey his rules to play in King Jonah's kingdom ... Everyone except for Lennox ... because she wanted to rule the playground, too. A gloriously rendered, hilariously deadpan tale of playground politics.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE KUEShofner, Melissa Raé
Summary: The playground is a great place to hang out with friends. Fun and games at the playground are even better when everyone uses good manners. In this book, readers will learn about taking turns on the slide, sharing snacks, and making new friends. Familiar situations and bright illustrations will keep reluctant readers interested. Age-appropriate text and a picture glossary foster reading...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids Press/The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. 2018
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Summary: Daniel wants to ride the slide. O is afraid. Daniel says they can ride together. They can ride down the slide!
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Spolight, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division 2019
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Pre-Reader (Orange), Call number: JBR ORANGE TESMiranda, Anne
Summary: "An unruly gang of sixteen geometric shapes gets tangled in the neighborhood jungle gym until their friend comes to their rescue and order is restored"--Provided by publisher.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2019
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE MIRChen, Kat
Summary: A little child invites the reader to share a playdate with them and their stuffed toy in a playground in this interactive board book.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Rise x Penguin Workshop 2024
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Summary: Earth Day is coming, and Kylie Jean and the other second graders decide that the perfect way to celebrate is to clean up and beautify the school playground--and the whole town.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint 2014
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC PESWight, Eric
Summary: After visiting the Natural HIstory Museum with his family, Frankie Pickle convinces his fourth-grade classmates to help him dig for dinosaur bones at recess but first they must convince the fifth-graders to find another place to play. Comic strip illustrations are interspersed throughout the text.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2012
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Summary: "Published together for the first time as the author intended, Nemeses is a quartet of novels whose terrain is the human body and whose subject, the common experience that terrifies us all"--Publisher description.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Library of America 2013
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ROTHarris, Meena
Summary: "One day, Kamala and Maya had an idea. A big idea: they would turn their empty apartment courtyard into a playground! Based on a true story, this is the uplifting tale of how the author's aunt and mother first learned to persevere in the face of disappointment and turned a dream into reality. This is a story of children's ability to make a difference and of a community coming together to...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2020
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1 available in New Youth Materials, Call number: JE HARCadenhead, MacKenzie
Summary: "The Sandman camps out in Central Park...and it's no picnic! Monkey bars and mayhem are in store for Spider-Man and Squirrel Girl when they try and stop Sandman from taking over New York City!"--Page [4] of cover.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Marvel 2018
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Summary: As four very different letters arrive at the playground, each makes the next feel unwelcome, but once they begin to swing together, they have a wonderful time.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE HALCopeland, Cynthia L.
Summary: A young boy, catching a glimpse of different construction vehicles as they approach their work site, urges each to get busy.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Millbrook Press 2003
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Pre-Reader (Orange), Call number: JBR Orange Copeland 2003Roth, Philip.
Summary: Roth's "Nemesis" is the story of a wartime polio epidemic in the summer of 1944 and the effect it has on a closely knit, family-oriented Newark community and its children.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2010
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ROTPreller, James
Summary: Third-graders Deon, Kym, Lizzy, and Connor, armed with Miss Zips' persuasive tips, set out to convince the PTA to use their cash surplus to put a "buddy bench" on the playground.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2019
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC PREDePaola, Tomie
Summary: When Andy and Sandy first meet at the playground, they are cautious of one another, but soon find a way to become friends.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2016
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1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR Green DePaola 2016Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Beginning Readers - Pre-Reader (Orange), Call number: JBR ORANGE DEPKuefler, Joseph
Summary: One morning, Jonah decided to become ruler of the playground. Everyone agreed to obey his rules to play in King Jonah's kingdom. Well, everyone except for Lennox, she wanted to rule the playground, too.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: [Library Ideas, LLC] 2018