Where Do You Think You're Going, Christopher Columbus?
An amusing account of Columbus's determined but slightly miscalculated attempts to find a new ocean route to the Indies describes his four voyages across the Ocean Sea.
920
year: 2009
copies: 60
call number/section: 920
lexile: 890
subjects: columbus, christopher, explorers, america, video recordings for the hearing impaired [X], closed caption video recordings
The Pinballs
Presents an adaptation of the novel of the same title by Betsy Byars, about three lonely foster children who learn to care about themselves and each other.
FIC
year: 2019
copies: 80
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 600
subjects: foster home care, friendship, video recordings for the hearing impaired [X], foster children, audiobooks
Bridge To Terabithia
Jesse Aarons is in the 5th grade and has trained all summer to become the fastest runner in school.
FIC
year: 2017
copies: 671
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 810
subjects: friendship, death, schools, virginia, newbery, japanese language, newbery medal, grief, closed caption video recordings, videotapes, death, audiobooks, school stories, large type books, children's audiobooks, audiobooks, sound recording, juvenile sound recording, large print books, school children, imaginary places, monsters, trolls, ghouls and ogres, giants, video recordings for the hearing impaired [X], compact discs
Ella Enchanted
At her birth, Ella of Frell was given a foolish fairy's gift -- the 'gift' of obedience.
FIC
year: 8301
copies: 270
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 670
subjects: fantasy, girls, obedience, fantasy fiction, audiobooks, closed caption video recordings, magic, video recordings for the hearing impaired [X], large type books, fairy tales
Inkheart
Twelve-year-old Meggie learns that her father Mo, a bookbinder, can "read" fictional characters to life when an evil ruler named Capricorn, freed from the novel "Inkheart" years earlier, tries to force Mo to release an immortal monster from the story.
FIC
year: 2009
copies: 214
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 780
subjects: books and reading, characters in literature, magic, bookbinding, authorship, italy, readers rule, characters and characteristics in literature, video recordings for the hearing impaired [X], good and evil, missing persons, fathers and daughters, time travel
Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs
Young inventor Flint Lockwood creates a machine that causes cheeseburgers to rain for the sky.
FIC
year: 2010
copies: 308
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 730
subjects: weather, food, humorous fiction, 6+1 traits of writing, audiobooks, video recordings for the hearing impaired [X], television weathercasters, food habits, inventors, grandfathers, humorous stories, compact discs
Mike Mulligan And His Steam Shovel
Mike Mulligan was sure that his steam shovel, Mary Anne, could dig more in one day than 100 men could dig in a week! But one trerrible day- they lost their job.
FIC
year: 2006
copies: 145
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 820
subjects: steam shovels, video recordings for the hearing impaired [X], closed caption video recordings, videotapes, construction workers, construction equipment
Amazing Grace
Although a classmate says that she cannot play Peter Pan in the school play because she is African-American, Grace discovers that she can do anything she sets her mind to do.
FIC
year: 2003
copies: 286
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 680
subjects: african americans, identity, theater, individuality, blacks, identity (philosophical concept), video recordings for the hearing impaired [X]
Martha Speaks
Martha the talking dog heads to school, ends up at an animal shelter and shares some classic stories with Jake.
FIC
year: 2010
copies: 91
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 420
subjects: dogs, soups, soup, video recordings for people with visual disabilities, video recordings for the hearing impaired [X], children's television programs, animated films, human-animal relationships, schools, animated films, pets, animals
The Polar Express
It's Christmas Eve, and you're about to roller coaster up and down the mountains, slip slide over ice fields, teeter across mile-high bridges and be served hot chocolate by singing waiters more astonishing than any you can imagine.
FIC
year: 2015
copies: 235
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 520
subjects: santa claus, christmas, bells, north pole, dvds, closed caption video recordings, video recordings for the hearing impaired [X], christmas stories, films for the hearing impaired, electronic books, holidays, electronic books
Bark, George
George likes to please his mother, but when she tells him to bark, he says "meow" and "quack-quack" and "oink" and "moo" - until she takes him to the vet, who finally figures out what's going on with George.
FIC
year: 2010
copies: 94
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 130
subjects: dogs, humorous fiction, parent-child relationship, parent and child, closed caption video recordings, video recordings for the hearing impaired [X]
Tuck Everlasting
Young Winnie Foster, stifled by the formality of her proper life and her domineering mother, escapes into the woods only to get lost.
FIC
year: 2015
copies: 529
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 770
subjects: fantasy, immortality, aging, secrets, fantasy fiction, audiobooks, films for the hearing impaired, feature films, children's films, fantasy films, secrecy, fantasy fiction, children's audiobooks, families, video recordings for the hearing impaired [X], closed caption video recordings, elderly, family life, film adaptations, dvds, large type books, large print books
Charlotte's Web
Wilbur was lovingly raised by a girl named Fern. But now he's a barn pig.
FIC
year: 2017
copies: 734
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 680
subjects: pigs, spiders, animals, farms, fantasy, fantasy fiction, swine, friendship, domestic animals, farm life, videodiscs, closed caption video recordings, audiobooks, video recordings for the hearing impaired [X], fantasy films, children's films, animated films, video recordings for children, videocassettes, girls, fantasy fiction
Shiloh
When Marty Preston comes across a young beagle in the hills behind his home, it's love at first sight -- and also big trouble.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 574
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 890
subjects: dogs, animals, animal welfare, west virginia, newbery, animals, video recordings for the hearing impaired [X], pets, naylor, phyllis reynolds, closed caption video recordings, film adaptations, youth, spanish language, audiobooks, children's audiobooks
Castle
Tal, a Chosen of the Orange Order, has fallen into an unknown world of warriors, iceships, and magic while trying to steal a powerful sunstone to save his family, and joins with Milla, a violent icecarl, in an effort to get back to his home in the now hostile castle.
623
year: 2010
copies: 138
call number/section: 623
lexile: 1180
subjects: castles, fortification, good and evil, magic, fantasy, architecture, medieval, civilization, medieval, video recordings for the hearing impaired [X]