Neil Gaiman
1) Coraline
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When Coraline steps through a door in her family's new house, she finds another house strangely similar to her own (only better). At first, things seem marvelous. The food is better than at home, and the toy box is filled with fluttering wind-up angels and dinosaur skulls that crawl and rattle their teeth. But there's another mother and another father, and they want her to stay and be their little girl. They want to change her and never let her go....
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Favorite Family Read-Alouds -- Chapter Books (SCPL-YS)
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OBD Father's Day (June) - YOUTH
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OBD Father's Day (June) - YOUTH
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While picking up milk for his children's cereal, a father is abducted by aliens and finds himself on a wild adventure through time and space.
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Creepy Reads
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OBD Books Make Good Friends (March - May 2024) - YOUTH
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"After the grisly murder of his entire family, a toddler wanders into a graveyard where the ghosts and other supernatural residents agree to raise him as one of their own"--
5) Stardust
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"Tristran Thorn will do anything to win the cold heart of beautiful Victoria Forester--even fetch her the star they watch fall from the night sky. But to do so, he must enter the unexplored lands on the other side of the ancient wall that gives their tiny village its name. Beyond that stone barrier, Tristran learns, lies Faerie ... and the most exhilarating adventure of the young man's life."--Amazon
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On the eve of her wedding, a young queen sets out to rescue a princess from an enchantment. She casts aside her fine wedding clothes, takes her chain mail and her sword and follows her brave dwarf retainers into the tunnels under the mountain towards the sleeping kingdom.
7) Cinnamon
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The parents of pearl-eyed princess Cinnamon offer a reward to anyone who can help their daughter speak, a plea answered by an exotic tiger who arrives at the palace, armed with knowledge of the world.
8) Pirate stew
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Arr! It's Talk Like a Pirate Day! (SCPL-YS)
ARRGH You Ready to Read?
Favorite Family Read-Alouds -- Picture Books (SCPL-YS)
ARRGH You Ready to Read?
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Pirate stew! Pirate stew! Pirate stew for me and you! Pirate stew! Pirate stew! Eat it and you won't be blue. You can be a pirate too!
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During the coldest season, when the world feels scary -- what do you remember about being warm? Baked potatoes. Trust. A kettle on the stove. Blankets. A smile. And, most of all, the reassurance that you belong. In his powerful and moving poem, featuring illustrations from thirteen extraordinary artists, bestselling author and UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Neil Gaiman draws together many different memories to answer the question, 'what do you need to...
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Chu books volume 3
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Accompanying his family on a visit to the beach, Chu the little panda looks forward to playing in the sand and wading in the water while wondering how his colossal sneezes will impact the day.
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Chu books volume 2
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On the first day of school, a young panda learns about the special things his animal classmates can do.
13) Interworld
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At nearly fifteen years of age, Joey Harker learns that he is a Walker, able to travel between dimensions, and soon joins a team of different versions of himself, each from another dimension, to fight the evil forces striving to conquer all the worlds.
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Lucy is sure there are wolves living in the walls of her house, although others in her family disagree, and when the wolves come out, the adventure begins. There are sneaking, creeping, crumpling noises coming from inside the walls. Lucy is sure there are wolves living in the walls of their house -- and, as everybody says, if the wolves come out of the walls, it's all over. Her family doesn't believe her. Then one day, the wolves come out. But it's...
15) Eternity's wheel
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It has been two years since Joseph Harker first Walked between dimensions, met the alternate forms of himself, and formed a team to protect the Altiverse in the struggle between the vicious forces of magic and science--and now, injured, he has returned to his own dimension, bringing danger with him.
17) Coraline
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Coraline acaba de mudarse a una vieja mansión envuelta en niebla. Mientras sus padres trabajan, la niña se entretiene explorando el lugar. En el salon, descubre con recelo una puerta que primero da a una pared de ladrillos...y luego a un mundo fantástico y atrayente, curiosamente parecido al suyo.
Coraline steps through a door and seems to find a family and house better than her own. The only problem is, this new family doesn't want to let her...
18) M is for magic
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Eleven stories that involve strange and fantastical events.
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A full-cast audio edition of a perennial favorite—The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman, which has sold over one million copies. Special content in this edition includes the story behind The Graveyard Book, written and performed by Neil Gaiman.
The Graveyard Book is the winner of the Newbery Medal and the Carnegie Medal (the only novel to ever win both awards), the Hugo Award for Best Novel, the Locus Award for Young
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This edition of New York Times bestselling and Newbery Medal-winning author Neil Gaiman’s modern classic, Coraline—also an Academy Award-nominated film—is enriched with a foreword from the author, a reader's guide, and more.When Coraline steps through a door to find another house strangely similar to her own (only better), things seem marvelous.But there's another mother there, and another father, and they want her to stay and be their little...